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The Best Episodes of House Season 2

Every episode of House Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of House Season 2!

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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. #1 Fan Favorite
    House Season 2 Episode 1 - Acceptance
    8.3/10(4514 votes)

    #1 - Acceptance

    S2:E1

    When a Death Row inmate mysteriously and suddenly collapses after hallucinating, House jumps at the chance to take the case for its difficulty and because it's "cool."

    Director:Dan Attias
    Writers:Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner

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  2. House Season 2 Episode 2 - Autopsy
    9.1/10(6522 votes)

    #2 - 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.

    Director:Deran Sarafian
    Writer:Lawrence Kaplow

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  3. House Season 2 Episode 3 - Humpty Dumpty
    7.8/10(4118 votes)

    #3 - Humpty Dumpty

    S2:E3

    Cuddy struggles with a case of guilt when her handyman is injured while at her place, and House and his team have to work fast to save the young man's pursuit of the American Dream.

    Director:Dan Attias
    Writer:Matt Witten

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  4. House Season 2 Episode 4 - TB or Not TB
    7.9/10(4129 votes)

    #4 - TB or Not TB

    S2:E4

    House's patient is willing to die in order to further his social cause.

    Director:Peter O'Fallon
    Writer:David Foster

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  5. House Season 2 Episode 5 - Daddy's Boy
    8.0/10(4026 votes)

    #5 - Daddy's Boy

    S2:E5

    Lies between a father and son may prevent House and his team from saving their patient.

    Director:Greg Yaitanes
    Writer:Thomas L. Moran

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  6. House Season 2 Episode 6 - Spin
    7.7/10(3896 votes)

    #6 - Spin

    S2:E6

    House's wheels start turning when a pro-cyclist admits to taking performance-enhancing drugs.

    Director:Fred Gerber
    Writer:Sara Hess

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  7. House Season 2 Episode 7 - Hunting
    8.2/10(4031 votes)

    #7 - Hunting

    S2:E7

    A patient with AIDS stalks House to get him to take his case; House and Stacy stalk a mouse in her attic; and Cameron faces a health scare of her own.

    Director:Gloria Muzio
    Writer:Liz Friedman

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  8. House Season 2 Episode 8 - The Mistake
    8.8/10(4685 votes)

    #8 - The Mistake

    S2:E8

    A patient's death prompts an investigation into whether Chase or House may have been responsible for her death.

    Director:David Semel
    Writer:Peter Blake

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  9. House Season 2 Episode 9 - Deception
    8.3/10(3965 votes)

    #9 - 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.

    Director:Deran Sarafian
    Writer:Michael R. Perry

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  10. House Season 2 Episode 10 - Failure to Communicate
    8.4/10(4046 votes)

    #10 - Failure to Communicate

    S2:E10

    A journalist's head injury results in unintelligible speech, leaving House and his team at a loss; and the heat is turned up between House and Stacy when they're out of town.

    Director:Jace Alexander
    Writer:Doris Egan

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  11. House Season 2 Episode 11 - Need to Know
    8.0/10(3843 votes)

    #11 - Need to Know

    S2:E11

    While House's staff tries to diagnose a woman whose uncontrollable muscle flailing caused her to crash her car, House and Stacy try to resolve their relationship issues once and for all. Cameron refuses to take her HIV test, wary of the results.

    Director:David Semel
    Writer:Pam Davis

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  12. House Season 2 Episode 12 - Distractions
    8.4/10(3998 votes)

    #12 - Distractions

    S2:E12

    While a severely burned teenager is admitted and his blood tests come back with strange results, House makes himself the guinea pig in his own unofficial tests of a new drug designed to treat migraines to prove a former medical school colleague is wrong about the drug.

    Director:Dan Attias
    Writer:Lawrence Kaplow

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  13. House Season 2 Episode 13 - Skin Deep
    8.5/10(4540 votes)

    #13 - Skin Deep

    S2:E13

    House uncovers a startling secret when he treats a teenage supermodel for heroin addiction. Meanwhile, Wilson hopes the increased leg pain in House's leg is an indication his leg nerves are regenerating.

    Director:James Hayman
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. House Season 2 Episode 14 - Sex Kills
    8.3/10(3900 votes)

    #14 - Sex Kills

    S2:E14

    House takes the case of a man who experienced a seizure but wasn't aware it happened. When the man suffers a heart attack and needs a heart transplant, the team races to diagnose a dead woman's illness so they can harvest her heart to save their living patient.

    Director:David Semel
    Writer:Matt Witten

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  15. House Season 2 Episode 15 - Clueless
    8.4/10(3931 votes)

    #15 - 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.

    Director:Deran Sarafian
    Writer:Thomas L. Moran

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  16. House Season 2 Episode 16 - Safe
    8.6/10(4297 votes)

    #16 - Safe

    S2:E16

    A teenage heart transplant patient is rushed to the hospital when she has an allergic reaction while living in a "clean" room, and House and Wilson work out the kinks of their new living arrangement.

    Director:Félix Alcalá
    Writer:Peter Blake

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  17. House Season 2 Episode 17 - All In
    8.9/10(4928 votes)

    #17 - All In

    S2:E17

    When a six-year-old boy is brought in with the same symptoms as another patient who died years ago under House's care, House believes the cases are identical and he can predict the course of the boy's illness. Meanwhile, the clinic hosts a poker night to benefit the oncology department.

    Director:Fred Gerber
    Writer:David Foster

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  18. House Season 2 Episode 18 - Sleeping Dogs Lie
    8.0/10(3821 votes)

    #18 - Sleeping Dogs Lie

    S2:E18

    House has to work fast when a woman comes in with a life-threatening case of insomnia. Meanwhile Cameron is angry at Foreman for stealing an article she worked on.

    Director:Greg Yaitanes
    Writer:Sara Hess

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  19. House Season 2 Episode 19 - House vs. God
    8.4/10(4229 votes)

    #19 - House vs. God

    S2:E19

    House treats a 15 year old faith healer, while Wilson feels left out when he finds out House has a weekly poker game.

    Director:John F. Showalter
    Writer:Doris Egan

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  20. House Season 2 Episode 20 - Euphoria (1)
    9.1/10(5368 votes)

    #20 - 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.

    Director:Deran Sarafian
    Writer:Matthew V. Lewis

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  21. House Season 2 Episode 21 - Euphoria (2)
    9.3/10(5978 votes)

    #21 - 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.

    Director:Deran Sarafian
    Writers:David Shore, Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner

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  22. House Season 2 Episode 22 - Forever
    7.9/10(3737 votes)

    #22 - Forever

    S2:E22

    A young mother has a seizure while bathing her newborn son and nearly drowns him. House and the team have two cases at one time as they try to save the infant and determine the cause of the mother's seizures.

    Director:Daniel Sackheim
    Writer:Liz Friedman

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  23. House Season 2 Episode 23 - Who's Your Daddy?
    7.6/10(3737 votes)

    #23 - Who's Your Daddy?

    S2:E23

    A 16-year-old Hurricane Katrina victim suffering from hallucinations as a result of the tragedy is brought to House by his former bandmate who recently found out the girl is his daughter. Although House fears his friend is being scammed, he takes the case. As he works his way through the girl's lies so he can diagnose and treat her, he's forced to tell a few lies of his own.

    Director:Martha Mitchell
    Writers:John Mankiewicz, Lawrence Kaplow

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  24. House Season 2 Episode 24 - No Reason
    9.4/10(7578 votes)

    #24 - No Reason

    S2:E24

    House is shot by a former patient and must share a recovery room with the gunman.

    Director:David Shore
    Writers:David Shore, Lawrence Kaplow

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Acceptance" is the best rated episode of "House" season 2. It scored 8.3/10 based on 4514 votes. Directed by Dan Attias and written by Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, it aired on 9/13/2005. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Autopsy".