The Best Episodes Written By David Hoselton
Every TV Episode Written by David Hoselton Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
David Hoselton Ratings Summary
The best episode written by David Hoselton is "The Fall", rated 9.7/10 from 3 user votes. It was "directed by Douglas Aarniokoski". "The Fall" aired on 2/7/2017 and is rated 0.9 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "The Lea Show".
9.7/10 3 votes#1 - The Fall
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/7/2017
Bull helps disgraced Titanfall multiplayer champion Jace (Omar Maskati) file a suit against his former employer, after the employer publicly accuses Jace of intentionally losing a championship match and fires him.
Director: Douglas Aarniokoski
Writer: David Hoselton
8.8/10 6 votes#2 - The Lea Show
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 5/9/2022
Sophie takes Lea out for a day full of luxurious wedding planning. And after a near fatal oversight, Dr. Lim senses an underlying issue is behind nurse Villanueva's unprofessional behavior.
Director: Steven Paul
Writer: David Hoselton
8.8/10 12 votes#3 - I Love You (2)
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 3/30/2020
The staff of St. Bonaventure Hospital works against time and their own personal safety to save the lives of those around them.
Director: David Shore
Writer: David Hoselton
8.7/10 7 votes#4 - Date Night
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 3/26/2024
Shaun and Lea struggle to balance their parental duties with their personal lives. Meanwhile, Park and Morgan try to find the time and space to reignite their romance amidst the demands of parenthood and work, and Lim's mother makes a surprise visit.
Director: Allison Liddi-Brown
Writer: David Hoselton
8.3/10 24 votes#5 - The Dig
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 4/11/2011
Thirteen has been in prison for the past year, but the real mystery for House is what she did to get there. At the hospital, the team treats a science teacher suffering from severe respiratory illness. Taub tries to get back into the dating scene, but winds up retreating to his old habits.
Director: Matt Shakman
Writer: David Hoselton
8.3/10 11 votes#6 - Autopsy
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/24/2020
When Dr. Shaun Murphy makes an emotional confession, the result may not be as desired. Meanwhile, he becomes obsessed with performing an autopsy on a Jane Doe, which challenges his relationships at the hospital; and Dr. Claire Browne, Dr. Morgan Reznick and Dr. Marcus Andrews treat a male college student with a mysterious split personality disorder.
Director: Freddie Highmore
Writer: David Hoselton
8.1/10 18 votes#7 - Faces
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/4/2019
Dr. Andrews tries to convince a grieving family to donate their teenage daughter’s face to another young girl whose face was horribly disfigured in an accident.
Director: Allison Liddi-Brown
Writer: David Hoselton
8.1/10 35 votes#8 - Lines in the Sand
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 9/26/2006
When doctors are unable to diagnose why a severely autistic boy screams loudly for no apparent reason, House takes the case. As the boy's condition worsens, it becomes obvious that House relates to the boy because he has no social niceties.
Director: Newton Thomas Sigel
Writer: David Hoselton
8.1/10 17 votes#9 - Trampoline
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/11/2019
As a barroom fight sends Dr. Shaun Murphy to seek treatment at St. Bonaventure’s, Dr. Alex Park and Dr. Audrey Lim disagree over an elderly woman’s post-operative symptoms. Meanwhile, Dr. Neil Melendez and Dr. Lim make their romance public, and Dr. Aaron Glassman continues to pursue a relationship with a good friend.
Director: David Shore
Writer: David Hoselton
8.0/10 8 votes#10 - Turn the Light Off
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/9/2014
Voight and the team discover a massacre, eight million in cash stolen and two wounded men in a clearing house. During questioning, one guy, Perko, provides some intel that is key to the case and leads Antonio to realize that two gangs were involved. Burgess steps up to help the unit and prove herself to Voight. Meanwhile, a softer light is cast on Platt when she enlists the help of Ruzek.
Director: Nick Gomez
Writer: David Hoselton
8.0/10 3 votes#11 - Dirty Little Secrets
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/16/2017
Bull works with top criminal defense attorney J.P. Nunnelly on the first of three cases to repay her for defending Benny at trial. However, they clash over their client, a computer cloud company that is battling the F.B.I. to retain privacy over their customer's flies that could help identify the source of a recent eco-terrorist attack.
Director: Dennis Smith
Writer: David Hoselton
8.0/10 8 votes#12 - We're All Crazy Sometimes
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 3/8/2021
After bringing in an incredibly unique and complicated spinal surgery, Dr. Aaron Glassman challenges the residents for an opportunity to join him in the operating room. Meanwhile, Shaun and Morgan disagree on how to treat a comatose patient with a cancerous tumor.
Director: Mike Listo
Writer: David Hoselton
7.9/10 12 votes#13 - First Case, Second Base
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2019
Dr. Shaun Murphy has been assigned his first surgery by Dr. Audrey Lim. However, Dr. Marcus Andrews questions whether he is really ready. Meanwhile, as Dr. Claire Brown continues to avoid her complicated emotions about her mother, she and Dr. Morgan Reznick have a patient whose diagnosis has them doubting his story.
Director: Rebecca Moline
Writer: David Hoselton
7.9/10 7 votes#14 - Piece of Cake
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/2021
Dr. Shaun Murphy and the team race to save a pregnant woman's baby and find her current situation as a convicted felon complicates it even more than they realize. Meanwhile, the hospital takes on some unexpected changes that the staff are not prepared for.
Director: Tim Southam
Writer: David Hoselton
7.8/10 23 votes#15 - Post Mortem
Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 5/7/2012
Over the years, during the course of performing autopsies at Princeton-Plainsboro, Dr. Peter Treiber has often identified mistakes made by physicians that caused the patient's death. These observations have left him questioning the skills of nearly all the doctors on staff... all, that is, except House. When he falls ill, he demands that only House make medical decisions concerning his care. Unfortunately, House and Wilson have taken off on an impromptu road trip without telling anyone, leaving the team to fend alone and lie to their patient to make him believe that House is the guy calling all the shots.
Director: Peter Weller
Writer: David Hoselton
7.8/10 21 votes#16 - Smile
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/19/2018
Dr. Shaun Murphy questions the need for an elective surgery that will allow his young patient to smile for the first time. Meanwhile, Dr. Claire Brown and Dr. Morgan Reznick discover that their patient lied about her identity.
Director: Bill D'Elia
Writer: David Hoselton
7.7/10 32 votes#17 - Airborne
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 4/10/2007
On House and Cuddy's flight from Singapore a passenger gets ill and Cuddy suspects an epidemic. At the hospital, Wilson leads the team as they deal with a middle-aged woman suffering from seizures.
Director: Elodie Keene
Writer: David Hoselton
7.6/10 21 votes#18 - Tough Titmouse
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2018
Shaun recalls his own past to help an intellectually disabled teenager face separation from his mother, while Claire is put between an injured teenage rock climber and her worried parents. Meanwhile, Glassman’s post-op hallucinations force him to confront a personal tragedy.
Director: Steven DePaul
Writer: David Hoselton
7.6/10 23 votes#19 - Small Sacrifices
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/2010
Science and faith are called into question when a patient is admitted to the hospital following his reenactment of the Crucifixion. Meanwhile, Taub questions his wife about her relationship with an infidelity support group member, and the team attends a co-worker's wedding.
Director: Greg Yaitanes
Writer: David Hoselton
7.6/10 26 votes#20 - Point Three Percent
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/2017
While in the exam area of St. Bonaventure Hospital, Dr. Shaun Murphy encounters a young patient who looks eerily similar to his deceased brother, Steve. After discovering his parents have hidden his diagnosis from him, Shaun struggles to understand why he doesn’t deserve to hear the truth about his own health. Meanwhile, the team can’t figure out what keeps triggering their patients’ increasingly severe allergic reactions and races to find the cause before the next one kills another patient.
Director: Larry Teng
Writer: David Hoselton
7.6/10 9 votes#21 - Not the Same
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 11/23/2020
Dr. Morgan Reznik and Dr. Shaun Murphy's pregnant patient with twins is having pain and they are forced to grapple with a decision no one wants to make. Meanwhile, Shaun asks Lea to move back in despite her reservations
Director: Sarah Wayne Callies
Writer: David Hoselton
7.5/10 24 votes#22 - Ignorance Is Bliss
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/2009
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
7.5/10 28 votes#23 - No More Mr. Nice Guy
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 4/28/2008
House copes with a patient whose symptoms conceal a greater problem, but spends much of his time dodging Cuddy's orders to give performance reviews, and fighting with Amber over who gets to spend more time with Wilson.
Director: Deran Sarafian
Writer: David Hoselton
7.5/10 23 votes#24 - Dead & Buried
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 11/21/2011
The team learns that their 14-year-old patient is suffering from more than teen angst when her physical symptoms worsen. Despite Foreman’s firm opposition, House becomes obsessed with solving a peculiar case of a deceased four-year-old patient, which gets him into serious trouble. Meanwhile, Park tries to get Chase to admit the reason behind his recent obsession with grooming.
Director: Miguel Sapochnik
Writer: David Hoselton
7.5/10 24 votes#25 - Gut Check
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 4/9/2012
House and the team take on the case of a 22-year-old minor league hockey player who collapsed while coughing up blood after a fight on the ice. Meanwhile, House drops a bomb on Wilson, and Chase offers to help Park change her living arrangement.
Director: Miguel Sapochnik
Writer: David Hoselton