Episode
House: Paternity
Overview
Dr. House goes with his gut and performs an unethical act to prove what he suspects to be the link to a teenage lacrosse player's illness in order to save the boy's life.
Details
- Series
- House
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2004-11-23
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Paternity is Episode 2 in Season 1 of House. It aired on 2004-11-23. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 1: Pilot
Dr. Gregory House, a brilliant diagnostician but devoid of bedside manner, and his elite team of young medical experts rush to save the life of a kindergarten teacher who started speaking gibberish and passed out in front of her class.
Episode 3: Occam's Razor
Dr. House and his team race to save a young man who may have not one, but two illnesses killing him.
More episodes from this season
Episode 4: Maternity
A maternity ward epidemic forces House to decide whether to save the life of one child over another.
Episode 5: Damned If You Do
Dr. House's approach is questioned when he treats a nun for what he believes to be an allergy, not realizing the nun's past is coming back to haunt her.
Episode 6: The Socratic Method
The case of a schizophrenic mom with a deadly disease and her teenage son who have traded caretaking roles holds a special interest for Dr. House.
Episode 7: Fidelity
Dr. House's diagnosis of a married woman with a rare sleep disorder forces her and her husband to examine their marriage and question their trust for each other.
Episode 8: Poison
House and his team have to act fast when a high school student is admitted with a mysterious and lethal poisoning, especially when they discover more teens have been diagnosed with the same deadly illness.
Episode 9: DNR
House has to defend himself when he treats a patient who has legally chosen to refuse treatment.
Episode 10: Histories
Dr. House and the team treat a homeless woman whose worsening symptoms and unknown identity prove to be a complex mystery.
Episode 11: Detox
Dr. House takes Cuddy's challenge to go off his painkillers for a week, but the effects of his withdrawal symptoms may put his patient in danger.
Episode 12: Sports Medicine
A baseball player's comeback is cut short when he breaks his arm and House and his team have to act fast to figure out what is causing major bone loss that's killing the player and his dreams.
Episode 13: Cursed
Dr. House's young patient believes his illness is the result of a curse while House uncovers important information about Chase's father.