Episode
House: It's a Wonderful Lie
Overview
A mother's sudden paralysis during a indoor rock-climbing incident leaves her daughter injured, and House's new team looking for a cure. Meanwhile, House organizes his new recruits' Secret Santa gift exchange... with a few twists of his own.
Details
- Series
- House
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 2008-01-29
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
It's a Wonderful Lie is Episode 10 in Season 4 of House. It aired on 2008-01-29. The runtime is 44 min.
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Episode 9: Games
Under Cuddy’s pressure to choose his team, House gives the candidates a case of a former punk rock star who is a drug user. Whoever diagnoses the patient is going to have a future as a member of House’s team.
Episode 11: Frozen
House and his team have to diagnose a case at a distance when a researcher at a South Pole base is taken ill.
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Episode 13: No More Mr. Nice Guy
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Episode 6: Whatever It Takes
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Episode 14: Living the Dream
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Episode 16: Wilson's Heart (2)
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