Season 5 poster

Season 5

(2008)

Overview

In the Season 4 finale, after a massive bus accident left House without recollection of the accident, he and the team put the pieces of his memory together and discover Wilson’s girlfriend Amber was on the bus with him and was fatally injured. Wilson has to face the shocking realization that House was involved in Amber’s death. As Season 5 opens, with his friendship with Wilson shattered, House must determine if he’s responsible for Amber’s death and Wilson must decide if House is a d…

Cast

Hugh Laurie as Gregory House
Hugh Laurie

as Gregory House

Lisa Edelstein as Lisa Cuddy
Lisa Edelstein

as Lisa Cuddy

Robert Sean Leonard as James Wilson
Robert Sean Leonard

as James Wilson

Omar Epps as Eric Foreman
Omar Epps

as Eric Foreman

Jennifer Morrison as Allison Cameron
Jennifer Morrison

as Allison Cameron

Jesse Spencer as Robert Chase
Jesse Spencer

as Robert Chase

Peter Jacobson as Chris Taub
Peter Jacobson

as Chris Taub

Olivia Wilde as Thirteen
Olivia Wilde

as Thirteen

Kal Penn as Lawrence Kutner
Kal Penn

as Lawrence Kutner

Episodes

Dying Changes Everything poster

Dying Changes Everything 7.5

September 16, 2008

In the aftermath of personal tragedy, Wilson resigns from the hospital... and from his friendship with House. Meanwhile…

Not Cancer poster

Not Cancer 7.4

September 23, 2008

The team deals with an organ donor whose organs prove fatal, and the two surviving patients. Meanwhile, House hires a p…

Adverse Events poster

Adverse Events 7.4

September 30, 2008

A painter's undiagnosed illness affects his work, and House and his team must look at the man's paintings to determine …

Birthmarks poster

Birthmarks 7.9

October 14, 2008

While en route to his father's funeral, House must help the team with a differential diagnosis on a young Chinese girl …

Lucky Thirteen poster

Lucky Thirteen 7.3

October 21, 2008

Thirteen brings her one-night stand to the hospital after the woman has a seizure. However, the woman admits she slept …

Joy poster

Joy 7.3

October 28, 2008

An ailing man suffers from blackouts and sleepwalks, leading the team to wonder if his sleepwalking is a symptom, or ho…

The Itch poster

The Itch 7.5

November 11, 2008

The team must treat an agoraphobic who refuses to leave his house, and have to work around Cuddy, who is less than thri…

Emancipation poster

Emancipation 7.2

November 18, 2008

While Foreman takes on a pediatric case on his own, the rest of the team deals with a 16-year-old factory manager and e…

Last Resort poster

Last Resort 7.7

November 25, 2008

A gun-wielding man from the waiting room at the Princeton-Plainsboro clinic takes House, Thirteen and several patients …

Let Them Eat Cake poster

Let Them Eat Cake 7.5

December 2, 2008

The team takes on the case of a fitness guru on an all-natural diet who collapsed while filming a video. Meanwhile, For…

Joy to the World poster

Joy to the World 7.6

December 9, 2008

House and his team deal with a bullied girl who collapses during her school's Christmas program. Meanwhile, Foreman and…

Painless poster

Painless 7.4

January 19, 2009

House and the team try to diagnose a man living with severe, chronic pain; Thirteen and Foreman explore their complicat…

Big Baby poster

Big Baby 7.3

January 26, 2009

Cuddy decides to spend more time at home to take care of her newly adopted baby and passes some of her day-to-day respo…

The Greater Good poster

The Greater Good 7.3

February 2, 2009

House and the team take on the case of a woman who collapsed in the middle of a cooking class, and they soon learn she …

Unfaithful poster

Unfaithful 7.5

February 16, 2009

When a priest who runs a homeless shelter sees a bleeding Jesus hovering at his doorstep, he is admitted to the ER. Hou…

The Softer Side poster

The Softer Side 7.7

February 23, 2009

A patient with both male and female DNA has the team stumped. Meanwhile, House starts acting nicely, raising Cuddy's an…

The Social Contract poster

The Social Contract 8.0

March 9, 2009

House and the team take on the case of Nick, a book editor who loses his inhibitions. The team realizes Nick has fronta…

Here Kitty poster

Here Kitty 7.5

March 16, 2009

Morgan works in a nursing home with a pet cat who only sleeps next to people if they are about to die - and does so wit…

Locked In poster

Locked In 8.2

March 30, 2009

A man awakens in New York after a bicycle accident unable to move or communicate in any way. House, himself injured in …

Simple Explanation poster

Simple Explanation 7.8

April 6, 2009

Charlotte, an older woman who has spent the last six months taking care of her dying husband Eddie, is rushed to Prince…

Saviors poster

Saviors 7.4

April 13, 2009

Cameron postpones her vacation with Chase in order to ask House to accept the case of an environmental radical who coll…

House Divided poster

House Divided 8.3

April 27, 2009

The team takes on the case of a deaf 14-year-old named Seth who collapsed after he started “hearing” explosions while c…

Under My Skin poster

Under My Skin 8.3

May 4, 2009

House and the team take on the case of a ballerina whose lungs collapse in the middle of a performance. When the treatm…

Both Sides Now poster

Both Sides Now 8.7

May 11, 2009

House and the team are intrigued by Scott, a man whose left brain and right brain operate independently, leaving him wi…