House: Heavy
Episode score
9.1
Superb
Heavy
- 16.
- Season: 1
- Episode: 16
- First Aired: 3/29/2005
- Prod Code: HOU-116
House must fire one of his doctors and leaves them to think about it while they deal with an overweight 10-year old child who suffered a heart attack as the result of taking diet pills. House is also faced with a woman who won't accept surgery for a 30 lb. tumor because she wants to remain overweight. Read full recap »
- Writers:
- Thomas L. Moran
- Director:
- Fred Gerber
- Stars:
- Lisa Edelstein (Dr. Lisa Cuddy)
- Omar Epps (Dr. Eric Foreman)
- Hugh Laurie (Dr. Gregory House)
- Robert Sean Leonard (Dr. James Wilson)
- Jesse Spencer (Dr. Robert Chase)
- Jennifer Morrison (Dr. Allison Cameron)
- Recurring Role:
- Chi McBride (Edward Vogler)
- Guest Star:
- Rose Colasanti (Cashier)
- Cynthia Ettinger (Mrs. Simms)
- Ramón Franco (I) (Mr. Hernandez)
- Karen Goberman (Mrs. Ayers)
- Teddy Lane Jr. (Mr. Conroy)
- Susan Slome (Mrs. Lucille Hernandez)
- Jennifer Stone (Jessica Simms)
- Alyson Morgan (Clementine)
- Austin Leisle (Seth)
- Alec George (Classmate #1)
- DJ Evans (Classmate #2)
- Bryan Fabian (Classmate #3)
- Trivia: The name of the hospital canteen is revealed as "The Grill." edit »
- House deduces that Lucille has been cheating on her husband from the color of her children's eyes. Both Lucille and her husband have brown eyes while most of their children have blue. Brown eyes are a dominant trait, but we know that Lucille must have the gene for both brown and blue eyes or else none her children could have blue eyes. Theoretically her husband could have the same mix of genes and then every child would have 25% chance of having blue eyes, which--unlikely as it is--could account for the majority of children with blue eyes. edit »
- House wrote "TEMPORARY PSYCHOSIS" on his dry erase board and put his marker down. Then, the camera pans the room and Chase gives his theory as to why the girl did that. We then see the "TEMPORARY PSYCHOSIS" circled on the board (but House put his marker down earlier). They argue for a few minutes with "TEMPORARY PSYCHOSIS" circled. House tells Cameron & Chase to give her medicine. We see the board again and "TEMPORARY PSYCHOSIS" is not circled. edit »
- Song in the closing scene is "Got to Be More Careful" by Jon Cleary. edit »
- House: Who would you fire?
Dr. Cameron: No one.
House: Not an option.
Dr. Cameron: If everyone took a pay cut and put in a few more hours, we could all stay for the same amount of money.
House: Figures you’d try and come up with a solution where no one gets hurt. The problem is, the world doesn’t work that way just ‘cause you want it to.
Dr. Cameron: Figures you’d stall and refuse to deal with the issue. Problem is, the world doesn’t go away just because you want it to. edit » - Dr. Cameron: I apologize if it looked like we weren't devoting our full attention to your daughter, but I assure you that we...
Mrs. Simms: Oh please, save your pathetic insincerity for your boyfriend.
House: You're wrong! She is in fact pathetically sincere. edit » - House: Men are pigs - you have nothing to worry about. They will pretty much have sex with anyone - young, old, heavy, thin, complete strangers, relatives. edit »
- House: No, there’s no time to think! Say the first thing that comes to your head.
Dr. Chase: She’s fat.
Dr. Foreman: Enough already! We get it! You hate fat people! edit » - House: You have kids! How novel! That changes everything. So if Mommy has heartburn, one of them might catch on fire. edit »
- House: On what? Sharon's plan for Gaza?
House wittingly references the ongoing plight in the Middle East between the Palestinians and the Israelis. Ariel Sharon was the then-Prime Minister of the nation of Israel, and the Gaza Strip is a hot-bed area for focused violence and debate between the two peoples. edit » - Foreman: It’s some kind of game, House’s own version of “Punk’d”.
Dr. Foreman makes reference to the popular MTV show Punk'd, hosted by Ashton Kutcher, where elaborate practical jokes are staged on other celebrities. edit » - Dr. Foreman: Kids in my neighborhood used to call me 'Rerun.'
Forman is referencing What's Happening!!, and the character Fred 'Rerun' Stubbs, played by Fred Berry. edit »
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The Bottom Line: "Well written"08/23/08 11:48pm | report abuseHouse has to makes a choice. ...Continue »
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The Bottom Line: "Well written"08/20/08 09:55pm | report abuseThis is a very special plot. ...Continue »
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The Bottom Line: "Well written"10/09/07 12:34pm | report abuseReally emotional plot for the patient ...Continue »
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The Bottom Line: "Adventurous"01/01/07 08:46pm | report abuseThe main subject is obesity and the duckling's are at each others throats because one must go. ...Continue »
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