House

Dr. Cuddy: I gave him one shot of Cortisol and he woke up like Rip Van Winkle. This is a reference to the 1819 short story Rip Van Winkle, published by Washington Irving. In the story a man falls asleep, only to wake up 20 years later, not knowing what's been going on for all this time.

Title Refers to the biblical story of Cain and Abel (Genesis 4:1 through 4:16). They are two brothers, each of whom offers a sacrifice to God. Abel's sacrifice is favored because he gave the best part of what he had and Cain only gave what he had left. Subsequently Cain murders Abel, presumably out of jealousy. Cain is then cursed by God to wander the earth. Cain beseeches God's help, because he is afraid of his fellow people's vengeance. God then puts the Mark of Cain upon him, so that he shall not be killed, for "whomsoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be upon him sevenfold."

Wilson: More that if we told you the truth, that you'd solved a case based on absolutely no medical proof, you'd think you were God. And...I was worried your wings would melt. This is in reference to the Greek myth about the death of Icarus. His father Daedalus created wax wings so they could escape imprisonment in King Minos' tower. Because of his hubris, Icarus ignored his father's warning about flying too close to the sun, and he fell into the sea when the wax melted.

Cameron: Then come up with a cunning plan… "Cunning plans" were a staple in another series Hugh Laurie appeared in – Black Adder.

House: Tell that to the guys on the Kursk. The Kursk was a Russian nuclear submarine which was lost on August 12 2000 when it sank in the Barents Sea. There were no survivors.

House: Oh no! You take Alpha Centauri, Foreman can look on Tatooine, and Cameron can set up an intergalactic checkpoint. Let's pray he hasn't gone into hyperdrive – we'll never catch him. Tatooine is a reference to a planet in the Star Wars series. The planet happens to be where Anakin Skywalker (Darth Vader) was from.

House: I have no idea what you meant, but I could smell what The Rock was cooking. Referencing the WWE wrestler and action movie star Dwayne Johnson, best known as The Rock with his phrase, "If ya smell what the Rock is cookin'!"

Nurse Brenda: The Artist Formerly Known as Gimp is back upstairs. Referencing the singer Prince, although you might also know him as The Artist formerly Known as Prince, or O(+>, or Jamie Starr, but he was born in Minneapolis as Prince Rogers Nelson. A contract dispute with his former record label temporarily prevented him from recording under the name "Prince", so he invented the symbol for "self-referencing". Since no one knew how to pronounce it, people began referring to him as "The Artist Formerly Known As Prince".

House: We're going to need a bigger boat. Referencing Roy Scheider's famous line in the movie Jaws (1975), when he sees the great white shark for the first time.

House: Anybody watch any X-Files that inspire an explanation? Referencing the 1993-2002 TV series The X-Files, starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson for most of its run. The show dealt with supernatural cases of all sorts, but focus primarily on alien abductions and government cover-ups.