House

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Season 4, Episode 3, Aired 10/9/07

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The candidates are now two teams of five women and five men, competing on diagnosing and treating a wheelchair-bound man. Meanwhile House does experiments on himself to test what happens after death, and Foreman, at another hospital, is treating his team in a House-like manner.

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Jesse Spencer

Dr. Robert Chase
Jennifer Morrison

Dr. Allison Cameron
Robert Sean Leonard

Dr. James Wilson

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House treats a man with a seeing eye dog, and a manwho tries to almost kill himself.

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By kakashikucinich, Dec 06, 2011 Report Abuse

Absolutely terrible second half!!!!!!! The episode started out great! It was funny, witty, dramatic, and Housey! BUT THEN... It got worse with the shot at Detroit, **SPOILER** House electifying himself and the ending. The after life was somwhere they should not have gone! It went downhill, and by the end the cast was terrible and the plot bad. House's new team is getting boring, and the random snipets of his old team pointless at best. It was going to be a 9.0 at least till the second half. The tribal meeting style meeting was brilliant, and the game hillarious, but the end was so bad that it counteracted that, and then some. House is at its best in the beginning, and un-recognizeable by the end. "Painful to Watch", only in the second half.moreless

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Unexpected ending, Touching story, and there is House. God trying to see what there in the next life. i cant believe how good a show can be until u see show.moreless

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By the_wayman, Sep 08, 2010 Report Abuse

House test his applicants by making then in 2 teams. girl and boys to diagnose crippled guy how fainted. a guy gets into an accident. and come to house and electrocutes himself. House tries electrocuting himself to see the after him. The crippled died because hh j jh h h j h jh jh j h j hjh jh jh jh jh jh kl kj k j io iu u iu i y y y tyt yt ty re d g h hj jh jh nm mn nm hj jh jh lk jlkkl jk j jlk jkl jkl jlk l lkj lj lk jlk jmoreless

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The afterlife

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By DonStants2, Jul 10, 2009 Report Abuse

This was another brilliant episode at the beginning of Season 4.

House splits the remaining candidates into two teams as they try and diagnose a man in a wheelchair. By the looks of it, the focus is on "Cutthroat **** and "13", with some other characters in the background. I have to admit I didn't expect the women to win, simply because more focus was given on the men.

I thought 13's mistake was a pivotel moment in the episode, and Olivia Wildes acting was brilliant there. I was so shocked that House kept her at the end!

House, meanwhile, attempted to kill himself after a clinic patients tell hims that he saw something when he had a near death experience. I certainly didn't see it coming, and by the looks of it he didn't see much. I think that was a minor quibble for me in this episode- House said he wanted to speak to the patient, but he was already dead- why would he want to speak to him if he saw nothing?

In another sub plot, Foreman finally makes an appearance running diagnostics in New York in a very House-like way- and ends up getting fired! I liked how the writers contrasted his boss with Cuddy, who generally gives House what he wants.

Meanwhile, Chase stands up to House! I have to admit, I did want to see more of the old team...minor withdraw symptons from them!

Overall, it was another great episode, yet not quite to the same standard as the first two- the lack of Chase, Cameron and Foreman was felt a little, whilst I have no idea why House kept 13, although I admittedly like her, and yet fired the rest of the women despite it being her mistake.moreless

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House near death experience.

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By Danny2312, Mar 16, 2009 Report Abuse

Best 97 seconds? And House actually wants to experience to nearly death experience. How many times House almost die? I think this is the 3rd. First is season 1 episode 22, second is season 2 finale. Did he really wants to die? The other patient who has a really cute dog is having a disease. House ignores the case and let the team treats the patient. Few doctors went home last episode, makes this episode have less doctor and less confusion. And, I still hate Amber. I think House is right by calling her "cutthroat *****". She fits the name. I don't really like this episode. Kind of think this episode is filler and boring. But yet still great writing. I can't judge and say this episode is bad because I hate this episode. Same reason I can't say I hate vegetables because they are tasteless. But vegetables contain fibres and prevent constipation.

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The afterlife.

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By Canogaparkcindy, Nov 13, 2008 Report Abuse

This episode I thought was absolutely amazing, but strangely I like the B plot better than the main plot, that dealt with the afterlife. After a patient dies for 97 seconds, and says that there is an afterlife, House tries it out, and he gets nothing but a burned hand. I liked how Amber saved him, that showed a good side of her. Foreman is at anther job and gets fired on his first week, guess he is alwas going to come back to House. Thirteen kills a patient, from this moment on, i knew Thirteen was going to be part of the team. An amazing episode.moreless

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Trivia
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- 120 volts AC won't stop a person's heart if it's only connected to one arm, let alone the right arm. The current will go down the arm, the torso (right side) and out the leg. Even across the heart of a child, 240 volts won't always kill. Edit
- When House and Wilson are arguing about Stark's belief in the afterlife, House says "he hasn't been there," implying he's never been dead, but in the season one episode "Three Stories" he is actually dead for about two minutes and says he's observed scenes from outside his body, mainly of the two patients in the episode. Edit
- When Stark is dying, Jody supposedly switches the tubing that is draining his chest fluid from the full bottle to an empty one. However, after Stark dies and the camera pulls back, the tubing is still going to the full bottle. Edit
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- International Air Dates: The Netherlands: February 28, 2008 on SBS6 Italy: March 04, 2008 on Canale 5 Australia: October 17, 2007 Israel: April 20, 2008 on HOT 3/YES Stars 3 Bulgaria: April 22, 2008 on NTV Denmark: April 19, 2008 on SBS Net The Czech Republic: September 15, 2008 on TV Nova Germany: September 9, 2008 on RTL Hungary: September 10, 2008 on TV2 Greece: October 4, 2008 on Star Sweden: March 3, 2009 on TV4 Poland: March 26, 2009 on TVP2 Edit
- Music: Not As We by Alanis Morissette. Edit
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- House: You like exotic. Why are you here? Brennan: I want this job. House: Parents sick? Brennan: No, I... I just... House: This is not the job you want. This is the job in the zip code you want. You engaged? Brennan: Yes. House: Tadaa! Edit
- Kutner: Wait, how do you want us to split up? House: Good question, Overly Excited Former Foster Kid. There's ten of you. I was thinking six against six... no wait... Edit
- House: You ladies have the honor to give the patient a feeding tube, discharge him, and show up for work tomorrow. The rest of you, you're a disappointment. You make me want to stop dangling. Edit
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- House: Will there be 72 virgins also? This is a reference to Islam, where supposedly martyrs will have 72 virgins waiting for them in heaven. Edit
- House: Thank you all for coming to Tribal Council. House is mimicking the line said very often by Jeff Probst, host of the TV show Survivor. Survivor pits people against each other in strange locations and votes these people off in tribal councils. Edit
- Dr. Wilson: Interestingly, the rain in Spain doesn't actually fall in the plain all that much. Referencing the song from the musical My Fair Lady, by Lerner and Lowe. The song references the phonetic phrase "The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain," which Professor Higgins uses to teach proper pronunciation to Eliza Doolittle. Edit