House

TV Show • 2004 • Drama  

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Synopsis

Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
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Does the dog die?
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S4
 E3
The dog get into the owner's medication when no one is looking. The dog dies peacefully from poisoning.
RoHbTC
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Needs More Answers
Are there entrances from audience?
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Is there flying onstage?
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Abandonment
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S5
 E20
One of his subordinates committed suicide suddenly.
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S3
 E3
Several rats are left behind
DanishToenails
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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.
Mister
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Abuse
Is someone abused with a belt?
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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.
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Is a child abused?
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S8
 E6
It turns out the son was molested by his father. They drop that with absolutely zero warning
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S7
 E4
There are several mentions of it but we don’t see it on screen
RowanMc
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SPOILER

over the course of the show Chase does become progressively more like House, down to even the haircut but I wouldn't say he becomes abusive like house could be viewed as.
scatteredstarz
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Is someone stalked?
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S3
 E4
House is being stalked by the 17 year old daughter of a patient
SarahZoe
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Yes
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S2
 E13
House is given a placebo instead of a painkiller
shamwowxl
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No, but everyone is weirdly insistent that House should forgive his abusive father.
VoidWraith
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Addiction
10
House is hooked on painkillers.
CarlaSueThompson
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Yes
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S1
 E13
not in the episode but it's discussed - the relative of a character
shamwowxl
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Is there addiction?
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The main character, Dr Gregory House, struggles with an addiction to prescription pain medication throughout the whole show.
TheHallowedAngel
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Animal
Does a cat die?
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S1
 E11
cat autopsy :/ shown in detail
TooCoolForFrogJail
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Does a horse die?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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S4
 E8
no, but several are shown in a cramped cage
slimey
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Are there spiders?
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S1
 E7
Spiders burst from a patients arm during a hallucination (I might have the wrong episode in season 1.)
ILoveTheJMan
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Are there bugs?
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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
TooCoolForFrogJail
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Are there snakes?
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S1
 E21
discussed, then appears 12 mins in
shamwowxl
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Are there sharks?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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S3
 E3
in the cold open, a lab rat is killed
shamwowxl
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Does a pet die?
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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
Scipnvm
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Does a dragon die?
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Are animals abused?
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S3
 E21
House jokes about wanting the dog to die and is dangerously negligent
shamwowxl
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S2
 E3
From 36:54 to 37:37 there's rooster fighting and you can also see several dead roosters.
voidc4t
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S2
 E3
From 36:54 to 37:37 you can see several dead roosters.
voidc4t
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Is an animal sad?
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S3
 E21
a dog looks back at house but it’s unclear if he’s sad to leave him
slimey
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Assault
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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.
catnipp
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S2
 E1
"don't bend over for the soap"
shamwowxl
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Is someone drugged?
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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.
roseatespoonbill
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Is rape mentioned?
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S3
 E12
a clinic patient was raped, it ends up being discussed throughout the episode
shamwowxl
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Does a woman get slapped?
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there is a CNC scene between a husband and wife at the start of one episode.
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12
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
Traves
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Yes
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In some episodes (such as one with a prisoner on death row), they need to use restraints to keep patients down
JoyJones17
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Yes
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2
S1
 E10
Patient’s mouth is held closed after she bites Foreman.
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S5
 E11
no one is beaten up but there is emotional bullying
shamwowxl
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Yes
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S2
 E13
Father admits to having sex with his 15 year old daughter
DanishToenails
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Bodily Harm
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15
5
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
JoyJones17
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Yes
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1
S6
 E1
He doesn’t die but a character is seriously injured after falling from a parking garage
Fornk
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Yes
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S5
 E6
sleepwalking, so they look awake
shamwowxl
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Does a head get squashed?
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S1
 E11
around 9 mins in a patient has a biopsy, you see the scalpel cutting into skin
shamwowxl
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S1
 E7
about 16 mins in, patient hallucinates a swarm of spiders coming out of her arm
shamwowxl
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Is there a hanging?
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5
it's not shown, but one character hangs himself in order to donate his heart to his dying son.
kcwonder
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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S4
 E11
no, but a broken bone is set in a similar way to fixing a dislocated joint
slimey
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Is someone stabbed?
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S4
 E15
someone is stabbed through the leg by debris - you see it going through the leg
shamwowxl
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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
shamwowxl
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Multiple episodes involve crush injuries eg s6e21 (building collapse, multiple victims) and s4e1 (building collapse, one patient dies)
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S7
 E15
Dream sequence in which various cast members are depicted as zombies, zombie chase is decapitated. 17:17-17:31
Housefan123
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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.
KnightWhoSaysNi
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Is someone choked?
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S3
 E11
9 mins in, a patient chokes Cameron
shamwowxl
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S6
 E20
A man can’t breathe at the beginning of the episode
RowanMc
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Yes
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2
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
shamwowxl
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S1
 E10
Mention of a broken wrist, nothing onscreen.
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Yes
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S2
 E24
Emergency Tracheotomy thanks to anaphylaxis.
Patrik580
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Yes
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S2
 E24
13 mins in, an eye swells and pops out of the socket - it's right after the lumbar puncture
shamwowxl
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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In some episodes there is vomit, blood, and in most episodes they show surgery and an animation of what goes on inside the body
JoyJones17
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Are any teeth damaged?
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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
clownish
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4
Season 7 Episode 17 it is mentioned that a minor character is a cannibal but the cannibalism is not shown
EffySnicket
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Yes
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2
2
S1
 E11
not visibly damaged, but broken, House slams something heavy against his hand on purpose about 22 mins in
shamwowxl
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Yes
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1
S4
 E1
there's a building collapse, safe to assume people died (though not the person the episode focuses on)
shamwowxl
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Yes
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13
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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
mitzo
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There are multiple scenes throughout the series that depicts patients struggling or failing to breathe.
illuminatemyskies
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Children
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58
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10
S2
 E13
There is a 15yr old supermodel, many comments are made, enter at your own risk
TooCoolForFrogJail
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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.
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Does a kid die?
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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.
mmaddie
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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17
Death
Yes
33
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11
1
S4
 E16
(spoiler)

amber dies
slimey
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S3
 E7
A man hangs himself offscreen so that his son can receive his heart.
Mister
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Does a non-human character die?
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13
Does someone die?
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43
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6
1
S2
 E22
Infant eventually dies.
Patrik580
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Disability
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If I'm not wrong, Houses's actor isn't disabled, but his character walks with a cane.
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Is the r-slur used?
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Yes
41
No
9
5
used at the start of s2 ep1 around one minute In
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Drugs/Alcohol
Yes
50
No
7
0
S5
 E20
Someone tries to but is unsuccessful
RowanMc
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Family
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7
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1
S3
 E8
in the opening scene someone vomits on a birthday cake and presents
shamwowxl
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Yes
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3
1
S2
 E14
Man's wife dies in car accident.
Patrik580
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Does a parent die?
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74
No
7
1
S5
 E4
House's father dies, House goes to the funeral
shamwowxl
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Yes
41
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11
1
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
shamwowxl
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Does someone cheat?
1 supporters
Yes
77
No
8
2
S2
 E24
in the past and never seen on-screen, the shooter cheated on his wife
shamwowxl
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
9 supporters
Yes
19
No
38
7
No ghosts, but many instances of characters seeing dead friends or family members. Usually, but not always, explained as being hallucinations.
AdrianWood
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1
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.
boredtrashbin
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Yes
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-1
no, but there is an exorcism scene in season 8 and mentions in earlier seasons
slimey
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Yes
6
No
18
0
S8
 E18
A guy has a mannequin like doll that is also his girlfriend. Its shown a lot during the episode
Rich07
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Yes
58
No
8
1
S1
 E10
There’s a bath scene.
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Are there razors?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
1 supporters
Yes
26
No
13
1
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.
Violet9
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Yes
14
No
37
2
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.
Violet9
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Are there clowns?
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Yes
36
No
14
4
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
astridd
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Gross
Is someone eaten?
1 supporters
Yes
8
No
20
0
S7
 E17
Not on-screen. SPOILERS!!
a patient is revealed to have killed and eaten multiple people
Dan
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Does someone spit?
1 supporters
Yes
54
No
7
1
S5
 E4
in the cold open
shamwowxl
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2
S03E16: House catheterizes himself and it leaks.
frankencanon
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Does someone vomit?
1 supporters
Yes
169
No
16
53
I made a Google Doc with warnings and timestamps for each individual episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hSlT_ov4WlwB3M316-DDtDrUuxPQ2-UbckIZfUKWya4
shark_emoji
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Is there audio gore?
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Yes
30
No
11
Is there farting?
1 supporters
Yes
24
No
12
3
S3
 E6
At the beginning of the episode, a character previously assumed to be dead farts, leading to the realization that he is still alive.
deancoded
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Yes
24
No
12
3
S2
 E23
sort of - 22:30 in an unconscious patient poops out of her mouth
shamwowxl
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Large-scale Violence
Yes
4
No
27
0
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.
Mister
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Law Enforcement
Yes
24
No
5
1
In s2e1, the team treats a patient on death row;

(SPOILERS: throughout the s3 tritter arc house has the possibility of being sent to prison; in s4e5 it is revealed Wilson was in jail overnight when he met House; throughout most of s7, Thirteen is missing and this is later revealed in s7e18 that she spent a large amount of that time in prison; the first episode of s8 is entirely set in prison)
boredtrashbin
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Is there copaganda?
1 supporters
Yes
11
No
31
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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LGBTQ+
Yes
56
No
9
15
S2
 E13
(Spoilers) While no slurs are used, a patient is misgendered as it is discovered that she is intersex
Dan
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7
S2
 E13
A intersex person is and it definitely has transphobic undertones
SarahZoe
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Yes
30
No
10
2
S5
 E15
it's implied that if 13 and Foreman stayed together she would cheat on him with a woman
shamwowxl
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10
S2
 E13
(Spoilers) While no dead-naming occurs, a patient is misgendered as it is discovered that she is intersex
Dan
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Yes
39
No
4
4
S1
 E15
In the episode Mob Rules, House outs a patient as gay to his brother.
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Live Theatre
Is there smoke or haze?
1 supporters
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Yes
3
No
3
Yes
1
No
3
0
S2
 E24
A main character gets shot on screen
CallahanCalypso
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Is there audience participation?
1 supporters
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Yes
0
No
7
Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
1 supporters
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Yes
1
No
19
Medical
Yes
99
No
8
3
Various patients end up with cancer and a main character is an oncologist
NobodyOwens
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Yes
9
No
1
0
Multiple patients experience heart attacks across the show.
NightLightRequired
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Yes
32
No
7
0
S3
 E19
The six year old patient is found to have started her period prematurely.
mysistersscaredofsick
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2
House is in a mental hospital for the first two episodes of Season 6.
KnightWhoSaysNi
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Yes
48
No
13
1
in s3e11, it is used to remove a patient's memory and in s6e20, a patient mentions having undergone electroshock therapy during conversion therapy
boredtrashbin
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Yes
115
No
3
10
It's a medical show.
CarlaSueThompson
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Yes
132
No
2
10
This is a show about hospitals
PoppyS
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Mental Health
Yes
21
No
24
7
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.
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Yes
59
No
7
0
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.
ixkoals
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7
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.
SenMithrarin
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Yes
6
No
15
2
S3
 E4
Implied ABA Therapy by parents towards they child
SarahZoe
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6
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.
TheHallowedAngel
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Yes
46
No
10
3
body dysmorphia is never discussed but there are two patients with eating disorders so it stands to reason that they probably experience body dysmorphia
kcwonder
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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.
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5
S5
 E12
A patient tries to kill himself twice due to chronic pain.
Mister
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2
S2
 E24
hallucinations of real-seeming scenes is a recurring theme
shamwowxl
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Yes
25
No
6
3
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.”
mysistersscaredofsick
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0
S5
 E6
Two patients are noticeably dissociated at several points throughout the episode.
mysistersscaredofsick
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Yes
46
No
18
4
S5
 E13
an autistic child is spoken about as if he's not there - might be upsetting
shamwowxl
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1
S4
 E4
Physical disorder causes psychological problems. The patient does fight/struggle during treatment due to this.
RogueValor
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Yes
32
No
9
2
S2
 E18
episode opens with the sound of dripping water
TooCoolForFrogJail
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2
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
Rich07
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Yes
94
No
10
5
S3
 E10
At around the 20 minute mark House answers the door and says he cut himself. Cameron patches the wounds, they show the wounds and discuss cutting at length, but actual cutting isn't shown
DanishToenails
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Yes
33
No
4
2
S3
 E4
an autistic boy is shown multiple times in distress
slimey
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1
S5
 E7
A patient is severely agoraphobic.
mysistersscaredofsick
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3
Patients go into MRIs and other machines
PoppyS
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Yes
39
No
7
0
S5
 E7
A patient suffers from PTSD after being shot.
mysistersscaredofsick
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Natural Disasters
Are there tsunamis?
8 supporters
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Yes
0
No
5
Noxious
Yes
20
No
6
0
S4
 E8
In the cold open, there’s a box of water that the magician submerges himself in.
mysistersscaredofsick
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Is there screaming?
1 supporters
Yes
37
No
0
0
S5
 E2
During a hallucination.
mysistersscaredofsick
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5
Season 1 Episode 10 starts with major flashing lights in a Rave scene. Big epilepsy warning.
illuminatemyskies
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1
Throughout the show.
WeGotAllTheWays
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Are there sudden loud noises?
1 supporters
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Yes
24
No
4
Yes
35
No
9
0
S4
 E2
The camera is somewhat shaky at moments in the cold open.
mysistersscaredofsick
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Does a baby cry?
1 supporters
Yes
51
No
6
1
S1
 E15
Multiple scenes where a baby cries, the baby is threatened to get it to stop.
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Paranoia
Yes
8
No
28
0
S7
 E2
21:08
House ends a call with "So this call is purely expositional?".
Preheat
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0
S1
 E14
Dr House checks in on a sleeping patient and observes her as he realises something.
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Pregnancy
Does someone miscarry?
43 supporters
Add comment
Yes
51
No
12
Is there childbirth?
37 supporters
Yes
65
No
9
1
S3
 E17
Open fetal surgery, and offscreen childbirth.
mysistersscaredofsick
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Are there abortions?
25 supporters
Yes
55
No
10
1
S1
 E12
An abortion is considered. Multiple people make comments about abortion being murder and fetuses being alive in this episode.
Sunnyflower
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0
S5
 E16
In the cold open.
mysistersscaredofsick
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Yes
14
No
17
2
S5
 E11
no but it's thought to be
shamwowxl
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Yes
46
No
12
1
S5
 E11
the main patient dies shortly after giving birth due to eclampsia
shamwowxl
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Prejudice
Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
1 supporters
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Yes
36
No
13
Yes
66
No
9
5
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.
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Yes
3
No
42
0
S1
 E16
Not the n word, but still an anti black slur. House uses the word “spade” in reference to Foreman.
crthrn
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4
S3
 E4
House implies an autistic child's life isn't worth living
shamwowxl
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Yes
66
No
7
7
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.
EerieNobility
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11
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.
EerieNobility
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Yes
39
No
11
7
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.
roseatespoonbill
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Does the black guy die first?
1 supporters
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Yes
1
No
50
5
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.
EerieNobility
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Yes
51
No
13
4
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.
roseatespoonbill
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Is there aphobia?
1 supporters
Yes
81
No
10
26
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.
roseatespoonbill
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Yes
91
No
14
2
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.
EerieNobility
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Race
Is there blackface?
1 supporters
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Yes
0
No
28
Relationships
Yes
38
No
12
3
S3
 E19
an 8 year old has a crush on Cameron - she doesn't discourage him and kisses him on the cheek but it's clear she thinks it's cute. Later he grabs her butt
shamwowxl
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Religious
Yes
0
No
20
0
S1
 E13
An ouiji board is used in the opening scene.
Gc97
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Yes
34
No
1
2
S4
 E2
House bullying a Mormon into drinking
shamwowxl
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Sex
Yes
16
No
11
2
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.
Mister
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1
House, mostly talking about Cuddy and usually straight to her face.
Ninuhh
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Yes
66
No
7
1
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.
mysistersscaredofsick
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Yes
10
No
19
1
S5
 E3
A lady is being painted naked, but she’s sufficiently covered by her pose.
mysistersscaredofsick
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Is there BDSM?
1 supporters
Yes
23
No
6
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.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
1 supporters
Yes
67
No
17
9
Season 1 (maybe 2?) has a single episode of an underage model. It's handled absolutely terribly and is triggering
Solou
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
2
No
34
0
S4
 E10
it's alluded to but not actually seen/done
shamwowxl
2 comments | Add comment
Sexism
0
S2
 E5
mildly in the opening scene
shamwowxl
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Sickness
Yes
31
No
9
1
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.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
33
No
4
1
S8
Recurring theme of season 8
Aviee
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4
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.
Pantalones
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
40
No
8
0
S3
 E19
The six year old patient has a stroke.
mysistersscaredofsick
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Social
Yes
21
No
12
0
S2
 E19
existence of god
shamwowxl
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
35
No
5
1
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.
boredtrashbin
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Yes
33
No
15
16
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.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
22
No
10
1
season 3 episode 6 “que sera sera” is about a 600 pound man and it is done very insensitively.
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
10 supporters
Add comment
Yes
33
No
15
Yes
54
No
12
6
The show as a whole: YMMV but probably, it's arguably better described as bittersweet. For individual episodes/plotlines/characters, definitely and often.
AdrianWood
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Are there end credit scenes?
1 supporters
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Yes
0
No
23
Vehicular
Does a plane crash?
23 supporters
Yes
6
No
37
0
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.
iluvdata
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Yes
46
No
7
0
S3
 E8
The patient's parents died in a car accident, this is not shown on screen
Anonymous
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1
S4
 E15
There is a graphic, loud and unsettling bus crash.
mysistersscaredofsick
2 comments | Add comment
Does a car crash?
1 supporters
Yes
69
No
7
3
There is a bus crash at one point that leads to a supporting character dying.
Nate2020
13 comments | Add comment
Violence
Does someone drown?
1 supporters
Yes
32
No
14
1
S4
 E8
no but in the cold open the magician loses consciousness when he's submerged in water
shamwowxl
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
1 supporters
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Yes
0
No
50
Yes
90
No
4
4
S10
Who the F**K voted no 😭✌️💔
21 comments | Add comment
Yes
52
No
9
4
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.
TheHallowedAngel
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