House

The Best Episodes of House Season 1

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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.
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  1. 9.6/10(10.3k votes)

    #1 - Three Stories

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    S1:E21

    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.

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    Director:Paris Barclay
  2. 8.8/10(4.4k votes)

    #2 - Babies & Bathwater

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    S1:E18

    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.

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  3. 8.7/10(4.9k votes)

    #3 - DNR

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    S1:E9

    House has to defend himself when he treats a patient who has legally chosen to refuse treatment.

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  4. 8.6/10(4.6k votes)

    #4 - Detox

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    S1:E11

    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.

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  5. 8.6/10(4.3k votes)

    #5 - Control

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    S1:E14

    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.

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  6. 8.6/10(4.2k votes)

    #6 - Honeymoon

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    S1:E22

    House is faced with a problem he may not be able to solve and Stacy returns.

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  8. 8.4/10(7.2k votes)

    #7 - Pilot

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    S1:E1

    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.

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    Director:Bryan Singer
  9. 8.4/10(4.5k votes)

    #8 - Histories

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    S1:E10

    Dr. House and the team treat a homeless woman whose worsening symptoms and unknown identity prove to be a complex mystery.

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  10. 8.4/10(4.1k votes)

    #9 - Role Model

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    S1:E17

    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.

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  11. 8.3/10(4.9k votes)

    #10 - Maternity

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    S1:E4

    A maternity ward epidemic forces House to decide whether to save the life of one child over another.

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  12. 8.3/10(4.6k votes)

    #11 - The Socratic Method

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    S1:E6

    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.

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  13. 8.2/10(3.9k votes)

    #12 - Heavy

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    S1:E16

    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.

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  14. 8.2/10(3.9k votes)

    #13 - Kids

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    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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  15. 8.1/10(5.3k votes)

    #14 - Paternity

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    S1:E2

    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.

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  16. 8.1/10(5.0k votes)

    #15 - Occam's Razor

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    S1:E3

    Dr. House and his team race to save a young man who may have not one, but two illnesses killing him.

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    Director:Bryan Singer
  17. 8.1/10(4.0k votes)

    #16 - Love Hurts

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    S1:E20

    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.

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  18. 8.0/10(4.7k votes)

    #17 - Damned If You Do

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    S1:E5

    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.

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  19. 8.0/10(4.5k votes)

    #18 - Fidelity

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    S1:E7

    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.

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  20. 8.0/10(4.3k votes)

    #19 - Poison

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    S1:E8

    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.

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    Director:Guy Ferland
  21. 8.0/10(4.0k votes)

    #20 - Cursed

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    S1:E13

    Dr. House's young patient believes his illness is the result of a curse while House uncovers important information about Chase's father.

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  22. 7.9/10(3.9k votes)

    #21 - Mob Rules

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    S1:E15

    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.

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  23. 7.8/10(4.0k votes)

    #22 - Sports Medicine

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    S1:E12

    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.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Three Stories" is the best rated episode of "House" season 1. It scored 9.6/10 based on 10252 votes. Directed by Paris Barclay and written by David Shore, it aired on 5/17/2005. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Babies & Bathwater".