House

Season 5 Episode Guide

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Season 5 episodes

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Episode

1

Dying Changes Everything

Sep 16, 2008

Eight weeks after the death of his girlfriend, Amber, Wilson is still mourning her death, and his relationship with his best friend House is shatte...

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2

Not Cancer

Sep 23, 2008

When several people die suddenly and without warning five years after receiving transplants from a single organ donor, House and the team rush to s...

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3

Adverse Events

Sep 30, 2008

House and the team take on the case of a struggling artist who has been painting bizarre portraits. His undiagnosed illness is distorting his perce...

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4

Birthmarks

Oct 14, 2008

When House receives word that his father has passed away, he brushes off the news and dismisses the idea of going to the funeral. However, he is so...

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5

Lucky Thirteen

Oct 21, 2008

When a woman with whom Thirteen had a one-night stand falls ill and has a seizure at Thirteen's apartment after a night of partying, Thirteen accom...

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6

Joy

Oct 28, 2008

The team takes on the case of a dreary middle-aged man who has been experiencing unexplained recurring blackouts and time lapses. Meanwhile, House...

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7

The Itch

Nov 11, 2008

When an agoraphobic man falls mysteriously ill and adamantly refuses to leave his home to get treatment at the hospital, House and the team go to h...

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8

Emancipation

Nov 18, 2008

The team takes on the case of a 16-year-old factory manager who fell ill when her lungs suddenly filled with fluid while at work. Meanwhile, Forema...

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9

Last Resort

Nov 25, 2008

A gun-wielding man from the waiting room at the Princeton-Plainsboro clinic takes House, Thirteen and several patients from the waiting room hostag...

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10

Let Them Eat Cake

Dec 2, 2008

House and the team take on the case of a high-profile fitness trainer who collapses while shooting an infomercial. Meanwhile, Thirteen begins her p...

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11

Joy to the World

Dec 9, 2008

House and the team encounter a teenager who collapsed during her high school Christmas program. Foreman continues to work with Thirteen on the Hunt...

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12

Painless

Jan 19, 2009

At Cameron's urging, House and the team take on the case of a man living with such severe chronic pain that he tries to kill himself, unable to go...

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13

Big Baby

Jan 26, 2009

Cuddy decides to spend more time at home to take care of her newly adopted baby and passes some of her day-to-day responsibilities off to Cameron,...

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14

The Greater Good

Feb 2, 2009

House and the team take on the case of a woman who collapsed in the middle of a cooking class, and they soon learn she is a highly-renowned cancer...

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15

Unfaithful

Feb 16, 2009

When a priest who runs a homeless shelter sees a bleeding Jesus hovering at his doorstep, he is admitted to the ER. House takes on the case as a di...

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16

The Softer Side

Feb 23, 2009

The team encounters a teenage boy who collapsed from severe pelvic pain after playing basketball. Tests reveal the boy has genetic mosaicism, or bo...

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17

The Social Contract

Mar 9, 2009

House and the team take on the case of Nick, a book editor who loses his inhibition and starts insulting coworkers at a dinner party one night befo...

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18

Here Kitty

Mar 16, 2009

House and the team take on the case of Morgan who works in a nursing home with a pet cat who only sleeps next to people if they are about to die -...

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19

Locked In

Mar 30, 2009

We find ourselves inside the mind of Lee as he awakens after a bicycle accident in New York unable to move or communicate verbally. From his unique...

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20

Simple Explanation

Apr 6, 2009

Charlotte, an older woman who has spent the last six months taking care of her husband Eddie, is rushed to Princeton Plainsboro for immediate treat...

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21

Saviors

Apr 13, 2009

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 unex...

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22

House Divided

Apr 27, 2009

The team takes on the case of a deaf 14-year-old named Seth who collapsed after he started "hearing" explosions while competing in a wrestling matc...

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23

Under My Skin

May 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...

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24

Both Sides Now

May 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 personalitie...

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