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House: Season 7

23 episodes Premiered Sep 20, 2010 Updated Oct 2, 2026

Role: Meticulous television and film archivist. Task: Produce a JSON object for "House" Season 7. Keys: overview (160-220 words), primer (array of exactly 4 concise bullet points). Constraints: Use ONLY provided synopsis and sources. No invented facts. No markdown/asterisks/headings/bullets in the prose (though the primer is an array of strings). Output valid JSON only. Source Material: TMDB Season Synopsis, TMDB Ove

Previously on House

Season 7 Lore Primer

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

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of House Season 6.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season overview

Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
Task: Produce a JSON object for "House" Season 7.
Keys: overview (160-220 words), primer (array of exactly 4 concise bullet points).
Constraints: Use ONLY provided synopsis and sources. No invented facts. No markdown/asterisks/headings/bullets in the prose (though the primer is an array of strings). Output valid JSON only.
Source Material: TMDB Season Synopsis, TMDB Overview, Wikipedia, IMDb, TMDB Cast & Crew, Plex.
Season 6 Finale Context: House lost a patient at an accident site. Cuddy was engaged but called it off and told House she loves him. Thirteen submitted a leave of absence, leaving her health status in question. House faced despair and the potential for renewed Vicodin dependency.
Season 7 Start: House and Cuddy attempt to make a real relationship work. They face questions about whether this relationship will affect their ability to diagnose patients.
General Series Info: Created by David Shore. Dr. Gregory House is a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius leading a team of diagnosticians.
Goal: 160-220 words.
Drafting:
Season 7 of House begins following a period of significant emotional upheaval for Dr. Gregory House. In the previous season's finale, House experienced despair after the loss of a patient at an accident site and the news that Cuddy had become engaged. This distress led him to consider using Vicodin to manage his mental and emotional anguish, which threatened to restart his cycle of addiction and dependency. However, the situation shifted when Cuddy revealed she had called off her engagement and admitted her love for House. As the new season commences, House and Cuddy attempt to navigate the complexities of a real relationship. This new romantic connection brings forth professional concerns regarding whether their personal involvement will impact their capacity to diagnose patients effectively. Additionally, the medical team faces uncertainty following Thirteen's submission of a leave of absence from the hospital, which has raised questions regarding the status of her health. The season focuses on these interpersonal dynamics alongside the medical challenges faced by the diagnostic team led by the unconventional and misanthropic medical genius.
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Season 7 Episodes

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S7·E1 Mytharc

Now What?

Sep 20, 2010 · 42 min

House and Cuddy are exploring the ramifications of those feelings and attempting to make a real relationship work. Meanwhile, due to a colleague's illness, Princeton Plainsboro is

S7·E2 Core

Selfish

Sep 27, 2010 · 44 min

A seemingly healthy 14-year-old girl collapses during a skateboarding exhibition; House and Cuddy face the challenge of handling their romantic relationship at work.

S7·E3 Core

Unwritten

Oct 4, 2010 · 44 min

A children's novelist tries to kill herself, but is thwarted when she has a seizure. House, a fan of the books, puts her on psych hold but has to deal with a patient that is eager

S7·E4 Core

Massage Therapy

Oct 11, 2010 · 44 min

House and his team make unexpected discoveries about a female patient admitted to the hospital after severe and uncontrollable vomiting; House and Cuddy are forced to face the rese

S7·E5 Core

Unplanned Parenthood

Oct 18, 2010 · 44 min

When an infant suffers breathing trouble and liver failure, House and the team must look at the medical history of the mother in order to find an answer, and ultimately land on a d

S7·E6 Core

Office Politics

Nov 8, 2010 · 44 min

It’s election season, and in the midst of a tight campaign, an incumbent New Jersey senator’s campaign manager falls ill with liver failure and temporary paralysis. Cuddy pushes Ho

S7·E7 Core

A Pox on Our House

Nov 15, 2010 · 44 min

After a 200-year-old medicine jar found on an off-shore shipwreck shatters in a teenage girl's palm, she is admitted to Princeton Plainsboro for symptoms closely linked to smallpox

S7·E8 Core

Small Sacrifices

Nov 22, 2010 · 44 min

Science and faith are called into question when a patient is admitted to the hospital following his reenactment of the Crucifixion. Meanwhile, Taub questions his wife about her rel

S7·E9 Core

Larger Than Life

Jan 17, 2011 · 44 min

After saving a stranger who fell onto subway tracks, a man suddenly collapses despite appearing to be unscathed; House tries to avoid a dinner with Cuddy and her opinionated mother

S7·E10 Core

Carrot or Stick

Jan 24, 2011 · 44 min

House and the team try to link symptoms of a teenage military recruit and his drill sergeant, while House secretly helps Cuddy's daughter get into a prestigious preschool. Someone

S7·E11 Core

Family Practice

Feb 7, 2011 · 44 min

Cuddy’s mother, Arlene, is admitted to Princeton Plansboro after complaining about unusual symptoms, but stubborn Arlene insists that House be removed from the case, forcing House

S7·E12 Core

You Must Remember This

Feb 14, 2011 · 44 min

When a waitress with a perfect memory suffers temporary paralysis, her older sister visits her in the hospital, which triggers high stress levels and even more health complications

S7·E13 Core

Two Stories

Feb 21, 2011 · 44 min

House participates in a school’s Career Day and breaks a few rules by sharing explicit medical stories. Waiting outside the principal’s office, he meets two fifth-grade students wh

S7·E14 Core

Recession Proof

Feb 28, 2011 · 44 min

A patient is admitted after breaking out in a severe rash triggered by caustic chemical exposure at his blue-collar job. Meanwhile, Cuddy is honored with an award and needs House t

S7·E15 Core

Bombshells

Mar 7, 2011 · 44 min

Tension reaches new heights when Cuddy faces sobering news that propels her to reevaluate her priorities. While House is distracted by his concern for Cuddy’s well-being, the team

S7·E16 Filler

Out of the Chute

Mar 14, 2011 · 44 min

The team treats a professional bull rider who is attacked by a bull. The team must determine the causes behind the patients disappearing symptoms and seizures while taking House's

S7·E17 Mytharc

Fall from Grace

Mar 21, 2011 · 44 min

A homeless man with a history of drug abuse is admitted to Princeton Plainsboro with burns and scars on his chest. Meanwhile, Cuddy reveals her guilt to Wilson about breaking up wi

S7·E18 Core

The Dig

Apr 11, 2011 · 44 min

Thirteen has been in prison for the past year, but the real mystery for House is what she did to get there. At the hospital, the team treats a science teacher suffering from severe

S7·E19 Core

Last Temptation

Apr 18, 2011 · 44 min

Masters faces a career crossroads on her last day as a medical student and struggles with the choice to continue on the path to become a surgeon or to accept the rare opportunity t

S7·E20 Core

Changes

May 2, 2011 · 44 min

The team takes on the case of a lottery winner (Donal Logue) suffering from paralysis and multiple types of cancer, and they must figure out if it his new millionaire lifestyle tha

S7·E21 Core

The Fix

May 9, 2011 · 44 min

After losing a bet with Wilson over a boxing match, House is convinced that his fighter has an underlying medical condition that cost him the fight. While he tries to prove it, he

S7·E22 Mytharc

After Hours

May 16, 2011 · 44 min

When House discovers that the experimental drug he's been using causes fatal tumors, he decides to attempt to excise them himself. However, he can't complete the surgery and ends u

S7·E23 Mytharc

Moving On

May 23, 2011 · 44 min

The team treats a performance artist (Shohreh Aghdashloo) who deliberately made herself ill with the aim of turning the diagnostics department into her new masterpiece, as House mu

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