S1·E4 Maternity

Episode recap

In the fourth episode of the first season of the television series House, titled Maternity, a maternity ward epidemic occurs. This medical emergency forces Dr. Gregory House to make a critical decision regarding whether to save the life of one child over another child. Dr. Gregory House is characterized as a drug addicted, unconventional, and misanthropic medical genius who leads a team of diagnosticians at a hospital. The series, which originally premiered in two thousand and four, is classified as a drama and carries a television rating of television fourteen. The overarching premise of the show highlights the perspective that everybody lies. Throughout the events of this episode, the diagnostic team deals with the unfolding crisis within the maternity ward while operating under the direction of Dr. House.