House
Saviors
TV Flash files “Saviors” as hour 107 of 176 in the TV Flash guide — House (2004–2012) on Fox, season 5, episode 21, aired 2009-04-13, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E21: listed hour 107 of 176 in the House guide, hour 21 of 24 in season 5. It aired 2009-04-13 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Simple Explanation” (S05E20). Next is “House Divided” (S05E22).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Cameron postpones her vacation with Chase in order to ask House to accept the case of an environmental radical who collapsed at a protest with unexplainable symptoms. Although suspicious of her motives, House agrees. Meanwhile, House is unsure of Wilson's new healthy diet.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Saviors sit in the House guide?
S05E21 is listed hour 107 of 176 — hour 21 of 24 in season 5, season 5 episode 21.
When did House S05E21 air?
Saviors aired 2009-04-13 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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- Jennifer Morrison as Allison Cameron
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