The BEST episodes of House season 2

Every episode of House season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of House season 2!

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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Euphoria (2)
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8.11
2856 votes

#1 - 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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Autopsy
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8.05
3009 votes

#2 - 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
2872 votes

#3 - 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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No Reason
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8.04
2957 votes

#4 - 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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Safe
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8.00
2923 votes

#5 - 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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All In
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7.97
2828 votes

#6 - 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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The Mistake
star
7.91
2967 votes

#7 - The Mistake

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/29/2005

House and Chase find themselves in a serious situation after a young mother with stomach pains dies. Months later, Stacy counsels Chase prior to his disciplinary hearing, and must determine whether Chase made a mistake that ultimately led to the patient's death. She soon realizes he is holding something back.

Directors: David Semel
Writer: Peter Blake
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Sex Kills
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7.88
2913 votes

#8 - Sex Kills

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/7/2006

House takes the case of a man who experienced a seizure but wasn't aware it happened. When the man suffers a heart attack and needs a heart transplant, the team races to diagnose a dead woman's illness so they can harvest her heart to save their living patient.

Directors: David Semel
Writer: Matt Witten
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Clueless
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7.81
2892 votes

#9 - Clueless

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/28/2006

House believes a woman is trying to kill her husband and tries to find the proof to confirm his suspicions. When Wilson moves in with House after separating from his wife, he learns Wilson is a great cook.

Directors: Deran Sarafian
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House vs. God
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7.80
2860 votes

#10 - House vs. God

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/25/2006

House treats a 15 year old faith healer, while Wilson feels left out when he finds out House has a weekly poker game.

Writer: Doris Egan
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Distractions
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7.79
3066 votes

#11 - Distractions

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/14/2006

While a severely burned teenager is admitted and his blood tests come back with strange results, House makes himself the guinea pig in his own unofficial tests of a new drug designed to treat migraines to prove a former medical school colleague is wrong about the drug.

Directors: Daniel Attias
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TB or Not TB
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7.79
3041 votes

#12 - TB or Not TB

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/1/2005

While in Africa, a famous doctor becomes inexplicably ill and is sent to Dr. House for treatment.

Directors: Peter O'Fallon
Writer: David Foster
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Acceptance
star
7.77
3259 votes

#13 - Acceptance

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/2005

A death row inmate is felled by an unknown disease and House decides to take on the case, over Cuddy and Foreman's objections. House also has to deal with Stacy who is working closely with him, while Cameron has to cope with a dying patient.

Directors: Daniel Attias
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Failure to Communicate
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7.75
3065 votes

#14 - Failure to Communicate

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/10/2006

While attending his editor's retirement party, a journalist collapses and hits his head on a desk. When he regains consciousness, his sentences are garbled and incoherent, so he is rushed to Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. With House and Stacy stranded at an airport due to bad weather, the team is forced to solve the case with House helping out over the phone.

Directors: Jace Alexander
Writer: Doris Egan
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Humpty Dumpty
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7.72
2895 votes

#15 - Humpty Dumpty

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/2005

An asthmatic man suddenly becomes unconscious and falls off of Dr. Cuddy's roof while working on her house.

Directors: Daniel Attias
Writer: Matt Witten
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Need to Know
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7.72
3031 votes

#16 - Need to Know

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/7/2006

While House's staff tries to diagnose a woman whose uncontrollable muscle flailing caused her to crash her car, House and Stacy try to resolve their relationship issues once and for all. Cameron refuses to take her HIV test, wary of the results.

Directors: David Semel
Writer: Pamela Davis
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Sleeping Dogs Lie
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7.65
2742 votes

#17 - Sleeping Dogs Lie

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/18/2006

House has to work fast when a woman comes in with a life-threatening case of insomnia. Meanwhile Cameron is angry at Foreman for stealing an article she worked on.

Directors: Greg Yaitanes
Writer: Sara Hess
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Spin
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7.64
2770 votes

#18 - Spin

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/15/2005

A professional bicyclist is brought in after collapsing during a race, but House doesn't want to treat him because he thinks the athlete is taking performance-enhancing drugs. House only becomes interested when the patient admits to taking the drugs.

Directors: Fred Gerber
Writer: Sara Hess
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Who's Your Daddy?
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7.63
2830 votes

#19 - Who's Your Daddy?

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/16/2006

A 16-year-old Hurricane Katrina victim suffering from hallucinations as a result of the tragedy is brought to House by his former bandmate who recently found out the girl is his daughter. Although House fears his friend is being scammed, he takes the case. As he works his way through the girl's lies so he can diagnose and treat her, he's forced to tell a few lies of his own.

Directors: Martha Mitchell
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Skin Deep
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7.62
3019 votes

#20 - Skin Deep

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/20/2006

House uncovers a startling secret when he treats a teenage supermodel for heroin addiction. Meanwhile, Wilson hopes the increased leg pain in House's leg is an indication his leg nerves are regenerating.

Directors: James Hayman
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Deception
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7.59
3200 votes

#21 - Deception

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/13/2005

With Foreman as House's supervisor, the team must figure out if a woman who cried wolf too many times is really ill.

Directors: Deran Sarafian
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Daddy's Boy
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7.58
2810 votes

#22 - Daddy's Boy

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/8/2005

A Princeton student who is graduating suffers a seizure while partying at a frat house. House's parents also drop by to see their son.

Directors: Greg Yaitanes
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Hunting
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7.58
3027 votes

#23 - Hunting

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/22/2005

A gay man with full-blown AIDS collapses in front of House's home and goes into shock. When House discovers the man's father is suffering from symptoms of his own, he must determine if they might be connected and save both their lives. Meanwhile, Cameron faces a potentially life-threatening disease of her own.

Directors: Gloria Muzio
Writer: Liz Friedman
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Forever
star
7.44
2772 votes

#24 - Forever

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/9/2006

A young mother has a seizure while bathing her newborn son and nearly drowns him. House and the team have two cases at one time as they try to save the infant and determine the cause of the mother's seizures.

Directors: Daniel Sackheim
Writer: Liz Friedman
Watch Now:Apple TV