1x01 Pilot - House M.D. Episode Guide

House M.D.

- Episode 01x01

Episode: 01x01 (pilot)
Title: Pilot
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: HOU-101
First Aired: Nov. 16, 2004

Season 1 » Episode #01 - Pilot

Summary: A young teacher suffers from seizures in front of her class of kindergartners. She is taken to Princeton Hospital, where a world renowned doctor, Dr. Gregory House is assigned to her case. With his team of young doctors, House finds a tumor within the teacher and it turns out that she hardly has any time to live.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Rebecca Adler	played by Robin Tunney
Orange Colored Patient	played by Andrew Airlie
Melanie Landon	played by Rekha Sharma
Asthma Mom	played by Maya Massar
Asthma Boy	played by Dylan Basu
Sydney	played by Ava Hughes
Kid #2	played by Kyarra Willis
Molnar	played by Ethan Kyle Gross
Substitute Teacher	played by Candus Churchill

	Season 1 / Episode 1: - Pilot Dr. Gregory House: [after questioning House's treatment plan for a patient] Why are you so afraid of making a mistake? Dr. Lisa Cuddy: Because I'm a doctor. Because when we make mistakes people die.
	Season 1 / Episode 1: - Pilot Dr. Gregory House: Oxygen is so important during those prepubescent years, don't you think?

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

CHAR: Gregory House suffers with chronic pain from his right leg and uses the walking stick in his right hand. In real life such a person would use the stick in the opposite hand (ie the left hand in his case), to offload the weight on the affected side and form a stable tripod base when mobilizing. This is basic knowledge for anyone in the medical profession.
CONT: In the opening kindergarten classroom scene, the girl with long brown hair in the front row is seen seated in her seat as the teacher enters the room. Cut to another angle and she is seen approaching her seat and sitting down.
CONT: When Rebecca is in the bus and running to work in the beginning her sweater is blue, when she talks to her friend and the children it is green.
FACT: It is shown that steroids initially relieve symptoms of neurocysticerocis followed by worsening. House says that it is due to dead worms causing inflammation for which he gives albendazole (which is in fact used to kill the worm). In reality, what happens is when albendazole is administered it causes death of worms which may worsen symptoms and needs steroids to relieve symptoms. Here it is shown exactly opposite.