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A bus accident leaves House with serious head trauma and partial amnesia. He comes to believe that a patient on the bus had a life-threatening disease and struggles to recall who it was, and what they had. Read full recap »

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Writers:: Russel Friend Garrett Lerner Doris Egan David Foster (II)Peter Blake (IV)

Director:: Greg Yaitanes

Stars:: Robert Sean Leonard (Dr. James Wilson); Hugh Laurie (Dr. Gregory House); Jesse Spencer (Dr. Robert Chase); Jennifer Morrison (Dr. Allison Cameron); Lisa Edelstein (Dr. Lisa Cuddy); Omar Epps (Dr. Eric Foreman)

Recurring Role:: Bobbin Bergstrom (Nurse); Peter Jacobson (Dr. Chris Taub); Kal Penn (Dr. Lawrence Kutner); Anne Dudek (Amber); Olivia Wilde (Thirteen)

Guest Star:: Fred Durst (Bartender); Sharmila Devar (Nurse); Jennifer Lee Wiggins (Stripper); Issac Bright (Goth Kid); Rebecca Rhae Larsen (Bohemian Girl); Boogie (Dreadlocks); Henry Hayashi (Kaneshiro/Bus Driver); Julie Ariola (Nurse Dickerson); Ivana Milicevic (Woman in Black)

When House leaves the crash in his memory, his hands are covered in blood, however at the beginning of the episode in the strip club which happens directly after the the bus crash, his hands are clean until he touches his own blood. edit »
Trivia: When resuscitating House in the bus, Wilson is seen doing a series of precordial thumps (blows to the chest with the fist). Though not generally accepted as effective in the field to convert the heart as a defibrillator, it has been used in witnessed cardiac arrests when one was not immediately available. The American Heart Association recommends compressions to breaths at a ratio of 30:2 at 100 compressions a minute. edit »
When Cuddy and Wilson perform CPR on House in the bus, like with most television shows it is portrayed inaccurately. Proper rescue breathing (which Cuddy was administering) requires one to get behind the patient's head and tilt it back in order to open the airway. Cuddy also forgot to pinch House's nose. edit »
After revealing that he has a cracked skull, Cuddy tells House to go home and go to sleep. With a concussion and cracked skull, sleeping is the last thing House should be doing. edit »

This episode won an Emmy for "Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series." edit »
International air dates:
Bulgaria: June 3, 2008 on NTV
Australia: June 4, 2008 on TEN
Latin America: June 12, 2008 on Universal Channel.
Denmark: June 28, 2008 on SBS Net
Israel: July 20, 2008 on Channel 3
The Netherlands: October 16, 2008 on SBS 6 edit »
The bus used for the reenactment was a UCLA campus shuttle, and the scene was filmed on the campus of the university. UCLA has been used for many location shots in previous episodes, and the views outside the hospital window are those of UCLA Medical Center buildings. edit »
Music:U A Freak (Nasty Girl) by Chingy (played at the start); There's No Fucking Rules, Dude by !!! (Chk Chk Chk) (played while Cuddy dances) edit »
This episode was originally scheduled to air along with its second part during the Super Bowl, but was rescheduled after the writers strike delayed new episodes and put the completion of this two-parter in doubt. edit »

House: Didn't you see Altered States?
Thirteen: I don't think I was even born when that movie was out.
House: Well then you're too young to be a doctor. That movie was released in 1980.
Thirteen: That was 28 years ago.
House: No it wasn't. Shut up.
Thirteen: Did you just... forget what year it is?
House: No. I just remembered how old I am. edit »
House: I need time for my brain to transition so I can embrace my inner monkey. Or maybe I don't. Give me some physostigmine. It crosses the blood-brain barrier.
Thirteen: And act like a nerve gas, stop your heart, you'll go to Heaven and be omniscient. Good idea. Not gonna happen.
House: Don't do anything. Even if I escape, eat a goat, get shot by police... edit »
Fantasy Cuddy: I'm distracting you. (stops stripping and sits next to House)
House: No! Dance, woman!
Fantasy Cuddy: You'd rather be diagnosing.
House: I screamed "no."
Fantasy Cuddy: And your own subconscious ignored you. Because you'd rather fantasize about finding symptoms. How screwed up is that? edit »
House: I used to drive home after getting drunk, but some mothers got MAD-D-D. edit »
House: Lesbian. Find out if anybody on that bus was taken to other hospitals.
Thirteen: He just forgot mine.
House: No, Thirteen. I just wanted to call you a lesbian.
Thirteen: I'm not a lesbian.
House: I was rounding up from 50%. edit »

House: I'm going in, Rambo style.
House is alluding to the series of action films starring Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo, Vietnam-era Green Beret, most recently in Rambo (2008). edit »
House: Didn't you see Altered States?
Referencing the 1980 movie (correctly identified by House) starring William Hurt and directed by Ken Russell. Hurt is a scientist who uses an isolation chamber combined with hallucinatory drugs to genetically regress himself, and subsequently goes on a rampage after his transformation. edit »
House: Right here. Purpura on Lalph Klamden's neck.
Referencing the 1955-56 TV series The Honeymooners, starring Jackie Gleason as bus driver Ralph Kramden, and also starring Art Carney as garbageman Ed Norton and Audrey Meadows as Ralph's long-suffering wife. edit »
Taub: Great idea. I'll build the giant submarine. You get the miniaturization gizmo.
Referencing the 1966 movie Fantastic Voyage, starring Stephen Boyd and Raquel Welch, where a five-person team is miniaturized and journeys into a patient's brain to destroy a blood clot. edit »

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