The Best Episodes Written By Liz Friedman
Every TV Episode Written by Liz Friedman Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Liz Friedman Ratings Summary
The best episode written by Liz Friedman is "Goodbye", rated 9.7/10 from 7 user votes. It was "directed by David Shore". "Goodbye" aired on 5/21/2024 and is rated 0.7 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "To Helicon and Back".
9.7/10 7 votes#1 - Goodbye
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 5/21/2024
As the doctors consider their futures, they work together to solve one of the most important cases of their careers.
Director: David Shore
Writer: Liz Friedman
9.0/10 1 votes#2 - To Helicon and Back
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 2/23/2001
Gabrielle leads the Amazons on a rescue mission to Helicon to save Queen Varia from the vengeful half-god son of Artemis, who's bent on destroying every Amazon.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: Liz Friedman
8.9/10 8 votes#3 - Baby, Baby, Baby
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 2/20/2024
Shaun and Lea adjust to parenthood as they debate the importance of schedule and routine for Steve. Meanwhile, Shaun takes on his first case back at the hospital with two baby patients in need of the same heart.
Director: Rebecca Moline
Writer: Liz Friedman
8.4/10 11 votes#4 - Hurt (1)
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 3/23/2020
The city of San Jose is rocked by a massive earthquake that puts the staff of St. Bonaventure Hospital on high alert as they race to assess the damage and account for the safety of their colleagues and friends. Meanwhile, Dr. Neil Melendez and Dr. Aaron Glassman are attending a charity event when their lives are threatened by the earthquake.
Director: Mike Listo
Writer: Liz Friedman
8.3/10 11 votes#5 - Mutations
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/20/2020
The doctors must treat a 25-year-old runner who is suffering from severe swelling; two 16-year-old cancer patients are dating; Dr. Shaun Murphy and Dr. Carly Lever work toward intimacy.
Director: Nestor Carbonell
Writer: Liz Friedman
8.3/10 6 votes#6 - A Big Sign
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/2022
The team treats a famous marriage counselor after she injures her ankle from falling, but when she offers relationship advice to them, Dr. Morgan Reznick quickly spots that their patient might be experiencing something far more serious. Meanwhile, Dr. Audrey Lim is determined to get to the bottom of what really happened in the OR during her surgery and sets off on her own internal investigation.
Director: Rebecca Moline
Writer: Liz Friedman
8.3/10 25 votes#7 - Last Temptation
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 4/18/2011
Masters faces a career crossroads on her last day as a medical student and struggles with the choice to continue on the path to become a surgeon or to accept the rare opportunity to join House’s team officially. Meanwhile, the team treats a 16-year-old girl who inexplicably collapsed days before embarking on an ambitious sailing tour around the globe. Despite the patient's life-changing diagnosis, the patient's family insists on getting her back on the seas in time for her potentially record-breaking launch. But to the team's surprise, including House, Masters makes a bold decision regarding the patient’s treatment.
Director: Tim Southam
Writer: Liz Friedman
8.3/10 24 votes#8 - House Divided
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 4/27/2009
The team takes on the case of a deaf 14-year-old named Seth who collapsed after he started “hearing” explosions while competing in a wrestling match. When the team tries to test him for seizures, Seth loses vision in one eye, complicating House’s bunk theory of “Exploding Head Syndrome.” As his condition worsens, the team has an ethical disagreement about the patient and his mother’s adamant decision to forego cochlear implants to supplement his hearing. When the prospect of giving Seth the ability to hear for the first time in his life arises, House and the team are faced with a resounding decision. Meanwhile, House’s lack of sleep starts to play tricks on his mind, but he finds his insomnia may be a gift instead of a burden
Director: Greg Yaitanes
Writer: Liz Friedman
8.2/10 5 votes#9 - Sabotage
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/25/2005
While consulting with the NTSB at the scene of the wreck, Don learns that this tragedy is one of a series of recreated accidents involving railroad negligence. As is the pattern with the previous train wrecks, an undecipherable numerical code is left at the site, which Don recruits Charlie to solve. By breaking the code, Charlie is able to establish that this accident was a recreation of a deadly wreck that left only one survivor several years ago. Don's investigation leads him and his team to a dangerous standoff with their suspect, who has surprising ties to the railway system.
Director: Lou Antonio
Writer: Liz Friedman
8.2/10 29 votes#10 - Frozen
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 2/3/2008
House and his team have to diagnose a case at a distance when a researcher at a South Pole base is taken ill.
Director: David Straiton
Writer: Liz Friedman
8.2/10 13 votes#11 - Claire
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2019
Dr. Claire Brown faces complications at home and work as she prepares to lead her first surgery. Meanwhile, a sports fishing accident challenges the rest of the staff as they look to treat the fisherman’s injuries without damaging his prize catch.
Director: Allison Liddi-Brown
Writer: Liz Friedman
8.1/10 9 votes#12 - New Beginnings
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/2021
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.
Director: Mike Listo
Writer: Liz Friedman
8.1/10 24 votes#13 - The Down Low
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 1/11/2010
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
Writer: Liz Friedman
8.0/10 26 votes#14 - Lesser Evils
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/2012
Sherlock tries to determine who has been killing weak and terminal patients at a hospital, making it look like they died of natural causes. Meanwhile, Sherlock learns more about Joan’s decision to walk away from her surgical career.
Director: Colin Bucksey
Writer: Liz Friedman
8.0/10 8 votes#15 - Venga (1)
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 5/31/2021
The St. Bonaventure team travels to Guatemala on a surgical mission to help patients at a rural hospital. Once there, the team faces a small community that is in desperate need of their help but are assigned the daunting task of identifying who they can help most. And while Shaun seems to be thriving in Guatemala, Lea is still struggling with the loss of her baby.
Director: Mike Listo
Writer: Liz Friedman
7.9/10 26 votes#16 - Epic Fail
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/2009
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
Writer: Liz Friedman
7.9/10 13 votes#17 - Frontline (2)
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 11/9/2020
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: Mike Listo
Writer: Liz Friedman
7.9/10 17 votes#18 - Tremors
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/2013
When an investigation goes horribly wrong, Sherlock must testify in an official police inquiry which jeopardizes his and Watson’s future with the NYPD
Director: Aaron Lipstadt
Writer: Liz Friedman
7.8/10 25 votes#19 - Bombshells
Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 3/7/2011
Tension reaches new heights when Cuddy faces sobering news that propels her to reevaluate her priorities. While House is distracted by his concern for Cuddy’s well-being, the team treats a teenage patient whose worsening symptoms and suspicious body scars indicate more than just physical illness.
Director: Greg Yaitanes
Writer: Liz Friedman
7.8/10 18 votes#20 - Quarantine (1)
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/2018
Dr. Shaun Murphy and Dr. Alex Park treat two patients who collapse at the local airport and whose symptoms point to an infection that may become airborne. The staff races to contain the infection before it spreads to the rest of the patients in the ER, resulting in a hospital quarantine during the holidays.
Director: Mike Listo
Writer: Liz Friedman
7.8/10 22 votes#21 - Carrot or Stick
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 1/24/2011
House and the team try to link symptoms of a teenage military recruit and his drill sergeant, while House secretly helps Cuddy's daughter get into a prestigious preschool. Someone posted a disparaging photo of Chase on a social-networking site.
Director: David Straiton
Writer: Liz Friedman
7.8/10 24 votes#22 - Transplant
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2011
A surprising visitor makes House an offer he can't refuse by giving him the opportunity to help the Princeton Plainsboro team treat a unique patient in order to save the life of an organ recipient being treated by Wilson. Although House finds himself back on familiar ground, he quickly realizes that much has changed since he left, and he is forced to work on the case with smart yet timid resident Dr. Chi Park. After several inconclusive treatments and with time running out, House and Dr. Park are left with one last option to examine the patient's medical history that could compromise House's conditional agreement with the hospital. Meanwhile, House makes an effort to reconnect with Wilson despite a cold reception.
Director: Daniel Attias
Writer: Liz Friedman
7.8/10 5 votes#23 - Structural Corruption
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/11/2005
After an engineering student at CalSci is found dead from an apparent suicide, Charlie convinces Don to launch an investigation after he reads the student's thesis that asserted that the architecturally magnificent Cole Center in Los Angeles is structurally unstable. Although reluctant at first, Don and his FBI agents discover that the student's findings were correct and uncover a dangerous and surprising conspiracy. Meanwhile, Alan prepares for a first date and convinces Don and Terry to join them, hoping they might rekindle their old romance.
Director: Tim Matheson
Writer: Liz Friedman
7.8/10 19 votes#24 - Carrots
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/2018
When a patient suffering from anorexia can’t gain the necessary weight needed to survive heart surgery, Claire suggests they perform an experimental surgery which Melendez strongly opposes. Shaun worries Glassman’s refusal to walk the hospital floor will keep him from being discharged and tries to persuade him to ambulate. Meanwhile, Shaun and Lea change the terms of their current relationship.
Director: Sharat Raju
Writer: Liz Friedman
7.7/10 18 votes#25 - No Lack of Void
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/10/2014
A pickpocket dies of anthrax poisoning, putting Holmes and Watson on the trail of the toxin’s source in order to prevent more deaths.
Director: Sanaa Hamri
Writer: Liz Friedman