1x03 Occam's Razor - House M.D. Episode Guide

House M.D.

- Episode 01x03

Episode: 01x03
Title: Occam's Razor
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: HOU-102
First Aired: Nov. 30, 2004

Season 1 » Episode #03 - Occam's Razor

Summary: Brandon is 22-year old male, who ends up passing out after having rowdy sex with his fiancée. He complains of abdominal pain, nausea and suffers from fever and low blood pressure. House and Foreman test out their theories however after a dangerous drop in white blood cells they must find a solution and soon. After Wilson keeps nagging House about his nasty pill habit it proves extremely useful to House about Brandon's situation. Meanwhile in the clinic, House must deal with a boy and an unusual situtation involving a MP3 player.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Brandon Merrell	played by Kevin Zegers
Mindy	played by Alexis Thorpe
Becky Merrell	played by Faith Prince
Jodi Matthews	played by Lauren Cohn
Hospital Pharmacist	played by Marco Pelaez
Adam Brown	played by Jason Stuart
Jerry Morris	played by Ben Campbell (VI)
Robert Merrell	played by John Kelly (XXXVI)
Suburban Pharmacist	played by Joshua Wolf Coleman

	Season 1 / Episode 3: - Occam's Razor Dr. Allison Cameron: Men should grow up. Dr. Gregory House: Yeah, and dogs should stop licking themselves. It's not gonna happen.
	Season 1 / Episode 3: - Occam's Razor Dr. Lisa Cuddy: It's not gonna work. You know why? Because this is fun. You think of something to make me miserable, I think of something to make you miserable... It's a game, and I'm gonna win, because I got a head start: You are already miserable.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

SYNC: The sounds in the video game Dr. House is playing do not match up with the actual game.
FACT: House says that sinusitis and hypothyroidism covers all the symptoms of the patient, but rash is not a feature of both these conditions.
FAKE: While doing catheterization, the doctor sees the cardiac monitor and says there is an "ectopic" (ectopic beat), which means one premature beat followed by a long pause which would look like the the distance between the pulse peak would be irregular. If you watch carefully you can see that the pulse is regular and no sign of ectopic beat.
CHAR: When a patient asks House what he is doing, he replies, "level 4." The game he is playing is Metroid: Zero Mission. The way the game works is that the main character, Samus, travels in and out of various areas, guided by mysterious statues that tell her what to do. There are no such things as "levels". In addition, the area he is currently in is Brinstar, the starting area for the game.
CONT: The lines on the board while circling the patient's symptoms.

TRIVIA

On the coffee machine in the team's bullpen, the inscription reads "Good Coffee - cheaper than Prozac".
SPOILER: Diagnosis: He was mistakenly given a gout medication (Colchicine) for his original sore throat.