House (season 2)
Episodes

House (season 2)

Section Title: Episodes
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No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	US viewers (millions)

23	1	"Acceptance"	Dan Attias	Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner	September 13, 2005	15.91

House is brought in for a consult on a Death Row inmate (LL Cool J) with mysterious symptoms. Cameron feels the hospital's resources are better used to find a different diagnosis for a young cancer patient (Christie Lynn Smith).

24	2	"Autopsy"	Deran Sarafian	Lawrence Kaplow	September 20, 2005	13.64

A nine-year-old cancer patient (Sasha Pieterse) is brought before House after she experiences hallucinations. House figures out a way to help her, but it will involve serious risk.

25	3	"Humpty Dumpty"	Dan Attias	Matt Witten	September 27, 2005	13.37

Cuddy feels responsible when her handyman (Ignacio Serricchio) falls off her roof then exhibits unusual symptoms. House's team amputates the handyman's hand to prevent the spread of infection, but when the other hand starts showing similar signs, they must seek out the source before it kills the patient.

26	4	"TB or Not TB"	Peter O'Fallon	David Foster	November 1, 2005	12.18

A famous doctor (Ron Livingston) falls ill when working in Africa, and is sent to House for treatment. Tensions mount when House refuses to believe he has tuberculosis, but everyone else believes so.

27	5	"Daddy's Boy"	Greg Yaitanes	Thomas L. Moran	November 8, 2005	14.15

A student (Vicellous Reon Shannon) who just graduated from Princeton experiences severe spasms at a graduation party. Meanwhile, House's parents drop by but he is reluctant to see them, igniting curiosity among the hospital staff.

28	6	"Spin"	Fred Gerber	Sara Hess	November 15, 2005	12.95

A famous cyclist (Kristoffer Polaha) is brought to Princeton-Plainsboro after collapsing during a race. He is surprisingly honest about several illegal medications and techniques he applies to himself, but his sickness is not caused by any of these.

29	7	"Hunting"	Gloria Muzio	Liz Friedman	November 22, 2005	14.72

House is confronted by Kalvin (Matthew John Armstrong), a gay man who demands treatment when other doctors diagnose him with AIDS, something he admits he does have.

30	8	"The Mistake"	David Semel	Peter Blake	November 29, 2005	14.91

A lawsuit is brought against Chase and House for the death of a mother (Allison Smith) who comes in with stomach pain.

31	9	"Deception"	Deran Sarafian	Michael R. Perry	December 13, 2005	14.52

Anica (Cynthia Nixon) is at an OTB parlor where House observes her have a seizure. She is admitted to the hospital but Cameron wants her to be discharged when they discover she has Munchausen syndrome, however, House believes she has an underlying condition.

32	10	"Failure to Communicate"	Jace Alexander	Doris Egan	January 10, 2006	14.83

While House and Stacy are in Baltimore, a famed journalist (Michael O'Keefe) collapses in his magazine company's office. While he acts nonchalantly after getting up, it becomes clear from his word-salad-inflected speech that he is suffering from aphasia.

33	11	"Need to Know"	David Semel	Pamela Davis	February 7, 2006	22.24

Cameron worries about the potential results of her HIV test and House basks in the afterglow of his kiss with Stacy, but Wilson tells him to keep a level head about things.

34	12	"Distractions"	Dan Attias	Lawrence Kaplow	February 14, 2006	19.20

The team struggles to diagnose a teen (James Immekus) suffering from spasms when severe burns following an accident make most of their usual diagnostic tests impossible.

35	13	"Skin Deep"	Jim Hayman	Story by: Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner Teleplay by: Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner & David Shore	February 20, 2006	14.18

House treats a teenage supermodel (Cameron Richardson) who suddenly passes out during a fashion show. When her toxicology screen shows heroin, she is treated for addiction; unfortunately, her symptoms continue after she is weaned off the drugs.

36	14	"Sex Kills"	David Semel	Matt Witten	March 7, 2006	20.56

House treats a man (Howard Hesseman) who unknowingly has a seizure and is in need of a new heart. He was admitted by his daughter Amy Errington (Keri Lynn Pratt).

37	15	"Clueless"	Deran Sarafian	Thomas L. Moran	March 28, 2006	21.44

When a man (Eddie Mills) cannot breathe during sexual role playing with his wife, House questions the motives behind their marriage; Wilson's presence in his house begins to take a toll on him.

38	16	"Safe"	Félix Alcalá	Peter Blake	April 4, 2006	22.71

Melinda (Michelle Trachtenberg), a troubled teenager who is immuno-compromised as a result of medications she must take after a heart transplant, has a severe allergic reaction and goes into shock when her boyfriend visits her.

39	17	"All In"	Fred Gerber	David Foster	April 11, 2006	21.20

The hospital is hosting an oncology benefit poker tournament when a six-year-old boy (Carter Page) is brought in exhibiting symptoms identical to those of a patient House had twelve years ago.

40	18	"Sleeping Dogs Lie"	Greg Yaitanes	Sara Hess	April 18, 2006	22.64

A young woman's (Jayma Mays) health becomes a question of ethics when she is unable to sleep for ten days. It is not until House discovers she will need a liver transplant that he also uncovers some vital information about her and her partner Max.

41	19	"House vs. God"	John F. Showalter	Doris Egan	April 25, 2006	24.52

House wants to call a 15-year-old faith healer's (Thomas Dekker) bluff, but when the boy is admitted into the hospital he seemingly causes a cancer patient's condition to go into remission.

42	20	"Euphoria (Part 1)"	Deran Sarafian	Matthew V. Lewis	May 2, 2006	22.71

House is trying to cure a crooked cop (Scott Michael Campbell) who acts turbulent and laughs uncontrollably, but he and his team are unable to determine the cause.

43	21	"Euphoria (Part 2)"	Deran Sarafian	Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner & David Shore	May 3, 2006	17.16

After the police officer dies, Foreman, fearing for his life, contacts his father who rushes to his son's side. Meanwhile, House and the rest of the team are still trying to save Foreman before the disease that killed the officer gets him too.

44	22	"Forever"	Daniel Sackheim	Liz Friedman	May 9, 2006	24.29

On his way out the door, a man vomits and decides to stay home from work, only to find his wife (Hillary Tuck) in the bathtub having a seizure and their newborn infant drowning.

45	23	"Who's Your Daddy?"	Martha Mitchell	Story by: Charles M. Duncan & John Mankiewicz Teleplay by: John Mankiewicz & Lawrence Kaplow	May 16, 2006	22.38

A 16-year-old Hurricane Katrina victim (Aasha Davis) suffering from horrifying hallucinations is brought to House by a former bandmate who recently discovered the girl is his daughter.

46	24	"No Reason"	David Shore	Story by: Lawrence Kaplow & David Shore Teleplay by: David Shore	May 23, 2006	25.47

When House and his team are working on the diagnosis of a man with a swollen tongue, the husband of a former patient walks into House's office and shoots him in the stomach.

Sentence(s)

"No Reason" was watched by 25.47 million viewers which was the biggest audience ever for House (season 2) at that point.

final_sentence: "No Reason" was watched by 25.47 million viewers which was the biggest audience ever for House (season 2) at that point.