At fictional Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey, prickly genius Dr Gregory House tackles health mysteries as would a medical Sherlock Holmes, all the while playing mind games with colleagues that include his best friend, oncologist James Wilson. House, an acerbic infectious disease specialist, solves medical puzzles with the help of a team of young diagnosticians. Flawless instincts and unconventional thinking help earn House great respect, despite his brutal honesty and antisocial tendencies.
On his first day back, House takes on two cases. But are they as puzzling as he thinks? - Graphic scenes of surgery
Are aliens experimenting on a boy? Is Wilson and Cuddy's lie by omission harming House? - Graphic scenes of surgery and offensive language
House doesn't want to talk about the cane redux. The team disagree over a moral dilemma. - Graphic scenes of surgery and offensive language
House treats an autistic boy who doesn't appear ill. Why? House refuses to use his office. - Offensive language
A couple's illnesses seem mysteriously connected. Support information is channel4.com/support. - Violence/offensive lang/suicide themes may upset
A 43-stone man forces the team to look beyond the obvious. Tritter looks to school House. - Violence
House wakes up a coma patient to save the man's son. Tritter probes House's inner circle. - Graphic scenes of surgery
House seals a speedy but self-assured diagnosis in an envelope. Tritter pressures Wilson.
House resorts to court to treat a little girl. Who will crack as Tritter keeps squeezing?
House faces a tough choice and is out-bantered by a mum with dwarfism. Support information at channel4.com/support. - Violence/offensive lang/self-harm themes may upset
A firefighter refuses to share his life-saving secret. And will House apologise to Ritter? - Violence
Why will a rape victim only talk to House? A homeless man refuses Cameron's treatment. - Graphic surgery/upsetting themes/offensive lang
The team struggle with a Romani patient's history. House spends a week in a wheelchair. - Graphic surgery scenes, sex, offensive language
House takes uncharacteristic interest in a patient who can't feel pain. What's he up to? - Graphic scenes of surgery and offensive language
Should the team 'fix' a musical savant? Why is House in contact with another hospital?
A marine who saved House in a dream is admitted. Chase and Cameron sleep clinic together. - Scenes of violence
A pregnant photographer's survival may depend on an agonising choice - Graphic scenes of surgery
House and Cuddy are trapped on a plane full of sick people. The team treat a horny senior. - Offensive language
House treats a girl whose eight-year-old brother then attacks Chase in a jealous rage - Graphic scenes of surgery
Foreman gets judgy when the team treat a con artist who suddenly can't exercise free will
The team race to cure a sick boy so he can donate bone marrow to save his older brother - Graphic scenes of surgery and offensive language
The team stick a needle in the eye of a karate kid. Foreman quits to stop becoming House. - Graphic surgery scenes/self-harm/themes may upset
Is a chess prodigy's super-bad attitude a symptom? Can Cuddy tempt Foreman into staying? - Graphic surgery scenes/violence/offensive language
A Cuban couple risk death to be saved by House. Things get tense on Foreman's last day. - Graphic scenes of surgery