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title = "house essential episodes guide"
date = 2026-02-28
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This episode guide preserves the core stories and highly acclaimed episodes from House, MD.

Season 1
- S1E01 "Pilot"
- S1E11 "Detox"
- S1E14 "Control"
- S1E15 "Mob Rules"
- S1E17 "Role Model"
- S1E18 "Babies & Bathwater"
- S1E21 "Three Stories"
- S1E22 "Honeymoon"

Season 2
- S2E02 "Autopsy"
- S2E06 "Spin"
- S2E07 "Hunting"
- S2E08 "The Mistake"
- S2E10 "Failure to Communicate"
- S2E11 "Need to Know"
- S2E17 "All In"
- S2E20 "Euphoria Part 1"
- S2E21 "Euphoria Part 2"
- S2E24 "No Reason"

Season 3
- S3E01 "Meaning"
- S3E04 "Lines in the Sand"
- S3E05 "Fools for Love"
- S3E07 "Son of Coma Guy"
- S3E10 "Merry Little Christmas"
- S3E11 "Words and Deeds"
- S3E12 "One Day, One Room"
- S3E15 "Half-Wit"
- S3E18 "Airborne"
- S3E20 "House Training"
- S3E23 "The Jerk"
- S3E24 "Human Error"

Season 4
- S4E01 "Alone"
- S4E02 "The Right Stuff"
- S4E03 "97 Seconds"
- S4E05 "Mirror Mirror"
- S4E08 "You Don't Want to Know"
- S4E09 "Games"
- S4E10 "It's a Wonderful Lie"
- S4E11 "Frozen"
- S4E12 "Don't Ever Change"
- S4E15 "House's Head"
- S4E16 "Wilson's Heart"

Season 5
- S5E01 "Dying Changes Everything"
- S5E04 "Birthmarks"
- S5E06 "Joy"
- S5E11 "Joy to the World"
- S5E19 "Locked In"
- S5E20 "Simple Explanation"
- S5E21 "Saviors"
- S5E22 "House Divided"
- S5E23 "Under My Skin"
- S5E24 "Both Sides Now"

Season 6
- S6E01/02 "Broken"
- S6E03 "Epic Fail"
- S6E04 "The Tyrant"
- S6E07 "Known Unknowns"
- S6E08 "Teamwork"
- S6E10 "Wilson"
- S6E14 "5 to 9"
- S6E17 "Lockdown"
- S6E21 "Baggage"
- S6E22 "Help Me"

Season 7
- S7E01 "Now What?"
- S7E13 "Two Stories"
- S7E15 "Bombshells"
- S7E18 "The Dig"
- S7E22 "After Hours"
- S7E23 "Moving On"

Season 8
- S8E01 "Twenty Vicodin"
- S8E02 "Transplant"
- S8E11 "Nobody's Fault"
- S8E12 "Chase"
- S8E18 "Body and Soul"
- S8E19 "The C Word"
- S8E20 "Post Mortem"
- S8E21 "Holding On"
- S8E22 "Everybody Dies"
