House

Insensitive

Season 3, Episode 14, Aired 2/13/07

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It's Valentine's Day, and Cuddy has a blind date. Meanwhile, House leaves ER duty to take the case of a child patient named Hannah.

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Robert Sean Leonard

Dr. James Wilson
Omar Epps

Dr. Eric Foreman
Lisa Edelstein

Dr. Lisa Cuddy

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Morally repugnant.

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By p3epe, Feb 15, 2011 Report Abuse

I love this show but I simply hated this episode. I know we're supposed to think House is a jerk but he was truly evil this time.

He performed invasive tests on a teenager without her consent. And he did so just so he could find a cure for his own pain. His actions where not only illegal, they were immoral. I don't know if they exaggerate this aspect of the show but seeing minors being abused by doctors isn't my idea of entertainment.

Don't do plot lines with unwilling minors as the patient of the week, House writing staff, it's just too disturbing.moreless

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A very unhappy Valentine's Day to all.

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By CRaivios, Feb 15, 2011 Report Abuse

Only Gregory House can waltz into ER, find a patient being treated after a car accident and instantly figuring out she had the disorder where she feels no pain. Her mother was in surgery to treat her injuries. Who knows why House pursued trying to figure out why the daughter needed to be treated since she already had a diagnosis. It is lucky that House did not kill her with his treatment. Lo and behold, at the end, something very gross was wrong with the teen and House saved her life.

How can this show get any weirder? Oh, let's mess up Cuddy's social life. Throw in all the assistants ending up in a very sad space for Valentine's Day. Mix throughly and you have a bunch of miserable doctors.moreless

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Happy Valentine's Day...

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By Jacky1989, Feb 15, 2011 Report Abuse

It's Valentine's Day in Princeton Plainsboro but none of the employees seem to care. Foreman dumps his girlfriend, Chase and Cameron start an affair based on Cameron's thought that she's most unlikely to fall in love with Chase and House... is House. Cuddy on the other hand has a date which drives House crazy and he keeps coming to her house to disturb her. But he has to deal with a patient, too, who can't feel pain but is dying slowly. House tries to save her, but he's not only interested in her well-being because he's like to know why she doesn't feel pain. Maybe he could use that knowledge for him.

This episode is once again a good example of this genius show. You can see that House does many things to heal his pain even if it's risking someone else's life. I liked the Cuddy-House interaction in this episode and the whole scene in front of Cuddy's House was moving and funny. I also liked that the episode showed how doctors have to sacrifice their private lives for their jobs - if they even have one. Finally, this episode marks the beginning of the Cameron-Chase story-line which I find very interesting and at times funny.

All in all: Great installment and a very unromantic Valentine's Day.moreless

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I wanna be insensitive!

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By Canogaparkcindy, Feb 15, 2011 Report Abuse

This episode was a real eye opener, I never knew there was such a thing as insensitive, that Hannah girl treated it as if it were a curse, feeling no pain would be amazing, the end was the revealing & unexpected part. "So maybe we should have sex" Cameron saying that to Chase. Woah! And Hannah jumping off that balcony, and getting up like nothing, it was as if she had super powers. Another thing that I liked about this episode is Cuddy going on a dating website to find a guy & obviously the guy is jealous of House,a setting stone in Huddy. A great episode.moreless

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By Parricida, Sep 08, 2010 Report Abuse

One of those episodes that defenetly caught my attention - good story, great acting, also characther development, something new and striking, lot of exitement.

I defenetly loved the patience choice in her - House got someone who was able to stand against him - worthy opponent. Who would have thought that it would be teenage girl?

I must the patience in this episode is maybe the greatest plus - she is so different, she is so hard for them to handle. How would be life without feeling pain? Could we imagine even it? It was so enjoyable to see how House just comes in and gives the diagnose. He is too marvellous :)

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Trivia
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- While House is taking the tapeworm out of Hannah's body, the camera close-up allows us to see that the worm was in House's other hand and he's only switching it. He is just pulling it out of his own hand and not from Hannah's body. Edit
- The record for world's longest tapeworm is actually set at 37 feet by Sally Mae Wallace of Great Grits, Mississippi on Sep 5, 1991. Edit
- One of the surgeons takes a camera phone out of her pocket. There's no way someone could walk into an operating room with one of those in their pocket, they are teeming with bacteria. Edit
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- International Air Dates: The Netherlands: September 13, 2007 on SBS6 Greece: November 20, 2007 on Star Channel The Czech Republic: February 25, 2008 on TV Nova Sweden: May 6, 2008 on TV4 Belgium: October 5, 2008 on 2BE Edit
- Music: Hit the Ground by Lizz Wright Edit
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- Dr. Cameron: Hannah, you're having a paranoid delusion. Hannah: I don't believe you. Dr. Chase: Did you think she would? Edit
- Dr. Foreman: Commitment is only commitment because it has no expiration date. You stand next to someone and watch them floss for thirty years like my parents had, then ask for sacrifices. That's how you know the real thing. Edit
- Hannah: I can't cry. House: Neither can I. Edit
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- Cuddy: I like him and I like sex. Do I need to stitch a letter onto my top? This is a reference to the book The Scarlet Letter where Hester Prynne was forced to wear a red letter "A" on her dress for committing adultery. Edit