"House M.D." Damned If You Do (2004)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Director:

Greg Yaitanes

Writers:

David Shore (creator)
Sara B. Cooper (written by)

TV Series:

"House M.D." (2004)

Original Air Date:

14 December 2004 (Season 1, Episode 5)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

A nun arrives at the clinic with what appears to be a skin rash caused by an allergy, and starts to...

Plot Keywords:

Nun | Christmas | Title Spoken By Character | Doctor | Medical Doctor

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
Elizabeth Mitchell	...	Sister Mary Augustine
Lucinda Jenney	...	Sister Mary Eucharist
Dakin Matthews	...	Marvin - Santa Claus
Lori Rom	...	Sister Mary Pius
Ann Dowd	...	Mother Superior
Taji Coleman	...	Tech
Peter James	...	Priest (as James Symington)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | Japan:Unrated

Company:

Bad Hat Harry Productions

Trivia:

The chocolate bar House is eating in the hospital chapel is Cadburys Dairy Milk, an English chocolate company that Hugh Laurie did voiceovers for.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Sister Augustine is in bed, Dr. Chase reaches for her left wrist to take her pulse. Her oxygen tube, and several heart monitor leads are draped over the right shoulder and pillow. As he takes her pulse, only the oxygen tube is on the right, and the heart monitor leads are now draped on her left side. No heart monitor is ever visible.

Quotes:

Sister Mary Augustine: I experience God on a daily basis, in the miracle of life all around, the miracle of birth, the miracle of love. He is always with me.
Dr. Gregory House: Where is the miracle in delivering a crack-addicted baby, hmm, and watching her mother abandon her because she needs another score? Miracle of love. You're over twice as likely to be killed by the person you love than by a stranger.

Movie Connections:

Features "North Shore" (2004)

Soundtrack:

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

You've got a better shot betting on me than Him.

Elizabeth Mitchell ("Lost", 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story, The Santa Clause 2) plays Sister Mary Augustine, who came in with what looked like a simple allergic reaction.

The whole issue of nuns, belief in God, and belief that House may make mistakes comes up at various times.

What was interesting was the fact that the solution came in the patient's past life. The initial story was not the whole truth as it usually isn't Everybody lies, as House always says. Once the lie is exposed, then a solution is found.

Faith may be a wonderful thing, but reality is what gets us through life.