Episode
House: Half-Wit
Overview
House encounters a brain-damaged musical prodigy with inexplicable abilities while the team faces serious concerns about House's own health.
Details
- Series
- House
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 2007-03-06
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Half-Wit is Episode 15 in Season 3 of House. It aired on 2007-03-06. The runtime is 44 min.
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