"House M.D."
The Mistake (2005)

Director:

David Semel

Writers:

David Shore (creator) and
Peter Blake (writer)

TV Series:

"House M.D." (2004)

Original Air Date:

29 November 2005 (Season 2, Episode 8)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Chaos ensues after Chase's negligence leads to the death of a female patient. Now, after an inquiry from the hospital board, and a subpoena from the patient's brother, it's up to Stacey to protect Chase's career, as well as House's. |

Plot Keywords:

Sex | Friend | Stomach | Microscope | Seat

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
Sela Ward	...	Stacy Warner
Ryan Hurst	...	Sam
Allison Smith	...	Kayla
John Rubinstein	...	Dr. Ayersman
John Lafayette	...	Dr. Schisgal
Greg Winter	...	Chuck
Stephanie Venditto	...	Nurse Brenda Previn
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sterling Beaumon	...	Boy Magician
Kate Enggren	...	Mrs. Ayersman
Sammi Hanratty	...	Dory
Kevin Moon	...	EMT
Licia L. Shearer	...	Clinic Patient (as Licia Shearer)
Adair Tishler	...	Nikki

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

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

Company:

Bad Hat Harry Productions

Trivia:

At the beginning of the episode, Kayla's daughters tell her that Sally Ayersman has been teasing them, to which Kayla responds, "If Sally's mean to you again, I'm just gonna have to key her daddy's new convertible." Later in the episode, House blackmails a surgeon into doing Kayla's liver transplant. The surgeon is a Dr. Ayersman, whose wife, getting an "anonymous" tip about her husband's cheating, decides to key her husband's new convertible. In House's words, "Enough irony for us all."

Quotes:

Dr. Gregory House: Oh, for the record, you're the worst transplant surgeon in the hospital, but you're the only one who's cheating on his wife.

Tricky

In a tricky episode similar to Season One's finale, Chase's "Mistake" may very well cost him his license, House his license, and turn the hospital into condo city. Chase has misdiagnosed a patient's condition, which proves fatal. Now a massive lawsuit looms. Stacy coaches Chase as to what he should tell his board of review. The episode is mostly told in a series of flashbacks and Rashomon-style narratives, and even has a supremely existential moment when Stacy enters House's flashback and House in the present crosses paths with House in the past. The narrative literally begins to curve through time at this point. Definitely worth a look. The Aussie who plays the pretty boy Chase is often underused. Not this time.