House
Pilot
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 2004-11-16
Synopsis
Dr. Gregory House and his team take medical cases only after everyone else has failed to diagnose a patient. A Kindergarten teacher begins speaking gibberish and passes out in front of her class. What looks like a possible brain tumor does not respond to treatment and provides many more questions than answers for House and his team as they engage in a risky trial-and-error approach to her case. When the young teacher refuses any additional variations of treatment and her life starts slipping away, House must act against his code of conduct and make a personal visit to his patient to convince her to trust him one last time.
In the series
This episode is part of House (2004–2012) on Fox.
The doctor is an addict, a genius, and a middle finger to bedside manner.
Key cast
- Hugh Laurie as Gregory House
- Robert Sean Leonard as James Wilson
- Lisa Edelstein as Lisa Cuddy
- Omar Epps as Eric Foreman
- Jennifer Morrison as Allison Cameron
- Jesse Spencer as Robert Chase