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House: Season 2

24 episodes Premiered Sep 13, 2005 Updated Oct 1, 2026

House Season 2 continues the overarching saga across 24 episodes. The television and film archivist data shows that the American medical drama television series features Dr. Gregory House, who is described as a drug-addicted, unconventional, and misanthropic medical genius. Dr. House leads a crack team of diagnosticians at a hospital facility. The series was created by David Shore and stars Hugh Laurie, Omar Epps, Ro

Previously on House

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Dr. Gregory House is a drug-addicted, unconventional, and misanthropic medical genius.
  • ⚡ House leads a crack team of diagnosticians at a medical facility.
  • ⚡ The television series is created by David Shore and stars actors including Hugh Laurie, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard, and Jesse Spencer.
  • ⚡ The core operating philosophy of the lead character is that everybody lies.
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Season overview

House Season 2 continues the overarching saga across 24 episodes. The television and film archivist data shows that the American medical drama television series features Dr. Gregory House, who is described as a drug-addicted, unconventional, and misanthropic medical genius. Dr. House leads a crack team of diagnosticians at a hospital facility. The series was created by David Shore and stars Hugh Laurie, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard, and Jesse Spencer. Throughout this season, the narrative arc follows the complex medical investigations and personal dynamics of the team under the leadership of Dr. House, who famously operates on the premise that everybody lies.

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Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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S2·E1 Mytharc

Acceptance

Sep 13, 2005 · 44 min

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."

S2·E2 Core

Autopsy

Sep 20, 2005 · 44 min

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.

S2·E3 Core

Humpty Dumpty

Sep 27, 2005 · 44 min

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

S2·E4 Core

TB or Not TB

Nov 1, 2005 · 44 min

House's patient is willing to die in order to further his social cause.

S2·E5 Core

Daddy's Boy

Nov 8, 2005 · 44 min

Lies between a father and son may prevent House and his team from saving their patient.

S2·E6 Core

Spin

Nov 15, 2005 · 44 min

House's wheels start turning when a pro-cyclist admits to taking performance-enhancing drugs.

S2·E7 Core

Hunting

Nov 22, 2005 · 44 min

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.

S2·E8 Core

The Mistake

Nov 29, 2005 · 44 min

A patient's death prompts an investigation into whether Chase or House may have been responsible for her death.

S2·E9 Core

Deception

Dec 13, 2005 · 44 min

With Foreman as House's supervisor, the team must figure out if a woman who cried wolf too many times is really ill.

S2·E10 Core

Failure to Communicate

Jan 10, 2006 · 44 min

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.

S2·E11 Core

Need to Know

Feb 7, 2006 · 44 min

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

S2·E12 Core

Distractions

Feb 14, 2006 · 44 min

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

S2·E13 Core

Skin Deep

Feb 20, 2006 · 44 min

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

S2·E14 Core

Sex Kills

Mar 7, 2006 · 44 min

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

S2·E15 Core

Clueless

Mar 28, 2006 · 44 min

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

S2·E16 Core

Safe

Apr 4, 2006 · 43 min

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

S2·E17 Core

All In

Apr 11, 2006 · 44 min

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

S2·E18 Core

Sleeping Dogs Lie

Apr 18, 2006 · 44 min

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.

S2·E19 Core

House vs. God

Apr 25, 2006 · 44 min

House treats a 15 year old faith healer, while Wilson feels left out when he finds out House has a weekly poker game.

S2·E20 Core

Euphoria (1)

May 2, 2006 · 44 min

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

S2·E21 Core

Euphoria (2)

May 3, 2006 · 44 min

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

S2·E22 Core

Forever

May 9, 2006 · 44 min

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

S2·E23 Mytharc

Who's Your Daddy?

May 16, 2006 · 44 min

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

S2·E24 Mytharc

No Reason

May 23, 2006 · 44 min

House is shot by a former patient and must share a recovery room with the gunman.

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