House Spoilers

Show Summary

From executive producers Paul Attanasio, Katie Jacobs, David Shore, and Bryan Singer comes a new take on mystery, where the villain is a medical malady and the hero is an irreverent, controversial doctor who trusts no one, least of all his patients.

Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) is devoid of bedside manner and wouldn’t even talk to his patients if he could get away with it. Dealing with his own constant physical pain, he uses a cane that seems to punctuate his acerbic, brutally honest demeanor. His behavior can be antisocial, but House is a maverick physician who have gained a great deal of respect due to his unconventional thinking and flawless instincts. An infectious disease specialist, he’s a brilliant diagnostician who loves the challenges of the medical puzzles he must solve in order to save lives. (Source: Tv.com)

Episode Spoilers

6.03 – The Tyrant 10/5
House’s team struggles with an African politician who falls ill and decide if they want to help him after he’s charged for crimes against humanity in his country. (Source: TV.com)

6.04 -  Instant Karma 10/12
A rich businessman brings his son, who’s suffering from stomach pain, to Princeton Plainsboro, and believes he’s a victim of his wealthy position and success. (Source: TV.com)

6.05 – Brave Heart 10/19
A dying patient insists that he has the same disease affecting his heart that killed his father and grandfather at the age of 40. Meanwhile, House discovers that he has a hearing problem while trying to duck student rounds. (Source: Tv.com)

6.06 – Known Unknowns 11/9
House, Cuddy, and Wilson go to a medical conference and meet an old friend, while the team deal with a girl whose appendages have swollen but she refuses to tell them the truth about the events leading up to her illness.  (Source: Tv.com)

6.07 – Teamwork 11/16
While Cuddy deals with her personal relationships, House is finally reinstated and takes on the case of a porn star with eye pain. (Source: Tv.com)

6.08 – Ignorance is Bliss 11/23
It’s Thanksgiving, and the team discover they have little to be thankful for in their personal lives. Meanwhile, House takes on the illness of a brilliant physicist who has rejected his intellect to work as a courier.  (Source: Tv.com)

6.9 – Wilson 11/30
Wilson insists on treating the case of a friend and former patient, Tucker, who is suffering from paralysis of his right arm. However, he soon discovers that he can’t separate his feelings from his professional attitude. Meanwhile, Cuddy tries to buy a new house. (Source: Tv.com)

6.10 – The Down Low 1/11
A drug dealer collapses during a sale, but refuses to reveal personal information to the team because it might incriminate him. Meanwhile, Foreman’s teammates conspire to play a practical joke on him, while House and Wilson both aim their sights on an attractive new neighbor, Nora. (Source: Tv.com)

6.11 – Remorse 1/25
House decides to take on the case of a beautiful female executive based on her looks, and the other males on the team are equally smitten. Only Thirteen is able to remain unaffected as they try to determine the cause of the woman’s illness. Meanwhile, House tries to resolve his past with a former medical school colleague he wronged. (Source: Tv.com)

6.12 – Moving the Chains 2/1
The team disagrees on how to treat a pro football player who wants to be cured in time to complete in the NFL tryouts. Meanwhile, Foreman’s brother Marcus pays him a visit. (Source: Tv.com)

6.13 – 5 to 9 2/8
Cuddy has a day to herself when she has to deal with her personal and professional life, as well as House and his team. (Source: Tv.com)

6.14 – Private Lives 3/8
The team tries to diagnose a famous blogger but discover that her insistence on communicating on the Internet about her case interferes with their ability to cure her. Meanwhile, House and Chase each discover secrets about each other, and Chase is convinced to go on a date. (Source: Tv.com)

6.15 – Black Hole 3/15
House and team tries to diagnose a high school senior suffering from blackouts and hallucinations, and are forced to take a controversial approach. Meanwhile, Wilson attempt to furnish his new condo, and Taub brings his personal life into the workplace. (Source: Tv.com)

6.16 – Lockdown 4/12
Princeton Plainsboro goes on lockdown after a newborn disappears from the nursery. House is trapped with an inquisitive patient, Foreman and Taub are sealed in the records room, Wilson and Thirteen play Truth or Dare, and Chase is locked in with a familiar face. (Source: Tv.com)

6.17 – Knight Fall 4/19
Sir William, who dwells in a isolated community of people living in a medieval style, is stricken ill and the team must check the village for environmental factors. Thirteen is intrigued by the patient’s archaic standards of honor. Meanwhile, Wilson tries to reconcile with one of his ex-wives. (Source: Tv.com)

6.18 – Open and Shut 4/26
The team takes on the case of a woman living in an open marriage, who is stricken ill while dating her love. Meanwhile, House decides to determine if Sam is the woman for Wilson. (Source: Tv.com)

6.19 – The Choice 5/3/2010
The team tries to diagnose a woman’s fiancée, and she’s surprised to learn the secrets that he’s been keeping from her. Meanwhile, House decides to spend some musical free time with Chase and Foreman. (Source: Tv.com)

6.20 – Baggage 5/10
House tells Dr. Nolan about the case of a woman who had amnesia and a disease, and how he had to help solve both mysteries. (Source: Tv.com)

6.21 – Help Me 5/17
The team is called upon to aid a search-and-rescue operation during an emergency. (Source: Tv.com)

Season Spoilers

On Episode 10 of House: It airs Dec. 7 and, based on what I’m hearing, Robert Sean Leonard may want to start writing his Emmy acceptance speech now. (Ausiello)

What’s going on with Taub and Thirteen? – My House mole reports that both Olivia Wilde and Peter Jacobson’s trailers have not been emptied out, so I’m going to go with no. (Ausiello)

At this point it seems like Jen might be back for a guest spot or two, but that’s it. Sorry. E! News recently caught up with House costar Lisa Edelstein and apparently we fans weren’t the only ones who were shocked by Morrison’s sudden departure. Lisa told us, “Jennifer is an incredibly gracious, professional, sweet, lovely woman and I hadn’t the faintest idea until I said something really dumb on set because I didn’t know. But I can’t really tell you what I said, because it has to do with a storyline that hasn’t come out yet. But essentially [it was] ‘How come your character keeps leaving and coming back?’ as a joke. I had no idea. I was the last person to know. That’s because she was just so incredibly professional and did her job and never let on to anyone what was going on. It was pretty impressive. She will be missed, I don’t think she’s going to have any trouble, so I’m not worried about her.” (KristinEonline)

Princeton-Plainsboro is undergoing another major shake-up. Sources confirm that Jennifer Morrison is leaving House. Neither Fox nor Morrison’s reps would comment, but I’m told the actress did not quit; her exit was a creative decision on the part of producers. Morrison — the first of the show’s original cast members to depart — shot her last scene earlier this week and her final episode will air in November. Suspicions about Morrison’s House future were raised last week when she was MIA at the show’s premiere screening in Hollywood. Here’s what else I’m hearing about this surprising and, I’ll say it, disappointing, turn of events.
- Unlike Kal Penn’s dearly-departed Kutner, Cameron will not be killed off.
- Morrison’s on-screen husband, Jesse Spencer (Chase), is not leaving the show.
- Producers are leaving the door open for Morrison to make a guest appearance later in the season.

The last point will prove little comfort to Cameron fans, especially since this was the season Morrison’s nearly three-year stint on the backburner was supposed to end. Last month,  series creator David Shore said, “Chase and Cameron fans will be happy with the way we’re going to reintegrate them into the team — at least on a temporary basis.” (That temporary qualifier should’ve been a clue.) Even Morrison recently admitted it was “great” being front-and-center again. “I have been working a lot,” she told us, “and there are things that happen to House very early in the season that have a domino effect on all of the other characters.” (Ausiello)

Wilson will exorcise the ghost of ex-girlfriend Amber this season on House. According to executive producer Katie Jacobs, Robert Sean Leonard’s long-grieving alter ego will sever his final tie to Amber by year’s end. “Wilson is still living in Amber’s apartment,” Jacobs points out. “And we said to ourselves, ‘How long can he live in the shadow of that relationship?’” Apparently about a year-and-a-half, since, per Jacobs, “He’s actually going to move out of Amber’s apartment and into a new place way down the line in episode 8 or 9.” Where does this leave House, who beginning next week starts crashing with his BFF? In what will no doubt be a boon to the burgeoning Hilson movement, Jacobs says they’ll get a new pad together. (Ausiello)

It certainly dawned on me. It also dawned on series creator David Shore — at least it did when I reminded him recently. He says he hasn’t figured out what will happen to Taub and Thirteen after their fellowships expire. Luckily, time is on his side. “It won’t be until the end of the season,” he says, adding that it’s not in his nature to gloss over such plot points. “I don’t like those things to be fake-outs.” (Ausiello)

Michael Weston is returning to House this fall as private eye Lucas Douglas, sources confirm to me exclusively. We first met Lucas last fall when House hired him to tail his then-estranged BFF Wilson. After appearing in multiple episodes, the character abruptly disappeared without explanation. At the time, series creator David Shore said Lucas was brought in primarily to play off of House. “But once Wilson came back,” he added, “we didn’t dramatically have a need for him anymore.”
So what brings him back? A Fox rep declined to comment beyond confirming that Weston will appear in an episode that goes into production this week. Perhaps the PI becomes a patient? Or maybe House is finally getting down to the business of solving Kutner’s “murder”? I’m spitballing here people. Weston’s return will no doubt trigger fresh speculation about the Lucas-centered spinoff that Shore and fellow exec producer Katie Jacobs had been toying with. The project never got off the ground, but Shore was quick to note that the decision not to move forward “had nothing to do with” Weston. (Ausiello)

More info on Chase’s euthanasia arc and how it hurts his marriage to Cameron on House: Imagine killing someone. Now imagine not sharing that little piece of information with your spouse. (Ausiello)

Character actor Michael Weston returns to House this season as fast-talking P.I. Lucas Douglas.  (KristinEonline)
Chase is plenty busy this season. Jesse Spencer spills to us, “I’m back on the team. It’s kinda old-school: Cameron and Chase, kickin’ it old-school. The merging of the teams is a work in progress. People are back and forth, and in and out, but I think very soon it’s going to be a complete conglomeration of old and new. It’s going to be a new dynamic for the team, which I think is going to be really good.” Kristin Eonline)

Jesse Spencer told us at the House premiere party in Hollywood last week, “I’ve got a lot of storylines coming my way. There’s a bit of dodgy doctoring going on. But dodgy doctoring is all we do on the show. Bend the rules a little bit—that’s what House does. If House was practicing medicine [in the real world] he’d have lot his license on day one.”  (KristinEonline)

Olivia Wilde tells us that House’s eventual return to the hospital causes a great deal of disruption. “House has changed, and that means our environment has changed. Everyone approaches House’s recovery differently. They all have very different relationships to him this season, and it reveals a little bit more about similarities that some of us may have with House.” (KristinEonline)

Peter Jacobson says Taub’s just fine with House being gone from Princeton-Plainsboro: “Taub is somewhat relieved to not be the subject of such abuse, as he has been. For Taub it is actually a little bit frustrating, because there are a lot of dynamic shifts and different politics on the team and in the hospital, because House isn’t as he was. We don’t always necessarily know who is in charge. I came to the hospital for very specific reasons, three years ago, and I’m not sure those reasons are sustained at the moment.” OK, but give us one more good tease about the season! Says Jacobsen, “Well, we have one cool case with a suburban Jewish guy who’s a porn star, which I think is funny.” (KristinEonline)

According to our favorite frenemy, Jennifer Morrison’s run as Dr. Allison Cameron on House will end midseason, and her exit was a creative decision on the part of the producers. Meaning Morrison didn’t quit; she was written out.
Here’s what sources spill about Cameron’s departure: After Chase treads a thin moral line on a case involving an African dictator, he and Cameron both decide they should get out of Princeton while the getting’s good. They plan to quit the hospital together and go somewhere else where they can focus on their relationship and on each other. And then House gets involved. Because House (Hugh Laurie) is the devil.  House, who loves nothing more than to pour poison in the ears of his friends, starts talking to Chase about Cameron. House suggests that Cameron forgiving Chase for his misdeeds with the dictator is out of character for her. Shortly thereafter, Chase has an inexplicable change of heart and decides he wants to stay with House after all. Cameron is understandably upset. According to insiders, this all goes down around episode eight.  (KristinEonline)

CIS grad Sasha Alexander is about to get very close to House and Wilson. A House insider confirms exclusively that Alexander has been cast as House and Wilson’s genetically-blessed new neighbor. House and Wilson will develop a little crush on Alexander’s character. But there’s no need to worry, Hilson ’shippers. TV’s second-best bromance (after J.D. and Turk, natch) isn’t in danger of breaking up over a girl — at least not this one. It’s my understanding that the actress is signed on for just one episode, slated to air in late ‘09 or early ‘10. (Ausiello)

Don’t be surprised if around episode 10 the tables turn and House ends up nursing Wilson back to health. (Ausiello)

Look for House to throw himself into his work more than usual once he discovers that Cuddy is dating Lucas (Michael Weston). Poor House even follows Cuddy to a medical conference to try to get closer to her, and that’s when he finds out about the other man. (KristinEonline)

Taub (Peter Jacobsen) will be back on House’s team before you know it. Episode eight features a medically interesting porn-star case that House uses to seduce Taub and Thirteen (Olivia Wilde) back to the team. Taub plays hard to get for a while, but the whole team (sans poor Jennifer Morrison’s Cameron) should be back together full-time come November sweeps. (KristinEonline)

In an upcoming episode of House, Foreman comes crawling back (sort of). According to a source, he tells Thirteen he’s sorry he fired her and that he still loves her. (KristinEonline)

Lucas (Michael Weston) is definitely a presence beyond episode 10: Even though Lucas doesn’t appear onscreen in the following episode, House and Cuddy spend most of the time arguing about Cuddy’s relationship with him. The good news? House certainly still seems to be harboring some fierce feelings for Cuddy. A source tells me he’s going to rip up a photo of Lucas. (KristinEonline)

In the Nov. 23 episode — the first sans Jennifer Morrison as Cameron — he loses it and punches House in the face! “Chase is very clearly off his game,” says a House insider, “and struggling with the loss of Cameron.” What prompts the fisticuffs? Apparently, Doc Crankypants unfavorably compares him to his far prettier, smarter wife, and Chase blows his top and decks him! (Ausiello)

Shonda Rhimes says there are “some shocking things” in store for the newlyweds, Alex and Izzie, during the second half of the season. “The next part of [their] journey,” she teases, “is going to be pretty interesting.” I don’t know about you, but I get a little scared when Shonda throws words around like “pretty” and “interesting.”  (Ausiello)

Looks like we’re stuck with Lucas at least through early February. Rumors that House’s mental institution lay, Lydia, will be paying a visit to Princeton-Plainsboro are apparently not true. An insider says there are no immediate plans for Franka Potente to return. (Ausiello)

Poor Jennifer Morrison just publicly confirmed for the first time that her time as Dr. Allison Cameron on House is done. Jen’s admission came in an interview on The Bonnie Hunt Show that’s scheduled to air Wednesday. Bonnie asked, “You’re done with House?” and Jen replied, “I am as far as I know, yes.” But riddle us this, TV fans, if Jen thinks she’s done, why do the show’s producers keeping talking about bringing her back for guest spots? Are they just leading us on? (KristinEonline)

House writer Tommy Moran tweeted that episode 14 is big for Cuddy. So big that I hear Cuddy will be sharing her bed with two different people by the end of the hour. (Ausiello)

House’s keepers are giving Lisa Edelstein’s Cuddy her own Very Special Episode, to air on Feb. 8. This episode is like a day in the life of Cuddy. As Lisa Edelstein says, “What’s interesting about it is it lets you know what her world is like when you don’t see her. When House does what he does. You see everything she has to deal with, and you get a better understanding of where she’s coming from.” She also reveals, “There’s some sexual activity, there’s some partial nudity…  The writer, Tommy Moran, said he couldn’t imagine writing an episode without having me take a shower.”  (Ausiello)

House is going to pull some strings to get someone a job at Princeton Plainsboro in early ‘10. And someone else (a current employee) is not going to be happy about it. (Ausiello)

Fox’s hit medical-mysteries series House is mixing it up on its 11/30 episode, and you Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard) fans are going to love the twist! Instead of Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) being the lead investigator on a health crisis, sidekick James “Jim” Wilson is the man at the center of the show, and Celebrity Jeopardy! standout/The West Wing star Josh Malina plays the patient whom Wilson must save. (KristinEonline)

House’s leading man and producer will add to his already sizeable workload when he steps behind the cameras to direct this season’s 17th episode, slated to shoot in January and air March 22. The plot of the episode is being kept under wraps — grr! However, Jacobs at least lets slip that “it’s not a traditional episode.” (Ausiello)

Jesse Spencer is back in the thick of things on House. In this season’s first four months alone Chase separated from his wife, murdered an African dictator, physically assaulted his boss, and took his sometimes-miserable old job back. And Jesse Spencer has been loving every minute of it. “Season 6 has been awesome,” he told me last night at Fox’s press tour party. “They’ve been writing some really good stuff for me. It’s been pretty dark, but really fun to play.” (Ausiello)

Lisa Edelstein conceded that Jennifer Morrison’s exit earlier this season was “weird” for everyone. “It’s a very strange thing when somebody’s gone,” she admitted. “We’re all in the same boat as actors. We have very little control over our lives, so you can’t help but relate  —whether or not the person it’s happened to feels it’s a good or bad thing. It’s hard for everybody… But it’s really great to see her back.” (Ausiello)

This may not entirely appease House fans frustrated by Cameron’s abrupt exit earlier this season, but it’s bound to help: Jennifer Morrison’s imminent comeback, she hints, should give her character, and viewers, closure. “The audience is going to get the information they were looking for,” says the actress, who declined to confirm the exact length or timing of her return except to tease that it occurs during a ”really smart episode.” (Ausiello)

House exec producer Katie Jacobs told us: “I can say that [Jennifer Morrison] might be back.” (KristinEonline)

Yes, there will be more Lucas (Michael Weston). But it sure doesn’t sound like a lasting thing! Lisa and House executive producer Katie Jacobs, also confirmed that Cuddy is going to continue striking out on her own as an independent woman of means, and get an entire episode focused on her. The Cuddy episode “Five to Nine” airs Mon., Feb. 8. (KristinEonline)

On Wilson going on a date this season on House: Not only is there a chance, it’s a good one. A really good one. In other House couples news, I hear House and Lucas will engage in some swordplay later this season. No, not that kind of swordplay. (Ausiello)

Sex scene on House with House this season – I can confirm that House will partake in a one-night stand towards the end of the season. And it’s quite possible his little lady friend is someone we’ve met before. Also, look for Andre Braugher to reprise his role as House’s shrink, Dr. Nolan, for at least one episode in May. (Ausiello)

I’m hearing something about a marriage proposal in the May 17 season finale; Jennifer Morrison returns on April 12 (and brings some interesting paperwork with her); and Lost’s Cynthia Watros debuts as Wilson’s first ex-wife on April 19 — and word around PP is that her scenes with Hugh Laurie are all that and a bag of Baked Lays. (Ausiello)

Hugh Laurie directs Monday’s House and, to mark the occasion, he’s giving Ask Ausiello readers this exclusive preview: “A baby goes missing from the maternity ward — you know how babies are low-jacked in the hospital these days — so the hospital is locked down until the baby is found. It’s a rather more elegant way of doing the ’stuck elevator’ plot line.” Oh, wait, you asked for big news. Um… Dean [spoiler] [spoiler] in Supernatural’s 100th episode next Thursday! (Ausiello)

There’s a crisis looming for Olivia Wilde’s switch-hittin’ MD. “[Thirteen] is really going to need her strength at the end of the season,” teases Wilde, “but I will not say anything more because it could give something away.” (Ausiello)

House is handing its burgeoning fan fave, Nurse Jeffrey (Patrick Price), a major promotion in the form of his Own. Freakin’. Spinoff.
But there’s a small twist. The upcoming offshoot, titled Nurse Jeffrey, will be the crown jewel of a new House iPhone app that will make its debut later this month. (Ausiello)

Jennifer Morrison is coming back for “a very special episode” of House in April, Although JMo won’t be back as a series regular next season, she may return for a handful of guest appearances. (Ausiello)

House’s season finale: I know it will raise some big questions about a certain character’s future on the show. (Ausiello)

House‘s season 6 finale executive producer Katie Jacobs reports -
1. Wilson’s ex-wife returning: Yes. Everybody but House is sort of taking a step toward, coupling up or at least trying to. Wilson with Sam, Cuddy with Lucas, and earlier in the season there was Foreman with his brother. And little by little House is going to find that he’s pretty much on his own again.
2.The relationship between Cuddy and Lucas offers Cuddy some really important things: companionship, shared responsibility of Rachel, and they have a nice time together.

3. I will say that one of the things that we haven’t shown, but that’s been ongoing, is House’s treatment with Dr. Nolan [Andre Braugher]. Just because he’s been out of the hospital doesn’t mean that he doesn’t have regular therapy session. We haven’t shown that, and you’ll see that. (Ausiello)

I think there’s one coming in the season finale. “The finale is sort of a very unusual circumstance in that it [deals with an emergency] outside of the hospital,” explains exec producer Katie Jacobs. “Every doctor in the area is basically called because it’s a genuine, immediate, tragic situation. Fans can expect to see a heroic House, and that’s not lost on Cuddy at all.” (Ausiello)

The two-minute opening teaser from said season finale includes a memorable Huddy moment, a major Luddy development, and a spectacle so ginormous in scope. (Ausiello)

House finale: It’s dark. House and Cuddy are lying down. And there’s moaning. The “unanswered question with one of our actors” that exec producer Katie Jacobs teased a few weeks back involves a major character leaving Princeton-Plainsboro. (Ausiello)

“Sam Carr (Cynthia Watros)  will be back next season,” confirms series creator David Shore. “But the extent of it has not been determined yet.”  (Ausiello)

Straight from Doc Crankypants himself, no less. In the wake of this season’s (no pun intended) crushing finale, we may be about to meet a — gasp! — humbler House. As Hugh Laurie points out, when the M.D.’s patient died post-amputation, he was “suddenly rendered powerless. He suddenly [became], as we all are, that tiny little speck of dust floating in the cosmos, and he [realized] his smallness, insignificance, his inability to heal and save a life. He [was] undone at that moment, because he is someone who clings so fiercely to his own abilities that when those abilities just aren’t enough, he becomes nothing — or at least has to confront the possibility that he is nothing, as we all are in the grand scheme of things.” (Ausiello)

New: Newly surfaced location shoot photos show series leads Hugh Laurie and Lisa Edelstein, in character, getting quite cozy on the Malibu sands. Yes, there is cuddling. And oh yes, there is kissing.
What are fans to make of the visual evidence? Having just shared their first real kiss in last month’s season finale, just how hot and heavy are House and Cuddy when the series resumes this fall?
And then there’s the beach locale: Has the new couple stolen away for a vacation already? (Source: Fancast Blogs)

New: Exec producer Katie Jacobs confirmed that House and Cuddy would finally make a go of a relationship next season. “This is real and something that they are going to try,” she said. “It’s something they stayed away from for a long period of time because it’s Eangerous and the consequences could be severe. But now they’re going to give it a try.” (Ausiello)

New: Series creator David Shore confirms that producers are casting a new female doc to fill the temporary void left by Olivia Wilde. (Ausiello)

NEXT SEASON SPOILERS:

Jesse Spencer is still calling House home. Executive producer Katie Jacobs is here to set the record straight.
“We have not written him out at all,” Jacobs tells me. “We have done everything we can do to [adjust] our schedule to allow him to do this. He’s by no means out of the season or even out of any episodes.” (Ausiello)

‘House’ boss on Huddy: ‘I don’t think we have a Sam and Diane problem’ (Ausiello)

Chase has moved on from Cameron. That’s the word from Jesse Spencer, who revealed at Fox’s press tour bash last night that when House returns this fall, his newly divorced doc will juggling more than one new flame. (Ausiello)

‘House‘ creator David Shore revealed that the new season picks up “basically right after” House and Cuddy (played by Hugh Laurie and Lisa Edelstein) finally and passionately clinched in the May finale. As such, he says that viewers will “more or less” see things ‘tween the two heat up even further during the September 20 season opener. (Fancast Blogs)

Lisa Edelstein: Dr. ‘House’ Makes For One Sexy Boyfriend! long-elusive love won’t mellow the snarkiest doctor on TV. “House is still the bastard he’s always been. (Fancast Blogs)

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