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House (also known as House, M.D.) is an American television medical drama about Dr. Gregory House, a pain medication-dependent, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius who leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.

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One of the most unrealistic parts of House seems to be House's drug habit. My understanding is that Vicodin is powerful but not an ideal painkiller compared to OxyContin or Zohydro, which are pure ...
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In the TV show, House selects a patient he finds interesting and performs diagnosis to his liking. Are there hospitals that have a diagnostic department or a team that takes only difficult medical ...
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The finale episode of House featured cameos appearances of many of the show's prominent actors, including Cameron, Kutner, Amber and Stacy. Cuddy was one of the show's main characters for multiple ...
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In the second episode of the first season of House, Dr. House during a meeting brings up the mnemonic "MIDNIT": Metabolic Inflammation Degenerative Neoplastic Infection Trauma Is this a ...
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In House MD S1E7 "Fidelity", the script seems to be alluding to the fact that Cameron cheated on her husband: She unprofessionally and IMHO immorally calls the cheated-on husband a terrible ...
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At the beginning of the TV series House, doctors Cameron, Chase and Foreman were already working for House. From what I remember there were a couple moments in the series where it's hinted that maybe ...
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House MD: S1,E3 Once Brandon is treated for colchicine poisoning, he is prescribed new cough medicines before being discharged from the hospital. He surprisingly remarks There’s a letter on the ...
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House MD: S1, E2. Mr Funsten is an outpatient at the hospital who sees Dr House for a boil infection in his right thigh. While conversing with the patient Dr House could have a little peek into the ...
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House MD: S1,E1. Dr Cuddy doesn’t agree with Dr House’s way of treating the patient for cerebral vasculitis (D/d,) i.e., by administering steroids to the patient. She walks up to House and delivers ...
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I am watching House MD: S1,E1. A patient with orange skin colour shows up with back spasm. Upon conversing with him a little, Dr House asks if he consumes ridiculous amounts of carrots and megadose ...
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In the tv show House, Dr. House is a diagnostic genius with a team of doctors under him. Every episode deals with a new mystery case which takes the entire episode for the team to solve. Obviously, ...
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I have seen some classic Apple product placements but there are also names of some medical equipment manufacturers shown, e.g. on CT Machines. Are there product placements of medical equipment in ...
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In Dr. House series, the doctors know each other well and are supposed to be colleagues/friends. Why not say Gregory/Robert/Eric, etc. among themselves instead of House/Chase/Foreman, etc?
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There's an episode where Dr. House says that he should have amputated his leg. So why doesn't he?
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I feel like House is one of those shows that could continue forever. Why was it cancelled?
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There is a common running gag in the series House, that no matter what the symptoms of the patient are, it's never going to be lupus. Although if I remember properly in one episode it was. Is this ...
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In the series, is it ever mentioned that Gregory House is of Dutch descent? If so, when is it explained or suggested? The reason for asking is that I found him listed on Wikipedia's 'Category:...
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In the opening credits to House, the visual imagery used seems pretty reasonable - lots of medical images, a shot of the hospital, and a shot of House's team. But at 0:19, just as Jennifer Morrison's ...
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I get that he did not want her in clinical trial and wanted to get on House, but risking patients life to do it? Wouldn't he be reliable in lawsuit against hospital for her death? Wouldn't better ...
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In the end of House S08E05, House shows to his team that there is now a big remotely-controlled door between his office and Wilson's. What's the purpose of this door since it's not part of any other ...
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The screenshot below from the TV series House (2004-2012) shows the back wall of Gregory House's kitchen. What is that painting, and who is the original author/painter? The painting is visible in all ...
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I just found this quote from House M.D. Season 3 Episode 5 Dr. James Wilson: Your real fear is me having a good relationship. Dr. Gregory House: Yes, it keeps me up at night. That and the Loch Ness ...
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It is explained that House hired Chase after his father "made a call". House is not the kind of character that would hire someone because a famous doctor asked him too (especially given that Chase is ...
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I just saw the episode tonight, and the cat didn't seem real to me. The way it was "handled" and it's movement. However, I wonder if the cat audio-track made me perceive it as CGI? wiki
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I've just finished watching House M.D's last episode (Everybody Dies), and I had a doubt. At the end of the episode (when Wilson and House drive across a bridge with their motorcycles, and "Enjoy ...
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I realize this may be a reach, but I noticed something odd in season 1 of House: In episode 15, there was a mention of Des Moines (Iowa). House: You’re worried about how his coworkers will react in ...
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I have been re-watching House M.D. lately and Dr. Kutner's still baffles me like the first time I watched it. It happened out of the blue with no real explanation given in the show. Can anyone give ...
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I recently came across this bit of trivia for House MD on IMDb , which says that: Though other characters occasionally insinuate that Dr Chase is a bit dim, he actually comes up with more correct ...
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It seems that the cast can get to know almost anything just by reading the page that they get: whether there's an emergency with a patient or where they are being called to? I thought pagers just ...
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Judging by the accepted answer to this question here, it seems that House MD is the most medically accurate series out of all the medical shows out there. I was wondering who is responsible for all ...
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I'm currently watching season 3 of House M.D. and I'm a bit confused. He tries to get Vicodin from his coworkers and even visits an external doc but since he is a doc himself why doesn't he prescribe ...
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In every episode of "House, MD", it appears that he and his team only treat exactly one patient at a time (with the exception of Clinic duties or big emergencies - just talking about their average job ...
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Is the black egg on House's desk a reference to Tesla's 'Egg of Columbus'? e Image from here.
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I watched House MD series complete, but couldn't figure out why did Stacy left House after the operation.
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In "97 seconds", episode 3 of season 4 of House M.D., House electrocutes himself by putting a knife in socket. But when Wilson asks him what he saw, he does not reply. He wanted to talk to the guy who ...
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In season 2 finale of HOUSE M.D., In that whole sequence he realized that if given Ketamine, he might lose his brilliant mind but might regain his leg. But when brought in E.R., he said to Cameron to ...
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I remember a (supposedly dead) woman waking up and giving a high-five to House. Which episode was this from?
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Some of Gregory House's life lessons regarding people throughout the TV show House M.D. are, from memory: Everyone lies. Everyone is an idiot. Parents mess up their kids, regardless of being a good or ...
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Since I have been watching House MD, all the episodes seem to be a bit unrealistic. Does this series have any close actual relevance to medical science? The series is about cases that most doctors ...
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On House, MD, there was a running gag were for every case, someone would suggest that it could be a specific disease but it never was (I can’t remember if it ever turned out to be the case). I knew ...
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In Season 4, Episode 9 of House, M.D., Dr. House is seen playing a piano in one of the class rooms of the teaching hospital he works at. What possible reason would there be for a teaching hospital to ...
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I'm up to Season 3 of House, M.D. and it's been perplexing me for a while now as to why Dr. House has an old TV in his office. It's a small Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) TV and has been seen in the ...
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From Season 4, House has three new doctors as part of his team and the previous three just appear off an on. Why didn't the show's creators update the intro to show the new team? It always shows ...
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With the ending of House, a lot of cast members returned to their roles in order to give some sort of closure either to their story or even just as more character development to House. However, the ...
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