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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 7 Episode 10 - Goodbye
    9.2/10(18 votes)

    #1 - Goodbye

    S7:E10

    As the doctors consider their futures, they work together to solve one of the most important cases of their careers.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Shore

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  2. undefined Season 1 Episode 21 - Three Stories
    9.0/10(71 votes)

    #2 - Three Stories

    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.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Shore

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  3. undefined Season 6 Episode 1 - Broken
    8.9/10(50 votes)

    #3 - 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:N/A
    Writer:David Shore

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  4. undefined Season 3 Episode 20 - I Love You (2)
    8.9/10(18 votes)

    #4 - I Love You (2)

    S3:E20

    The staff of St. Bonaventure Hospital works against time and their own personal safety to save the lives of those around them.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Shore

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  5. undefined Season 8 Episode 22 - Everybody Dies
    8.7/10(47 votes)

    #5 - Everybody Dies

    S8:E22

    Facing a 6-month jail term, and the realization that he won't be there for Wilson at the end, House finds himself examining his entire life while contemplating a dismal future without his best friend.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Shore

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  6. undefined Season 5 Episode 18 - Sons
    8.7/10(15 votes)

    #6 - Sons

    S5:E18

    Shaun and Lea make a big life decision and are pleasantly surprised by the support they receive from their friends at the hospital. Meanwhile, when Dr. Wolke's parents show up with a revelation, Asher struggles to accept that he and his father may never truly understand one another.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Shore

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  7. undefined Season 2 Episode 24 - No Reason
    8.7/10(55 votes)

    #7 - No Reason

    S2:E24

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

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Shore

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  8. undefined Season 2 Episode 21 - Euphoria (2)
    8.5/10(45 votes)

    #8 - 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:N/A
    Writer:David Shore

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  9. undefined Season 3 Episode 12 - One Day, One Room
    8.5/10(54 votes)

    #9 - One Day, One Room

    S3:E12

    While House is forced to work full-time in the clinic and deal with a rape victim who insists on confiding with him, Cameron deals with a terminal cancer patient trying to take advantage of her state of mind.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Shore

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  10. undefined Season 1 Episode 18 - More
    8.4/10(30 votes)

    #10 - More

    S1:E18

    The team at St. Bonaventure needs to quickly discover the truth behind a young college student’s unexplained injuries before his condition worsens. Meanwhile, after losing his most prized possession, Shaun’s distraction during a surgical procedure may end up risking more than just his job.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Shore

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  11. undefined Season 5 Episode 1 - New Beginnings
    8.2/10(17 votes)

    #11 - New Beginnings

    S5:E1

    Shaun and Lea's upcoming engagement party has everyone in a festive mood; a young single mother learns her son may have contracted his cancer from a surprising source; Mateo finds out if his previous issues in America will be resolved.

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    Writer:David Shore

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  12. undefined Season 2 Episode 18 - Trampoline
    8.2/10(25 votes)

    #12 - Trampoline

    S2:E18

    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:N/A
    Writer:David Shore

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  13. undefined Season 4 Episode 1 - Alone
    8.1/10(42 votes)

    #13 - Alone

    S4:E1

    With his diagnostic team gone, House tries to diagnose a young woman who survived an office building collapse. With the condition getting worse, Cuddy puts pressure on House to hire a new team, but instead attempts a differential diagnosis with help from the janitor.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Shore

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  14. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - Middle Ground
    8.1/10(29 votes)

    #14 - Middle Ground

    S2:E2

    As Shaun pushes back against Dr. Melendez in order to treat a gravely ill hospital janitor, Dr. Lim risks a lawsuit to repair a teenage girl’s ritual circumcision. Dr. Glassman exercises demanding oversight in choosing a doctor for his brain surgery.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Shore

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  15. undefined Season 3 Episode 14 - Influence
    8.1/10(17 votes)

    #15 - Influence

    S3:E14

    After Dr. Shaun Murphy treats a patient who is a social influencer, he deals with unwanted attention. Meanwhile, the team treats a woman who is in abdominal distress after an at-home fecal transplant; and Dr. Carly Lever’s efforts to separate Shaun from Lea are challenged.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Shore

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  16. undefined Season 4 Episode 2 - Frontline (2)
    8.1/10(19 votes)

    #16 - Frontline (2)

    S4:E2

    Shaun has a hard time balancing his fears and concerns about potentially jeopardizing Lea's health and wanting to be with the woman he loves. Claire looks for a way to grieve Melendez's death. Park and Mia discuss their future together.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Shore

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  17. undefined Season 4 Episode 15 - Waiting
    8.1/10(15 votes)

    #17 - Waiting

    S4:E15

    After a political protest turns violent, the team races to save two young gunshot victims.

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    Writer:David Shore

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  18. undefined Season 1 Episode 18 - Babies & Bathwater
    8.1/10(56 votes)

    #18 - Babies & Bathwater

    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.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Shore

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  19. undefined Season 3 Episode 1 - Meaning
    8.0/10(45 votes)

    #19 - Meaning

    S3:E1

    After recovering from his gunshot wounds, House works feverishly on two cases at the same time: a paralyzed man who drove his wheelchair into a swimming pool and a woman who became paralyzed after a yoga session.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Shore

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  20. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.9/10(19 votes)

    #20 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    A con man on the run from a vicious gangster takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate, Pete, "reuniting" with Pete's estranged family, a colorful, dysfunctional group that threatens to drag him into a world just as dangerous as the one he's trying to escape - and, just maybe, give him a taste of the loving family he's never had.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Shore

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  21. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - Mount Rushmore
    7.9/10(48 votes)

    #21 - Mount Rushmore

    S1:E2

    Dr. Shaun Murphy’s attention to detail complicates his first day at St. Bonaventure Hospital. Meanwhile, Dr. Claire Browne learns a valuable lesson about honesty when confronted with a difficult diagnosis for her patient.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Shore

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  22. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.9/10(79 votes)

    #22 - Pilot

    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.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Shore

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  23. undefined Season 5 Episode 2 - Not Cancer
    7.8/10(43 votes)

    #23 - Not Cancer

    S5:E2

    The team deals with an organ donor whose organs prove fatal, and the two surviving patients. Meanwhile, House hires a private detective to spy on Wilson, but hears a few things about himself that he'd rather not.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Shore

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  24. undefined Season 3 Episode 2 - Cane & Able
    7.7/10(46 votes)

    #24 - Cane & Able

    S3:E2

    House and the team treat a young boy who claims there is a tracking device in his neck and believes he has been the subject of alien experimentation. Cameron is outraged when she learns Cuddy and Wilson have been lying to House about the diagnosis on his last case.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:David Shore

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  25. undefined Season 1 Episode 13 - Seven Reasons
    7.7/10(29 votes)

    #25 - Seven Reasons

    S1:E13

    Dr. Shaun Murphy suspects his patient is lying about the reason for her injury and makes a controversial assumption about her motives. Meanwhile, Dr. Neil Melendez’s personal life could be affecting his work and, ultimately, his patients lives.

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    Writer:David Shore

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David Shore Ratings Summary

"Goodbye" is the best rated episode written by David Shore. It scored 9.2/10 based on 18 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 5/21/2024 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Three Stories".