All episodes Season 1 S01E09 2005-02-01 60 min 2000s

House

DNR

Season 1, Episode 9 · Aired 2005-02-01

House — DNR (S01E09)

Synopsis

Legendary jazz musician John Henry Giles checks into Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital believing he's dying from ALS and signs a DNR to avoid a slow death. House disagrees with the diagnosis and goes against everyone's wishes when he violates the DNR to save Giles' life. The decision lands House in court, drives Foreman to consider taking another job, and results in Giles' paralysis worsening. But when the patient inexplicably starts getting better, the team has to figure out the mystery in reverse and find out why his condition is improving.

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.

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