House poster
★ 8.7
House poster

Overall Rating

★ 8.7
S1 E21
#1
★ 9.6

Three Stories

House must decide whether to take the case of his ex-love's husband and he gives medical students a lecture they'll never forget.

S1 E18
#2
★ 8.8

Babies & Bathwater

House and his team battle to diagnose a pregnant patient's life-threatening illness, prompting her to make the most emotional decision of her life, and Vogler is determined to fire House.

S1 E9
#3
★ 8.7

DNR

House has to defend himself when he treats a patient who has legally chosen to refuse treatment.

S1 E11
#4
★ 8.6

Detox

Dr. House takes Cuddy's challenge to go off his painkillers for a week, but the effects of his withdrawal symptoms may put his patient in danger.

S1 E14
#5
★ 8.6

Control

The hospital's new Chairman of the Board has it out for Dr. House, questioning his importance to the hospital and threatening to eliminate House and his team.

S1 E22
#6
★ 8.6

Honeymoon

House is faced with a problem he may not be able to solve and Stacy returns.

S1 E1
#7
★ 8.4

Pilot

Dr. Gregory House, a brilliant diagnostician but devoid of bedside manner, and his elite team of young medical experts rush to save the life of a kindergarten teacher who started speaking gibberish and passed out in front of her class.

S1 E10
#8
★ 8.4

Histories

Dr. House and the team treat a homeless woman whose worsening symptoms and unknown identity prove to be a complex mystery.

S1 E17
#9
★ 8.4

Role Model

House and his team battle to save a presidential hopeful, and House refuses to give in to Vogler's ultimatum when given the chance to save one of his team members.

S1 E4
#10
★ 8.3

Maternity

A maternity ward epidemic forces House to decide whether to save the life of one child over another.

S1 E12
#1
★ 7.8

Sports Medicine

A baseball player's comeback is cut short when he breaks his arm and House and his team have to act fast to figure out what is causing major bone loss that's killing the player and his dreams.

S1 E15
#2
★ 7.9

Mob Rules

Dr. House and his team race to diagnose a member of the mob and get him well enough to testify and enter the witness protection program while Cuddy works to convince Vogler of House's importance to the hospital.

S1 E5
#3
★ 8.0

Damned If You Do

Dr. House's approach is questioned when he treats a nun for what he believes to be an allergy, not realizing the nun's past is coming back to haunt her.

S1 E7
#4
★ 8.0

Fidelity

Dr. House's diagnosis of a married woman with a rare sleep disorder forces her and her husband to examine their marriage and question their trust for each other.

S1 E8
#5
★ 8.0

Poison

House and his team have to act fast when a high school student is admitted with a mysterious and lethal poisoning, especially when they discover more teens have been diagnosed with the same deadly illness.

S1 E13
#6
★ 8.0

Cursed

Dr. House's young patient believes his illness is the result of a curse while House uncovers important information about Chase's father.

S1 E2
#7
★ 8.1

Paternity

Dr. House goes with his gut and performs an unethical act to prove what he suspects to be the link to a teenage lacrosse player's illness in order to save the boy's life.

S1 E3
#8
★ 8.1

Occam's Razor

Dr. House and his team race to save a young man who may have not one, but two illnesses killing him.

S1 E20
#9
★ 8.1

Love Hurts

House and his team tackle the case of a young man with a penchant for odd behavior, and House prepares for his date with Cameron.

S1 E16
#10
★ 8.2

Heavy

Dr. House and his team try to uncover the reason a 10-year-old has a heart attack while House suspects one of his team is selling him out to Vogler.

S1 E1
★ 8.4

Pilot

Dr. Gregory House, a brilliant diagnostician but devoid of bedside manner, and his elite team of young medical experts rush to save the life of a kindergarten teacher who started speaking gibberish and passed out in front of her class.

S1 E2
★ 8.1

Paternity

Dr. House goes with his gut and performs an unethical act to prove what he suspects to be the link to a teenage lacrosse player's illness in order to save the boy's life.

S1 E3
★ 8.1

Occam's Razor

Dr. House and his team race to save a young man who may have not one, but two illnesses killing him.

S1 E4
★ 8.3

Maternity

A maternity ward epidemic forces House to decide whether to save the life of one child over another.

S1 E5
★ 8.0

Damned If You Do

Dr. House's approach is questioned when he treats a nun for what he believes to be an allergy, not realizing the nun's past is coming back to haunt her.

S1 E6
★ 8.3

The Socratic Method

The case of a schizophrenic mom with a deadly disease and her teenage son who have traded caretaking roles holds a special interest for Dr. House.

S1 E7
★ 8.0

Fidelity

Dr. House's diagnosis of a married woman with a rare sleep disorder forces her and her husband to examine their marriage and question their trust for each other.

S1 E8
★ 8.0

Poison

House and his team have to act fast when a high school student is admitted with a mysterious and lethal poisoning, especially when they discover more teens have been diagnosed with the same deadly illness.

S1 E9
★ 8.7

DNR

House has to defend himself when he treats a patient who has legally chosen to refuse treatment.

S1 E10
★ 8.4

Histories

Dr. House and the team treat a homeless woman whose worsening symptoms and unknown identity prove to be a complex mystery.

S1 E11
★ 8.6

Detox

Dr. House takes Cuddy's challenge to go off his painkillers for a week, but the effects of his withdrawal symptoms may put his patient in danger.

S1 E12
★ 7.8

Sports Medicine

A baseball player's comeback is cut short when he breaks his arm and House and his team have to act fast to figure out what is causing major bone loss that's killing the player and his dreams.

S1 E13
★ 8.0

Cursed

Dr. House's young patient believes his illness is the result of a curse while House uncovers important information about Chase's father.

S1 E14
★ 8.6

Control

The hospital's new Chairman of the Board has it out for Dr. House, questioning his importance to the hospital and threatening to eliminate House and his team.

S1 E15
★ 7.9

Mob Rules

Dr. House and his team race to diagnose a member of the mob and get him well enough to testify and enter the witness protection program while Cuddy works to convince Vogler of House's importance to the hospital.

S1 E16
★ 8.2

Heavy

Dr. House and his team try to uncover the reason a 10-year-old has a heart attack while House suspects one of his team is selling him out to Vogler.

S1 E17
★ 8.4

Role Model

House and his team battle to save a presidential hopeful, and House refuses to give in to Vogler's ultimatum when given the chance to save one of his team members.

S1 E18
★ 8.8

Babies & Bathwater

House and his team battle to diagnose a pregnant patient's life-threatening illness, prompting her to make the most emotional decision of her life, and Vogler is determined to fire House.

S1 E19
★ 8.2

Kids

House and his team race to diagnose a 12-year-old's illness - an illness with a shocking origin - and House asks Cameron to come back to her job.

S1 E20
★ 8.1

Love Hurts

House and his team tackle the case of a young man with a penchant for odd behavior, and House prepares for his date with Cameron.

S1 E21
★ 9.6

Three Stories

House must decide whether to take the case of his ex-love's husband and he gives medical students a lecture they'll never forget.

S1 E22
★ 8.6

Honeymoon

House is faced with a problem he may not be able to solve and Stacy returns.

Season Average Rating Episodes Best Episode Worst Episode Rating Range
4 ★ 8.6 16
★ 9.7 House's Head (1)
★ 7.9 Don't Ever Change
5 ★ 8.4 24
★ 9.6 Both Sides Now
★ 7.8 Big Baby
3 ★ 8.4 24
★ 9.0 One Day, One Room
★ 7.8 Needle in a Haystack
6 ★ 8.4 21
★ 9.6 Broken
★ 7.7 Knight Fall
2 ★ 8.4 24
★ 9.4 No Reason
★ 7.6 Who's Your Daddy?
1 ★ 8.3 22
★ 9.6 Three Stories
★ 7.8 Sports Medicine
7 ★ 8.2 23
★ 9.1 After Hours
★ 7.6 Small Sacrifices
8 ★ 8.2 22
★ 9.3 Everybody Dies
★ 7.3 Blowing the Whistle