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...
Episode
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...
Episode
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...
Episode
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...
Episode
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...
Episode
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...
Episode
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...
Episode
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...
Episode
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...
Episode
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...
Episode
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...
Episode
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...
Episode
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,...
Episode
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...
Episode
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...
Episode
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...
Episode
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...
Episode
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 -...
Episode
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...
Episode
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...
Episode
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...
Episode
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...
Episode
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...
Episode
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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