Daddy's Boy

Season 2, Episode 5, Aired
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A Princeton student who is graduating suffers a seizure while partying at a frat house. House's parents also drop by to see their son.
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  • House's parents...

    10
    "Perfect"
    By DonStants2, Jun 03, 2009 Report Abuse
    I thought the medical case in this episode was fantastic- I was very interested in the unusual shock like symptons, and the lies between the father and son. It was touching at the end when the father comforted his son, raising the question if its okay to lie in certain situations.

    Tying into this, we get to meet House's parents for the first time, interesting the rest of the staff, in particular Cameron. I thought it was a poignant moment when House admitted he hated his father to Cuddy, and demonstrated a little of House's interior, and perhaps upbringing. The episode was also very funny in places- House and Wilson provided the main laughs again, especially in their manipulation of each other. There friendship is superb, and I think their connection goes deeper than what we have seen so far.

    Overall, this was a great episode, with an interesting case and subplot merging with one another. My only complaint was that I was hoping for more insight into House's parents, as we only gained a small teaser- I don't buy that House hates his dad just because his dad tells the truth.moreless

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  • House's parents come to visit.

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    By Canogaparkcindy, Aug 27, 2008 Report Abuse
    This episode reminds me of the saying, "Curiosity kills the cat" and when Cameron is curious about House's parent they killed the cat, that makes no sense, but to the point, a very well planned out episode, and at the end, your not really sure if the patient lives or dies. Sort of an unsolved cliffhanger, I like how House & Wilson compromise & it turns out Wilson lied referring to borrowing money. I also like how Cameron was checking for fungus in that man's groins & his boss thought she was a prostitute, that was my favorite part! Another thing, that kid does not look 22, he looks more like 16. A great conception!moreless

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  • I loved this story. Father works hard for his son to achieve only to accidentally poison him and a friend later.

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    By namibia574, May 27, 2007 Report Abuse
    In this story, we initally see a college partying and drinking when he breaks out into what looks like a seizure. As is natural for the show, the doctors have various diagnosis and runs this test and that test and can't find what ails the college student. When they asked the father what he does, he tells them he owns a construction company instead of what he really does, which is residing over a junk yard which his son and a friend of his, also sick, work at, every now and then. The father finally tells him the truth about the junkyard situation including the fact that he gave his son a souvenir of sorts from the junkyard in order to remind him of where he came from. House and the crew go looking for the "souvenir" and find that radiation is radiating from it which is the cause of his sickness. The team do what they can, but the lower his body defenses drop, basically the closer he is to death. It's a sad unfortunate story of a single father trying to do the right by his son as he grows up and ends up inadventertly having a hand in his own son's impending death which is a heavy cross to bear. We also get a peek of House's family dynamics, and seeing that made me love his character even more, because it makes me think of my own parents, and I think we also see a calmer more reflective side to House. Overall, I give this show an above average rating. It wasn't a big bang, but I think most definitely worth tuning into.moreless

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  • The episode was kind of bleh.

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    By Ting13, Apr 03, 2007 Report Abuse
    This episode felt kind of uneven. They had a patient storyline which was gripping, but it felt like they didn't do that much with it. We didn't even get to find out how it ended. I was a bit annoyed that they didn't give the storyline the room that it deserved.

    Too much of the focus was on the storyline with House's parents. I didn't like getting to see his parents or getting the big insight storyline. House's parents, and his relationship with them, is not something I'm very interested in - it's much more interesting when we get to picture it for ourselves. It annoys me that they took the first steps on the "he's not really a jerk, he's just had a hard time" path. They've avoided it in the past, by not blaming it on his leg. In real life some people are simply jerks, not every unpleasant person has the big sob story. But for some reason TV seems to have the big need to make us feel sorry for all non-nice characters. I liked House better when he was just a jerk.

    And Cameron is far too annoying. What is she doing butting in when House's parents come to visit? She's nosy and bratty. Can't they get rid of her already? She's really getting on my nerves.moreless

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    By cavanagh15, Feb 20, 2007 Report Abuse
    The meeting of Houses parents went by without too much drama that told us anything about Houses past other then the fact that he hates his father because his father told the truth too much of the time. I think there might be more to that story, but I doubt we will learn anything new for quite some time. I thought that the Cameron-House interactions have pretty much taken a hault, except for the few random scenes where Cameron is spying on House while he is eating dinner with his parents. Theres no doubt that she still has something for him, I just wish the writers would make a decision of if they would get together or not. I hate that every week it feels like the same story - Cameron is obsessed with House, yet nothing happens about it excpet for a few butterflies in her stomach. I just think the story is getting old. The case in this one was random, with the father and son not being able to tell the truth which may have cost the son his life. I thought the episode was comical, but the drama was a little weaker in this episode then it should have been. Had House and company had dinner with Houses parents, maybe then it would have been a little bit bettermoreless

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    • Wilson incorrectly says "His BAC was 2.0%", if this were true the patient would be dead. He most probably meant 0.20%. Edit
    • Trivia: The bike that House rides in this episode appears to be a Honda CBR1000RR with the Repsol Honda colors. Edit
    • Taddy works in Manhattan, where Cameron visits him, but when he starts vomiting blood they take him to the clinic...in New Jersey. Edit

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    • Original/working title: "The Graduate" Edit
    • Music at the beginning is Korn's cover of "Word Up." Edit

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    • Dr. Wilson: We're discussing your new patient. House: Must be a boring discussion, considering that I haven't accepted a new patient. Edit
    • House: You lie to your mother? Dr. Cuddy: Only since I was twelve! Edit
    • House: (hearing serious news about patient on phone) Check it again. I'll be right there. Dr. Cuddy: What happened? House: Apparently I can save money by switching to another long-distance carrier. Edit

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    • House: Track down all the other Richie Riches who went to Jamaica. Richie Rich, "The Poor Little Rich Boy", is a fictional character who first appeared in comic books published by Harvey Comics in 1953. He became their biggest hit in the 1960s. His animated television debut was in 1980, and his live-action debut was in Richie Rich (1994), starring Macaulay Culkin. Edit
    • House: Get me out of this and I'll tell you who started the rumor about you being a transsexual. Lisa Edelstein who plays Dr. Cuddy, played transexual client Cindy McCauliff on Ally McBeal. Edit

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