The BEST episodes of House season 3

Every episode of House season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of House season 3!

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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Meaning
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7.95
2935 votes

#1 - 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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Human Error
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7.85
2811 votes

#2 - Human Error

Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/29/2007

A Cuban couple attempt to get to America by raft... to see House about the wife's heart condition. But when she gets worse House wonders if someone on his staff messed up. Meanwhile Foreman prepares to leave and his departure threatens to shake up the entire team.

Directors: Katie Jacobs
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Lines in the Sand
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7.81
2994 votes

#3 - Lines in the Sand

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/26/2006

When doctors are unable to diagnose why a severely autistic boy screams loudly for no apparent reason, House takes the case. As the boy's condition worsens, it becomes obvious that House relates to the boy because he has no social niceties.

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Airborne
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7.80
2795 votes

#4 - Airborne

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/10/2007

On House and Cuddy's flight from Singapore a passenger gets ill and Cuddy suspects an epidemic. At the hospital, Wilson leads the team as they deal with a middle-aged woman suffering from seizures.

Directors: Elodie Keene
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Half-Wit
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7.79
2495 votes

#5 - Half-Wit

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/6/2007

House encounters a brain-damaged musical prodigy with inexplicable abilities while the team faces serious concerns about House's own health.

Directors: Katie Jacobs
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Cane & Able
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7.77
2787 votes

#6 - Cane & Able

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/12/2006

House and the team treat a young boy who claims there is a tracking device in his neck and believes he has been the subject of alien experimentation. Cameron is outraged when she learns Cuddy and Wilson have been lying to House about the diagnosis on his last case.

Directors: Daniel Sackheim
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Words and Deeds
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7.77
2678 votes

#7 - Words and Deeds

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/9/2007

House splits his time between treating a firefighter for uncontrollable shivering, giving Tritter a piece of his mind, and handling his trial for forging prescriptions.

Directors: Daniel Sackheim
Writer: Leonard Dick
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Informed Consent
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7.75
2829 votes

#8 - Informed Consent

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/19/2006

House puts a well-known medical researcher through a battery of tests to determine why he collapsed in his lab. When the team is unable to diagnose the problem, the doctor asks the team to help him end his life. House is forced to use his cane again after the ketamine has worn off as he deals with a clinic patient's teenaged daughter who has a crush on him.

Directors: Laura Innes
Writer: David Foster
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Son of Coma Guy
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7.70
2762 votes

#9 - Son of Coma Guy

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/2006

House decides to awaken a comatose patient so he can question the man regarding the family history of his son, who may have a genetic condition and the father is the only living relative. Meanwhile, Wilson confronts House about the stolen prescription pad as Tritter approaches Cameron, Chase, and Foreman in an attempt to divide the team and reveal their loyalties.

Directors: Daniel Attias
Writer: Doris Egan
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Fetal Position
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7.70
2552 votes

#10 - Fetal Position

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/3/2007

A famous celebrity photographer suffers from a stroke while being pregnant at her early forties. House and his team have to deal with a great dilemma, save the mother or her unborn child.

Directors: Matt Shakman
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Merry Little Christmas
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7.69
2734 votes

#11 - Merry Little Christmas

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/2006

Wilson arranges for House to make a deal with Tritter, but House refuses. Meanwhile, Cuddy cuts House off Vicodin and removes him from the team's case: a 15-year-old little person who entered the hospital with a collapsed lung and anemia.

Directors: Tony To
Writer: Liz Friedman
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Insensitive
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7.68
2786 votes

#12 - Insensitive

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/13/2007

It's Valentine's Day, and Cuddy has a blind date. Meanwhile, House leaves ER duty to take the case of a child patient named Hannah.

Directors: Deran Sarafian
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Resignation
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7.67
2560 votes

#13 - Resignation

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/8/2007

The team deals with a 19-year-old college student, while Foreman suddenly and without a reason hands in his resignation. House seems to have already found Foreman's replacement, an attractive nutritionist named Honey.

Directors: Martha Mitchell
Writer: Pamela Davis
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Fools for Love
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7.66
2916 votes

#14 - Fools for Love

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/2006

House takes the case of a young woman who has been rushed to the hospital with problems breathing and severe stomach pain after she and her husband were robbed. After her husband collapses, the team believes the couple's illnesses are related. Meanwhile, Michael Tritter, a clinic patient, causes problems for House that could have serious ramifications.

Directors: David Platt
Writer: Peter Blake
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Act Your Age
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7.59
2693 votes

#15 - Act Your Age

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/17/2007

A 6-year-old girl suffers ailments expected in patients much older. Tensions between Chase and Cameron lead House to intentionally assign them to the same tasks, including investigating the young girl's home.

Directors: Daniel Sackheim
Writer: Sara Hess
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Finding Judas
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7.59
2602 votes

#16 - Finding Judas

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/2006

House takes the case of a young girl who has been diagnosed with pancreatitis. When he takes her divorced parents to court to force them to allow treatment because they can't agree, the judge awards guardianship of the girl to Cuddy. Meanwhile, Tritter continues his strategy to force House to admit to his drug use by offering one of the team members a deal.

Directors: Deran Sarafian
Writer: Sara Hess
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Top Secret
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7.59
2820 votes

#17 - Top Secret

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/27/2007

The ex-marine that saved House's life, in a dream he had the day before, is admitted in the hospital with symptoms resembling Gulf War Syndrome. While House is busy dealing with his own health issues, and Chase and Cameron are too busy with each other, the ex-marine gets worse.

Directors: Deran Sarafian
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One Day, One Room
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7.58
2765 votes

#18 - One Day, One Room

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/30/2007

While House is forced to work full-time in the clinic and deal with a rape victim who insists on confiding with him, Cameron deals with a terminal cancer patient trying to take advantage of her state of mind.

Writer: David Shore
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Family
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7.54
2432 votes

#19 - Family

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/1/2007

Wilson prepares to transplant bone marrow from Matty to his brother Nick. But when Matty gets sick, the team must cure him as he's the only safe donor. Meanwhile Foreman deals with the consequences of his mistake and House has a battle of wills with his new pet Hector.

Directors: David Straiton
Writer: Liz Friedman
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Que Será Será
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7.50
2911 votes

#20 - Que Será Será

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2006

The team encounters logistical problems while trying to run tests on a 600-pound man due to his extremely large size. Meanwhile, House spends the night in jail after being arrested by Detective Tritter for various charges, including resisting arrest.

Directors: Deran Sarafian
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House Training
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7.49
2676 votes

#21 - House Training

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/24/2007

The doctors try to find what's wrong with a scam artist who collapses after her brain "freezes," but the case becomes personal for Foreman.

Directors: Paul McCrane
Writer: Doris Egan
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Needle in a Haystack
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7.48
2667 votes

#22 - Needle in a Haystack

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/6/2007

House and his staff must deal with a teenage Gypsy boy suffering from inexplicable respiratory distress. However, House has bigger issues on his mind: Cuddy has given away his handicapped spot.

Directors: Peter O'Fallon
Writer: David Foster
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The Jerk
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7.45
2721 votes

#23 - The Jerk

Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/15/2007

House treats a 16-year-old chess prodigy who gets everyone on the team annoyed with his behavior. Foreman is upset with House because he thinks his boss sabotaged his job interview with another hospital.

Directors: Daniel Sackheim
Writer: Leonard Dick
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Whac-A-Mole
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7.36
2656 votes

#24 - Whac-A-Mole

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2006

An 18-year-old teenager is brought to the hospital after having a heart attack. House reviews the boy's file and believes he has the diagnosis. He then turns the case into a game by sealing his opinion in an envelope and challenging Cameron, Foreman, and Chase to guess House's diagnosis on their own. Meanwhile, Tritter's actions against Wilson continue to strain the oncologist's relationship with House and destroy his ability to practice medicine.

Directors: Daniel Sackheim
Writer: Pamela Davis
Watch Now:Apple TV