"House M.D." Control (2005)

User Rating:

8.6/10   

Director:

Randall Zisk

Writers:

David Shore (creator)
Lawrence Kaplow (written by)

TV Series:

"House M.D." (2004)

Original Air Date:

15 March 2005 (Season 1, Episode 14)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Could House save a high powered female executive from the same problem that left him in constant pain? A new head of the hospital board could cause problems. Clinic Cases: A boy and his mute dad. |

Plot Keywords:

Doctor | Medical Doctor | Medicine | Maverick Doctor | Pain

Cast

Hugh Laurie	...	Dr. Gregory House
Lisa Edelstein	...	Dr. Lisa Cuddy
Omar Epps	...	Dr. Eric Foreman
Robert Sean Leonard	...	Dr. James Wilson
Jennifer Morrison	...	Dr. Allison Cameron
Jesse Spencer	...	Dr. Robert Chase
Sarah Clarke	...	Carly Forlano
Sunny Mabrey	...	Jenny
Vivian Bang	...	Robin
Andrew Borba	...	Mr. van der Meer
Ron Perkins	...	Dr. Simpson
Chi McBride	...	Edward Vogler
Dar Dixon	...	Don
Joshua Miller	...	Ricky van der Meer
David Joyner	...	Cardiac Surgeon #2

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | Japan:Unrated

Company:

Bad Hat Harry Productions

Trivia:

The song House is listening to when Vogler comes into his office to warn him about his behavior is "Baba O'Riley" by The Who.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): House mispronunciates Wernicke's by making the last E silent (it is a hard E - Wer-nick-e's)

Quotes:

Dr. Robert Chase: You guys don't think it's weird House knew the patient needed a heart transplant before we did any heart tests?
Dr. Allison Cameron: That's House. He knows things.
Dr. Robert Chase: But usually he's putting it in our face, telling us how cleverly he figured it out. This time, nothing. Just "I had a hunch".

Movie Connections:

References The Omen (1976)

Soundtrack:

Baba O'Riley

Dual plots that add something

House treats a Type A business executive -- worse yet, a female -- whose leg has suddenly gone numb, and the hospital gets a new boss, a pushy, bottom-line multimillionaire who immediately targets House's department for removal. Chi McBride plays the new boss in truly menacing fashion. Meanwhile, the female executive must deal with a lot worse than a numb leg before the finale, and House gets himself in a major heap of trouble by withholding crucial data from his boss, Cuddy, about the female executive, in order to get her on a transplant list. The new boss strongly resembles the Kingpin from DAREDEVIL, and makes a great foil for House to play against in this and upcoming episodes. Cuddy is caught in the crossfire, and Lisa Edelstein gets to do some superior acting as she seeks to defend House and her own position from the tyrannical McBride.