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The Best Episodes of House Season 6

Every episode of House Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of House Season 6!

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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 6 Episode 1 - Broken
    9.6/10(12131 votes)

    #1 - Broken

    S6:E1

    House is detoxing at a mental hospital and being held against his will by his attending physician, so he concocts an escape plan, aided by his roommate and a visitor named Lydia.

    Director:Katie Jacobs
    Writers:David Shore, Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, David Foster

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  2. House Season 6 Episode 2 - Epic Fail
    8.5/10(3696 votes)

    #2 - Epic Fail

    S6:E2

    House returns home to Princeton where he continues to focus on his recovery, but surprises Cuddy with the news that he's making a big change in his life. Meanwhile, the team is unable to diagnose a loud-mouthed video game creator who posts each new symptom on the internet and opts for treatments suggested by the online community rather than by the doctors, and Foreman angles for House's job, but the pressure to solve the case creates tension in his relationship with Thirteen.

    Director:Greg Yaitanes
    Writers:Liz Friedman, Sara Hess

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  3. House Season 6 Episode 3 - The Tyrant
    8.9/10(4183 votes)

    #3 - The Tyrant

    S6:E3

    When a controversial African politician falls ill, he is brought to Princeton Plainsboro for treatment. The team struggles with whether to help a merciless dictator being subpoenaed for crimes against humanity in his country. Meanwhile, Wilson tries to make peace with a feuding neighbor, but House’s prying exacerbates the problem.

    Director:David Straiton
    Writer:Peter Blake

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  4. House Season 6 Episode 4 - Instant Karma
    8.3/10(3229 votes)

    #4 - Instant Karma

    S6:E4

    A wealthy businessman brings his teenage son, who is suffering from inexplicable stomach pains, to Princeton Plainsboro and insists on having Dr. House handle the case. The father of the patient believes the karmic penalty of his financial success is that he is victim to personal tragedy, and that the answer to his son's medical mystery lies in a reverse of fate rather than medical treatment. Meanwhile, Foreman and Chase prepare to present information on the Dibala case.

    Director:Greg Yaitanes
    Writer:Thomas L. Moran

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  5. House Season 6 Episode 5 - Brave Heart
    8.3/10(3166 votes)

    #5 - Brave Heart

    S6:E5

    A dying patient insists that he has the same disease affecting his heart that killed his father and grandfather at the age of 40. Meanwhile, House discovers that he has a hearing problem while trying to duck student rounds.

    Director:Matt Shakman
    Writer:Lawrence Kaplow

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  6. House Season 6 Episode 6 - Known Unknowns
    8.2/10(3144 votes)

    #6 - Known Unknowns

    S6:E6

    After a wild night out, a teenage girl is brought to Princeton Plainsborough with severely swollen appendages. The team must work to diagnose the young girl, who is less than honest about what happened the night she fell ill. As her condition worsens, she becomes unable to distinguish fact from fiction. Meanwhile, Cuddy, Wilson and House spend a weekend away from the hospital to attend a medical conference, but things don’t go as planned when House’s private investigator, Lucas returns.

    Director:Greg Yaitanes
    Writers:Matthew V. Lewis, Doris Egan

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  7. House Season 6 Episode 7 - Teamwork
    8.0/10(3176 votes)

    #7 - Teamwork

    S6:E7

    After House’s medical license is reinstated, he reclaims his role as Head of Diagnostics in time to treat Hank Hardwick, an adult film star admitted to Princeton Plainsborough for pulsating eye pain. Meanwhile, Cuddy is reminded that Princeton Plainsborough is not conducive to healthy personal relationships.

    Director:David Straiton
    Writer:Eli Attie

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  8. House Season 6 Episode 8 - Ignorance Is Bliss
    8.2/10(3142 votes)

    #8 - Ignorance Is Bliss

    S6:E8

    On the eve of Thanksgiving, House and the team take on the case of James Sidas, an exceptionally brilliant physicist and author who traded his successful career for a job as a courier. For the ailing patient, intelligence is a miserable burden that has prompted depression and addiction, and this, coupled with a myriad of strange symptoms, nearly stumps the team. Meanwhile the doctors at Princeton Plainsboro wrestle with strained personal relationships.

    Director:Greg Yaitanes
    Writer:David Hoselton

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  9. House Season 6 Episode 9 - Wilson
    8.8/10(4013 votes)

    #9 - Wilson

    S6:E9

    When an old friend and former patient of Wilson’s exhibits paralysis in his right arm, Wilson puts himself on the case. House wagers Wilson that the patient’s symptoms are attributed to new cancer cells. Wilson accepts even though he is reluctant to believe the cancer has returned. With the help of the team, Wilson works to diagnose the patient more optimistic results, but when things take a turn for the worse, Wilson must address his inability to separate patient from friend. Meanwhile, Cuddy seeks advice in her search for real estate.

    Director:Lesli Linka Glatter
    Writer:David Foster

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  10. House Season 6 Episode 10 - The Down Low
    8.8/10(3821 votes)

    #10 - The Down Low

    S6:E10

    When drug dealer Mickey mysteriously collapses while negotiating a sale, his partner-in-crime, Eddie, accompanies him to Princeton Plainsboro for treatment. But with a major deal pending, Mickey is not forthcoming with the necessary personal information the team needs to treat him. As Mickey's condition worsens, the team resorts to old-fashioned detective work to solve the case. Meanwhile, House and Wilson compete for the affection of a new neighbor, and Chase, Thirteen and Taub attempt to play a practical joke on Foreman.

    Director:Nick Gomez
    Writers:Liz Friedman, Sara Hess

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  11. House Season 6 Episode 11 - Remorse
    8.6/10(3355 votes)

    #11 - Remorse

    S6:E11

    The team takes on the case of Valerie, an attractive female executive experiencing random episodes of excruciating pain. House agrees to take the case based on Valerie’s looks, and while treating her, the men on the team are charmed by Valerie’s beauty and personality, with Thirteen looking beyond the superficial to try to discover a link to her illness. Meanwhile, House uncharacteristically attempts to alleviate his conscience by reaching out to a former medical school colleague he wronged.

    Director:Andrew Bernstein
    Writer:Peter Blake

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  12. House Season 6 Episode 12 - Moving the Chains
    7.9/10(2960 votes)

    #12 - Moving the Chains

    S6:E12

    House and the team rush to treat an ailing college football star in time for the patient to compete in NFL tryouts. But when the patient experiences an onslaught of varied and unusual symptoms, the team has trouble reaching a consensus on how to effectively treat him in time. Meanwhile, Foreman’s brother Marcus makes a surprise visit to the hospital.

    Director:David Straiton
    Writers:Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner

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  13. House Season 6 Episode 13 - 5 to 9
    8.6/10(4314 votes)

    #13 - 5 to 9

    S6:E13

    During a day in the life of Princeton Plainsboro's Dean of Medicine, Dr. Lisa Cuddy, the inner workings of the hospital are seen through her eyes. This day proves to be especially trying as Cuddy wrestles with myriad hospital issues and staff disputes that test her perseverance and skills as an administrator, all while juggling issues in her personal life.

    Director:Andrew Bernstein
    Writer:Thomas L. Moran

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  14. House Season 6 Episode 14 - Private Lives
    7.9/10(3077 votes)

    #14 - Private Lives

    S6:E14

    House and the team take on the case of an avid blogger admitted with sudden bruising and bleeding. From her hospital bed, the patient blogs about her symptoms, doctors and prospective diagnoses to her dedicated band of followers and solicits their advice on a course of treatment. Such openness leads the team to contemplate the value of privacy, especially after House and Wilson uncover secrets from one another 's past. Meanwhile, Chase is coaxed into testing out the dating scene.

    Director:Sanford Bookstaver
    Writer:Doris Egan

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  15. House Season 6 Episode 15 - Black Hole
    7.9/10(3022 votes)

    #15 - Black Hole

    S6:E15

    The team takes on the case of a high school senior who inexplicably blacks out during a class field trip. While in the hospital, the patient repeatedly hallucinates. After exhausting myriad ineffective treatments for her mysterious ailments, House attempts one last controversial approach to diagnosing her: monitoring her cognitive patterns and looking for clues. Meanwhile, Taub airs his dirty laundry at work, and Wilson attempts to furnish his condo.

    Director:Greg Yaitanes
    Writer:Lawrence Kaplow

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  16. House Season 6 Episode 16 - Lockdown
    8.8/10(4125 votes)

    #16 - Lockdown

    S6:E16

    This episode has five storylines: When the hospital is sent into lock-down mode due to a missing infant, all of the doctors must remain where they are, leaving Foreman and Taub in the file room, Wilson and Thirteen in the cafeteria playing truth or dare, House in a room with a patient, and Chase with his soon-to-be ex-wife, Cameron, as Cuddy tries to help police locate the infant. This episode is one of the show's rare instances when no medical mystery is presented, though House still deals with his "patient of the week".

    Director:Hugh Laurie
    Writers:Eli Attie, Peter Blake, Garrett Lerner

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  17. House Season 6 Episode 17 - Knight Fall
    7.7/10(2941 votes)

    #17 - Knight Fall

    S6:E17

    House and the team take on the case of Sir William, a "knight" in a closed-off community of men and women living according to the ideals of the High Renaissance. As the team searches the medieval village for environmental factors contributing to Sir William's rapidly deteriorating health, Thirteen and Sir William debate the acts that define honor and loyalty, especially in regard to the "queen" of the community, one of Sir William's most frequent visitors. Meanwhile, Wilson starts over with an ex.

    Director:Juan José Campanella
    Writer:John C. Kelley

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  18. House Season 6 Episode 18 - Open and Shut
    7.7/10(2895 votes)

    #18 - Open and Shut

    S6:E18

    House and the team take on the case of a woman Julia, who is in an open marriage and becomes ill during a date with her on-the-side boyfriend. As perplexing as the case is, Julia's happy and healthy, yet polyamorous relationship is equally baffling to the team. Meanwhile, House tests Wilson's relationship with Sam.

    Director:Greg Yaitanes
    Writers:Liz Friedman, Sara Hess

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  19. House Season 6 Episode 19 - The Choice
    7.9/10(3005 votes)

    #19 - The Choice

    S6:E19

    The team takes on the case of an ailing groom-to-be who harbors undisclosed secrets from a previous relationship. As his fiancée tries to get answers to her many questions, a frustrated team winnows down the possibilities. Meanwhile, House spends extra-curricular time with his Princeton Plainsboro colleagues, performing a karaoke rendition of a Gladys Knight & The Pips classic with Foreman and Chase.

    Director:Juan José Campanella
    Writer:David Hoselton

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  20. House Season 6 Episode 20 - Baggage
    8.8/10(3815 votes)

    #20 - Baggage

    S6:E20

    During a session with Dr. Nolan, House recounts the case of a woman who arrives at the Princeton Plainsboro emergency room with an unexplained illness and no recollection of who she is. While trying to solve the mystery of the woman's illness, House must also help her piece together her identity.

    Director:David Straiton
    Writers:Doris Egan, David Foster

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  21. House Season 6 Episode 21 - Help Me
    9.5/10(6817 votes)

    #21 - Help Me

    S6:E21

    Cuddy, House and members of the team join forces with a search-and-rescue team to provide much-needed medical attention at the scene of an emergency.

    Director:Greg Yaitanes
    Writers:Russel Friend, Peter Blake, Garrett Lerner

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Season 6 Ratings Summary

"Broken" is the best rated episode of "House" season 6. It scored 9.6/10 based on 12131 votes. Directed by Katie Jacobs and written by David Shore, Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, David Foster, it aired on 9/21/2009. This episode is rated 1.1 points higher than the second-best, "Epic Fail".