House
The Social Contract
TV Flash files “The Social Contract” as hour 103 of 176 in the TV Flash guide — House (2004–2012) on Fox, season 5, episode 17, aired 2009-03-09, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E17: listed hour 103 of 176 in the House guide, hour 17 of 24 in season 5. It aired 2009-03-09 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Softer Side” (S05E16). Next is “Here Kitty” (S05E18).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
House and the team take on the case of Nick, a book editor who loses his inhibition and starts insulting coworkers at a dinner party one night before falling ill. Meanwhile, House suspects Wilson and Taub are keeping something from him when he catches them both in a lie. House is determined to get to the bottom of it.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Social Contract sit in the House guide?
S05E17 is listed hour 103 of 176 — hour 17 of 24 in season 5, season 5 episode 17.
When did House S05E17 air?
The Social Contract aired 2009-03-09 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is House just a medical ER soap?
No. It centers on diagnostic puzzles and an openly abrasive genius more than warm bedside ensemble comfort — Sherlock Holmes energy in a hospital.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Sherlock with a cane, Vicodin, and a whiteboard: Hugh Laurie became a U.S. megastar as diagnostician Gregory House, alienating everyone who loves him. David Shore's Fox procedural made "everybody lies" a catchphrase and medical mystery a personality cult. Case hooks and character toxicity in the same hour.
Flash: a cane, a whiteboard, and a British comic who walked onto Fox on November 16, 2004, and became a U.S. megastar without sanding the sneer. Gregory House solves impossible cases while alienating everyone who loves him — Sherlock with Vicodin, bedside manner as optional DLC. David Shore built the puzzle box; Hugh Laurie filled it with limp and monologue. Robert Sean Leonard's Wilson, Lisa Edelstein's Cuddy, Omar Epps, Jennifer Morrison, Jesse Spencer — a rotating team orbiting a personality cult. **Everybody…
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