House Season 7

Synopsis

In the Season 6 finale, House, driven by the loss of a patient he treated at an accident site and confronted with the unexpected news that Cuddy was now engaged, spiraled into despair and considered treating his mental and emotional anguish with Vicodin, potentially prompting the cycle of his dependency and addiction all over again. But in a surprising turn, Cuddy revealed that she called off her engagement and admitted to House she loves him, despite wishing she didn’t. Also, Thirteen submitted her leave of absence from the hospital, prompting questions about the status of her health. As Season 7 begins, House and Cuddy attempt to make a real relationship work and face the question as to whether their new relationship will affect their ability to diagnose patients.

Main Cast

Hugh Laurie

Gregory House

Age : 64 | Popularity : 30%

Lisa Edelstein

Lisa Cuddy

Age : 57 | Popularity : 28%

Robert Sean Leonard

James Wilson

Age : 55 | Popularity : 9%

Omar Epps

Eric Foreman

Age : 50 | Popularity : 10%

Jesse Spencer

Robert Chase

Age : 45 | Popularity : 15%

Peter Jacobson

Chris Taub

Age : 59 | Popularity : 14%

Olivia Wilde

Thirteen

Age : 40 | Popularity : 45%

Amber Tamblyn

Martha M. Masters

Age : 40 | Popularity : 15%

Episodes

Episode 1

20 September 2010 - Now What?

House and Cuddy are exploring the ramifications of those feelings and attempting to make a real relationship work. Meanwhile, due to a colleague's illness, Princeton Plainsboro is left without a neurosurgeon on site, threatening the hospital's accreditation as a Level 1 Trauma Center. As the team attempts treatment to get their sick colleague back to work, they discover there is more to the illness than they originally suspected and turn to House for direction. Instead, House remains elusive, leaving the team on its own.

Episode 2

27 September 2010 - Selfish

A seemingly healthy 14-year-old girl collapses during a skateboarding exhibition; House and Cuddy face the challenge of handling their romantic relationship at work.

Episode 3

04 October 2010 - Unwritten

A children's novelist tries to kill herself, but is thwarted when she has a seizure. House, a fan of the books, puts her on psych hold but has to deal with a patient that is eager to die rather than be cured. Meanwhile, House worries that he'll lose Cuddy because they have nothing in common.

Episode 4

11 October 2010 - Massage Therapy

House and his team make unexpected discoveries about a female patient admitted to the hospital after severe and uncontrollable vomiting; House and Cuddy are forced to face the reservations in their relationship after a visit from a massage therapist.

Episode 5

18 October 2010 - Unplanned Parenthood

When an infant suffers breathing trouble and liver failure, House and the team must look at the medical history of the mother in order to find an answer, and ultimately land on a discovery that forces the mother to jeopardize not only her child's health but her own. Meanwhile Taub and Foreman must find a new female doctor to fill the spot vacated by Thirteen and House and Wilson learn a thing or two about parenting while caring for Cuddy's daughter.

Episode 6

08 November 2010 - Office Politics

It’s election season, and in the midst of a tight campaign, an incumbent New Jersey senator’s campaign manager falls ill with liver failure and temporary paralysis. Cuddy pushes House to add a female doctor to his team by hiring brilliant third-year medical student Martha Masters in Thirteen’s absence.

Episode 7

15 November 2010 - A Pox on Our House

After a 200-year-old medicine jar found on an off-shore shipwreck shatters in a teenage girl's palm, she is admitted to Princeton Plainsboro for symptoms closely linked to smallpox.

Episode 8

22 November 2010 - Small Sacrifices

Science and faith are called into question when a patient is admitted to the hospital following his reenactment of the Crucifixion. Meanwhile, Taub questions his wife about her relationship with an infidelity support group member, and the team attends a co-worker's wedding.

Episode 9

17 January 2011 - Larger Than Life

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.

Episode 10

24 January 2011 - Carrot or Stick

House and the team try to link symptoms of a teenage military recruit and his drill sergeant, while House secretly helps Cuddy's daughter get into a prestigious preschool. Someone posted a disparaging photo of Chase on a social-networking site.

Episode 11

07 February 2011 - Family Practice

Cuddy’s mother, Arlene, is admitted to Princeton Plansboro after complaining about unusual symptoms, but stubborn Arlene insists that House be removed from the case, forcing House to come up with non-conventional means to treat his patient.

Episode 12

14 February 2011 - You Must Remember This

When a waitress with a perfect memory suffers temporary paralysis, her older sister visits her in the hospital, which triggers high stress levels and even more health complications.

Episode 13

21 February 2011 - Two Stories

House participates in a school’s Career Day and breaks a few rules by sharing explicit medical stories. Waiting outside the principal’s office, he meets two fifth-grade students who assess House’s relationship woes and try to help him understand how his selfish antics get in the way of showing Cuddy how he really feels.

Episode 14

28 February 2011 - Recession Proof

A patient is admitted after breaking out in a severe rash triggered by caustic chemical exposure at his blue-collar job. Meanwhile, Cuddy is honored with an award and needs House to be at the charity event for support, but his attendance is threatened when his patient’s battle to survive forces him to question his practice and his own happiness.

Episode 15

07 March 2011 - Bombshells

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.

Episode 16

14 March 2011 - Out of the Chute

The team treats a professional bull rider who is attacked by a bull. The team must determine the causes behind the patients disappearing symptoms and seizures while taking House's advice from outside the hospital as he attends to issues unrelated to the case. Meanwhile, Masters develops a crush on the patient.

Episode 17

21 March 2011 - Fall from Grace

A homeless man with a history of drug abuse is admitted to Princeton Plainsboro with burns and scars on his chest. Meanwhile, Cuddy reveals her guilt to Wilson about breaking up with House.

Episode 18

11 April 2011 - The Dig

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.

Episode 19

18 April 2011 - Last Temptation

Masters faces a career crossroads on her last day as a medical student and struggles with the choice to continue on the path to become a surgeon or to accept the rare opportunity to join House’s team officially. Meanwhile, the team treats a 16-year-old girl who inexplicably collapsed days before embarking on an ambitious sailing tour around the globe. Despite the patient's life-changing diagnosis, the patient's family insists on getting her back on the seas in time for her potentially record-breaking launch. But to the team's surprise, including House, Masters makes a bold decision regarding the patient’s treatment.

Episode 20

02 May 2011 - Changes

The team takes on the case of a lottery winner (Donal Logue) suffering from paralysis and multiple types of cancer, and they must figure out if it his new millionaire lifestyle that is making him sick. Meanwhile, Cuddy's mother threatens to sue the hospital over her treatment, and Foreman and Chase make a bet over who is repressing the uglier side of their personality more.

Episode 21

09 May 2011 - The Fix

After losing a bet with Wilson over a boxing match, House is convinced that his fighter has an underlying medical condition that cost him the fight. While he tries to prove it, he leaves his team alone to help a bomb scientist who suffered a seizure. Meanwhile, House may be experimenting with a new drug to help his leg pain.

Episode 22

16 May 2011 - After Hours

When House discovers that the experimental drug he's been using causes fatal tumors, he decides to attempt to excise them himself. However, he can't complete the surgery and ends up needing Cuddy's help. Meanwhile, Thirteen's friend from prison (Amy Landecker), a relapsed drug user, arrives at her apartment needing medical care after being stabbed. With her friend unwilling to go to the hospital, Thirteen enlists Chase's assistance when the friend loses sensation and movement in her arm. Also, Taub receives some unexpected news that could change his life.

Episode 23

23 May 2011 - Moving On

The team treats a performance artist (Shohreh Aghdashloo) who deliberately made herself ill with the aim of turning the diagnostics department into her new masterpiece, as House must decide which of her symptoms are real, and which are self-inflicted. As the case progresses, House vows to make changes in his life, but remains rooted in old habits. After the case is over, House finally deals with his anger over the breakup and lashes out by driving through Cuddy's dining room and escaping to a beach.

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Consulting Producer	Lawrence Kaplow
	Co-Executive Producer	Peter Blake Gerrit van der Meer
	Executive Producer	Hugh Laurie Thomas L. Moran Russel Friend Garrett Lerner David Shore Paul Attanasio Bryan Singer Katie Jacobs
	Producer	Marcy G. Kaplan
	Casting	Stephanie Laffin Amy Lippens
	Unit Production Manager	Gerrit van der Meer
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Cathy Crandall
Directing	Script Coordinator	Dustin Paddock
	Script Supervisor	Ira Hurvitz
Sound	Original Music Composer	Jason Derlatka Jon Ehrlich
	Foley Artist	Michael Lyle
	Music Editor	Michael Baber
	Theme Song Performance	Massive Attack
Visual Effects	Visual Effects Supervisor	Elan Soltes
Crew	Transportation Coordinator	Steve De Leon
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