The first season of House premiered November 16, 2004 and ended May 25, 2005. The season followed Dr. House and his team as they solve a medical case each episode. The season's sub-plot revolved around billionaire Edward Vogler making a $100 million donation to the hospital. Through this donation, Vogler became the new chairman of the board of PPTH, however, seeing House and his team as a waste of time and resources, he decreases their payment, eventually forcing House to fire one of his team members.
Chi McBride joined the cast as Vogler in five episodes of the show. His character was brought in after Universal Studios president Jeff Zucker threatened that the season would be cut short by six episodes if a boss-character would not be added. While there were possibilities of the character returning, he was generally disliked by viewers and critics and therefore not brought back into the show. Sela Ward, who would return as the main recurring character of season two, appeared in the final two episodes as Stacy Warner, House's former girlfriend.
Cast and characters
Main cast
- Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House (22 episodes)
- Lisa Edelstein as Dr. Lisa Cuddy (22 episodes)
- Omar Epps as Dr. Eric Foreman (22 episodes)
- Robert Sean Leonard as Dr. James Wilson (22 episodes)
- Jennifer Morrison as Dr. Allison Cameron (21 episodes) (episodes 1-17, 19-22)
- Jesse Spencer as Dr. Robert Chase (22 episodes)
Recurring cast
- Chi McBride as Edward Vogler (5 episodes) (episodes 14-18)
- Stephanie Venditto as Nurse Brenda Previn (3 episodes) (episodes 19-21)
- Sela Ward as Stacy Warner (2 episodes) (episodes 21-22)
- Kenneth Choi as Dr. Lim (2 episodes) (episodes 4, 18)
- Ron Perkins as Dr. Ron Simpson (2 episodes) (episodes 14, 18)
- Currie Graham as Mark Warner (1 episode) (episode 22)
- Maurice Godin as Dr. Lawrence Hourani (1 episode) (episode 11)
Guest cast
Robin Tunney, Scott Mechlowicz, Leighton Meester, Kevin Zegers, Faith Prince, Ever Carradine, Hedy Burress, Sam Trammell, Elizabeth Mitchell, Lucinda Jenney, Ann Dowd, Stacy Edwards, Aaron Himelstein, Dominic Purcell, Myndy Crist, Roxanne Hart, Kurt Fuller, Shirley Knight, Harry Lennix, David Conrad, Brandy, Leslie Hope, Mark Harelik, Nicholas D'Agosto, Amanda Seyfried, Scott Foley, Meredith Monroe, Nestor Carbonell, Tracy Middendorf, David Henrie, Daryl Sabara, Patrick Bauchau, Sarah Clarke, Stanislav Grof, Danny Nucci, Cynthia Ettinger, Jennifer Stone, Joe Morton, Marin Hinkle, Michael Goorjian, Eddie McClintock, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Kristoffer Ryan Winters, John Cho, Christina Cox, Peter Graves, Nicole Bilderback, Andrew Keegan, Josh Zuckerman and Carmen Electra.
Reception
Season one gained high Nielsen ratings, averaging 13.3 million viewers an episode. It was 24th most-watched television show of the 2004-2005 television season.
Hugh Laurie submitted the episode "Detox" for consideration of his work for the 57th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2005. This resulted in his first Emmy Award nomination for "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series" for his role as Dr. Gregory House.
Episodes
DVD releases
The Region 1 DVD set of Season 1 was issued in non-anamorphic widescreen (meaning those with widescreen TVs would have to use the Zoom button for the show to fit their screen properly, causing the picture to be blurry) on 3 double-sided discs. However, Universal reissued the Season 1 set on February 10, 2009 in the correct anamorphic widescreen aspect ratio, which is now on 6 single-sided discs instead of the 3 double-sided ones.
References
- Challen, Paul (2007 (2007)). The House that Hugh Laurie Built. ECW Press. pp. 101-334. ISBN 1-55022-803-X.
- "House Recaps". Fox. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
- Holtz, Andrew (October 3, 2006). The Medical Science of House, M.D. Berkley Books. ISBN 978-0-425-21230-1.
- Jacoby, Henry (December 3, 2008). House and Philosophy: Everybody Lies. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-470-31660-8.
- Wilson, Leah (November 1, 2007). House Unauthorized: Vasculitis, Clinic Duty, and Bad Bedside Manner. Benbella Books. ISBN 1-933771-23-2.
- Benson, Kristina (August 21, 2008). House MD: House MD Season Two Unofficial Guide: The Unofficial Guide to House MD Season 2. Equity Press. ISBN 1-60332-065-2.
External links
- Official website
- House recaps at televisionwithoutpity.com
- House episodes information at film.com
- List of House episodes at TVGuide.com
- List of House episodes at the Internet Movie Database
- List of House season 1 episodes at TV.com
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