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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 2 Episode 21 - ?
    8.6/10(65 votes)

    #1 - ?

    S2:E21

    Mr. Eko has dreams about his brother leading him somewhere. He seeks Locke's help in finding a secret location, the "question mark." Meanwhile, Jack and the other survivors grapple with the horrific situation in the hatch with the death of Ana-Lucia and Libby clinging to life.

    Director:Deran Sarafian
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  2. undefined Season 2 Episode 21 - Euphoria (2)
    8.4/10(47 votes)

    #2 - Euphoria (2)

    S2:E21

    Foreman continues to experience the same progression of symptoms as the police officer. When he realizes he may be facing imminent death, he calls his father who comes to his son's side. As it comes down to a race against time, House believes the solution to the illness is in the police officer's apartment.

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  3. undefined Season 2 Episode 20 - Euphoria (1)
    8.4/10(48 votes)

    #3 - Euphoria (1)

    S2:E20

    When a police officer with a gunshot wound to the head and uncontrollable laughter is admitted, House and the team are baffled. When Foreman begins showing the same symptoms, they race to determine the cause of the illness before Foreman's condition takes the same path.

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  4. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - Autopsy
    8.2/10(55 votes)

    #4 - Autopsy

    S2:E2

    A girl's unimaginable bravery toward her terminal illness makes House suspicious as he puts a life-or-death decision about her case in her young hands.

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  5. undefined Season 4 Episode 1 - Alone
    8.1/10(43 votes)

    #5 - Alone

    S4:E1

    With his diagnostic team gone, House tries to diagnose a young woman who survived an office building collapse. With the condition getting worse, Cuddy puts pressure on House to hire a new team, but instead attempts a differential diagnosis with help from the janitor.

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  6. undefined Season 4 Episode 2 - The Right Stuff
    8.0/10(44 votes)

    #6 - The Right Stuff

    S4:E2

    House is secretly trying to treat a fighter pilot who is a candidate for NASA's astronaut training program. Her diagnosis will be the test to choose which ones of the 40 applicants are going to take the empty spots in his team.

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  7. undefined Season 3 Episode 1 - Meaning
    8.0/10(46 votes)

    #7 - Meaning

    S3:E1

    After recovering from his gunshot wounds, House works feverishly on two cases at the same time: a paralyzed man who drove his wheelchair into a swimming pool and a woman who became paralyzed after a yoga session.

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  8. undefined Season 3 Episode 14 - Insensitive
    8.0/10(44 votes)

    #8 - Insensitive

    S3:E14

    It's Valentine's Day, and Cuddy has a blind date. Meanwhile, House leaves ER duty to take the case of a child patient named Hannah.

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  9. undefined Season 5 Episode 1 - Dying Changes Everything
    7.9/10(43 votes)

    #9 - Dying Changes Everything

    S5:E1

    In the aftermath of personal tragedy, Wilson resigns from the hospital... and from his friendship with House. Meanwhile, Thirteen struggles with her personal medical problems while helping treat an executive assistant with a similar situation to her own.

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  10. undefined Season 5 Episode 10 - Let Them Eat Cake
    7.8/10(40 votes)

    #10 - Let Them Eat Cake

    S5:E10

    The team takes on the case of a fitness guru on an all-natural diet who collapsed while filming a video. Meanwhile, Foreman conducts Huntington's Disease drug trials and Thirteen signs on as a subject, Cuddy is forced to move into House's office, and Kutner uses House's name to run an online medical-advice website.

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  11. undefined Season 5 Episode 16 - The Softer Side
    7.8/10(42 votes)

    #11 - The Softer Side

    S5:E16

    A patient with both male and female DNA has the team stumped. Meanwhile, House starts acting nicely, raising Cuddy's and Wilson's suspicions that something is terribly wrong.

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  12. undefined Season 4 Episode 4 - Guardian Angels
    7.8/10(43 votes)

    #12 - Guardian Angels

    S4:E4

    House finds that some of his own fellowship students will do whatever it takes, when they deal with a woman who believes she can talk to the dead.

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  13. undefined Season 4 Episode 9 - Games
    7.8/10(39 votes)

    #13 - Games

    S4:E9

    Under Cuddy’s pressure to choose his team, House gives the candidates a case of a former punk rock star who is a drug user. Whoever diagnoses the patient is going to have a future as a member of House’s team.

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  14. undefined Season 2 Episode 9 - Deception
    7.7/10(47 votes)

    #14 - Deception

    S2:E9

    With Foreman as House's supervisor, the team must figure out if a woman who cried wolf too many times is really ill.

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  15. undefined Season 1 Episode 19 - Kids
    7.7/10(56 votes)

    #15 - Kids

    S1:E19

    House and his team race to diagnose a 12-year-old's illness - an illness with a shocking origin - and House asks Cameron to come back to her job.

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  16. undefined Season 2 Episode 15 - Clueless
    7.7/10(47 votes)

    #16 - Clueless

    S2:E15

    House believes a woman is trying to kill her husband and tries to find the proof to confirm his suspicions. When Wilson moves in with House after separating from his wife, he learns Wilson is a great cook.

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  17. undefined Season 5 Episode 6 - Joy
    7.6/10(43 votes)

    #17 - Joy

    S5:E6

    An ailing man suffers from blackouts and sleepwalks, leading the team to wonder if his sleepwalking is a symptom, or how the man is becoming exposed to something else. When the man's daughter grows ill as well, the team must provide a diagnosis before both die. Meanwhile, Cuddy adopts a newborn but when the birth mother displays a rash, she has to make a decision between putting the mother or daughter at risk.

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  18. undefined Season 5 Episode 13 - Big Baby
    7.6/10(39 votes)

    #18 - Big Baby

    S5:E13

    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, including supervising House. Cameron is forced to play House’s games and becomes involved in a power struggle as he and the team take on the case of a Special Education teacher who collapsed after spitting up blood in the middle of class. As House tests Cameron’s tolerance for his extreme measures, the patient continues to fall ill and House insists the teacher’s seemingly inherent goodness is actually a pathology.

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  19. undefined Season 4 Episode 13 - No More Mr. Nice Guy
    7.6/10(42 votes)

    #19 - No More Mr. Nice Guy

    S4:E13

    House copes with a patient whose symptoms conceal a greater problem, but spends much of his time dodging Cuddy's orders to give performance reviews, and fighting with Amber over who gets to spend more time with Wilson.

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  20. undefined Season 3 Episode 6 - Que Será Será
    7.6/10(44 votes)

    #20 - Que Será Será

    S3:E6

    The team encounters logistical problems while trying to run tests on a 600-pound man due to his extremely large size. Meanwhile, House spends the night in jail after being arrested by Detective Tritter for various charges, including resisting arrest.

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  21. undefined Season 3 Episode 16 - Top Secret
    7.6/10(44 votes)

    #21 - Top Secret

    S3:E16

    The ex-marine that saved House's life, in a dream he had the day before, is admitted in the hospital with symptoms resembling Gulf War Syndrome. While House is busy dealing with his own health issues, and Chase and Cameron are too busy with each other, the ex-marine gets worse.

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  22. undefined Season 2 Episode 13 - What Lies Below
    7.5/10(30 votes)

    #22 - What Lies Below

    S2:E13

    A Dutch industrial consultant arrives for an appointment and dies in a painful explosion of blood. Olivia and Peter arrive on the scene first and discover that the blood contains a pathogen and everyone in the building may be contaminated. While Walter and Astrid work outside the quarantined building to create a cure, the virus develops unique characteristics that pose a danger to the entire world.

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  23. undefined Season 2 Episode 18 - Killed by Death
    7.5/10(23 votes)

    #23 - Killed by Death

    S2:E18

    While hospitalized with a severe case of the flu, Buffy investigates the young patients' fear that Death is stalking the children's ward.

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  24. undefined Season 3 Episode 6 - The Battle of Central Park
    7.5/10(15 votes)

    #24 - The Battle of Central Park

    S3:E6

    Fet strikes hard at the heart of the strigoi army while Justine embarks upon a risky mission to drive the strigoi out of Manhattan once and for all. Gus and Angel fight for their lives and their freedom but are faced with a moral dilemma.

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  25. undefined Season 3 Episode 9 - Finding Judas
    7.4/10(47 votes)

    #25 - Finding Judas

    S3:E9

    House takes the case of a young girl who has been diagnosed with pancreatitis. When he takes her divorced parents to court to force them to allow treatment because they can't agree, the judge awards guardianship of the girl to Cuddy. Meanwhile, Tritter continues his strategy to force House to admit to his drug use by offering one of the team members a deal.

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Deran Sarafian Ratings Summary

"?" is the best rated episode directed by Deran Sarafian. It scored 8.554/10 based on 65 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 5/10/2006 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Euphoria (2)".