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"House M.D." (2004)Original Air Date:
14 October 2008 (Season 5, Episode 4)Plot:
House tries every delaying tactic available when Wilson forces him to attend his father's funeral. Meanwhile, the team tries to find the cause of a young woman's abdominal pain and hemorrhage that occurred in China. full summary | full synopsisUser Comments:
My dad is dead. moreCast
(Episode Cast overview, first billed only) | Hugh Laurie | ... | Dr. Gregory House |
 | Lisa Edelstein | ... | Dr. Lisa Cuddy |
| Omar Epps | ... | Dr. Eric Foreman |
| Robert Sean Leonard | ... | Dr. James Wilson |
 | Jennifer Morrison | ... | Dr. Allison Cameron |
 | Jesse Spencer | ... | Dr. Robert Chase |
| Peter Jacobson | ... | Dr. Chris Taub |
 | Kal Penn | ... | Dr. Lawrence Kutner |
 | Olivia Wilde | ... | Thirteen |
| Samantha Quan | ... | Nicole |
| Christine Healy | ... | Janice |
 | Scott Paulin | ... | Bob |
| Jack Conley | ... | Sheriff Costello |
| Diane Baker | ... | Blythe House |
 | Ho-Kwan Tse | ... | Fang Dong Wen |
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Dr. Robert Chase: When my father died, I wound up killing a patient and I hated the man. Whatever House says or doesn't say, I'm sure the guy's a mess. moreSoundtrack:
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It is interesting that I see this episode right after watching Les Revenants, which is also about death. It seemed so appropriate.
While House is the featured mourner, don't think he is the only one. The others, Dr. Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard) and the featured case (Samantha Quan), were also about death in a less subtle way.
But, House's travails, I suspect, would cause a lot of viewers to examine their relationships with their own fathers, alive or dead. And, like House, we would probably agree that, no matter how our relationship was then or how our memories are now, we are who we are because of our father, for better or worse.
Maybe it is not death that is the topic, but relationships. Whatever the case, it was another outstanding episode and an example of why this is the most intelligent show on TV.