"House M.D." TB or Not TB (2005)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Director:

Peter O'Fallon

Writers:

David Shore (creator)
David Foster (writer)

TV Series:

"House M.D." (2004)

Original Air Date:

1 November 2005 (Season 2, Episode 4)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

A doctor champions against the epidemic of TB in Africa, possibly at the risk of his own life. |

Plot Keywords:

Reference To Mother Teresa | Title Based On Shakespeare | Doctor | Medical 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
Ron Livingston	...	Dr. Sebastian Charles
Andrea Bendewald	...	Cecilia Carter
Ken Weiler	...	Jerry
Mary Wickliffe	...	Mandy
Hansford Prince	...	Bogale
Joram Moreka	...	Father
Harry F. Brockington IV	...	Dahoma

Runtime:

Netherlands:55 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | USA:TV-14 | Japan:Unrated | Netherlands:12

Company:

Bad Hat Harry Productions

Trivia:

The pharmaceutical company that sponsors Sebastian is called "Stoia" like Chris Stoia, first assistant director on the show.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Dr. Sebastian looks at the pills, there are four in the little glass, but when he pours them on the table after a cut there are only three pills, also in a different order. When he pours the last two pills, the order is pink pill, the last two pills, blue pill, but you can also see him pouring pink, blue and the two other pills. When the camera shows Sebastian and the table, the order is: pink, white, blue. After that the order of the pills is messed up again.

Quotes:

Dr. Gregory House: [referring to Cameron] She asked, looking clever.

Movie Connections:

References This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

Soundtrack:

Stranger In A Strange Night

Jealousy, thine name be House

"TB" takes an unusual twist: House is compelled to treat an internationally famous doctor who treats Africans for TB and who browbeats pharmaceutical makers to donate more and more of their drugs to his cause. The doctor himself now has a bad case of TB. Or does he? This is what House must discover. The episode is full of amusing bits as House is clearly insanely jealous of the guy, who is a smooth talker, completely self-absorbed and handsome as the devil. He very quickly wins over Cameron, and this makes House even crazier. Ron Livingston of "Office Space" fame plays the charismatic physician, and is one of the better guest stars to grace the house of House. As the Season 2 episodes roll on, Wilson has begun to play a larger role as House's only real friend. But his friendship is being stretched thin by House's antics.