House: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of House Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Acceptance
Sep 13, 2005
When a Death Row inmate mysteriously and suddenly collapses after hallucinating, House jumps at the chance to take the case for its difficulty and because it's "cool."
Autopsy
Sep 20, 2005
A girl's unimaginable bravery toward her terminal illness makes House suspicious as he puts a life-or-death decision about her case in her young hands.
Humpty Dumpty
Sep 27, 2005
Cuddy struggles with a case of guilt when her handyman is injured while at her place, and House and his team have to work fast to save the young man's pursuit of the American Dream
TB or Not TB
Nov 1, 2005
House's patient is willing to die in order to further his social cause.
Daddy's Boy
Nov 8, 2005
Lies between a father and son may prevent House and his team from saving their patient.
Spin
Nov 15, 2005
House's wheels start turning when a pro-cyclist admits to taking performance-enhancing drugs.
Hunting
Nov 22, 2005
A patient with AIDS stalks House to get him to take his case; House and Stacy stalk a mouse in her attic; and Cameron faces a health scare of her own.
The Mistake
Nov 29, 2005
A patient's death prompts an investigation into whether Chase or House may have been responsible for her death.
Deception
Dec 13, 2005
With Foreman as House's supervisor, the team must figure out if a woman who cried wolf too many times is really ill.
Failure to Communicate
Jan 10, 2006
A journalist's head injury results in unintelligible speech, leaving House and his team at a loss; and the heat is turned up between House and Stacy when they're out of town.
Need to Know
Feb 7, 2006
While House's staff tries to diagnose a woman whose uncontrollable muscle flailing caused her to crash her car, House and Stacy try to resolve their relationship issues once and fo
Distractions
Feb 14, 2006
While a severely burned teenager is admitted and his blood tests come back with strange results, House makes himself the guinea pig in his own unofficial tests of a new drug design
Skin Deep
Feb 20, 2006
House uncovers a startling secret when he treats a teenage supermodel for heroin addiction. Meanwhile, Wilson hopes the increased leg pain in House's leg is an indication his leg n
Sex Kills
Mar 7, 2006
House takes the case of a man who experienced a seizure but wasn't aware it happened. When the man suffers a heart attack and needs a heart transplant, the team races to diagnose a
Clueless
Mar 28, 2006
House believes a woman is trying to kill her husband and tries to find the proof to confirm his suspicions. When Wilson moves in with House after separating from his wife, he learn
Safe
Apr 4, 2006
A teenage heart transplant patient is rushed to the hospital when she has an allergic reaction while living in a "clean" room, and House and Wilson work out the kinks of their new
All In
Apr 11, 2006
When a six-year-old boy is brought in with the same symptoms as another patient who died years ago under House's care, House believes the cases are identical and he can predict the
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Apr 18, 2006
House has to work fast when a woman comes in with a life-threatening case of insomnia. Meanwhile Cameron is angry at Foreman for stealing an article she worked on.
House vs. God
Apr 25, 2006
House treats a 15 year old faith healer, while Wilson feels left out when he finds out House has a weekly poker game.
Euphoria (1)
May 2, 2006
When a police officer with a gunshot wound to the head and uncontrollable laughter is admitted, House and the team are baffled. When Foreman begins showing the same symptoms, they
Euphoria (2)
May 3, 2006
Foreman continues to experience the same progression of symptoms as the police officer. When he realizes he may be facing imminent death, he calls his father who comes to his son's
Forever
May 9, 2006
A young mother has a seizure while bathing her newborn son and nearly drowns him. House and the team have two cases at one time as they try to save the infant and determine the cau
Who's Your Daddy?
May 16, 2006
A 16-year-old Hurricane Katrina victim suffering from hallucinations as a result of the tragedy is brought to House by his former bandmate who recently found out the girl is his da
No Reason
May 23, 2006
House is shot by a former patient and must share a recovery room with the gunman.