"House M.D." Safe (2006)

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Director:

Félix Enríquez Alcalá

Writers:

David Shore (creator) and
Peter Blake (writer)

TV Series:

"House M.D." (2004)

Original Air Date:

4 April 2006 (Season 2, Episode 16)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

6 months after a teenage girl crushes her chest in a car accident and receives a heart transplant she goes into anaphylactic shock in her clean room bedroom after her boyfriend almost kisses her and discovers something on her arm.

Plot Keywords:

Kissing | Love Scene | Prescription Drug Addiction | Anatomy | Sex

Cast

Hugh Laurie	...	Dr. Gregory House
Lisa Edelstein	...	Dr. Lisa Cuddy
Omar Epps	...	Dr. Eric Foreman
Robert Sean Leonard	...	Dr. James Wilson
Jennifer Morrison	...	Dr. Allison Cameron
Jesse Spencer	...	Dr. Robert Chase
Michelle Trachtenberg	...	Melinda Bardach
Mel Harris	...	Barbara Bardach
Jake McDorman	...	Dan
Lance Guest	...	Lewis Bardach

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | USA:TV-14 | Japan:Unrated

Company:

Bad Hat Harry Productions

Trivia:

Michelle Trachtenberg was considered for an Emmy nomination due to her guest starring role in this episode.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Dr. Foreman explains to the patient's parents that when blood is spun in a centrifuge, the white blood cells, being heaviest, migrate to the bottom of the tube, followed by red cells, platelets, and plasma, in that order. In fact, the red cells are heaviest and fill the bottom of the tube, followed by white cells and platelets (more or less together), and plasma.

Quotes:

[House is treating a girl with severe allergies whose boyfriend paid her a late-night visit]
Dr. Gregory House: This is the one downside of teenage sex - you're idiots. You almost killed your girlfriend. She's allergic to penicillin.
Dan: What, do you think there was still some on my lips? I brushed my teeth!
Dr. Gregory House: Think lower, and more fun.
Dan: I mean... it can... it can go through your stuff?
Dr. Gregory House: Totally, dude!

Movie Connections:

References Finding Nemo (2003)

Inner demon

Michelle Trachtenberg acts her little heart out in an episode that depends heavily on her star-turning performance as an immuno-suppressed heart transplant patient who suddenly develops unexplained symptoms. Scenes with her as she grows increasingly sick are incredibly harrowing, partly due to the sickly makeup she sports but mostly due to Michelle's utterly convincing performance. The solution is about as risqué and groundbreaking as I have seen on a TV show. It's also hysterical. Wilson saves House's hide in this one by buying him some precious time. Good old Watson. Oops, I mean Wilson. Michell's mom is played by a TV actress not seen in some time, Mel Harris of "30 Something" infamy. Whatever happened to her? Dad is played by that Last Starfighter, Lance Guest. Whatever happened to him? Only the most stalwart among you are likely to recognize this one-time, curly-haired teen heartthrob now turned bearded, balding, middle-aged dad.