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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 Worst Episode
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    House Season 4 Episode 12 - Don't Ever Change
    7.1/10(38 votes)

    #1 - Don't Ever Change

    S4:E12

    House and his team must diagnose a Jewish bride who is taken ill at her wedding. However, House is more interested in analyzing Wilson's relationship with his new girlfriend.

    Director:Deran Sarafian
    Writers:Leonard Dick, Doris Egan

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  2. House Season 6 Episode 15 - Black Hole
    7.1/10(41 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. House Season 6 Episode 17 - Knight Fall
    7.1/10(35 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. House Season 8 Episode 10 - Runaways
    7.1/10(35 votes)

    #4 - Runaways

    S8:E10

    When a runaway teen requires hospitalization, Adams butts heads with House when she insists they contact Social Services. Meanwhile, Taub has trouble forming a personal connection with his baby daughters and Foreman's relationship with a married woman comes out.

    Director:Sanford Bookstaver
    Writer:Marqui Jackson

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  5. House Season 2 Episode 11 - Need to Know
    7.2/10(39 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. House Season 1 Episode 3 - Occam's Razor
    7.3/10(58 votes)

    #6 - Occam's Razor

    S1:E3

    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

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  7. House Season 1 Episode 7 - Fidelity
    7.3/10(56 votes)

    #7 - Fidelity

    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.

    Director:Bryan Spicer
    Writer:Thomas L. Moran

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  8. House Season 1 Episode 8 - Poison
    7.3/10(55 votes)

    #8 - Poison

    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.

    Director:Guy Ferland
    Writer:Matt Witten

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  9. House Season 1 Episode 15 - Mob Rules
    7.3/10(53 votes)

    #9 - Mob Rules

    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.

    Director:Tim Hunter
    Writers:John Mankiewicz, David Foster

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  10. House Season 2 Episode 4 - TB or Not TB
    7.3/10(42 votes)

    #10 - 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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  11. House Season 2 Episode 23 - Who's Your Daddy?
    7.3/10(40 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. House Season 6 Episode 14 - Private Lives
    7.3/10(34 votes)

    #12 - 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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  13. House Season 6 Episode 18 - Open and Shut
    7.3/10(36 votes)

    #13 - 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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  14. House Season 2 Episode 5 - Daddy's Boy
    7.4/10(43 votes)

    #14 - 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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  15. House Season 2 Episode 18 - Sleeping Dogs Lie
    7.4/10(36 votes)

    #15 - 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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  16. House Season 2 Episode 22 - Forever
    7.4/10(37 votes)

    #16 - 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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  17. House Season 3 Episode 9 - Finding Judas
    7.4/10(43 votes)

    #17 - 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.

    Director:Deran Sarafian
    Writer:Sara Hess

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  18. House Season 3 Episode 13 - Needle in a Haystack
    7.4/10(39 votes)

    #18 - Needle in a Haystack

    S3:E13

    House and his staff must deal with a teenage Gypsy boy suffering from inexplicable respiratory distress. However, House has bigger issues on his mind: Cuddy has given away his handicapped spot.

    Director:Peter O'Fallon
    Writer:David Foster

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  19. House Season 8 Episode 6 - Parents
    7.4/10(32 votes)

    #19 - Parents

    S8:E6

    A teenage boy attempting to follow in his late father’s footsteps as an entertainer is admitted to Princeton Plainsboro with partial paralysis. As the team searches for a bone marrow match, they uncover a disturbing family secret. Meanwhile, House looks for creative ways to remove his ankle monitor so that he can attend a boxing match in Atlantic City, and he treats a patient who is convinced he is suffering from diabetes. Also, Taub faces a tough decision when his ex-wife Rachel tells him that she wants to move across the country with their infant daughter.

    Director:Greg Yaitanes
    Writer:Eli Attie

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  20. House Season 8 Episode 15 - Blowing the Whistle
    7.4/10(34 votes)

    #20 - Blowing the Whistle

    S8:E15

    The team treats an Army veteran charged with treason after he leaked classified information. But the patient's life is put at risk when he refuses treatment unless he and his brother are given information about their late father, a war veteran, which raises questions about loyalty to one's family and country. Meanwhile, Adams suspects House may be sick, so she recruits Wilson and the other team members to plan an intervention and investigate his illness.

    Director:Julian Higgins
    Writer:Seth Hoffman

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  21. House Season 1 Episode 5 - Damned If You Do
    7.5/10(57 votes)

    #21 - Damned If You Do

    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.

    Director:Greg Yaitanes
    Writer:Sara B. Cooper

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  22. House Season 1 Episode 13 - Cursed
    7.5/10(53 votes)

    #22 - Cursed

    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.

    Director:Daniel Sackheim
    Writers:Matt Witten, Peter Blake

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  23. House Season 1 Episode 20 - Love Hurts
    7.5/10(51 votes)

    #23 - Love Hurts

    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.

    Director:Bryan Spicer
    Writer:Sara B. Cooper

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  24. House Season 2 Episode 6 - Spin
    7.5/10(42 votes)

    #24 - 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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  25. House Season 2 Episode 7 - Hunting
    7.5/10(39 votes)

    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Don't Ever Change" is the worst rated episode of "House". It scored 7.1/10 based on 38 votes. Directed by Deran Sarafian and written by Leonard Dick, Doris Egan, it aired on 2/5/2008. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Black Hole".