Acceptance

Season 2, Episode 1, Aired
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A death row inmate is felled by an unknown disease and House decides to take on the case, over Cuddy and Foreman's objections. House also has to deal with Stacy who is working closely with him, while Cameron has to cope with a dying patient.
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  • Excellent season opener...

    9.5
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    By DonStants2, Jun 02, 2009 Report Abuse
    House returns for the second season with the only major change that his ex Stacy is working at the hospital, the writers allowing for many possible scenarios to form out of this.

    I thought this was a classic episode, despite not being perfect. House was hilarious in this episode, and his one liners with Cuddy and Stacy (an excellent "special guest star") were fanatasic. I laugh out loud every time he "gets his drink on" with the patient in the episode!

    It was also interesting watching Foreman deal with his background, and the episode not only raises the debate of the death penalty, it also raises the debate of biology vs social upbrining.

    I didn't enjoy Cameron's story as much in this episode, and I found her character quite annoying in this episode- probably the first time I felt irritated at a cast member in the series! I also wished House and Wilson had a little more screen time together, as their dynamics make the show from being fantastic to perfect.

    Nevertheless, overall the episode was brilliant, and a good, solid start for the Season.moreless

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  • One of the best episodes of House ever!

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    By Canogaparkcindy, Aug 26, 2008 Report Abuse
    Wow, this was such an amazing episode & a great way to start season 2, finally Cameron seems to be her own woman now that she is "supposedly" over House. And now is working on her own case & of course House was right, she is going to die, I love how House goes through the 5 stages of death, finally acceptance. So sad when the girl with cancer said at the end "It was only a cough" and she had aspiring dreams & everything, so sad to see especially with the music going down. It was also sad to see the Death Row Guy go back to jail since it wasn't even his fault for killing, even though Foreman tries the case to save him, he still goes back to jail which is upsetting overall. It seemed like Stacy was sort of replacing Wilson since House only talks to her now but whatever, an amazing episode.moreless

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  • One of my favorite episodes, and a great start to the second season

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    By cste12, Feb 23, 2008 Report Abuse
    "Acceptance" is one of my favorite House episodes to date. It might be LL Cool J's surprisingly good acting, or the character development in the building interest of Cameron's past. Hugh Laurie plays a great role in this episode, in his classic facial expressions and emotions in dealing with a stubborn Cameron (who doesn't want to tell her newfound friend that she is terminal), and being around a convicted murderer. My personal highlight came when House finds out that LL Cool J's character drank a high concentration of methanol, and cures him with ethyl alcohol (in the form of Vodka). The trust issue between House and his ex-wife Stacy is a welcome side-story, also, and builds up more of the issues that will soon explode in the episodes to come.moreless

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  • Cameron the typical over-caring and House the insane guy trying to solve the puzzle sounds like the right way to start season 2

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    By Slayergirl1212, Jun 16, 2007 Report Abuse
    This was a pretty normal episode. House messing with Cuddy to get the patient that he wanted was classic House. I loved how he manipulated Stacy too. It was great to watch House trying to hide from Stacy in his office and the team's reaction to the whole thing was semi amusing as well.

    House leaving the clinic duty to Cameron was so typical he wasn't going to leave it with Chase or Foreman because Cameron would do it without a serious fight which was boring. When Cameron got stuck in the clinic it was obvious that she was going to take interest in someone too. It was annoying to see her trying to push the case on House when she knew he would never take it. House and the five stages of dying though was interesting.

    I loved Clarence and House getting their drink on it was classic and amusing. Stacy calling House a lightweight was funny too.

    This was a pretty good episode of House but it had it's boring points.moreless

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  • Death Row guy

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    By BonesGreyslvr, Mar 12, 2007 Report Abuse
    I honestly didn't love this episode. It was more characteristic of Season 1 which is much weaker then the other 2. I did not find the plot line interesting or medical mystery that intriguing. I also didn't like the whole thing with Cmaeron adn the girl dying of cancer alone. Hosue is an ass, of course he wasn't goign to treat this woman jsut because she is dying alone, and I think this story line made Cameron seem really weak, when she could have been great. The only funny scene was with Stacy and House the day after he gets drunk and she is yelling on purpose. Not a great episode, especially for a season opener.moreless

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    • When the team does an MRI on the death row patient, House says that the ink on his tattoo's will get sucked out of his body due to the strong magnet in the MRI. This is factually incorrect, the only thing that can happen to someone in this situation is a sensation of the area being burned or irritated. Edit
    • Suddenly Foreman has a tattoo that had never been seen before. House had rejected an aspiring doctor because he had a tattoo in "Kids." Edit
    • House takes advantage of the curtains being shut to leave the diagnosis room unnoticed but after he is surprised by Stacy one can see that, in the back, House's office is visible hence the curtains are already wide open again. Edit

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    • This episode aired in Australia on February 8, 2006, at 8.30 p.m. Channel 10. Edit
    • This episode aired in the UK on 19th January on Five at 10 p.m. Edit
    • Nielsen ratings: 10.0/15. 15,909,000 viewers. Edit

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    • Dr. Chase: No lesions, no aneurysms. Ironically, the mind of a killer looks completely normal. Edit
    • House: Prep Clarence for surgery. Dr. Foreman: Care to share with the class? House: Oh, come on, do I have to spell it out for you? Pheochromocytoma. Actually, I'm not sure how you spell it. Edit
    • House: Wilson's a fool. I'm an idiot. Edit

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    • House: There's Waldo. "Where's Waldo" is a familiar puzzle book series that makes readers "find" the little character Waldo, who is "hiding" in various crowded scenes. Edit
    • House: Ruh-roh! Doing Scooby Doo, the famed mystery-solving Great Dane. Edit
    • House: Gandhi didn't march to the sea because his buddies asked him to. Pol Pot didn't wipe out the teachers because he wanted to make friends. Gandhi marched 248 miles in 1930 to protest a tax on salt. Pol Pot was the leader of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia in the mid 70s, who 'restructured' society, excluding educated and educators by executing them. Edit

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