



HOUSE, M.D.
      SEASON 2
Starring: 
    Hugh Laurie, Robert Sean Leonard, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Jennifer Morrison 
    and Jesse Spencer 
Series Created by: 
    David Shore 
Out now to buy on DVD (US Region 1)
 
 
   
  
"I'm in Pain!"
Whenever a patient that no one can diagnose comes into the Princeton University Hospital, Dr. Gregory House and his team are assigned the case. While he might be the most anti-social physician who actually hates interacting with patients, Dr House loves a good mystery.
Acceptance 
    A death row inmate is felled by an unknown disease and House decides to take 
    on the case, over Cuddy and Foreman's objections. House also has to deal with 
    Stacy who is working closely with him, while Cameron has to cope with a dying 
    patient.
 Autopsy 
    Dr. Wilson convinces House to take the case of one of his patients, a young 
    girl with terminal cancer who starts suffering from hallucinations. Humpty 
    Dumpty An asthmatic man suddenly becomes unconscious and falls off of Dr. 
    Cuddy's roof while working on her house. 
TB or Not TB 
    While in Africa, a famous doctor becomes inexplicably ill and is sent to Dr. 
    House for treatment. Daddy's Boy A Princeton student who is graduating suffers 
    a seizure while partying at a frat house. House's parents also drop by to 
    see their son. 
Spin 
    A professional bicyclist is brought in after collapsing during a race, but 
    House doesn't want to treat him because he thinks the athlete is taking performance-enhancing 
    drugs. House only becomes interested when the patient admits to taking the 
    drugs.
 Hunting 
    A gay man with full-blown AIDS collapses in front of House's home and goes 
    into shock. When House discovers the man's father is suffering from symptoms 
    of his own, he must determine if they might be connected and save both their 
    lives. Meanwhile, Cameron faces a potentially life-threatening disease of 
    her own. 
The Mistake
    House and Chase find themselves in a serious situation after a young mother 
    with stomach pains dies. Months later, Stacy counsels Chase prior to his disciplinary 
    hearing, and must determine whether Chase made a mistake that ultimately led 
    to the patient's death. She soon realizes he is holding something back. 
Deception 
    With Foreman as House's supervisor, the team must figure out if a woman who 
    cried wolf too many times is really ill. 
Failure to Communicate 
    
    While attending his editor's retirement party, a journalist collapses and 
    hits his head on a desk. When he regains consciousness, his sentences are 
    garbled and incoherent, so he is rushed to Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. 
    With House and Stacy stranded at an airport due to bad weather, the team is 
    forced to solve the case with House helping out over the phone. 
Need to Know 
    
    While House's staff tries to diagnose a woman whose uncontrollable muscle 
    flailing caused her to crash her car, House and Stacy try to resolve their 
    relationship issues once and for all. Cameron refuses to take her HIV test, 
    wary of the results. 
Distractions 
    
    While a severely burned teenager is admitted and his blood tests come back 
    with strange results, House makes himself the guinea pig in his own unofficial 
    tests of a new drug designed to treat migraines to prove a former medical 
    school colleague is wrong about the drug. 
Skin Deep 
    
    House uncovers a startling secret when he treats a teenage supermodel for 
    heroin addiction. Meanwhile, Wilson hopes the increased leg pain in House's 
    leg is an indication his leg nerves are regenerating. 
Sex Kills 
    House takes the case of a man who experienced a seizure but wasn't aware it 
    happened. When the man suffers a heart attack and needs a heart transplant, 
    the team races to diagnose a dead woman's illness so they can harvest her 
    heart to save their living patient. 
Clueless 
    House believes a woman is trying to kill her husband and tries to find the 
    proof to confirm his suspicions. When Wilson moves in with House after separating 
    from his wife, he learns Wilson is a great cook. 
Safe 
    Melinda, a troubled teenage girl who is immuno-compromised as a result of 
    the medications she must take after a heart transplant, has a severe allergic 
    reaction and goes into shock when her boyfriend visits her. Meanwhile, House 
    and Wilson continue to work out the problems in their new living arrangement. 
  
All In
    When a six-year-old boy is brought in with the same symptoms as another patient 
    who died years ago under House's care, House believes the cases are identical 
    and he can predict the course of the boy's illness. Meanwhile, the clinic 
    hosts a poker night to benefit the oncology department. 
Sleeping Dogs Lie 
    
    House has to work fast when a woman comes in with a life-threatening case 
    of insomnia. Meanwhile Cameron is angry at Foreman for stealing an article 
    she worked on. House vs. God House treats a 15-year-old faith healer, while 
    Wilson feels left out when he finds out House has a weekly poker game. 
Euphoria (1) 
    When a police officer with a gunshot wound to the head and uncontrollable 
    laughter is admitted, House and the team are baffled. When Foreman begins 
    showing the same symptoms, they race to determine the cause of the illness 
    before Foreman's condition takes the same path. 
Euphoria (2) 
    Foreman continues to experience the same progression of symptoms as the police 
    officer. When he realizes he may be facing imminent death, he calls his father 
    who comes to his son's side. As it comes down to a race against time, House 
    believes the solution to the illness is in the police officer's apartment. 
  
Forever 
    A young mother has a seizure while bathing her newborn son and nearly drowns 
    him. House and the team have two cases at one time as they try to save the 
    infant and determine the cause of the mother's seizures. 
Who's Your Daddy? 
    
    A 16-year-old Hurricane Katrina victim suffering from hallucinations as a 
    result of the tragedy is brought to House by his former band mate who recently 
    found out the girl is his daughter. Although House fears his friend is being 
    scammed, he takes the case. As he works his way through the girl's lies so 
    he can diagnose and treat her, he's forced to tell a few lies of his own. 
  
No Reason
    As House and his team are working on the diagnosis of a man with a giant, 
    swollen tongue, the husband of a former patient walks into House's office 
    and shoots him. House continues to treat his patient from his ICU hospital 
    bed with the shooter, who has been shot by hospital security and handcuffed 
    to his bed, as his roommate. When the after-effects of the shooting begin 
    to impact House, he starts to question his own ability to diagnose properly. 
    As his patient's body deteriorates, House struggles through his self-doubt 
    and must trust his team to find a way to solve the case. 


Hugh Laurie returns for another set of medical diagnoses but can House and his team keep curing people and keep you interested?
The first season of House M.D. was a critical and commercial smash around the world. The cranky, painkiller addicted doctor who loves the challenge of an almost impossible patient to diagnose. With a different mystery illness every week it could have been so easy for the series just to be another CSI investigation type show variant but with Hugh Laurie onboard you get so much more.
After establishing the character in the brilliant first season, we get to know more about the character of Gregory House. The second season allows Laurie and the writers to reveal more of House's inner demons. The series explores the power of his addiction to painkillers and how it affects his life and character. We also follow on with the plotline with the love of his life Stacy, who is now working in the Hospital thanks to Cuddy. It is Laurie's combination of comedic one-liners and put downs for all of his staff and patients that makes him a character that will become a firm television favourite.
The show isn't all about the performance of Hugh Laurie however. Each of the supporting characters has their own storyline and development, some more than others. Season two sees Wilson's marriage come under the spotlight. Chase's family and personal problems return with dangerous consequences. Foreman's push for career advancement leads him into conflict with House and the rest of the team and even puts his life in danger. Cuddy makes a monumental decision about her future with might affect Wilson. Cameron has a major disagreement with Foreman and she has a change in her approach, but is it for the better? The performances of Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard, Jennifer Morrison and Jesse Spencer as Dr. Lisa Cuddy, Dr. Eric Foreman, Dr. James Wilson, Dr. Allison Cameron and Dr. Robert Chase makes all of these characters just as memorable as Dr. Gregory House.
The cases in season two are even more inventive than the first. Told in riveting fashion, the medical jargon never really takes over or leads to confusion for the viewer. You don't need a medical doctorate to understand what is going on, as they show you what is going wrong inside the person's body via internal shots of the patient's symptoms using computer graphic effects. This means that the patient's family and story are just as important as the alignment illness or injury House and his team are trying to diagnose. With prisoners, models, children and even some very familiar people entering the hospital, this season sees the illnesses and injures become even more intriguing.
'House: Season 2' is even better than the groundbreaking first. With each of the characters growing and developing and the cases getting more inventive, this is a series that is becoming more and more compulsive viewing. The Doctor is definitely in!


PICTURE & SOUND
Presented in 16x9 Widescreen with a Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack, 'House, M.D.' has never looked or sounded so good.
BONUS FEATURES
 'Autopsy' and 'No Reason' commentary with executive producers David 
      Shore and Katie Jacobs 
      The series creator and his executive producing partner provide chatty commentaries 
      for two excellent episodes. The pair really has fun, explaining the idea 
      behind each of the episodes and the development of the characters. The track 
      for 'No Reason' is particularly interesting, especially when you discover 
      what the episode is about and its meaning to House.
 Blooper Reel (5.28 mins) 
      What the Hugh Laurie and the rest of the team make a real hash of their 
      lines and swearing a lot when get them wrong. 
Alternative take from 'Daddy's Boy': The Valley Girl Version (0.52 mins)
      Lisa Edelstein and Jennifer Morrison have fun with their scene from 'Daddy's 
      Boy' by like totally sounding like the girls from 'Clueless' or 'Mean Girls'. 
    
It could be Lupus… (1.21 mins) 
      Watch a montage of clips from the show were House and the team think Lupus 
      could be the patient's illness. 
Alternative take from 'Sleeping Dogs Lie': The Valley Girl Version (1.04 
      mins) 
      Lisa Edelstein and Jennifer Morrison have even more fun with their scene 
      from 'Sleeping Dogs Lie', like totally. 
An Evening with House (18.19 mins) 
      Series creator David Shore, executive producers Paul Attonasio, Katie Jacobs 
      and Bryan Singer and stars Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert 
      Sean Leonard, Jennifer Morrison and Jesse Spencer talk to Elvis Mitchell 
      at the Academy of Television, Arts and Sciences. The group talk about pitching 
      the show and creating its concept. They wanted to show what doctors actually 
      think of patients and they also reveal how they created the House character 
      after meeting Hugh Laurie. Each of the cast members talk about their characters 
      and provide some behind the scenes secrets that fans will love. 
OVERALL
The inclusion of commentary tracks on the second season adds to the value this good DVD package. The interviews are very good and Lisa Edelstein and Jennifer Morrison's Valley Girls are hilarious. Fans of the show will love this box set.
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