"House M.D." Alone (2007)

User Rating:

8.9/10   

Director:

Deran Sarafian

Writers:

David Shore (creator)
Peter Blake (teleplay) ...

TV Series:

"House M.D." (2004)

Original Air Date:

25 September 2007 (Season 4, Episode 1)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

House is off his game without the team, and Wilson uses an extreme tactic to force him into interviews. |

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Doctor Patient Relationship | Sex | Heart | Prescription Drug Abuse

Cast

Hugh Laurie	...	Dr. Gregory House
Lisa Edelstein	...	Dr. Lisa Cuddy
Omar Epps	...	Dr. Eric Foreman (credit only)
Robert Sean Leonard	...	Dr. James Wilson
Jennifer Morrison	...	Dr. Allison Cameron (credit only)
Jesse Spencer	...	Dr. Robert Chase (credit only)
Conor Dubin	...	Ben
Kay Lenz	...	Mrs. Bradberry
Maurice Godin	...	Dr. Hourani
Pat Millicano	...	Leon
Bevin Prince	...	Megan Bradberry
Liliya Toneva	...	Liz
Xhercis Mendez	...	Imelda (as Xhercis)
Kathryn Adams	...	Young Doctor
Leo Vargas	...	Male Nurse

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: At the beginning of the episode when House is playing his guitar, as he finishes playing it the second time to talk to Cuddy, his hand pulls away from the guitar before the final string is played.

Quotes:

Dr. Gregory House: Can't take the case. I don't have a team.
Dr. Lisa Cuddy: So hire a team!
Dr. Gregory House: What for? I don't have a case!

Movie Connections:

References Raid on Entebbe (1977) (TV)

Funny

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

It's funny to see Morrison, Epps and what's-his-name, the Aussie, listed in the credits and walking along with House -- when they are nowhere to be found in the first episode of the fourth season, not even as flashbacks or ghosts, as they will be seen in the second episode of HOUSE's fourth year. Beyond that, ALONE at first appears to be a rehash of an old episode involving a wife who, unlike her husband, secretly doesn't want kids and makes herself very sick in the processof avoiding pregnancy. But appearances can be deceiving, and by the end of this episode, we are faced with a much darker truth. ALONE is downbeat from beginning to end, even with some silly plot elements such as Wilson "kidnaping" House's $12,0000 electric guitar and House "kidnaping" one of Wilson's patients in return. No team in this one, so it falls completely on House and Cuddy to carry the ball. In the next episode, House will start building a new team, thank God. And he will encounter "specters" of his original team. Kids, don't do drugs. After a very shaky third season, which I honestly thought might be its last, HOUSE desperately needs to get back in gear. We will see where subsequent fourth season episodes take us. Frankly, partly because of its bomberoonie third season, I am less interested in HOUSE this season than I am in the seventh and final season of SCRUBS, which itself limped along in its sixth season. But I will keep watching HOUSE to see if it can recover. MONK seems to be back on track after a couple of uneven seasons. If MONK can do it, why not HOUSE? And SCRUBS, for that matter? The rest of you can go watch that horrible soap, GREY'S ANATOMY.