Does the dog die?
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House
TV Show • 2004 • Drama
ReportDr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
This tv show contains 143 potentially triggering events.
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kcwonder
A man has to put his dog down because he bit him. Another dog eats his owners meds and dies.
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Abandonment
Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
5 supporters
Yes
33
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8
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jimmylionheart
S5
E20
One of his subordinates committed suicide suddenly.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
35 supporters
Yes
35
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14
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Mister
S5
E4
It turns out that an adopted Chinese-American patient's biological father planned to kill her (with her mother's complicity) and stopped part way.
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Is an animal abandoned?
104 supporters
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14
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DanishToenails
S3
E3
Several rats are left behind
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
58 supporters
Yes
41
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1
House's dad is physically and emotionally abusive; according to House, he would force him into ice baths, make him sleep in the yard and spent one summer refusing any sort of verbal communication as punishment.
Chase's mother was an alcoholic who locked him in his father's study whenever she was unable to take care of him.
His father didn't stop the abuse from Chase's mother — and abandoned them when he was 15, forcing him to take care of his mother and little sister till his mother's death.
Chase's mother was an alcoholic who locked him in his father's study whenever she was unable to take care of him.
His father didn't stop the abuse from Chase's mother — and abandoned them when he was 15, forcing him to take care of his mother and little sister till his mother's death.
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
45 supporters
Yes
8
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VoidWraith
No, but everyone is weirdly insistent that House should forgive his abusive father.
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Is someone stalked?
23 supporters
Yes
66
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15
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SarahZoe
S3
E4
House is being stalked by the 17 year old daughter of a patient
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Yes
58
No
21
2
RowanMc
S7
E4
There are several mentions of it but we don’t see it on screen
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Yes
3
No
32
Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
32 supporters
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Yes
11
No
19
Is someone gaslighted?
34 supporters
Yes
95
No
9
1
shamwowxl
S2
E13
House is given a placebo instead of a painkiller
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Yes
1
No
19
Yes
71
No
24
3
S8
E6
It turns out the son was molested by his father. They drop that with absolutely zero warning
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Addiction
Yes
217
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8
9
CarlaSueThompson
House is hooked on painkillers.
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Is there addiction?
23 supporters
Yes
201
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4
15
TheHallowedAngel
The main character, Dr Gregory House, struggles with an addiction to prescription pain medication throughout the whole show.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
20 supporters
Yes
87
No
9
1
shamwowxl
S1
E13
not in the episode but it's discussed - the relative of a character
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Animal
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2
No
48
Yes
0
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69
Yes
86
No
34
5
shamwowxl
S3
E3
in the cold open, a lab rat is killed
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Are animals abused?
215 supporters
Yes
74
No
37
6
Traves
S3 E21. Hector, a dog who previously belonged to Wilson and his second wife, Bonnie. House ends up adopting the dog, but then getting annoyed after he destroys his things. He leaves pills out in attempt to poison him (he eats them but isn't bothered). And then seemly accidentally slams a door on his front leg, crippling him. (He doesn't show any remorse so it's unsure if it truly was an accident). Hector ends up with a limp but is otherwise okay.
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Yes
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No
66
11
kcwonder
no but there is bird fighting in one episode which could be distressing to some viewers
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Is there a dead animal?
118 supporters
Yes
73
No
30
5
Krumpet95
Season Three "Informed Consent"
First few minutes or so, rat lovers should look away. Do not watch the start of the episode, skip to 2 minutes 30 seconds. Plot wise all you miss is the man collapsing at work:
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Dr Ezra Powell is seen to remove a rat from a cage with other rats. The rat puts up a struggle, Dr Powell says he admires the rats attempt and then injects him with a needle euthanising the rat. Its is seen lying dead. He then proceeds to do a dissection. Dr Powell becomes incapacited and a second rat takes the opportunity to eat a bit of the man.
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Same episode, Season Three "Informed Consent"
15 minutes and 40 seconds in a sequence of scenes start that are jumbled around. Each member of the team is doing different tests. In a few of the sequences Dr Cameron is searching Dr Ezra Powell's lab and is looking for anything that could help diagnose Dr Powell. She finds a biohazard bin with 6 (possibly more) dead rats and blood, they have clearly been dissected. The camera shows this on-screen, Dr Cameron then collects one of them to help Dr Powell's case. Picking one of them up and placing them in a zip lock bag. It then cuts to different members of the team doing other tests but a few seconds later Cameron is shown again in Dr Powells' lab swabbing the rat that had been euthanized at the beginning of the episode when Dr Powell collapsed. This lasts until 16 minutes and 38 seconds in
First few minutes or so, rat lovers should look away. Do not watch the start of the episode, skip to 2 minutes 30 seconds. Plot wise all you miss is the man collapsing at work:
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Dr Ezra Powell is seen to remove a rat from a cage with other rats. The rat puts up a struggle, Dr Powell says he admires the rats attempt and then injects him with a needle euthanising the rat. Its is seen lying dead. He then proceeds to do a dissection. Dr Powell becomes incapacited and a second rat takes the opportunity to eat a bit of the man.
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Same episode, Season Three "Informed Consent"
15 minutes and 40 seconds in a sequence of scenes start that are jumbled around. Each member of the team is doing different tests. In a few of the sequences Dr Cameron is searching Dr Ezra Powell's lab and is looking for anything that could help diagnose Dr Powell. She finds a biohazard bin with 6 (possibly more) dead rats and blood, they have clearly been dissected. The camera shows this on-screen, Dr Cameron then collects one of them to help Dr Powell's case. Picking one of them up and placing them in a zip lock bag. It then cuts to different members of the team doing other tests but a few seconds later Cameron is shown again in Dr Powells' lab swabbing the rat that had been euthanized at the beginning of the episode when Dr Powell collapsed. This lasts until 16 minutes and 38 seconds in
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Is an animal sad?
93 supporters
Yes
5
No
29
0
mysistersscaredofsick
S3
E21
A dog whimpers briefly, but it’s unclear why; Either the dog got hurt when House shut the door on him, or he whimpered because he was upset that House didn’t allow him to come into the room.
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Are rabbits harmed?
78 supporters
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4
No
23
2
slimey
S4
E8
no, but several are shown in a cramped cage
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Does a cat die?
187 supporters
Yes
78
No
39
9
Traves
S3 E18 a cat dies, and its body is shown around 36mins in.
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Does a pet die?
175 supporters
Yes
38
No
29
5
Scipnvm
S1
E11
reason of sickness can be found out due to autopsy of a passed cat, it‘s shown for at least 1 minute straight
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Yes
2
No
71
Are there spiders?
54 supporters
Yes
46
No
21
1
shamwowxl
S1
E7
s1 e7 about 16 mins in, a hallucination where spiders come out from under a patient's skin
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Yes
1
No
24
Are there snakes?
19 supporters
Yes
40
No
16
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shamwowxl
S1
E21
discussed, then appears 12 mins in
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Are there sharks?
7 supporters
Yes
1
No
23
0
postermug
S2
E17
Just mentioned in the beginning
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Are there bugs?
1 supporters
Yes
83
No
19
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TooCoolForFrogJail
S2
E12
HUGE WARNING about halfway through, live maggots are placed on a patient's body for medical reasons, skip from about 22:37 to 23:17 to avoid seeing this, It's gross. If you're on a site where you can't see timestamps then skip about two minutes ahead once House mentions Dominic Larrey
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
24 supporters
Add comment
Yes
5
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17
Is someone drugged?
34 supporters
Yes
55
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6
1
roseatespoonbill
House drugs Wilson multiple times with uppers and downers and it's always funny. Patients are sometimes drugged when a doctor is concerned they're not actually better and need to stay in the hospital but don't want to.
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Is there pedophilia?
135 supporters
Yes
43
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25
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DanishToenails
S2
E13
Father admits to having sex with his 15 year old daughter
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Is someone held under water?
26 supporters
Yes
16
No
18
5
catnipp
S3
E24
in the opening a guy isnt letting go of a suitcase while another guy is trying to save him so he is held underwater until he passes out and lets go, he is fine after.
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Is rape mentioned?
95 supporters
Yes
64
No
12
2
shamwowxl
S3
E12
a clinic patient was raped, it ends up being discussed throughout the episode
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
20 supporters
Yes
7
No
20
1
shamwowxl
S5
E11
no one is beaten up but there is emotional bullying
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Is someone restrained?
30 supporters
Yes
73
No
10
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JoyJones17
In some episodes (such as one with a prisoner on death row), they need to use restraints to keep patients down
7 comments | Add comment
Yes
92
No
39
8
Traves
Episode 12, Season 3. While it's not explicitly shown, it is mentioned. A girl come in for an STD check. When House goes to touch her, she freaks out. we find out the reason for that and her Chlamydia is that she was assaulted.
SPOILER:
she's also pregnant
SPOILER:
she's also pregnant
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Is someone's mouth covered?
14 supporters
Yes
21
No
8
0
S1
E10
Patient’s mouth is held closed after she bites Foreman.
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
59 supporters
Yes
35
No
16
3
shamwowxl
S2
E1
"don't bend over for the soap"
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Yes
9
No
62
4
there is a CNC scene between a husband and wife at the start of one episode.
4 comments | Add comment
Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
33 supporters
Yes
82
No
11
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mmaddie
S3
E19
A girl starts her period very early at age 6 and attempts to shave off her pubic hair, but ends up cutting her vagina.
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Are any hands damaged?
20 supporters
Yes
25
No
9
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shamwowxl
S1
E11
not visibly damaged, but broken, House slams something heavy against his hand on purpose about 22 mins in
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Are there dislocations?
1 supporters
Yes
8
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20
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slimey
S4
E11
no, but a broken bone is set in a similar way to fixing a dislocated joint
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Is there throat mutilation?
1 supporters
Yes
30
No
6
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Patrik580
S2
E24
Emergency Tracheotomy thanks to anaphylaxis.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
29 supporters
Yes
153
No
4
3
illuminatemyskies
There are multiple scenes throughout the series that depicts patients struggling or failing to breathe.
12 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
27
Is there cannibalism?
38 supporters
Yes
18
No
35
3
EffySnicket
Season 7 Episode 17 it is mentioned that a minor character is a cannibal but the cannibalism is not shown
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Is someone crushed to death?
33 supporters
Yes
23
No
20
3
Multiple episodes involve crush injuries eg s6e21 (building collapse, multiple victims) and s4e1 (building collapse, one patient dies)
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Is someone choked?
19 supporters
Yes
31
No
5
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shamwowxl
S3
E11
9 mins in, a patient chokes Cameron
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Is someone burned alive?
47 supporters
Yes
42
No
19
4
JoyJones17
In one episode, its at the beginning of the episode where a boy and his father is on a quad bike, and when the boy takes control he crashes and burns, the rest of the episode shows the burn marks on his skin
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Is someone buried alive?
31 supporters
Yes
12
No
40
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shamwowxl
S4
E1
there's a building collapse, safe to assume people died (though not the person the episode focuses on)
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Is there body horror?
66 supporters
Yes
42
No
9
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shamwowxl
S1
E7
about 16 mins in, patient hallucinates a swarm of spiders coming out of her arm
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Is there amputation?
30 supporters
Yes
66
No
12
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KnightWhoSaysNi
Season 6 Episode 22 had a very graphic scene of a woman having her leg amputated without anesthesia. In Season 2 Episode 3, a character has his hand amputated. In Season 3 Episode 10, House decides to amputate a girl's arm and leg. The girl is shown in the OR, and a scalpel is brought up to her arm, but the surgery is cancelled before it starts.
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0
No
43
Yes
0
No
20
Is there a hanging?
31 supporters
Yes
43
No
19
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kcwonder
it's not shown, but one character hangs himself in order to donate his heart to his dying son.
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Yes
25
No
9
Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
89 supporters
Yes
39
No
18
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shamwowxl
S2
E2
6 mins in, House sees a patient who tried to do a self circumcision. you see a lot of blood but nothing else
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Does someone become unconscious?
5 supporters
Yes
131
No
0
1
shamwowxl
S5
E6
sleepwalking, so they look awake
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Does someone break a bone?
23 supporters
Yes
73
No
10
0
S1
E10
Mention of a broken wrist, nothing onscreen.
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Does someone have a seizure?
10 supporters
Yes
151
No
26
6
clownish
idk why anyone hasnt said it yet but im 8 episodes in and so far i dont think theres been a single episode where someone doesnt have the most violent seizure or convulses in some way, shape, or form
edit: ive finshed the series and besides all the patients house has 2 seizures in total throughout the series idk abt other main characters
edit: ive finshed the series and besides all the patients house has 2 seizures in total throughout the series idk abt other main characters
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Yes
39
No
11
Is there finger/toe mutilation?
58 supporters
Yes
52
No
15
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shamwowxl
S1
E2
a patient has a night terror in which a toe is cut off - you see the surgical line and the cutters coming toward the toe but you don't see it being cut off, only the patient screaming
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Is someone tortured?
93 supporters
Yes
61
No
21
4
mitzo
S2
E22
a kid has bone marrow taken without sedation even after he revokes consent, it's shown to be incredibly painful, but the scene doesn't last very long
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Yes
21
No
10
Does someone fall to their death?
12 supporters
Yes
29
No
14
1
shamwowxl
S4
E10
no but a child takes a bad fall in the cold open
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Is there eye mutilation?
102 supporters
Yes
72
No
22
4
shamwowxl
S2
E24
13 mins in, an eye swells and pops out of the socket - it's right after the lumbar puncture
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Is someone stabbed?
16 supporters
Yes
26
No
15
2
shamwowxl
S4
E15
someone is stabbed through the leg by debris - you see it going through the leg
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Is there excessive gore?
1 supporters
Yes
57
No
21
4
JoyJones17
In some episodes there is vomit, blood, and in most episodes they show surgery and an animation of what goes on inside the body
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
29 supporters
Yes
8
No
17
3
Season 6 Episode 17 - Lockdown
In this episode the hospital goes into lockdown when an infant goes missing.
SPOILERS
The infant was moved by a nurse having an absent seizure, the baby is not harmed.
In this episode the hospital goes into lockdown when an infant goes missing.
SPOILERS
The infant was moved by a nurse having an absent seizure, the baby is not harmed.
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Does a kid die?
65 supporters
Yes
94
No
24
4
mmaddie
S2
E22
A baby doesn’t die at first, but is found submerged in a bathtub and unresponsive. He survives, but his mother later attempts to smother him but he survives again. However, he later dies from the injuries.
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Is a minor sexualized?
113 supporters
Yes
52
No
21
8
TooCoolForFrogJail
S2
E13
There is a 15yr old supermodel, many comments are made, enter at your own risk
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
20 supporters
Yes
3
No
16
0
slimey
S2
E16
no, but there is a tick
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
12 supporters
Yes
24
No
12
2
Mister
S3
E7
A man hangs himself offscreen so that his son can receive his heart.
2 comments | Add comment
Does a major character die?
24 supporters
Yes
28
No
15
2
slimey
S4
E16
(spoiler)
amber dies
amber dies
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Yes
14
No
16
Does someone die?
14 supporters
Yes
60
No
27
1
Patrik580
S2
E22
Infant eventually dies.
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Disability
Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
25 supporters
Yes
132
No
5
7
If I'm not wrong, Houses's actor isn't disabled, but his character walks with a cane.
3 comments | Add comment
Is the r-slur used?
31 supporters
Yes
38
No
15
4
used at the start of s2 ep1 around one minute In
4 comments | Add comment
Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
16 supporters
Yes
49
No
12
0
RowanMc
S5
E20
Someone tries to but is unsuccessful
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Family
Does a family member die?
21 supporters
Yes
41
No
9
1
Patrik580
S2
E14
Man's wife dies in car accident.
4 comments | Add comment
Does a parent die?
24 supporters
Yes
84
No
16
1
shamwowxl
S5
E4
House's father dies, House goes to the funeral
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
31 supporters
Yes
5
No
30
1
shamwowxl
S3
E8
in the opening scene someone vomits on a birthday cake and presents
5 comments | Add comment
Is someone kidnapped?
8 supporters
Yes
41
No
15
1
shamwowxl
S5
E7
an agoraphobe is told he'll be having surgery in his home and is then taken to the hospital when he's unconscious
5 comments | Add comment
Does someone cheat?
22 supporters
Yes
87
No
18
2
shamwowxl
S2
E24
in the past and never seen on-screen, the shooter cheated on his wife
18 comments | Add comment
Fear
Are there ghosts?
7 supporters
Yes
17
No
41
6
AdrianWood
No ghosts, but many instances of characters seeing dead friends or family members. Usually, but not always, explained as being hallucinations.
4 comments | Add comment
Are there jump scares?
69 supporters
Yes
11
No
40
2
Violet9
S1
E6
Maybe not a jumpscare, but a patient does begin puking blood all of a sudden, which scared the bejeezus out of me. Your mileage may vary.
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Is there a shower scene?
6 supporters
Yes
64
No
11
1
shamwowxl
S5
E12
bath, not shower, after the opening credits and again at the end
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Are there natural bodies of water?
2 supporters
Yes
9
No
18
1
boredtrashbin
S6
E7
For seasons: 1,2,3,4,5,6 (but barring s1e1 and s6e22 as they do not have proper opening credits) the theme song intro has a lake during Jennifer Morrison's credits. In season 7 and 8 there is no longer Jennifer Morrison, or a lake in the opening credits. In episode s6e7 about 23 minutes in House and WIlson are standing next to a lake and the lake is visible during a few scenes in s6e7 as the place they are staying at is ontop of the lake.
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Are there clowns?
16 supporters
Yes
35
No
15
4
astridd
there is one in the swan song + the patient in season eight episode six is a party clown and the episode begins with him performing
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Is someone possessed?
14 supporters
Yes
3
No
45
0
slimey
no, but there is an exorcism scene in season 8 and mentions in earlier seasons
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
6
No
13
Yes
23
No
15
0
Violet9
S1
E6
It’s mentioned that one character stopped shaving her legs about two months ago because her tremors were making it impossible to do it without cutting herself, but other than that there are no razors in this episode.
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Are there mannequins?
6 supporters
Yes
4
No
21
0
Rich07
S8
E18
A guy has a mannequin like doll that is also his girlfriend. Its shown a lot during the episode
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
112 supporters
Yes
236
No
77
41
shark_emoji
I made a Google Doc with warnings and timestamps for each individual episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hSlT_ov4WlwB3M316-DDtDrUuxPQ2-UbckIZfUKWya4
88 comments | Add comment
Does someone wet/soil themselves?
24 supporters
Yes
60
No
16
2
frankencanon
S03E16: House catheterizes himself and it leaks.
15 comments | Add comment
Is there farting?
11 supporters
Yes
20
No
13
1
Rich07
S8
I forget what episode but someone farts in an elevator to test their friendship with the other person whos in there
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Is someone eaten?
37 supporters
Yes
3
No
22
-1
Dan
S7
E17
Not on-screen. SPOILERS!!
a patient is revealed to have killed and eaten multiple people
a patient is revealed to have killed and eaten multiple people
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Is there on-screen pooping?
45 supporters
Yes
22
No
19
2
shamwowxl
S2
E23
sort of - 22:30 in an unconscious patient poops out of her mouth
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Does someone spit?
1 supporters
Yes
66
No
11
1
shamwowxl
S5
E4
in the cold open
9 comments | Add comment
Yes
28
No
13
Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
5 supporters
Yes
4
No
27
0
Mister
S6
One of the psychiatric hospital's patients became mental ill after the death of his family. It's heavily implied (in conversation only) that they were killed on 9/11.
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
35 supporters
Yes
11
No
33
3
S1
E10
No copaganda, but since this is the only cop related trigger I can find, there is multiple instances of police brutality in this episode.
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Is there incarceration?
4 supporters
Yes
20
No
8
1
S1
E15
Mentions of prison.
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LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
1 supporters
Yes
48
No
13
10
Dan
S2
E13
(Spoilers) While no slurs are used, a patient is misgendered as it is discovered that she is intersex
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Is a trans person depicted predatorily?
68 supporters
Yes
13
No
25
2
SarahZoe
S2
E13
A intersex person is and it definitely has transphobic undertones
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
40 supporters
Yes
16
No
20
6
Dan
S2
E13
(Spoilers) While no dead-naming occurs, a patient is misgendered as it is discovered that she is intersex
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Is there bisexual cheating?
25 supporters
Yes
26
No
12
1
shamwowxl
S5
E15
it's implied that if 13 and Foreman stayed together she would cheat on him with a woman
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
25 supporters
Yes
30
No
11
2
S1
E15
In the episode Mob Rules, House outs a patient as gay to his brother.
2 comments | Add comment
Loss
Yes
1
No
19
Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
21 supporters
Yes
43
No
17
1
boredtrashbin
in s3e11, it is used to remove a patient's memory and in s6e20, a patient mentions having undergone electroshock therapy during conversion therapy
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Are needles/syringes used?
33 supporters
Yes
234
No
5
10
CarlaSueThompson
It's a medical show.
19 comments | Add comment
Is there a mental institution scene?
30 supporters
Yes
66
No
13
2
KnightWhoSaysNi
House is in a mental hospital for the first two episodes of Season 6.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there a hospital scene?
13 supporters
Yes
296
No
2
10
PoppyS
This is a show about hospitals
7 comments | Add comment
Is there menstruation?
4 supporters
Yes
26
No
13
0
mysistersscaredofsick
S3
E19
The six year old patient is found to have started her period prematurely.
2 comments | Add comment
Does someone have cancer?
19 supporters
Yes
115
No
34
3
NobodyOwens
Various patients end up with cancer and a main character is an oncologist
23 comments | Add comment
Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
10 supporters
Yes
36
No
4
0
mysistersscaredofsick
S5
E7
A patient is severely agoraphobic.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
88
No
18
5
Scipnvm
S1
E14
SPOILER:
Self harm scars and wounds are discovered on a patient. A few episodes prior, House is shown breaking his own hand because he has to stay clean from his medication.
Self harm scars and wounds are discovered on a patient. A few episodes prior, House is shown breaking his own hand because he has to stay clean from his medication.
9 comments | Add comment
Is autism misrepresented?
38 supporters
Yes
17
No
26
6
House is extremely autistic-coded (in one episode he is even stated to be autistic though that is taken back quickly) and he is very much like the stereotypical unemphatetic autist who doesn't care about anyone else.
However in the episode Lines in the Sand (the one where House is heavily implied to be autistic) House is very sympathetic towards an autistic patient, and explains to Cameron how she's being ableist towards the child. The episode portrays the kid's autism well if you ask me and the autistic traits Wilson notices in House are also accurate.
However in the episode Lines in the Sand (the one where House is heavily implied to be autistic) House is very sympathetic towards an autistic patient, and explains to Cameron how she's being ableist towards the child. The episode portrays the kid's autism well if you ask me and the autistic traits Wilson notices in House are also accurate.
3 comments | Add comment
Is a mentally ill person violent?
1 supporters
Yes
48
No
7
0
RogueValor
S4
E4
Physical disorder causes psychological problems. The patient does fight/struggle during treatment due to this.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
29
No
7
0
mysistersscaredofsick
S5
E6
Two patients are noticeably dissociated at several points throughout the episode.
2 comments | Add comment
Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
25 supporters
Yes
23
No
12
6
S8
E7
Alters were more a plot device than actual defined characters. Much doesn't make sense when you think back on it. Includes the dangerous alter trope. There are some things that are accurate, like how different alters can have different health conditions, or they present differently depending on the alter.
2 comments | Add comment
Is there autism specific abuse?
55 supporters
Yes
41
No
20
3
shamwowxl
S5
E13
an autistic child is spoken about as if he's not there - might be upsetting
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
51
No
16
4
Mister
S5
E12
A patient tries to kill himself twice due to chronic pain.
13 comments | Add comment
Is reality unstable or unhinged?
27 supporters
Yes
55
No
8
2
shamwowxl
S2
E24
hallucinations of real-seeming scenes is a recurring theme
15 comments | Add comment
Does someone have a meltdown?
9 supporters
Yes
30
No
8
2
slimey
S3
E4
an autistic boy is shown multiple times in distress
2 comments | Add comment
Is there misophonia?
33 supporters
Yes
31
No
11
2
TooCoolForFrogJail
S2
E18
episode opens with the sound of dripping water
4 comments | Add comment
Are there anxiety attacks?
24 supporters
Yes
56
No
9
0
ixkoals
S2
E19
It's distressing but I don't know if it'd class as an anxiety attack, the main patient is sure that 'God knows the way' and he doesn't need treatment.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there ABA therapy?
23 supporters
Yes
5
No
15
1
SarahZoe
S3
E4
Implied ABA Therapy by parents towards they child
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
31 supporters
Yes
27
No
14
2
Rich07
S6
E1
9:17 into the episode
House says to someone whos mentally ill “i will kill myself” as a way to make them uncomfortable/upset
House says to someone whos mentally ill “i will kill myself” as a way to make them uncomfortable/upset
5 comments | Add comment
Is there body dysphoria?
13 supporters
Yes
18
No
9
2
mysistersscaredofsick
S5
E16
A patient is born with both XX and XY chromosomes. His parents choose his gender and hide it from him. He notices that he feels different and isn’t sure whether he’s male or female, and thinks he’s a “freak.”
1 comment | Add comment
Is there body dysmorphia?
27 supporters
Yes
40
No
13
2
kcwonder
body dysmorphia is never discussed but there are two patients with eating disorders so it stands to reason that they probably experience body dysmorphia
3 comments | Add comment
Is there a claustrophobic scene?
18 supporters
Yes
62
No
10
3
PoppyS
Patients go into MRIs and other machines
7 comments | Add comment
Does someone have an eating disorder?
1 supporters
Yes
80
No
13
5
SenMithrarin
The episodes “Control” and “half wit” involve eating disorders. In “The Softer Side” House makes himself vomit for non ED reasons, when Wilson confronts him on this he sarcastically says “you caught me, I’m bulimic, but don’t I look good in these pants?” There’s a male anorexic in Broken who House intentionally triggers.
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
75
No
21
4
TheHallowedAngel
Major spoilers follow-
In the episode “Simple Explanation" (05x20) a reoccurring main character, Lawrence Kutner, is found dead in his apartment after killing himself. Gunshot wound to the head, to be specific.
In the episode “Simple Explanation" (05x20) a reoccurring main character, Lawrence Kutner, is found dead in his apartment after killing himself. Gunshot wound to the head, to be specific.
9 comments | Add comment
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
1 supporters
Yes
35
No
10
0
mysistersscaredofsick
S5
E7
A patient suffers from PTSD after being shot.
2 comments | Add comment
Noxious
Are there underwater scenes?
9 supporters
Yes
18
No
9
0
boredtrashbin
Not full scenes but there a few clips with characters underwater in a pool:
s1e19 short clip at the beginning before title
s3e1 short clip at beginning before title again
s7e16 house jumps in a pool
there could be others but those are the only ones i remember
s1e19 short clip at the beginning before title
s3e1 short clip at beginning before title again
s7e16 house jumps in a pool
there could be others but those are the only ones i remember
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
21
No
5
Is there shakey cam?
47 supporters
Yes
35
No
12
0
mysistersscaredofsick
S4
E2
The camera is somewhat shaky at moments in the cold open.
3 comments | Add comment
Does a baby cry?
20 supporters
Yes
56
No
9
1
S1
E15
Multiple scenes where a baby cries, the baby is threatened to get it to stop.
4 comments | Add comment
Is there screaming?
1 supporters
Yes
59
No
5
0
mysistersscaredofsick
S5
E2
During a hallucination.
7 comments | Add comment
Is there obscene language/gestures?
8 supporters
Yes
26
No
7
1
WeGotAllTheWays
Throughout the show.
2 comments | Add comment
Are there flashing lights or images?
50 supporters
Yes
70
No
7
5
illuminatemyskies
Season 1 Episode 10 starts with major flashing lights in a Rave scene. Big epilepsy warning.
12 comments | Add comment
Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
15 supporters
Yes
35
No
7
0
S1
E14
Dr House checks in on a sleeping patient and observes her as he realises something.
5 comments | Add comment
Is the fourth wall broken?
10 supporters
Yes
5
No
28
0
EthanKoa
Last episode of season one, the very end scene.
1 comment | Add comment
Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
32 supporters
Yes
14
No
22
1
shamwowxl
S5
E11
no but it's thought to be
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
48
No
22
Are there babies or unborn children?
18 supporters
Yes
63
No
10
0
mysistersscaredofsick
S5
E16
In the cold open.
6 comments | Add comment
Is there childbirth?
28 supporters
Yes
68
No
21
1
mysistersscaredofsick
S3
E17
Open fetal surgery, and offscreen childbirth.
6 comments | Add comment
Are there abortions?
18 supporters
Yes
55
No
21
1
Sunnyflower
S1
E12
An abortion is considered. Multiple people make comments about abortion being murder and fetuses being alive in this episode.
7 comments | Add comment
Does a pregnant person die?
28 supporters
Yes
45
No
26
1
shamwowxl
S5
E11
the main patient dies shortly after giving birth due to eclampsia
1 comment | Add comment
Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
48 supporters
Yes
61
No
16
4
S1
E15
One of the characters is talking to his brother and is questioning if he is a "f**". The word is said at 39:27.
2 comments | Add comment
Is there ableist language or behavior?
43 supporters
Yes
81
No
15
4
shamwowxl
S3
E10
House makes a lot of jokes about patients with dwarfism
8 comments | Add comment
Are there usages of the n-word?
36 supporters
Yes
2
No
43
0
crthrn
S1
E16
Not the n word, but still an anti black slur. House uses the word “spade” in reference to Foreman.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
56
No
14
4
EerieNobility
The titular character often uses antisemitic remarks when belittling Taub, a Jewish doctor. House often incorporates various forms of bigotry when belittling the people around him, and the antisemitic remarks are only made when speaking directly to/about Taub.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
28
No
18
Yes
67
No
17
7
EerieNobility
Several female characters are joked about as "secretly being a man". In S2E13, "Skin Deep", an intersex woman finds out she is intersex with complete androgen insensitivity syndrome and is frequently referred to as "actually a man" and "both male and female". In S5E16, "The Softer Side", a young intersex boy is referred to as "both a boy and a girl" "a h*she" and a freak by the team despite identifying as male. Despite this, once told his actual biological state, Thirteen still tells him to go with what feels right on identity. In S6E17, "Knight Fall", House brings a trans woman sex worker to a date to attempt to unnerve Wilson's date, though she is not directly misgendered she is still treated as abnormal.
3 comments | Add comment
Does an LGBT person die?
36 supporters
Yes
45
No
17
4
roseatespoonbill
VERY MUCH SPOILERS: One of the main characters is explicitly bisexual and has a terminal illness that will eventually kill them. Another main character is subtextually queer and is given a short time to live by the end of the show.
2 comments | Add comment
Are there fat jokes?
54 supporters
Yes
92
No
17
6
EerieNobility
Several fat patients are made fun of throughout the series, as well as jokes made about various characters getting fat. S1E16, "Heavy", and S3E06, "Que Será Será", both deal heavily in this.
6 comments | Add comment
Is there aphobia?
1 supporters
Yes
66
No
13
22
roseatespoonbill
S8
E9
There's an episode in which House doesn't believe in asexuality and bets Wilson it's a medical issue for one partner and the other is lying because she wants to stay with her husband. He is proven right.
1 comment | Add comment
Is a minority is misrepresented?
26 supporters
Yes
28
No
13
4
roseatespoonbill
Yeah the asexuality episode is pretty terrible. It's not that asexuality can NEVER be caused by medical stuff, it's that it's the one singular depiction that they ever had of it and they didn't try that hard to show that real people can be asexual without needing to be cured.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
51
Is there hate speech?
32 supporters
Yes
62
No
11
6
EerieNobility
The titular character often uses bigoted speech when belittling those around him. Additionally, various patients or patients' families can be seen to occasionally engage in it.
9 comments | Add comment
Race
Yes
0
No
31
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
1 supporters
Yes
38
No
18
3
shamwowxl
S3
E4
a 17 year old is attracted to House, the episode sees it as funny
9 comments | Add comment
Religious
Is religion discussed?
14 supporters
Yes
35
No
5
2
shamwowxl
S4
E2
House bullying a Mormon into drinking
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
18
Sex
Are there nude scenes?
51 supporters
Yes
8
No
21
0
mysistersscaredofsick
S5
E3
A lady is being painted naked, but she’s sufficiently covered by her pose.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there bestiality?
86 supporters
Yes
1
No
36
1
shamwowxl
S4
E10
it's alluded to but not actually seen/done
2 comments | Add comment
Does someone lose their virginity?
18 supporters
Yes
13
No
13
2
Mister
S2
A patient in her mid teens is revealed to have lost her virginity prior to the events of the episode. It indirectly leads to the condition that brings her to the hospital.
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone sexually objectified?
47 supporters
Yes
115
No
9
1
Ninuhh
House, mostly talking about Cuddy and usually straight to her face.
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
65
No
25
8
Solou
Season 1 (maybe 2?) has a single episode of an underage model. It's handled absolutely terribly and is triggering
6 comments | Add comment
Is there sexual content?
65 supporters
Yes
74
No
13
1
mysistersscaredofsick
S3
E13
At the beginning of the episode, two characters are shown making out in a car with the intent to have sex. One starts undressing, but it doesn’t go far. In another scene, doctors walk in on two people having sex. It’s not graphic, they just cover up immediately.
6 comments | Add comment
Is there BDSM?
28 supporters
Yes
23
No
10
3
S1
E20
In the episode Love Hurts the patient is a sub in a BDSM relationship and his dom is with him the whole episode. It is also revealed that Chase is into BDSM and House makes jokes about it towards him.
1 comment | Add comment
Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
21 supporters
Yes
13
No
20
0
shamwowxl
S2
E5
mildly in the opening scene
4 comments | Add comment
Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
19 supporters
Yes
35
No
4
1
Avee
S8
Recurring theme of season 8
4 comments | Add comment
Does someone have a stroke?
11 supporters
Yes
40
No
12
0
clownish
many patients stroke throughout the show including children but i don't think the main characters ever do if that's what you'd be worried about
3 comments | Add comment
Does someone have a chronic illness?
10 supporters
Yes
52
No
5
4
Pantalones
It is a medical show with a wide cast of chronic illnesses. House himself has chronic pain and a limp. Some patients have diseases like cancer, ALS, lupus, and other chronic mental and physical conditions.
3 comments | Add comment
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
1 supporters
Yes
26
No
12
0
S3
E20
Foreman’s mom has Alzheimer’s. She is only in a few scenes and at the end of the episode, she doesn’t recognize him anymore.
2 comments | Add comment
Social
Are there fat suits?
31 supporters
Yes
19
No
10
3
season 3 episode 6 “que sera sera” is about a 600 pound man and it is done very insensitively.
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone homeless?
5 supporters
Yes
33
No
9
1
boredtrashbin
None of the main characters, but some patients are (eg s1e10 and s8e10) and wilson's brother danny wilson is homeless, but never seen on-screen.
2 comments | Add comment
Is existentialism debated?
17 supporters
Yes
18
No
17
0
shamwowxl
S2
E19
existence of god
1 comment | Add comment
Are there anti-abortion themes?
33 supporters
Yes
25
No
18
11
S3
E17
The episode "Fetal Position" has often been described as an anti-abortion piece. In the episode a pregnant woman and her unborn child are in critical condition and need a lifesaving operation. House is at first incredulous over the concept of saving the fetus, convinced that an abortion will be the only solution. However, after getting a look at the fetus while it is being operated on, he changes his mind and notably starts referring to the child as a baby in front of its mother (up to now he only used the term "fetus") and becomes optimistic about its chances of surviving to full term.
1 comment | Add comment
Spoiler
Yes
30
No
17
Yes
0
No
19
Does it have a sad ending?
64 supporters
Yes
56
No
20
5
AdrianWood
The show as a whole: YMMV but probably, it's arguably better described as bittersweet. For individual episodes/plotlines/characters, definitely and often.
7 comments | Add comment
Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
10 supporters
Yes
33
No
11
0
mysistersscaredofsick
S4
E15
There is a graphic, loud and unsettling bus crash.
2 comments | Add comment
Does a car crash?
21 supporters
Yes
74
No
15
3
Nate2020
There is a bus crash at one point that leads to a supporting character dying.
13 comments | Add comment
Does a plane crash?
17 supporters
Yes
6
No
35
0
iluvdata
in s03e18 "Airborne", the episode takes place in a commercial airplane, and turbulence occurs when House is about to attempt a lumbar puncture. the plane does not crash though.
in s04e02 "The Right Stuff", before the opening credits the patient, who is a military pilot, apparently crashes during a flight, but it is quickly revealed to have been only a simulated flight.
in s04e02 "The Right Stuff", before the opening credits the patient, who is a military pilot, apparently crashes during a flight, but it is quickly revealed to have been only a simulated flight.
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone hit by a car?
21 supporters
Yes
43
No
12
0
Anonymous
S3
E8
The patient's parents died in a car accident, this is not shown on screen
3 comments | Add comment
Violence
Does someone drown?
25 supporters
Yes
31
No
17
1
shamwowxl
S4
E8
no but in the cold open the magician loses consciousness when he's submerged in water
3 comments | Add comment
Is there blood/gore?
59 supporters
Yes
158
No
8
1
shamwowxl
S5
E13
brain surgery
20 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
49
Is there gun violence?
29 supporters
Yes
59
No
10
4
TheHallowedAngel
Major spoilers follow- In “No Reason" (02x24), Gregory House is shot twice. One bullet hits him in the stomach and the another grazes his neck.
6 comments | Add comment