"House M.D."
Paternity (2004)

Director:

Peter O'Fallon

Writers:

David Shore (creator)
Lawrence Kaplow (written by)

TV Series:

"House M.D." (2004)

Original Air Date:

23 November 2004 (Season 1, Episode 2)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

The team help a high school boy (16) who has double vision and night terrors. (Clinic Cases: Unvaccinated baby, man with boil on leg.)

Plot Keywords:

Title Spoken By Character | Sex | Drug Use | Friend | Lupus

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
Scott Mechlowicz	...	Dan
Robin Thomas	...	Dan's Father
Wendy Gazelle	...	Dan's Mother
Alex Skuby	...	John Funsten
Kylee Cochran	...	Young Mother
Paul Ganus	...	Trainer
Scott Hochstadt	...	Jake

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | Japan:Unrated

Company:

Bad Hat Harry Productions

Trivia:

One of the lacrosse teams at the beginning of the episode has the colors (Maroon and White) and the mascot (Tartans) of Carnegie Mellon University. Tartan clothing can also be seen worn by Dan's parents and other people watching the game.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Chase works on the crossword puzzle, the close-up reveals CRETINISM already written in. The next scene, however, has him asking Foreman to help him guess that word.

Quotes:

Dr. Lisa Cuddy: [House is reporting for clinic duty] You're half an hour late.
Dr. Gregory House: Busy case load.
Dr. Lisa Cuddy: One case is not a "load".

Movie Connections:

References "General Hospital" (1963)

Soundtrack:

One

Lies my father told me

While the episode in question appears to be about a young man who is suffering from a perplexing symptoms after blacking out on the lacrosse field, it is really about the lies people tell. By the conclusion, House has determined the nature of the kid's illness but with no thanks to his deceitful parents, who harbor what they consider a terrible secret. House makes them understand their prevaricating could have killed their son. In this way, the episode is not dissimilar to the one about a sickly kid whose father harbors a terrible secret that could cost the boy his life. Meanwhile, in the clinic, House treats a sickly baby whose mother has decided not to vaccinate it. She does not get off easily, and we some real passion on the part of House.