The Best Episodes of House Season 1
Every episode of House Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of House Season 1!
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "House" season 1 is "Pilot", rated 8.4/10 from 6657 user votes. It was directed by Bryan Singer and written by David Shore. "Pilot" aired on 11/16/2004 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Paternity".
8.4/10 6,657 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/16/2004
Dr. Gregory House, a brilliant diagnostician but devoid of bedside manner, and his elite team of young medical experts rush to save the life of a kindergarten teacher who started speaking gibberish and passed out in front of her class.
Director: Bryan Singer
Writer: David Shore
8.1/10 4,902 votes#2 - Paternity
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/23/2004
Dr. House goes with his gut and performs an unethical act to prove what he suspects to be the link to a teenage lacrosse player's illness in order to save the boy's life.
Director: Peter O'Fallon
Writer: Lawrence Kaplow
8.1/10 4,607 votes#3 - Occam's Razor
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/30/2004
Dr. House and his team race to save a young man who may have not one, but two illnesses killing him.
Director: Bryan Singer
Writer: David Shore
8.3/10 4,484 votes#4 - Maternity
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/7/2004
A maternity ward epidemic forces House to decide whether to save the life of one child over another.
Director: Newton Thomas Sigel
Writer: Peter Blake
8.0/10 4,323 votes#5 - Damned If You Do
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/14/2004
Dr. House's approach is questioned when he treats a nun for what he believes to be an allergy, not realizing the nun's past is coming back to haunt her.
Director: Greg Yaitanes
Writer: Sara B. Cooper
8.4/10 4,258 votes#6 - The Socratic Method
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/21/2004
The case of a schizophrenic mom with a deadly disease and her teenage son who have traded caretaking roles holds a special interest for Dr. House.
Director: Peter Medak
Writer: John Mankiewicz
8.0/10 4,138 votes#7 - Fidelity
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/28/2004
Dr. House's diagnosis of a married woman with a rare sleep disorder forces her and her husband to examine their marriage and question their trust for each other.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Thomas L. Moran
8.0/10 3,933 votes#8 - Poison
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/25/2005
House and his team have to act fast when a high school student is admitted with a mysterious and lethal poisoning, especially when they discover more teens have been diagnosed with the same deadly illness.
Director: Guy Ferland
Writer: Matt Witten
8.7/10 4,534 votes#9 - DNR
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/1/2005
House has to defend himself when he treats a patient who has legally chosen to refuse treatment.
Director: Frederick King Keller
Writer: David Foster
8.4/10 4,161 votes#10 - Histories
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2/8/2005
Dr. House and the team treat a homeless woman whose worsening symptoms and unknown identity prove to be a complex mystery.
Director: Daniel Attias
Writer: Joel Anderson Thompson
8.6/10 4,221 votes#11 - Detox
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2/15/2005
Dr. House takes Cuddy's challenge to go off his painkillers for a week, but the effects of his withdrawal symptoms may put his patient in danger.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Thomas L. Moran, Lawrence Kaplow
7.9/10 3,671 votes#12 - Sports Medicine
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/22/2005
A baseball player's comeback is cut short when he breaks his arm and House and his team have to act fast to figure out what is causing major bone loss that's killing the player and his dreams.
Director: Keith Gordon
Writer: David Shore, John Mankiewicz
8.1/10 3,715 votes#13 - Cursed
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 3/1/2005
Dr. House's young patient believes his illness is the result of a curse while House uncovers important information about Chase's father.
Director: Daniel Sackheim
Writer: Matt Witten, Peter Blake
8.6/10 3,973 votes#14 - Control
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 3/15/2005
The hospital's new Chairman of the Board has it out for Dr. House, questioning his importance to the hospital and threatening to eliminate House and his team.
Director: Randall Zisk
Writer: Lawrence Kaplow
7.9/10 3,614 votes#15 - Mob Rules
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 3/22/2005
Dr. House and his team race to diagnose a member of the mob and get him well enough to testify and enter the witness protection program while Cuddy works to convince Vogler of House's importance to the hospital.
Director: Tim Hunter
Writer: John Mankiewicz, David Foster
8.2/10 3,622 votes#16 - Heavy
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/29/2005
Dr. House and his team try to uncover the reason a 10-year-old has a heart attack while House suspects one of his team is selling him out to Vogler.
Director: Fred Gerber
Writer: Thomas L. Moran
8.4/10 3,737 votes#17 - Role Model
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/12/2005
House and his team battle to save a presidential hopeful, and House refuses to give in to Vogler's ultimatum when given the chance to save one of his team members.
Director: Peter O'Fallon
Writer: Matt Witten
8.8/10 4,075 votes#18 - Babies & Bathwater
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/19/2005
House and his team battle to diagnose a pregnant patient's life-threatening illness, prompting her to make the most emotional decision of her life, and Vogler is determined to fire House.
Director: Bill Johnson
Writer: David Shore, Peter Blake
8.2/10 3,630 votes#19 - Kids
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/3/2005
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.
Director: Deran Sarafian
Writer: Thomas L. Moran, Lawrence Kaplow
8.2/10 3,649 votes#20 - Love Hurts
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/10/2005
House and his team tackle the case of a young man with a penchant for odd behavior, and House prepares for his date with Cameron.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Sara B. Cooper
9.6/10 9,454 votes#21 - Three Stories
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/17/2005
House must decide whether to take the case of his ex-love's husband and he gives medical students a lecture they'll never forget.
Director: Paris Barclay
Writer: David Shore
8.6/10 3,866 votes#22 - Honeymoon
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/24/2005
House is faced with a problem he may not be able to solve and Stacy returns.
Director: Frederick King Keller
Writer: John Mankiewicz, Lawrence Kaplow