8.2/1025 votes#1 - 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: Sara Hess
8.1/1026 votes#2 - 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: Sara Hess
8.0/1079 votes#3 - The Green Council
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/16/2022
While Alicent enlists Cole and Aemond to track down Aegon, Otto gathers the great houses of Westeros to affirm their allegiance.
Director: Clare Kilner
Writer: Sara Hess
7.9/1027 votes#4 - 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: Sara Hess
7.8/1027 votes#5 - 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: Sara Hess
7.8/1052 votes#6 - Rhaenyra the Cruel
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 6/23/2024
As Otto schemes to turn the public against her, Rhaenyra questions Daemon's loyalty. Meanwhile, Ser Criston Cole concocts a misguided plan for revenge.
Director: Clare Kilner
Writer: Sara Hess
7.8/1023 votes#7 - Larger Than Life
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 1/17/2011
After saving a stranger who fell onto subway tracks, a man suddenly collapses despite appearing to be unscathed; House tries to avoid a dinner with Cuddy and her opinionated mother.
Director: Miguel Sapochnik
Writer: Sara Hess
7.7/1028 votes#8 - You Don't Want to Know
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/2007
House treats a magician but comes to believe he's faking illness to cover up his own incompetence. Meanwhile, House pits the fellows against each other in his version of an immunity challenge.
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter
Writer: Sara Hess
7.6/1094 votes#9 - The Princess and the Queen
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/25/2022
Ten years later. Rhaenyra navigates Alicent's continued speculation about her children, while Daemon and Laena weigh an offer in Pentos.
Director: Miguel Sapochnik
Writer: Sara Hess
7.6/1029 votes#10 - Living the Dream
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 5/5/2008
House is convinced one of the actors on his favorite soap opera “Prescription Passion” has a serious medical condition after observing his symptoms on television. House decides to intervene and take matters into his own hands, but both the actor and House's own team dismiss House’s assessment and do not believe there is anything wrong with him.
Director: David Straiton
Writer: Sara Hess
7.5/1025 votes#11 - We Need the Eggs
Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 4/16/2012
House and the team take on the case of a man who starts tearing blood. Meanwhile, House is interviewing for a new favorite hooker, since his current favorite, Emily, has decided to get married and leave the business. Desperate for Emily "companionship," House teams up with his "wife" Dominika to sabotage Emily's budding relationship.
Director: David Straiton
Writer: Sara Hess
7.5/1027 votes#12 - Charity Case
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/2011
House and Park treat a patient, Benjamin, who collapsed after making a surprisingly large charity donation, and come to suspect that the altruistic behavior is a symptom of a deeper disorder. When the patient offers to donate an organ for another patient, the doctors must convince Dr. Adams to help them confirm whether Benjamin is in his right mind or not.
Director: Greg Yaitanes
Writer: Sara Hess
7.5/1026 votes#13 - Man of the House
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 2/20/2012
House's green-card wife, Dominika, will return in order to prove to the proper authorities that she and House are actually married. This in turn will lead to a crash course in which both will learn a little something about love and marriage.
Director: Colin Bucksey
Writer: Sara Hess
7.4/1030 votes#14 - Lucky Thirteen
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2008
Thirteen brings her one-night stand to the hospital after the woman has a seizure. However, the woman admits she slept with Thirteen just so she could get to House and have him diagnose her condition. Meanwhile, House continues to pay Lucas to spy on Wilson.
Director: Greg Yaitanes
Writer: Sara Hess
7.4/1012 votes#15 - Advances, None Miraculous
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 5/8/2005
Cochran's ominous prognosis puts the camp on alert. Smallpox survivor Andy Cramed returns as a minister. Swearengen asks an unlikely pair to pull a scam on Commissioner Jarry. Martha Bullock has second thoughts about staying in Deadwood.
Director: Daniel Minahan
Writer: Sara Hess
7.4/1029 votes#16 - Sleeping Dogs Lie
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 4/18/2006
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
7.4/1028 votes#17 - The Greater Good
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 2/2/2009
House and the team take on the case of a woman who collapsed in the middle of a cooking class, and they soon learn she is a highly-renowned cancer researcher who recently gave up her entire career in order to pursue her own personal happiness. Though the team struggles to understand how the woman could give up saving lives for the sake of her own contentment, each grapple with the pursuit of happiness (or lack thereof) in their own lives. As the patient’s condition continues to worsen, so does Thirteen’s as she begins to suffer serious and life-threatening reactions to the experimental Huntington’s Disease clinical trial. Meanwhile, Cuddy attempts to make House’s life miserable for him in retaliation for his part in her own unhappiness.
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter
Writer: Sara Hess
7.3/1032 votes#18 - Spin
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/15/2005
House's wheels start turning when a pro-cyclist admits to taking performance-enhancing drugs.
Director: Fred Gerber
Writer: Sara Hess
7.3/1030 votes#19 - Act Your Age
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 4/17/2007
A 6-year-old girl suffers ailments expected in patients much older. Tensions between Chase and Cameron lead House to intentionally assign them to the same tasks, including investigating the young girl's home.
Director: Daniel Sackheim
Writer: Sara Hess
7.3/1027 votes#20 - Open and Shut
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 4/26/2010
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
Writer: Sara Hess
7.2/1036 votes#21 - Finding Judas
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/2006
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
6.9/1036 votes#22 - The Queen Who Ever Was
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 8/4/2024
As Aemond becomes more volatile, Larys plots an escape, and Alicent grows more concerned about Helaena's safety. Flush with new power, Rhaenyra looks to press her advantage.
Director: Geeta Patel
Writer: Sara Hess
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"The Dig" is the best rated episode written by Sara Hess. It scored 8.2/10 based on 25 votes. It was directed by Matt Shakman. It aired on 4/11/2011 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Down Low".