Episode 1
Aired Nov 16, 2004
Pilot
Dr. House (Hugh Laurie) and his team try to save the life of a kindergarten teacher (Robin Tunney) who began speaking gibberish and passed out in front of her students.
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Episode 2
Aired Nov 23, 2004
Paternity
Dr. House and the team think a teenage lacrosse player has multiple sclerosis until the boy's night-terrors disprove their diagnosis.
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Episode 3
Aired Nov 30, 2004
Occam's Razor
A collegian collapses after raucous sex with his girlfriend, and Dr. House and his team scramble to figure out why as the student's condition worsens.
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Episode 4
Aired Dec 7, 2004
Maternity
Dr. House annoys his boss when he suggests that two sick newborns in the hospital are the start of an epidemic, but as more babies fall ill, the maternity ward closes and the doctors battle over courses of treatment.
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Episode 5
Aired Dec 14, 2004
Damned if You Do
Dr. House's approach raises questions when he treats a nun for what he believes to be an allergy, not realizing that her past is coming back to haunt her.
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Episode 6
Aired Dec 21, 2004
The Socratic Method
Dr. House shows special interest in a schizophrenic with deep-vein thrombosis and her teenage son, who is her primary caregiver.
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Episode 7
Aired Dec 28, 2004
Fidelity
When a young housewife falls ill, House suspects that she has contracted a rare sexually transmitted disease, but she and her husband (Dominic Purcell) each deny having an affair.
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Episode 8
Aired Jan 25, 2005
Poison
House and his team investigate the mysterious poisoning of a high-school student, and they think they have the answers they need until a second teen develops the same symptoms.
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Episode 9
Aired Feb 1, 2005
DNR
A legendary jazz musician checks into the hospital, believing he is dying of ALS, and signs a "do not resuscitate" order, but House disagrees with the diagnosis and violates the order to save the man's life, landing himself in court.
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Episode 10
Aired Feb 8, 2005
Histories
Dr. Foreman believes an uncooperative homeless woman is faking seizures so she can stay in the hospital, but her worsening symptoms prove to be a complex mystery for Dr. House and his team.
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Episode 11
Aired Feb 15, 2005
Detox
House agrees to stop taking painkillers for a week in exchange for a month without clinic duty, but the team thinks detox is affecting his judgment in the case of a young man's unexplained blood loss.
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Episode 12
Aired Feb 22, 2005
Sports Medicine
A severely broken arm reveals underlying problems and ends the comeback plans of a major league pitcher (Scott Foley), whom House suspects is taking steroids.
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Episode 13
Aired Mar 1, 2005
Cursed
When a financial supporter of the hospital gets a divorce, his son falls ill and begins to believe he is cursed, leaving House and the team trying to treat him and deal with his demanding father.
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Episode 14
Aired Mar 15, 2005
Control
Billionaire entrepreneur Edward Vogler (Chi McBride) buys his way into becoming chairman of the board with plans to use the facility as a new biotech venture, which could mean the hospital no longer needs the services of Dr. House.
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Episode 15
Aired Mar 22, 2005
Mob Rules
When a mob informant suddenly collapses before court, House and his team try to cure him or determine whether he is faking.
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Episode 16
Aired Mar 29, 2005
Heavy
House and his team blame an adverse reaction to diet pills after an obese 10-year-old girl has a heart attack but, ultimately, they find another cause for her illness.
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Episode 17
Aired Apr 12, 2005
Role Model
When Tom Wright, a senator with presidential aspirations, becomes ill, House examines him and finds that the symptoms point toward AIDS, a condition that would squash his career.
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Episode 18
Aired Apr 19, 2005
Babies & Bathwater
House and his team scramble to find the cause of kidney and brain dysfunction in a pregnant patient, leaving the woman and her husband to face a heartbreaking choice, and Vogler continues his quest to have House fired.
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Episode 19
Aired May 3, 2005
Kids
A meningitis scare overwhelms the resources and staff of the hospital, but House singles out a 12-year-old patient whose symptoms are similar to but not quite right for the disease.
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Episode 20
Aired May 10, 2005
Love Hurts
House and Cameron explore their relationship; the team tries to discover what is causing a young man to have blood clots and strokes.
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Episode 21
Aired May 17, 2005
Three Stories
A woman from Dr. House's past returns to the hospital, where she used to be legal counsel, seeking his help in diagnosing the illness her husband has.
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Episode 22
Aired May 24, 2005
Honeymoon
While House works to save Stacy's husband, he cannot help but think his feelings for her may have reignited.
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