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Frozen

Episode Number: 81    Season Num: 4    First Aired: Sunday February 3, 2008    Prod Code: HOU-411
House and his team have to diagnose a case at a distance when a researcher at a South Pole base is taken ill.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Liz Friedman
Director: David Straiton
Star: Jennifer Morrison (Dr. Allison Cameron),  Robert Sean Leonard (Dr. James Wilson),  Omar Epps (Dr. Eric Foreman),  Lisa Edelstein (Dr. Lisa Cuddy),  Hugh Laurie (Dr. Gregory House)
Recurring Role: Peter Jacobson (Taub),  Kal Penn (Kutner),  Olivia Wilde (Thirteen),  Bobbin Bergstrom (Nurse),  Anne Dudek (Amber)
Guest Star: Mira Sorvino (Dr. Cate Milton),  Jeffrey Hephner (Sean)

Notes

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International Airdates:
New Zealand: April 08, 2008 8:30pm on TV3
Brazil: April 24, 2008 11pm on Universal Channel
Argentina: April 24, 2008 9pm on Universal Channel
Bolivia: April 24, 2008 9pm on Universal Channel
Italy: April 29, 2008 on Canale 5
Bulgaria: May 20, 2008 on NTV
United Kingdom: May 29, 2008 9pm on five
Denmark: June 14, 2008 on SBS Net
Israel: June 23, 2008 on YES Stars 1 (edit)
This was the last episode finished before the 2007 WGA strike. (edit)
Music: Let's Get It On (Marvin Gaye), Alone (Mungal and Nitwin Sahwney), Human (Civil Twilight) (edit)
Jesse Spencer is credited but doesn't appear. (edit)
On its premiere, this episode aired at a special time on a Sunday after Super Bowl XLII. (edit)

Quotes

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House: I can't get cable but I get the South Pole on hi-def! (edit)
Dr. Foreman: Excuse us a second. (\turns the channel to the South Pole off) Cancer explains her symptoms: a tumor in her longer kidney that threw a clot to the other organ.
House: And you're worried that the tumor might overhear, realize we're on to it? (edit)
House: How about if I just get naked, and you shut up?
Cate: If I thought I could get you naked, I would have lead with that. (edit)
Dr. Foreman : Why would she lie?
House: Timeless question. In this case, she conspired with her co-workers to teach me that something is more important than cable. I'm going to teach them that they are wrong. (edit)
House: Anything with a strong color could work as a stain, printer ink, food coloring, coffee
Dr. Wilson: No thanks. (edit)

Trivia

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Cate and Sean are supposedly at the South Pole, and yet when they are outside where the temperature is low enough to freeze Sean's blood, you can't see their breath. (edit)
We frequently see House using an Apple MacBook Pro, which has a built-in iSight camera above the LCD monitor embedded in the bezel. However, we never see the green LED next to the lens that is only visible while the camera is in use. (edit)

Allusions

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House: Only if you count Jenna Jameson's autobiography as a gynecological text.
Jenna Jameson is a famous porn star and her best-selling autobiography is called How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale. (edit)
House: I'll be fine on Tuesdays.
House typically airs on Tuesdays, on a broadcast network. (edit)
House: How's it going, Team MacGyver?
Referencing the 1985 TV series that ran for seven seasons, featuring Richard Dean Anderson as MacGyver, a troubleshooter capable of making explosives, lockpicks, drilling devices, and almost anything else you could name out of common household items. (edit)
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Community Reviews (36)

 
10.0
Perfect
Frozen
"Exciting"
What a way to conclude "SuperBowl Sunday". I love when House is in his apartment, with his laptop and he is trying to convince Dr. Cate to trust his judgment.
Continue » Posted Aug 7, 2008 2:34 pm PST
10.0
Perfect
Frozen
"Well written"
This is the best house ever, I buy the dvd of the seasons when they come out and I love every episode.
Continue » Posted Jun 24, 2008 8:49 pm PST
9.5
Superb
Frozen
"Exactly why I watch this series"
He'll be fine on Tuesdays....and so are we
Continue » Posted May 28, 2008 2:17 pm PST
9.7
Superb
Frozen
"Exactly why I watch this series"
Amazing episode!
Continue » Posted Apr 26, 2008 2:29 pm PST
9.5
Superb
Frozen
"Series classic"
Just well done.
Continue » Posted Apr 22, 2008 9:20 pm PST
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