8.5/1032 votes#1 - Everybody Dies
Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 5/21/2012
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: David Shore
Writer: Eli Attie
8.4/105 votes#2 - Enemies List
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 10/15/2023
Prince makes big changes in the wake of betrayal. Chuck forges unlikely alliances as part of his mission to take down Prince. Wendy finds herself in an impossible position, while Axe and Taylor work to dismantle Prince’s sinister moves.
Director: Daniel Gray Longino
Writer: Eli Attie
8.4/1025 votes#3 - Selfish
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/2010
A seemingly healthy 14-year-old girl collapses during a skateboarding exhibition; House and Cuddy face the challenge of handling their romantic relationship at work.
Director: Daniel Attias
Writer: Eli Attie
8.3/1030 votes#4 - Chase
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 2/13/2012
Chase's religious faith bubbles to the surface when he treats a young nun. In addition, he and House reach a fundamental disagreement about the patient that may finally end Chase's reputation as House's "yes man" but also bring's House's methods, reputation and objectivity are given more serious scrutiny.
Director: Matt Shakman
Writer: Eli Attie
8.2/104 votes#5 - Evidence of Things Not Seen
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 4/23/2003
The White House is locked down after a gunman on the street fires shots into the West Wing; Josh interviews a candidate to replace Ainsley Hayes; Bartlet negotiates for the return of a spy plane is forced down over Russia; the staff plays poker.
Director: Christopher Misiano
Writer: Eli Attie
8.0/101 votes#6 - Guns Not Butter
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/8/2003
Josh, determined to make sure a foreign aid bill passes even though it's a hopeless cause, sends Donna out to track down a reluctant senator; in an attempt to impress Zoey's new boyfriend, Charlie unwittingly gets over his head with the Department of Defense; Danny continues to pursue the Shareef matter; a Bartlet photo op with Heifer International creates unexpected opportunities -- for C.J. to perfect her spin-doctoring techniques, and for the staff once again to test Will's mettle and sense of humor.
Director: Bill D'Elia
Writer: Eli Attie
8.0/102 votes#7 - Freedonia
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 2/16/2005
It's five days before the New Hampshire primary, and Josh is desperately trying to find a "silver bullet" that will get his candidate into the local debate between the two front-runners, Vice President Russell and former Vice President Hoynes. Then, Josh and Santos's disagreements over how to run the campaign come to a head when Santos hires Josh's ex-girlfriend Amy Gardner to help him prepare for the debate he may never be in. And Donna has a memorable encounter with a chicken.
Director: Christopher Misiano
Writer: Eli Attie
8.0/1031 votes#8 - Lockdown
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 4/12/2010
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
Writer: Eli Attie
7.8/1031 votes#9 - Last Resort
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/2008
A gun-wielding man from the waiting room at the Princeton-Plainsboro clinic takes House, Thirteen and several patients from the waiting room hostage in Cuddy's office. The man claims to be sick with a long undiagnosed illness and demands medical attention from the best doctor in the hospital, threatening to kill any hostages necessary along the way.
Director: Katie Jacobs
Writer: Eli Attie
7.6/1026 votes#10 - Changes
Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 5/2/2011
The team takes on the case of a lottery winner (Donal Logue) suffering from paralysis and multiple types of cancer, and they must figure out if it his new millionaire lifestyle that is making him sick. Meanwhile, Cuddy's mother threatens to sue the hospital over her treatment, and Foreman and Chase make a bet over who is repressing the uglier side of their personality more.
Director: David Straiton
Writer: Eli Attie
7.6/1029 votes#11 - Dying Changes Everything
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/2008
In the aftermath of personal tragedy, Wilson resigns from the hospital... and from his friendship with House. Meanwhile, Thirteen struggles with her personal medical problems while helping treat an executive assistant with a similar situation to her own.
Director: Deran Sarafian
Writer: Eli Attie
7.5/102 votes#12 - Slow News Day
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 2/4/2004
Toby gets Jed's support to seize a controversial window of opportunity to save Social Security, but is hampered by Jed's mandate to keep the operation under wraps; desperate to feed the press corps beast on a glacially slow news day, C.J. meets with an attache to discuss cabbage imports, and has a little fun with a particularly dense reporter; Josh's brainstorm to help Will burnish Bob Russell's presentation problems and a persistent reporter endanger Toby's attempts to broker a deal on the Hill; Rina finds a friend in Donna, and Josh isn't too happy about it; Toby is saved from having to fall on his sword when Josh and Jed devise a plan to rescue his deal from certain disaster.
Director: Julie Hébert
Writer: Eli Attie
7.5/102 votes#13 - Opposition Research
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 1/12/2005
Santos starts up his presidential campaign in New Hampshire, where he immediately disagrees with Josh on campaign philosophy: "No opposition research, no dirt on our opponents." Josh has an uncomfortable reunion with Russell campaign staffer Donna.
Director: Christopher Misiano
Writer: Eli Attie
7.5/102 votes#14 - La Palabra
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 3/9/2005
Santos is campaigning in California during the last few days before the all-important "Super Tuesday" primary elections, but he is out of money and he trails both Russell and Hoynes in the polls. When even "La Palabra", a Latino voters group, is all set to endorse Hoynes instead of Santos, Josh urges Santos to take a stand on the new bill that denies driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. Meanwhile, Donna tries to figure out why Hoynes suddenly isn't campaigning in California, and advances her position in the Russell campaign by becoming the Vice President's official spokesperson.
Director: Jason Ensler
Writer: Eli Attie
7.5/102 votes#15 - The Al Smith Dinner
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/2005
Donna is back and she's working for the Santos/McGarry campaign, but not for Josh. An attack ad on Santos by a pro-life group puts Vinick in a corner when Santos demands Vinick renounce it but Vinick knows that if he does it will offend the G.O.P. leadership.
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter
Writer: Eli Attie
7.5/1027 votes#16 - Games
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/2007
Under Cuddy’s pressure to choose his team, House gives the candidates a case of a former punk rock star who is a drug user. Whoever diagnoses the patient is going to have a future as a member of House’s team.
Director: Deran Sarafian
Writer: Eli Attie
7.5/1028 votes#17 - Saviors
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 4/13/2009
Cameron postpones her vacation with Chase in order to ask House to accept the case of an environmental radical who collapsed at a protest with unexplainable symptoms. Although suspicious of her motives, House agrees. Since she pushed him to take the case so emphatically, House forces Cameron to take the lead and run many of the tests on the patient. Meanwhile, House is unsure of Wilson’s new healthy diet.
Director: Matthew Penn
Writer: Eli Attie
7.5/1026 votes#18 - Teamwork
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/2009
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
7.4/1027 votes#19 - Painless
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 1/19/2009
House and the team try to diagnose a man living with severe, chronic pain; Thirteen and Foreman explore their complicated relationship; Cuddy discovers that caring for her baby leaves her with little time to run the hospital.
Director: Andrew Bernstein
Writer: Eli Attie
7.4/104 votes#20 - Swiss Diplomacy
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/2002
The 15-year old son of an Iranian leader needs a heart transplant in the U.S. Problem is, the only man who could do it is an enemy of the Iranian government; The Senate minority leader threatens to thwart the President's legislative agenda when he believes that Hoynes is doing some political maneuvering for the next Presidential election; Toby offers a Congresswoman a Cabinet position but is forced to take back the offer.
Director: Christopher Misiano
Writer: Eli Attie
7.4/104 votes#21 - Angel Maintenance
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/2/2003
Air Force One is forced to keep aloft for almost 24 hours when an indicator light leads the flight crew to believe that the landing gear isn't functioning properly; Bartlet and Will have a spirited discussion on Colombian recertification, which is ultimately rendered moot when Air Force One doesn't land on time; the Black Caucus plays hardball with the Oval Office to gain a Congressional debate on the merits of reinstating the draft; legislation to clean up Chesapeake Bay is sacrificed to partisan politics; Will is unsuccessful in hiding his fear of flying from C.J. and Charlie; deaths in Kundu continue to mount.
Director: Jessica Yu
Writer: Eli Attie
7.3/103 votes#22 - Ways and Means
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/24/2001
The Special Prosecutor sets his probe in motion; Sam and Bruno are concerned about the loyalty of a powerful labor leader; Toby and Josh are preoccupied with a congressional battle over the estate tax; Ainsley fixes up Donna with a Republican.
Director: Alex Graves
Writer: Eli Attie
7.3/103 votes#23 - H. Con-172
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 1/9/2002
Leo defiantly rejects the Congressional Oversight Committee's offer of a public censure of Bartlet that would finally bring an end to the investigation and spare Leo of any possible personal repercussions.
Director: Vincent Misiano
Writer: Eli Attie
7.2/1024 votes#24 - Parents
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 11/14/2011
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
7.0/101 votes#25 - Talking Points
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 4/21/2004
Hail the conquering hero. Josh returns after nailing down details for a trade agreement. But the devil in the detail, including information kept from Josh. C.J. fights megamedia ownership of local TV.
Director: Richard Schiff
Writer: Eli Attie
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"Everybody Dies" is the best rated episode written by Eli Attie. It scored 8.469/10 based on 32 votes. It was directed by David Shore. It aired on 5/21/2012 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Enemies List".