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After recovering from his gunshot wounds, House works feverishly on two cases at the same time: a paralyzed man who drove his wheelchair into a swimming pool and a woman who became paralyzed after a yoga session.
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  • This episode exhibited the problem of so many season premieres -- it tried to do way too much, and left the watchers feeling a bit dizzy. It was not up to House's typical standards -- however, it's still better than anything else on television.moreless

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    By Amylou1218, Dec 11, 2010 Report Abuse
    This episode exhibited the problem of so many season premieres -- it tried to do way too much, and left the watchers feeling a bit dizzy. It was not up to House's typical standards -- however, it's still better than pretty much anything else on television. I also somehow couldn't buy House running eight miles to work two months after he was shot -- leave it to him to show off like that, but it was a bit too much. Worst of all was Wilson's manipulation, not revealing the truth about his cure. That seemed even too low for Wilson. Luckily he redeemed himself at the very end of the second episode, but until then, I was quite disappointed with that whole situation.moreless

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  • Starting to get a bit old...

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    By bcfc_sotv, Dec 11, 2010 Report Abuse
    Before I start: Yes, I am a House fan and yes, I am still going to watch every episode of Series 3.

    However, is anybody else just starting to get, well, just a little tired of the structure of each and every episode?

    It is great to see Hoouse walking - and it allows for a whole new angle of one-liners and jokes, that Mr Laurie delivers very well... but the one thing I will say is... COME ON, PLEASE! I MEAN REALLY?

    In this episode, House successfully diagnoses a "terminal" brain cancer patient as, well, someone who doesn't have cancer. Now that's *fair enough*... but the bit that really gets me, is he has been "terminal" for EIGHT YEARS.

    EIGHT long years of intense medical scrutiny by, quote, "the best doctors" - and at no single point did any of them, in those eight long years, find what House was able to find in only eight minutes. The man in question is wheelcahir bound - and hasn't walked for the whole eight years.

    House's proposed solution actually ends up in making the wheelchair bound man instantly walk.

    Yes, there may be *some* medical reasons behind why House was able to diagnose it and the hundreds of other people were not - but come on, we've had this same structure in a previous 46 episodes.

    It's getting just a lil' boring now.

    Anyway - with that said, I am a fan of Hugh Laurie. Here in England we have had Fry and Laurie on our screens for years and years - and they have always delivered more high-brow comedy to the screen. This is why I like House - Hugh Laurie does the same in this show.

    I guess I'll tune into epidodes 48+ the same as I always do... but I'll make sure I have a cup of tea to hand, in case I fall asleep with the predictable structure... again.moreless

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  • this was a good ep

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    By cube2k8, Sep 17, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this ep of the show house is the season 3 premere and house is just coming back to work after getting shot and he has to deal with two cases a man that is in a wheel chair who drove himself into the pool at first house thinks he wanted to kill himself but then later he realizes he was wrong and the thinks the yoga girl is faking it and then changes is mind and the guy is a real puzzel who house wants to solve and has the whole team working on it and then house comes up with the anwser for it and kuddie does not want t to do it because she thinks he is wrong and turns out he was right but then dont tell himmoreless

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  • House Jogging!

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    By G3ckOz, Oct 24, 2009 Report Abuse
    This episode is a very good season opener, after 2 seasons of same diagnostics, same tests, same unique diseases that only House can treat and the occasional sarcastic witty repartee's by House, and his usual depressed state, gets old. You get bored kinda while still enjoying House you want more. This episode came like a breath of fresh air. A different side of House, proves that lack of pain CAN make anyone feel better which is quite obvious. Fortunately this episode is so boldly written, so smart and clean that eventually you already miss the "crippled" House, which is a good thing. Great episode, can't be missed.!moreless

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  • A solid Season opener...

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    By DonStants2, Jun 13, 2009 Report Abuse
    After the cliffhanger last Season, we get to see House without his cain and walking, running and (hilariously) skateboarding.

    I thought this was an interesting development from last Season's finale, as we see House battle what meaning is as a result of the halluncination he had. His discussions with Wilson were brilliant and very philisophical, and yet House struggles to find meaning in his profession, and still prefers the puzzle. The crash he suffered when he believes there are no puzzles to solve was a brilliant piece of acting, and I doubt that we have see him in a more sympathetic light.

    I thought it was a little mean of Wilson to forbid Cuddy to tell House he actually solved the case, but I see why he did it. It also allows the writers something to build on, with the threat of House's leg pain coming back, and forging Wilson's signature for Vicodin.

    I thought the cases itself wasn't the best, but it was moving see the man walk again. The team were good, although we only get to see a glimpse of their development- Cameron is standing up to House more, whilst Chase is still the same, whilst Foreman reveals that he wants to learn from House, which is something he hides in his desperation not to be like him.

    Overall, a great beginning to this Season.moreless

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    • Although House is pain-free and able to walk without the assistance of his cane, he should still be walking with a limp due to his lack of thigh muscle. Edit
    • The prescription that House writes for himself at the end of the episode is for a nonexistent medicine. House writes for "Vicodin ES 5/500," which is actually two different strengths of the same med. Standard-strength Vicodin is "5/500" (5 milligrams hydrocodone, 500 milligrams acetaminophen), and Vicodin E(xtra) S(trength) is 7.5/750. A doctor would write for either "Vicodin 5/500" OR "Vicodin ES," not the combination of the two. Also, given the progression of House's dependence and level of pain, it is not unlikely that he would have moved on to an even stronger strength Vicodin (like double-strength "Norco") or oxycodone. Edit

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    • This episode was nominated for a ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Episodic TV Series. Edit
    • International Air Dates: The Netherlands: June 21, 2007 on SBS 6 The Czech Republic: November 12, 2007 on TV Nova Belgium: December 6, 2007 on KanaalTwee Estonia: January 4, 2008 on TV3 Sweden: February 5, 2008 on TV4 Norway: Thursday, July 17, 2008 on NRK1 Finland: August 7, 2008 on MTV3 Edit
    • Music:Desire by Ryan Adams, So What by Miles Davis, You Can't Always Get What You Want by Rolling Stones Edit

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    • Dr. Wilson: You're giving false hope to a family that's been wrecked; don't torture them. Let it go, tell the wife it was only a grunt, tell her to go home. House: I can't let her down like that. Pumped her up with too much false hope. Edit
    • Dr. Chase: I've had to relieve the pressure three times in the last two hours. So either we figure out what's causing blood to build up around her heart, or I follow her around with a needle for the rest of her life. Edit
    • House: (to Cuddy) For the first time in years I've got no opiates in my body, now you question my judgment. Edit

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    • Dr. Wilson: The fifth level of happiness involves creation. Changing lives. Wilson and House expand "The Four Levels of Happiness" from Christian and Greek philosophy: immediate, egocentric, selfless & transcendental. House hardly goes beyond the first (drugs) or the second (pride). Edit

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