The BEST episodes of House

Every episode of House ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of House!

Dr. Gregory House is a maverick physician who is devoid of bedside manner. While his behavior can border on antisocial, Dr. House thrives on the challenge of solving the medical puzzles that other doctors give up on. Together with his hand-picked team of young medical experts, he’ll do whatever it takes in the race against the clock to solve the case.

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Three Stories
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8.52
3373 votes

#1 - Three Stories

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/17/2005

House's ex-girlfriend Stacy Warner returns – not for House but to get help for her ailing husband. While House decides whether or not to take her case, Cuddy forces him to present a lecture to a class of medical students. As he weaves the stories of three patients who all present with a similar symptom, House gives a lecture the students will never forget.

Directors: Paris Barclay
Writer: David Shore
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Wilson's Heart (2)
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8.50
2982 votes

#2 - Wilson's Heart (2)

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/19/2008

In the aftermath of the bus accident, House struggles with his head injuries and short-term memory loss, and must deal with a concerned Wilson who believes his friend's health may be in danger.

Directors: Katie Jacobs
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Broken
star
8.41
5553 votes

#3 - Broken

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/2009

House engages in a battle of wits and wills against the attending physician in charge of his detox program. When he starts to lose, House resorts to blackmail to gain the upper hand.

Directors: Katie Jacobs
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Both Sides Now
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8.41
3971 votes

#4 - Both Sides Now

Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/11/2009

House and the team are intrigued by Scott, a man whose left brain and right brain operate independently, leaving him with two distinct personalities and no control over some of his actions. As the two sides of Scott’s brain struggle for dominance, his warring personalities make it increasingly difficult for the team to figure out what is causing the unique problem. The team is forced to use some unusual methods to get him to cooperate with their necessary testing. Meanwhile, when House refuses to make an appearance in the clinic, Cuddy takes an unconventional approach to force House to make up the time with a particular patient.

Directors: Greg Yaitanes
Writer: Doris Egan
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House's Head (1)
star
8.29
3206 votes

#5 - House's Head (1)

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/12/2008

A bus accident leaves House with serious head trauma and partial amnesia. He comes to believe that a patient on the bus had a life-threatening disease and struggles to recall who it was, and what they had.

Directors: Greg Yaitanes
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Everybody Dies
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8.14
5254 votes

#6 - Everybody Dies

Season 8 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/21/2012

Facing a 6-month jail term, and the realization that he won't be there for Wilson at the end, House finds himself examining his entire life while contemplating a dismal future without his best friend.

Directors: David Shore
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Euphoria (2)
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8.11
2790 votes

#7 - Euphoria (2)

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/3/2006

Foreman continues to experience the same progression of symptoms as the police officer. When he realizes he may be facing imminent death, he calls his father who comes to his son's side. As it comes down to a race against time, House believes the solution to the illness is in the police officer's apartment.

Directors: Deran Sarafian
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Help Me
star
8.08
7314 votes

#8 - Help Me

Season 6 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/17/2010

Cuddy, House and members of the team join forces with a search-and-rescue team to provide much-needed medical attention at the scene of an emergency.

Directors: Greg Yaitanes
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Nobody's Fault
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8.06
5511 votes

#9 - Nobody's Fault

Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/6/2012

House and his team are placed under review after a staff member gets hurt.

Directors: Greg Yaitanes
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Autopsy
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8.05
2940 votes

#10 - Autopsy

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/2005

Dr. Wilson convinces House to take the case of one of his patients, a young girl with terminal cancer who starts suffering from hallucinations.

Directors: Deran Sarafian
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Euphoria (1)
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8.05
2805 votes

#11 - Euphoria (1)

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/2/2006

When a police officer with a gunshot wound to the head and uncontrollable laughter is admitted, House and the team are baffled. When Foreman begins showing the same symptoms, they race to determine the cause of the illness before Foreman's condition takes the same path.

Directors: Deran Sarafian
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Honeymoon
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8.03
2905 votes

#12 - Honeymoon

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/24/2005

When Stacy insists her husband Mark get tests, House insists he can handle things. But despite the fact Mark's tests prove negative, his steadily growing symptoms indicate he is dying. While House struggles with the mystery and make increasing demands on his staff, Wilson worries about House's emotional well-being, and Cuddy considers adding a new employee to the clinic.

Directors: Fred Keller
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After Hours
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8.03
6896 votes

#13 - After Hours

Season 7 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/16/2011

When House discovers that the experimental drug he's been using causes fatal tumors, he decides to attempt to excise them himself. However, he can't complete the surgery and ends up needing Cuddy's help. Meanwhile, Thirteen's friend from prison (Amy Landecker), a relapsed drug user, arrives at her apartment needing medical care after being stabbed. With her friend unwilling to go to the hospital, Thirteen enlists Chase's assistance when the friend loses sensation and movement in her arm. Also, Taub receives some unexpected news that could change his life.

Directors: Miguel Sapochnik
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No Reason
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8.02
2890 votes

#14 - No Reason

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/23/2006

As House and his team are working on the diagnosis of a man with a giant, swollen tongue, the husband of a former patient walks into House's office and shoots him. House continues to treat his patient from his ICU hospital bed with the shooter, who has been shot by hospital security and hand-cuffed to his bed, as his roommate. When the after-effects of the shooting begin to impact House, he starts to question his own ability to diagnose properly. As his patient's body deteriorates, House struggles through his self-doubt and must trust his team to find a way to solve the case.

Directors: David Shore
Writer: David Shore
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Under My Skin
star
8.02
3709 votes

#15 - Under My Skin

Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/4/2009

House and the team take on the case of a ballerina whose lungs collapse in the middle of a performance. When the treatment causes her skin to fall off, the dancer faces not only the prospect of never dancing again but also of dying an agonizing death. The team must use their imaginations to carefully choreograph ways to test and treat her delicate body without killing her. Meanwhile, House continues to suffer from what he thinks is insomnia, and he is willing to go to desperate measures to cure it.

Directors: David Straiton
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Detox
star
8.00
2890 votes

#16 - Detox

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/15/2005

House has to find out why a patient has internal bleedings after a car crash. In the meantime, he has a wager with Cuddy he can stay off the painkillers. Will his withdrawal symptoms eventually kill his patient?

Directors: Nelson McCormick
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Safe
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8.00
2865 votes

#17 - Safe

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/4/2006

Melinda, a troubled teenage girl who is immuno-compromised as a result of the medications she must take after a heart transplant, has a severe allergic reaction and goes into shock when her boyfriend visits her. Meanwhile, House and Wilson continue to work out the problems in their new living arrangement.

Writer: Peter Blake
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Simple Explanation
star
7.99
3329 votes

#18 - Simple Explanation

Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/6/2009

Charlotte, an older woman who has spent the last six months taking care of her dying husband Eddie, is rushed to Princeton Plainsboro after collapsing from respiratory failure. The couple becomes a double mystery for the team when Eddie begins to improve as Charlotte’s condition worsens. The previously unthinkable becomes real when it seems that Charlotte will die before Eddie, and the team will be forced to make a difficult decision.

Directors: Greg Yaitanes
Writer: Leonard Dick
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All In
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7.97
2767 votes

#19 - All In

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/11/2006

When a six-year-old boy is brought in with the same symptoms as another patient who died years ago under House's care, House believes the cases are identical and he can predict the course of the boy's illness. Meanwhile, the clinic hosts a poker night to benefit the oncology department.

Directors: Fred Gerber
Writer: David Foster
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Pilot
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7.97
5439 votes

#20 - Pilot

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/16/2004

A Kindergarten teacher starts speaking gibberish and passed 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.

Directors: Bryan Singer
Writer: David Shore
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DNR
star
7.95
3240 votes

#21 - DNR

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/1/2005

Legendary jazz musician John Henry Giles is checked into the hospital and when he's told he's dying from ALS, he 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.

Directors: Fred Keller
Writer: David Foster
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Meaning
star
7.95
2935 votes

#22 - Meaning

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/5/2006

After recovering from his gunshot wounds, House works feverishly on two cases at the same time: a paralyzed man who drove his wheelchair into a swimming pool and a woman who became paralyzed after a yoga session.

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Locked In
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7.94
3193 votes

#23 - Locked In

Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/30/2009

A man awakens in New York after a bicycle accident unable to move or communicate in any way. House, himself injured in a motorcycle mishap, occupies the hospital bed next to Lee and quickly annoys the doctors treating them both by insisting that Lee has “locked-in” syndrome.

Directors: Daniel Attias
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The C Word
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7.93
5044 votes

#24 - The C Word

Season 8 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/30/2012

When House and Wilson disappear off the grid for several days, without explanation, the team is left to deal with a complicated case of a 6-year old with numerous problems and complications, including an overbearing mother who also happens to be her physician.

Directors: Hugh Laurie
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The Dig
star
7.93
7677 votes

#25 - The Dig

Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/11/2011

Thirteen has been in prison for the past year, but the real mystery for House is what she did to get there. At the hospital, the team treats a science teacher suffering from severe respiratory illness. Taub tries to get back into the dating scene, but winds up retreating to his old habits.

Directors: Matt Shakman
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