House, M.D.: Season One
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Actor: Hugh LaurieBrand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 972 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-08-30
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Universal Studios
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- Condition: Used, Very Good
- Format: DVD
- AC-3; Box set; Closed-captioned; Color; Dolby; DVD; Subtitled; Widescreen; NTSC
Movie Reviews of House, M.D.: Season One
Movie Review: Dr. House? Dr. House? Exam Room One. STAT
Summary: 5 Stars
Okay, so there's a ton of medical dramas out there. What could possibly make this one stand above the rest?
Everything!
House MD is a series centered at Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. Dr. Gregory House, the shows titular character played by Hugh Laurie, is a caustic, rude, arrogant, and a million other nasty adjectives diagnostician and head of the diagnostics department. Doctors Cameron, Chase, and Foreman are in his team. Together (well, mostly), they will determine what no one else has determined, discover what is ailing patients, mostly by uncovering the careful lies patients create around their lives.
The first thing you have to love about House is House. Hugh Laurie plays Dr. House to perfection. You hate to love this guy and love to hate this guy. One minute, you feel sorry for him, the next, you want to strangle his insensitivity for patients and their families.
Next, comes supporting cast. Lisa Edelstein, Jennifer Morrison, Jesse Spencer, Omar Epps, and Robert Sean Leonard are convincing, intriguing characters. Their reactions to House, to the patients, and to the cases.
Then the cases. While I don't understand a lot of the medical jargon, it definitely shows the powers that be put time and effort to make the diagnosises sound good and the cases challenging.
The first season focuses a lot on the characters. We learn that House has had an infarction on his right leg, causing him great pain and leading him to an addiction to Vicodin--one that is almost encouraged because the drug enables him to work. Dr. Cameron was married at one time; Dr. Chase doesn't have a good relationship with his father, and Dr. Foreman had unusual jobs in the past.
Aside from numerous sexual remarks and some really icky medical scenes that are sure to make the squeamish green (and not with envy), there is nothing to bash about this series. Put it on your shelf and in your DVD player and enjoy!! You won't regret it.
EPISODE GUIDE:
Look out for guest appearances for people like Elizabeth Mitchell, Robin Tunney, and Brandy!
"Pilot" - A grade school teacher collapses. Excellent introduction, you are pretty much dropped right into the episode (there isn't an obvious introduction like House joins Princeton Plainsboro, or a new member was hired or something crazy) 5/5
"Paternity" - A teenager has night terrors. I love how you see House at the end, on the lacrosse field! 5/5
"Occam's Razor" - Brandon passes out while AHEM with his fiancee. I love the simple solution and how House scours the pharmacy. 4.5/5
"Maternity" - A plague scours the hospital that attacks the newborns. This one isn't particularly one of my favorites, but it is creepy and chililng. 3.5/5
"Damned If You Do" - A nun comes in with a rash and develops something far worse. I love Elizabeth Mitchell, I love learning more about Chase, and I adore the whole medical mystery! 5/5
"The Socratic Method" - A schizophrenic mother develops a blood clot which causes her to collapse. I enjoyed how the child did so much to care for his mom AND hearing one of Hugh Laurie's British voices (his Wooster voice). 5/5
"Fidelity" - A woman becomes violent when her husband tries to get her out of bed. This one was terribly sad, showing how tough marriage is. 4.5/5
"Poison" - A boy passes out during a caculus exam. I found it freaky, to think that such chemicals could be on clothes. 4/5
"DNR" - A jazz musician passes out during a recording session. I adored how House broke DNR, resuscitated the man, and was charged with assault. 5/5
"Histories" - A homeless woman has a seizure at a rave. I can't tell you how sad this one is. 4/5
"Detox" - A teenager who was in a car crash is still bleeding. This is the episode that cements House's addiction and how he refuses to give up his addiction. Plus, I adored the crazy diagnosis!! 5/5
"Sports Medicine" - A baseball player, formerly a drug addict, is hospitalized after his arm fractures violently. In this episode, we see a glimpse of the extent that House will go for his friend, Wilson (the expensive Monster rally tickets). 4.5/5
"Cursed" - A young boy is found ill not long after sneaking into a house and playing with an Ouiji board that spells his death. We learn more about Chase and his father, Dr. Chase. 4.5/5
"Control" - A CEO experiences leg pain while conducting a meeting. This is the introduction of Vogler, and shows that House will indeed lie for his patients. 4.5/5
"Mob Rules" - A witness collapses while being protected. Vogler starts becoming a pain, which is slightly annoying. 4/5
"Heavy" - An overweight girl has a heart attack while jump roping. This episode really resonated with me, as I was always that last girl running during PE. Not fond of Vogler's increasing bullish-ness. 4.5/5
"Role Model" - Black presidential candidate throws up on a man during one of his campaign dinners. I love this one, particularly now, after Obama has been elected! Smallville fans might recognize the president as Dr. Hamilton. 4.5/5
"Babies & Bathwater" - A pregnant woman collapses when a police officer pulls her over for drunk driving. This one is so bittersweet! The Vogler angle was much; I couldn't believe his manipulation of the board. 3.5/5
"Kids" - After an outbreak of meningitis at a swim meet, a young diver exhibits meningitis symptoms...but doesn't have meningitis! I enjoyed the frenzied atmosphere, how Lisa Cuddy kept trying to get Chase, Foreman, and House to work checking for symptoms of meningitis. 4/5
"Love Hurts" - A young man in the waiting room of the clinic has a stroke. Cameron returns and has her only date with House and we get a sneak peek of someone from another TV series from the 60's & 70's! 4.5/5
"Three Stories" - House teaches a seminar on diagnosing, involving three stories of leg injuries. This is my absolute favorite episode; you beebop between three cases, one of which is House's!! 5/5
"Honeymoon" - Stacy gets House to treat her new husband, Mark. We get to see House bounce off the only woman who can keep him at bay and get a hint of how much he still loves her. 4.5/5
Episodes you can't miss: Pilot, Paternity, Damned If You Do, The Socratic Method, DNR, Detox, and Three Stories.
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Summary of House, M.D.: Season One
Go deeper into the medical mysteries of House, TV's most compelling new drama, as all 22 Season One episodes and exclusive bonus features come to DVD! Hugh Laurie stars as the brilliant, but sarcastic Dr. Gregory House, a maverick physician who is devoid of bedside manner. While his behavior can border on antisocial, Dr. House thrives on the challenge of solving the medical puzzles that other doctors give up on. Together with his hand-picked team of young medical experts, he'll do whatever it takes in the race against the clock to solve the case. Check out each gripping episode featuring some of TV's hottest guest stars, including Carmen Electra, Chi McBride, Scott Foley and Sela Ward. It's the intriguing new series TV Guide's Matt Roush hails as "the uncommon cure for the common medical drama."He pops pills, watches soaps, and always, always says what's on his mind. He's Dr. Gregory House (Emmy nominee Hugh Laurie, Blackadder). Producers David Shore, Bryan Singer, Katie Jacobs, and Paul Attanasio haven't rewritten the hospital drama--at heart, it's a cross between St. Elsewhere, ER, and C.S.I.--but they've infused a moribund genre with new life and created one of TV's most compelling characters. More than any previous medical procedural, it resembles Attanasio?s underrated Gideon's Crossing, but House is lighter on its feet. As fascinating as he is, the show wouldn't work as well if it were all House all the time (that would be like Sherlock Holmes without Watson or Moriarty). Fortunately, he's joined by an intriguing cast of characters, portrayed by a combination of experienced vets (Omar Epps, Lisa Edelstein, Tony winner Robert Sean Leonard) and new faces (Jennifer Morrison, Jesse Spencer). Aside from the complicated cases they tackle each week, the sparks really fly when House's brilliant, if naïve charges are put to the test--and as the head of a teaching hospital, it's his job to test them (although his tough love approach is constantly landing him in hot water with Edelstein's administrator). From the first episode, House attracted a talented array of guests, including Robin Tunney ("Pilot"), Joe Morton ("Role Model"), and Patrick Bauchau ("Cursed") as Spencer?s father. In addition, Chi McBride and Sela Ward appear frequently (with Ward returning for the second season). Viewers who first watched these 22 episodes on Fox will be gratified to note that the music has survived the transition to disc, such as the Rolling Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want," as featured in both the pilot and season finale ("Honeymoon"). The only apparent omission is the credit theme (Massive Attack's "Teardrop") from the pilot. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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