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House: Detox
House decides to take Cuddy's challenge and stops taking Vicodin for a week in exchange for no clinic duty for a month. House's withdrawal symptoms become increasingly severe as he and his team have to figure out why a 16-year-old boy won't stop bleeding after a car accident. Foreman and Cameron begin wondering if House is stable enough to even be attending the patient.
| 9.3/10 (11 Votes cast) |
Episode Info
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Episode number: 1x11 Production Number: HOU-112 Airdate: Tuesday February 15th, 2005 Alternate Airdates:
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Czech Republic
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Co-Guest Stars
Main Cast
Recap
Keith Foster and his girlfriend Pam are making out in his bed and she suggests they do it. He reluctantly agrees and she gets his car keys from the nightstand. They go driving in his father's Porsche with Pam at the wheel, and Keith starts coughing uncontrollably. Pam finally realizes something is wrong when he coughs up blood. Distracted, she spins through an intersection beneath a truck and misses, but a bus slams into them...Read the full recap
Episode Notes
For his performance in this episode, Hugh Laurie received a 2005 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
Music
| Artist | Song Title | Played When |
| Joe Cocker | Feelin' Alright | House in his office at the end |
| Windy Wagner | You Don't Have To Worry | Keith and Pam in bed |
Episode Quotes
House: Internal bleeding after a car accident? Wow - that's shocking!
Dr. Cuddy: You know, there are other ways to manage pain.
Dr. House: Like what, laughter? Meditation? Got a guy who can fix my third chakra?
Dr. House: Like what, laughter? Meditation? Got a guy who can fix my third chakra?
Dr. Cuddy: It's not just your leg. You wanna get high. You're doing, what, 80 milligrams a day?
Dr. House: No. That's way too much. Moderation is the key. Unless there's pain.
Dr. Cuddy: It's double what you were taking when I hired you.
Dr. House: 'Cause you're twice as annoying.
Dr. House: No. That's way too much. Moderation is the key. Unless there's pain.
Dr. Cuddy: It's double what you were taking when I hired you.
Dr. House: 'Cause you're twice as annoying.
Dr. Cuddy: I can't protect you. Patients talk, doctors talk.
Dr. House: About how big your ass has gotten lately? Not me – I defend it.
Dr. House: About how big your ass has gotten lately? Not me – I defend it.
Dr. House: (waves cane) Chicks dig this - it's better than a puppy!
Dr. House: What are you doing here? I thought we ruled out cancer.
Dr. Wilson: I was lonely.
Dr. House: Well, go see Cuddy--she needs a friend.
Dr. Wilson: That's funny--she said you might need one.
Dr. Wilson: I was lonely.
Dr. House: Well, go see Cuddy--she needs a friend.
Dr. Wilson: That's funny--she said you might need one.
Dr. Wilson: She's hot so she's a hooker? What kind of pathetic logic is that?
Dr. House: The envious, jealous "I never got any in high school" logic. Hello?!?
Dr. House: The envious, jealous "I never got any in high school" logic. Hello?!?
Dr. House: I had a massage.
Dr. Chase: Looks like you had a masseuse.
Dr. Chase: Looks like you had a masseuse.
Dr. Cuddy: Answer me.
Dr. House: Nothing I could say is going to change how you feel, and nothing could come out of your reaction that is going to change what I plan to do. So I prefer to say nothing.
Dr. Cuddy: So...that was you just saying nothing?
Dr. House: Uh-huh.
Dr. House: Nothing I could say is going to change how you feel, and nothing could come out of your reaction that is going to change what I plan to do. So I prefer to say nothing.
Dr. Cuddy: So...that was you just saying nothing?
Dr. House: Uh-huh.
Dr. House: His liver is shutting down!
Mr. Foster: What? What does that mean?
Dr. House: It means he's better--he's ready to go home.
Mr. Foster: What? What does that mean?
Dr. House: It means he's better--he's ready to go home.
Dr. Foreman: You know, House shouldn't even be here.
Dr. Chase: Because he said something inappropriate? If we sent him home every time he did that, we wouldn't need this office.
Dr. Chase: Because he said something inappropriate? If we sent him home every time he did that, we wouldn't need this office.
Dr. Foreman: He's detoxing--can't you see he's out of his mind?
Dr. House: That's what they said about Manson.
Dr. House: That's what they said about Manson.
Dr. House: I take risks--sometimes patients die. But not taking risks causes more patients to die. So I guess my biggest problem is I've been cursed with the ability to do the math.
Dr. Cameron: Yeah, I I trusted you.
Dr. House: You always trust me. That's a big mistake.
Dr. House: You always trust me. That's a big mistake.
(exhuming a dead cat)
Dr. Foreman: Four years of college, four of med school, two years of residency, another four of sub-specialty training. And where do I end up?
Dr. Chase: Talking instead of digging.
Dr. Foreman: Four years of college, four of med school, two years of residency, another four of sub-specialty training. And where do I end up?
Dr. Chase: Talking instead of digging.
(after House sneezes on the patient to stop an operation)
Anesthesiologist: There's no way we can do this surgery now.
Dr. Hourani: Ya think!?!
Anesthesiologist: There's no way we can do this surgery now.
Dr. Hourani: Ya think!?!
Dr. House: You do that surgery, you'll be killing a mother of four.
Dr. Cuddy: Father of three.
Dr. House: I was guessing.
Dr. Cuddy: Father of three.
Dr. House: I was guessing.
Dr. Wilson: You learn anything?
Dr. House: Yeah, I'm an addict.
Dr. Wilson: Uh, okay.
Dr. House: Yeah, I'm an addict.
Dr. Wilson: Uh, okay.
Dr. Wilson: You alienate people.
Dr. House: I've been alienating people since I was three.
Dr. Wilson: Oh, come on! Drop it! You don't think you've changed in the last few years?
Dr. House: Well, of, of course I have. I've gotten older. My hair's gotten thinner. Sometimes I'm bored, sometimes I'm lonely, sometimes I wonder what it all means.
Dr. House: I've been alienating people since I was three.
Dr. Wilson: Oh, come on! Drop it! You don't think you've changed in the last few years?
Dr. House: Well, of, of course I have. I've gotten older. My hair's gotten thinner. Sometimes I'm bored, sometimes I'm lonely, sometimes I wonder what it all means.
Dr. House: Of course I've changed!
Dr. Wilson: And everything's the leg? Nothing's the pills? They haven't done a thing to you?
Dr. House: They let me do my job, and they take away my pain.
Dr. Wilson: And everything's the leg? Nothing's the pills? They haven't done a thing to you?
Dr. House: They let me do my job, and they take away my pain.
Cultural References
Dr. Wilson: No, I want to make sure you don’t start firing shots from the clock tower.
Wilson is referencing Charles Whitman, who on August 1, 1966, climbed to the top of the University of Texas Tower in Austin and began a shooting spree which lasted 96 minutes, killing 10 people and wounding 32 others.
Wilson is referencing Charles Whitman, who on August 1, 1966, climbed to the top of the University of Texas Tower in Austin and began a shooting spree which lasted 96 minutes, killing 10 people and wounding 32 others.
Other Episode Crew
| • Creator | David Shore |
| • Executive Producer | David Shore | Bryan Singer | Katie Jacobs | Paul Attanasio |
| • Co-Executive Producer | John Mankiewicz |
| • Supervising Producer | Matt Witten | Thomas L. Moran |
| • Producer | Gerrit Van Der Meer |
| • Consulting Producer | Daniel Sackheim | Sara B. Cooper | Peter Blake (2) |
| • Associate Producer | Steven Heth | Marcy G. Kaplan |
| • Production Designer | Mark Hutman |
| • Editor | Sue Blainey |
| • Casting | Amy Lippens |
| • Unit Production Manager | Gerrit Van Der Meer |
| • First Assistant Director | Carol Green |
| • Second Assistant Director | Korey Pollard |
| • Music | Jon Ehrlich | Jason Derlatka |
| • Music Editor | Michael Baber |
| • Costume Designer | Cathy Crandall |
| • Key Grip | Dale Alexander |
| • Camera Operator | John L. Wagner |
| • Set Designer | Peter Clemens |
| • Set Decorator | Cindy Carr |
| • Location Manager | Michelle Latham |
| • Transportation Coordinator | Steve De Leon |
| • Property Master | Tyler Patton |
| • Production Sound Mixer | Beau Baker |
| • Script Supervisor | Ira Hurvitz |
| • Production Coordinator | Tammi Campbell |
| • Script Coordinator | Dustin Paddock |
| • Assistant Editor | Jason Freeman |
| • Post Production Supervisor | Allen Marshall Palmer |
| • Supervising Sound Editor | Barbara Issak |
| • Re-Recording Mixer | Richard Weingart | Gerry Lentz |
| • Gaffer | Brad Lipson |
| • Director of Photography | Roy H. Wagner |
| • Story Editor | Joel Anderson Thompson |
| • Art Director | Robert Henderson (1) |
| • Post Production Coordinator | Julie Hrebec |
| • Executive Story Editor | Lawrence Kaplow (1) |
| • Costume Supervisor | Karen Bellamy |
| • Main Title Theme | Jason Derlatka | Jon Ehrlich | Massive Attack |
| • Visual Effects Supervisor | Elan Soltes |
| • Production Accountant | Jane Williams (2) |
| • Department Head Hair | Karl Wesson |
| • Casting Associate | Stephanie Laffin |
| • Medical Technical Advisor | Lisa Sanders | Harley Liker | Michael Giordano | Bobbin Bergstrom |
| • Department Head Make-up | Vivian Baker |
| • Executive In Charge Of Production | Alex Garcia (2) | Brian Pines |
| • Assistant To The Executive Producer | Matt Lewis | Rachel Light | Jenny Paul | Jason Taylor (3) |
| • Video Coordinator | Mark L. Marcum |
| • Video Operator | Steve Galloway (2) |
| • Technical Consultant | David Foster (1) |
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