# List of House episodes

House, also known as House, M.D., is an American medical drama series which premiered on Fox on November 16, 2004. House was created by David Shore. The show follows Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), an irascible, maverick medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital (PPTH) in New Jersey. In a typical episode, the team is presented with an unusual case; the storyline follows the diagnosis of the patient's illness, a process often complicated by the internal competition and personal foibles of the diagnostic team. The team leader, House, frequently clashes with his boss Dr. Lisa Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein) in seasons 1 to 7, and Dr. Eric Foreman in season 8, and his only friend, Dr. James Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard).
In seasons 1 to 3, House's diagnostic team includes Dr. Allison Cameron (Jennifer Morrison), Dr. Robert Chase (Jesse Spencer) and Dr. Eric Foreman (Omar Epps). This team leaves the show in the third season finale "Human Error". The show achieved its highest ranking with the episode "Human Error"; this episode placed the series in first position for the week it aired. Each season introduces a recurring guest star, who appears in a multi-episode story arc. The fourth season was the only exception to this pattern. It introduced seven new characters who compete for the coveted positions on House's team, replacing Cameron, Chase and Foreman. House eventually selects Dr. Chris Taub (Peter Jacobson), Dr. Lawrence Kutner (Kal Penn) and Dr. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley (Olivia Wilde) as his new team; Foreman rejoins soon after. Following Kutner's death in season five, through a series of plot twists, House reacquires Chase, one of the original team members. When House resigns early in season six, Foreman takes his place, but he soon fires Thirteen, and Taub quits because he was there only to work with House. After this, Foreman hires both Cameron and Chase, but, soon, House comes back, spurring the return of Thirteen and Taub, too. When the dictator ("The Tyrant") dies because of Chase's intentional misunderstanding, Cameron and even Chase decide to leave the PPTH. But, Chase's desire to be part of House's team makes Cameron quit (though she later returns for the episode "Lockdown"). At the beginning of season seven, Thirteen ostensibly goes away to Rome (it's later revealed that this was actually a lie), leaving a vacancy on House's team. House proposes then, giving a chance to the rest of his team, to hire a new member. After some unsuccessful tries, Cuddy hires Martha M. Masters (Amber Tamblyn), a medical student in the episode "Office Politics". In the episode "Last Temptation", Masters takes the final choice to leave House's team. After being incarcerated following the events of "Moving On", House is released on probation thanks to Foreman, who has taken Cuddy's place as the Dean of Medicine. House is initially assigned a single team member, Dr. Chi Park (Charlyne Yi). After securing funding for his department in the season eight episode "Risky Business", House brings on former prison doctor Jessica Adams (Odette Annable) and rehires Chase and Taub.
Since its premiere, the show has constantly received both high ratings and critical acclaim. Eight seasons were aired in the United States, the fourth of which was interrupted by the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike and included only 16 episodes instead of the regular 22–24. Despite this interruption, House achieved its highest number of viewers for the episode "Frozen", for which there were over 29 million viewers on the night it aired due to its position as the lead-out program for Super Bowl XLII. In January 2009, House moved from its Tuesday, 8:00 pm ET slot to a new time slot of Monday nights at 8:00 pm ET, immediately before the Fox hit 24. Fox renewed the show for a seventh season, which premiered on September 20, 2010. An eighth season was announced on May 10, 2011 and premiered on October 3, 2011. On February 8, 2012, Fox announced that the season would be House's last.
All eight seasons were released on DVD and Blu-ray by Universal in North America, Europe and Australia. As of June 16, 2009, the show has been aired in more than 60 countries, with 86 million viewers worldwide. In the following list, the number in the first column refers to the episode's number within the entire series. The second column indicates the episode's number within that season. "US viewers in millions" refers to the number of Americans in millions who watched the episode live while it was broadcast or by a few hours later with a digital video recorder.
A total of 177 episodes of House were broadcast over eight seasons, with the series finale airing on May 21, 2012.
The show started on November 16, 2004, and received a high viewing rating throughout its run. It achieved a maximum 29.04 million viewers and its highest overall rank is seventh during its third and fourth seasons. It also ranked sixth in the 18–49 age range during its second season.

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rank |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rank |
| 1 | 22 | 22 | November 16, 2004 (2004-11-16) | May 24, 2005 (2005-05-24) | 13.3 | 24 |
| 2 | 24 | 24 | September 13, 2005 (2005-09-13) | May 23, 2006 (2006-05-23) | 17.3 | 10 |
| 3 | 24 | 24 | September 5, 2006 (2006-09-05) | May 29, 2007 (2007-05-29) | 19.4 | 7 |
| 4 | 16 | 16 | September 25, 2007 (2007-09-25) | May 19, 2008 (2008-05-19) | 17.6 | 7 |
| 5 | 24 | 24 | September 16, 2008 (2008-09-16) | May 11, 2009 (2009-05-11) | 13.5 | 16 |
| 6 | 22 | 22 | September 21, 2009 (2009-09-21) | May 17, 2010 (2010-05-17) | 12.8 | 22 |
| 7 | 23 | 23 | September 20, 2010 (2010-09-20) | May 23, 2011 (2011-05-23) | 10.3 | 42 |
| 8 | 22 | 22 | October 3, 2011 (2011-10-03) | May 21, 2012 (2012-05-21) | 8.7 | 58 |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (2004–05)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" "Everybody Lies" | Bryan Singer | David Shore | November 16, 2004 (2004-11-16) | 7.05 |
| 2 | 2 | "Paternity" | Peter O'Fallon | Lawrence Kaplow | November 23, 2004 (2004-11-23) | 6.09 |
| 3 | 3 | "Occam's Razor" | Bryan Singer | David Shore | November 30, 2004 (2004-11-30) | 6.33 |
| 4 | 4 | "Maternity" | Newton Thomas Sigel | Peter Blake | December 7, 2004 (2004-12-07) | 6.74 |
| 5 | 5 | "Damned If You Do" | Greg Yaitanes | Sara B. Cooper | December 14, 2004 (2004-12-14) | 6.91 |
| 6 | 6 | "The Socratic Method" | Peter Medak | John Mankiewicz | December 21, 2004 (2004-12-21) | 6.73 |
| 7 | 7 | "Fidelity" | Bryan Spicer | Thomas L. Moran | December 28, 2004 (2004-12-28) | 6.91 |
| 8 | 8 | "Poison" | Guy Ferland | Matt Witten | January 25, 2005 (2005-01-25) | 12.37 |
| 9 | 9 | "DNR" | Frederick King Keller | David Foster | February 1, 2005 (2005-02-01) | 12.75 |
| 10 | 10 | "Histories" | Dan Attias | Joel Thompson | February 8, 2005 (2005-02-08) | 14.97 |
| 11 | 11 | "Detox" | Nelson McCormick | Lawrence Kaplow & Thomas L. Moran | February 15, 2005 (2005-02-15) | 14.22 |
| 12 | 12 | "Sports Medicine" | Keith Gordon | John Mankiewicz & David Shore | February 22, 2005 (2005-02-22) | 15.53 |
| 13 | 13 | "Cursed" | Daniel Sackheim | Matt Witten & Peter Blake | March 1, 2005 (2005-03-01) | 15.53 |
| 14 | 14 | "Control" | Randy Zisk | Lawrence Kaplow | March 15, 2005 (2005-03-15) | 17.33 |
| 15 | 15 | "Mob Rules" | Tim Hunter | David Foster & John Mankiewicz | March 22, 2005 (2005-03-22) | 17.34 |
| 16 | 16 | "Heavy" | Fred Gerber | Thomas L. Moran | March 29, 2005 (2005-03-29) | 18.28 |
| 17 | 17 | "Role Model" | Peter O'Fallon | Matt Witten | April 12, 2005 (2005-04-12) | 15.04 |
| 18 | 18 | "Babies & Bathwater" | Bill Johnson | Story by : Peter Blake Teleplay by : Peter Blake & David Shore | April 19, 2005 (2005-04-19) | 17.48 |
| 19 | 19 | "Kids" | Deran Sarafian | Thomas L. Moran & Lawrence Kaplow | May 3, 2005 (2005-05-03) | 17.14 |
| 20 | 20 | "Love Hurts" | Bryan Spicer | Sara B. Cooper | May 10, 2005 (2005-05-10) | 18.80 |
| 21 | 21 | "Three Stories" | Paris Barclay | David Shore | May 17, 2005 (2005-05-17) | 17.68 |
| 22 | 22 | "Honeymoon" | Frederick King Keller | Lawrence Kaplow & John Mankiewicz | May 24, 2005 (2005-05-24) | 19.52 |

### Season 2 (2005–06)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
| 23 | 1 | "Acceptance" | Dan Attias | Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner | September 13, 2005 (2005-09-13) | 15.91 |
| 24 | 2 | "Autopsy" | Deran Sarafian | Lawrence Kaplow | September 20, 2005 (2005-09-20) | 13.64 |
| 25 | 3 | "Humpty Dumpty" | Dan Attias | Matt Witten | September 27, 2005 (2005-09-27) | 13.37 |
| 26 | 4 | "TB or Not TB" | Peter O'Fallon | David Foster | November 1, 2005 (2005-11-01) | 12.18 |
| 27 | 5 | "Daddy's Boy" | Greg Yaitanes | Thomas L. Moran | November 8, 2005 (2005-11-08) | 14.15 |
| 28 | 6 | "Spin" | Fred Gerber | Sara Hess | November 15, 2005 (2005-11-15) | 12.95 |
| 29 | 7 | "Hunting" | Gloria Muzio | Liz Friedman | November 22, 2005 (2005-11-22) | 14.72 |
| 30 | 8 | "The Mistake" | David Semel | Peter Blake | November 29, 2005 (2005-11-29) | 14.91 |
| 31 | 9 | "Deception" | Deran Sarafian | Michael R. Perry | December 13, 2005 (2005-12-13) | 14.52 |
| 32 | 10 | "Failure to Communicate" | Jace Alexander | Doris Egan | January 10, 2006 (2006-01-10) | 14.83 |
| 33 | 11 | "Need to Know" | David Semel | Pamela Davis | February 7, 2006 (2006-02-07) | 22.24 |
| 34 | 12 | "Distractions" | Dan Attias | Lawrence Kaplow | February 14, 2006 (2006-02-14) | 19.20 |
| 35 | 13 | "Skin Deep" | Jim Hayman | Story by : Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner Teleplay by : Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner & David Shore | February 20, 2006 (2006-02-20) | 14.18 |
| 36 | 14 | "Sex Kills" | David Semel | Matt Witten | March 7, 2006 (2006-03-07) | 20.56 |
| 37 | 15 | "Clueless" | Deran Sarafian | Thomas L. Moran | March 28, 2006 (2006-03-28) | 21.44 |
| 38 | 16 | "Safe" | Félix Alcalá | Peter Blake | April 4, 2006 (2006-04-04) | 22.71 |
| 39 | 17 | "All In" | Fred Gerber | David Foster | April 11, 2006 (2006-04-11) | 21.20 |
| 40 | 18 | "Sleeping Dogs Lie" | Greg Yaitanes | Sara Hess | April 18, 2006 (2006-04-18) | 22.64 |
| 41 | 19 | "House vs. God" | John F. Showalter | Doris Egan | April 25, 2006 (2006-04-25) | 24.52 |
| 42 | 20 | "Euphoria (Part 1)" | Deran Sarafian | Matthew V. Lewis | May 2, 2006 (2006-05-02) | 22.71 |
| 43 | 21 | "Euphoria (Part 2)" | Deran Sarafian | Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner & David Shore | May 3, 2006 (2006-05-03) | 17.16 |
| 44 | 22 | "Forever" | Daniel Sackheim | Liz Friedman | May 9, 2006 (2006-05-09) | 24.29 |
| 45 | 23 | "Who's Your Daddy?" | Martha Mitchell | Story by : Charles M. Duncan & John Mankiewicz Teleplay by : John Mankiewicz & Lawrence Kaplow | May 16, 2006 (2006-05-16) | 22.38 |
| 46 | 24 | "No Reason" | David Shore | Story by : Lawrence Kaplow & David Shore Teleplay by : David Shore | May 23, 2006 (2006-05-23) | 25.47 |

### Season 3 (2006–07)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
| 47 | 1 | "Meaning" | Deran Sarafian | Story by : Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner & Lawrence Kaplow & David Shore Teleplay by : Lawrence Kaplow & David Shore | September 5, 2006 (2006-09-05) | 19.55 |
| 48 | 2 | "Cane and Able" | Daniel Sackheim | Story by : Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner & Lawrence Kaplow & David Shore Teleplay by : Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner | September 12, 2006 (2006-09-12) | 15.74 |
| 49 | 3 | "Informed Consent" | Laura Innes | David Foster | September 19, 2006 (2006-09-19) | 13.67 |
| 50 | 4 | "Lines in the Sand" | Newton Thomas Sigel | David Hoselton | September 26, 2006 (2006-09-26) | 14.52 |
| 51 | 5 | "Fools for Love" | David Platt | Peter Blake | October 31, 2006 (2006-10-31) | 14.18 |
| 52 | 6 | "Que Será Será" | Deran Sarafian | Thomas L. Moran | November 7, 2006 (2006-11-07) | 16.11 |
| 53 | 7 | "Son of Coma Guy" | Dan Attias | Doris Egan | November 14, 2006 (2006-11-14) | 14.60 |
| 54 | 8 | "Whac-A-Mole" | Daniel Sackheim | Pamela Davis | November 21, 2006 (2006-11-21) | 15.20 |
| 55 | 9 | "Finding Judas" | Deran Sarafian | Sara Hess | November 28, 2006 (2006-11-28) | 17.30 |
| 56 | 10 | "Merry Little Christmas" | Tony To | Liz Friedman | December 12, 2006 (2006-12-12) | 11.77 |
| 57 | 11 | "Words and Deeds" | Daniel Sackheim | Leonard Dick | January 9, 2007 (2007-01-09) | 17.78 |
| 58 | 12 | "One Day, One Room" | Juan J. Campanella | David Shore | January 30, 2007 (2007-01-30) | 27.34 |
| 59 | 13 | "Needle in a Haystack" | Peter O'Fallon | David Foster | February 6, 2007 (2007-02-06) | 24.88 |
| 60 | 14 | "Insensitive" | Deran Sarafian | Matthew V. Lewis | February 13, 2007 (2007-02-13) | 25.99 |
| 61 | 15 | "Half-Wit" | Katie Jacobs | Lawrence Kaplow | March 6, 2007 (2007-03-06) | 24.40 |
| 62 | 16 | "Top Secret" | Deran Sarafian | Thomas L. Moran | March 27, 2007 (2007-03-27) | 20.80 |
| 63 | 17 | "Fetal Position" | Matt Shakman | Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner | April 3, 2007 (2007-04-03) | 20.35 |
| 64 | 18 | "Airborne" | Elodie Keene | David Hoselton | April 10, 2007 (2007-04-10) | 21.57 |
| 65 | 19 | "Act Your Age" | Daniel Sackheim | Sara Hess | April 17, 2007 (2007-04-17) | 22.41 |
| 66 | 20 | "House Training" | Paul McCrane | Doris Egan | April 24, 2007 (2007-04-24) | 20.81 |
| 67 | 21 | "Family" | David Straiton | Liz Friedman | May 1, 2007 (2007-05-01) | 21.13 |
| 68 | 22 | "Resignation" | Martha Mitchell | Pamela Davis | May 8, 2007 (2007-05-08) | 21.36 |
| 69 | 23 | "The Jerk" | Daniel Sackheim | Leonard Dick | May 15, 2007 (2007-05-15) | 21.19 |
| 70 | 24 | "Human Error" | Katie Jacobs | Thomas L. Moran & Lawrence Kaplow | May 29, 2007 (2007-05-29) | 17.23 |

### Season 4 (2007–08)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
| 71 | 1 | "Alone" | Deran Sarafian | Story by : Peter Blake Teleplay by : Peter Blake & David Shore | September 25, 2007 (2007-09-25) | 14.52 |
| 72 | 2 | "The Right Stuff" | Deran Sarafian | Doris Egan & Leonard Dick | October 2, 2007 (2007-10-02) | 17.44 |
| 73 | 3 | "97 Seconds" | David Platt | Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner | October 9, 2007 (2007-10-09) | 18.03 |
| 74 | 4 | "Guardian Angels" | Deran Sarafian | David Hoselton | October 23, 2007 (2007-10-23) | 18.10 |
| 75 | 5 | "Mirror Mirror" | David Platt | David Foster | October 30, 2007 (2007-10-30) | 17.29 |
| 76 | 6 | "Whatever It Takes" | Juan J. Campanella | Story by : Thomas L. Moran Teleplay by : Thomas L. Moran & Peter Blake | November 6, 2007 (2007-11-06) | 18.17 |
| 77 | 7 | "Ugly" | David Straiton | Sean Whitesell | November 13, 2007 (2007-11-13) | 16.95 |
| 78 | 8 | "You Don't Want to Know" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Sara Hess | November 20, 2007 (2007-11-20) | 16.88 |
| 79 | 9 | "Games" | Deran Sarafian | Eli Attie | November 27, 2007 (2007-11-27) | 16.96 |
| 80 | 10 | "It's a Wonderful Lie" | Matt Shakman | Pamela Davis | January 29, 2008 (2008-01-29) | 22.56 |
| 81 | 11 | "Frozen" | David Straiton | Liz Friedman | February 3, 2008 (2008-02-03) | 29.04 |
| 82 | 12 | "Don't Ever Change" | Deran Sarafian | Doris Egan & Leonard Dick | February 5, 2008 (2008-02-05) | 23.15 |
| 83 | 13 | "No More Mr. Nice Guy" | Deran Sarafian | David Hoselton & David Shore | April 28, 2008 (2008-04-28) | 14.51 |
| 84 | 14 | "Living the Dream" | David Straiton | Sara Hess & Liz Friedman | May 5, 2008 (2008-05-05) | 13.26 |
| 85 | 15 | "House's Head" | Greg Yaitanes | Story by : Doris Egan Teleplay by : Peter Blake & David Foster & Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner | May 12, 2008 (2008-05-12) | 14.84 |
| 86 | 16 | "Wilson's Heart" | Katie Jacobs | Peter Blake, David Foster, Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner | May 19, 2008 (2008-05-19) | 16.16 |
Note: This season has fewer episodes due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike.

### Season 5 (2008–09)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
| 87 | 1 | "Dying Changes Everything" | Deran Sarafian | Eli Attie | September 16, 2008 (2008-09-16) | 14.77 |
| 88 | 2 | "Not Cancer" | David Straiton | David Shore & Lawrence Kaplow | September 23, 2008 (2008-09-23) | 12.37 |
| 89 | 3 | "Adverse Events" | Andrew Bernstein | Carol Green & Dustin Paddock | September 30, 2008 (2008-09-30) | 12.97 |
| 90 | 4 | "Birthmarks" | David Platt | Doris Egan & David Foster | October 14, 2008 (2008-10-14) | 13.26 |
| 91 | 5 | "Lucky Thirteen" | Greg Yaitanes | Liz Friedman & Sara Hess | October 21, 2008 (2008-10-21) | 13.08 |
| 92 | 6 | "Joy" | Deran Sarafian | David Hoselton | October 28, 2008 (2008-10-28) | 13.49 |
| 93 | 7 | "The Itch" | Greg Yaitanes | Peter Blake | November 11, 2008 (2008-11-11) | 13.06 |
| 94 | 8 | "Emancipation" | Jim Hayman | Pamela Davis & Leonard Dick | November 18, 2008 (2008-11-18) | 13.26 |
| 95 | 9 | "Last Resort" | Katie Jacobs | Story by : Matthew V. Lewis Teleplay by : Matthew V. Lewis & Eli Attie | November 25, 2008 (2008-11-25) | 12.87 |
| 96 | 10 | "Let Them Eat Cake" | Deran Sarafian | Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner | December 2, 2008 (2008-12-02) | 12.51 |
| 97 | 11 | "Joy to the World" | David Straiton | Peter Blake | December 9, 2008 (2008-12-09) | 14.05 |
| 98 | 12 | "Painless" | Andrew Bernstein | Thomas L. Moran & Eli Attie | January 19, 2009 (2009-01-19) | 15.02 |
| 99 | 13 | "Big Baby" | Deran Sarafian | Lawrence Kaplow & David Foster | January 26, 2009 (2009-01-26) | 15.69 |
| 100 | 14 | "The Greater Good" | Lesli Linka Glatter | Sara Hess | February 2, 2009 (2009-02-02) | 14.87 |
| 101 | 15 | "Unfaithful" | Greg Yaitanes | David Hoselton | February 16, 2009 (2009-02-16) | 14.19 |
| 102 | 16 | "The Softer Side" | Deran Sarafian | Liz Friedman | February 23, 2009 (2009-02-23) | 14.85 |
| 103 | 17 | "The Social Contract" | Andrew Bernstein | Doris Egan | March 9, 2009 (2009-03-09) | 12.38 |
| 104 | 18 | "Here Kitty" | Juan J. Campanella | Peter Blake | March 16, 2009 (2009-03-16) | 13.13 |
| 105 | 19 | "Locked In" | Dan Attias | Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner & David Foster | March 30, 2009 (2009-03-30) | 12.51 |
| 106 | 20 | "Simple Explanation" | Greg Yaitanes | Leonard Dick | April 6, 2009 (2009-04-06) | 13.29 |
| 107 | 21 | "Saviors" | Matthew Penn | Eli Attie & Thomas L. Moran | April 13, 2009 (2009-04-13) | 12.19 |
| 108 | 22 | "House Divided" | Greg Yaitanes | Liz Friedman & Matthew V. Lewis | April 27, 2009 (2009-04-27) | 11.69 |
| 109 | 23 | "Under My Skin" | David Straiton | Lawrence Kaplow & Pamela Davis | May 4, 2009 (2009-05-04) | 12.04 |
| 110 | 24 | "Both Sides Now" | Greg Yaitanes | Doris Egan | May 11, 2009 (2009-05-11) | 12.74 |

### Season 6 (2009–10)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
| 111 | 1 | "Broken" | Katie Jacobs | Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner & David Foster & David Shore | September 21, 2009 (2009-09-21) | 15.76 |
| 112 | 2 | "Broken" | Katie Jacobs | Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner & David Foster & David Shore | September 21, 2009 (2009-09-21) | 15.76 |
| 113 | 3 | "Epic Fail" | Greg Yaitanes | Sara Hess & Liz Friedman | September 28, 2009 (2009-09-28) | 14.44 |
| 114 | 4 | "The Tyrant" | David Straiton | Peter Blake | October 5, 2009 (2009-10-05) | 13.74 |
| 115 | 5 | "Instant Karma" | Greg Yaitanes | Thomas L. Moran | October 12, 2009 (2009-10-12) | 13.50 |
| 116 | 6 | "Brave Heart" | Matt Shakman | Lawrence Kaplow | October 19, 2009 (2009-10-19) | 11.65 |
| 117 | 7 | "Known Unknowns" | Greg Yaitanes | Matthew V. Lewis & Doris Egan | November 9, 2009 (2009-11-09) | 13.31 |
| 118 | 8 | "Teamwork" | David Straiton | Eli Attie | November 16, 2009 (2009-11-16) | 12.67 |
| 119 | 9 | "Ignorance Is Bliss" | Greg Yaitanes | David Hoselton | November 23, 2009 (2009-11-23) | 11.95 |
| 120 | 10 | "Wilson" | Lesli Linka Glatter | David Foster | November 30, 2009 (2009-11-30) | 13.24 |
| 121 | 11 | "The Down Low" | Nick Gomez | Sara Hess & Liz Friedman | January 11, 2010 (2010-01-11) | 12.25 |
| 122 | 12 | "Remorse" | Andrew Bernstein | Peter Blake | January 25, 2010 (2010-01-25) | 14.21 |
| 123 | 13 | "Moving the Chains" | David Straiton | Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner | February 1, 2010 (2010-02-01) | 13.38 |
| 124 | 14 | "5 to 9" | Andrew Bernstein | Thomas L. Moran | February 8, 2010 (2010-02-08) | 13.60 |
| 125 | 15 | "Private Lives" | Sanford Bookstaver | Doris Egan | March 8, 2010 (2010-03-08) | 12.81 |
| 126 | 16 | "Black Hole" | Greg Yaitanes | Lawrence Kaplow | March 15, 2010 (2010-03-15) | 11.37 |
| 127 | 17 | "Lockdown" | Hugh Laurie | Story by : Eli Attie & Peter Blake Teleplay by : Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner & Peter Blake & Eli Attie | April 12, 2010 (2010-04-12) | 10.80 |
| 128 | 18 | "Knight Fall" | Juan J. Campanella | John C. Kelley | April 19, 2010 (2010-04-19) | 10.81 |
| 129 | 19 | "Open and Shut" | Greg Yaitanes | Liz Friedman & Sara Hess | April 26, 2010 (2010-04-26) | 10.85 |
| 130 | 20 | "The Choice" | Juan J. Campanella | David Hoselton | May 3, 2010 (2010-05-03) | 9.98 |
| 131 | 21 | "Baggage" | David Straiton | Doris Egan & David Foster | May 10, 2010 (2010-05-10) | 9.29 |
| 132 | 22 | "Help Me" | Greg Yaitanes | Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner & Peter Blake | May 17, 2010 (2010-05-17) | 11.06 |

### Season 7 (2010–11)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
| 133 | 1 | "Now What?" | Greg Yaitanes | Doris Egan | September 20, 2010 (2010-09-20) | 10.54 |
| 134 | 2 | "Selfish" | Dan Attias | Eli Attie | September 27, 2010 (2010-09-27) | 10.18 |
| 135 | 3 | "Unwritten" | Greg Yaitanes | John C. Kelley | October 4, 2010 (2010-10-04) | 10.78 |
| 136 | 4 | "Massage Therapy" | David Straiton | Peter Blake | October 11, 2010 (2010-10-11) | 9.69 |
| 137 | 5 | "Unplanned Parenthood" | Greg Yaitanes | David Foster | October 18, 2010 (2010-10-18) | 9.65 |
| 138 | 6 | "Office Politics" | Sanford Bookstaver | Seth Hoffman | November 8, 2010 (2010-11-08) | 9.63 |
| 139 | 7 | "A Pox on Our House" | Tucker Gates | Lawrence Kaplow | November 15, 2010 (2010-11-15) | 10.77 |
| 140 | 8 | "Small Sacrifices" | Greg Yaitanes | David Hoselton | November 22, 2010 (2010-11-22) | 9.24 |
| 141 | 9 | "Larger Than Life" | Miguel Sapochnik | Sara Hess | January 17, 2011 (2011-01-17) | 10.52 |
| 142 | 10 | "Carrot or Stick" | David Straiton | Liz Friedman | January 24, 2011 (2011-01-24) | 10.45 |
| 143 | 11 | "Family Practice" | Miguel Sapochnik | Peter Blake | February 7, 2011 (2011-02-07) | 12.33 |
| 144 | 12 | "You Must Remember This" | David Platt | Kath Lingenfelter | February 14, 2011 (2011-02-14) | 9.86 |
| 145 | 13 | "Two Stories" | Greg Yaitanes | Thomas L. Moran | February 21, 2011 (2011-02-21) | 10.41 |
| 146 | 14 | "Recession Proof" | S. J. Clarkson | John C. Kelley | February 28, 2011 (2011-02-28) | 11.01 |
| 147 | 15 | "Bombshells" | Greg Yaitanes | Liz Friedman & Sara Hess | March 7, 2011 (2011-03-07) | 11.08 |
| 148 | 16 | "Out of the Chute" | Sanford Bookstaver | Lawrence Kaplow & Thomas L. Moran | March 14, 2011 (2011-03-14) | 10.41 |
| 149 | 17 | "Fall from Grace" | Tucker Gates | John C. Kelley | March 21, 2011 (2011-03-21) | 9.49 |
| 150 | 18 | "The Dig" | Matt Shakman | David Hoselton & Sara Hess | April 11, 2011 (2011-04-11) | 8.93 |
| 151 | 19 | "Last Temptation" | Tim Southam | David Foster & Liz Friedman | April 18, 2011 (2011-04-18) | 8.80 |
| 152 | 20 | "Changes" | David Straiton | Story by : Eli Attie & Seth Hoffman Teleplay by : Eli Attie | May 2, 2011 (2011-05-02) | 8.57 |
| 153 | 21 | "The Fix" | Greg Yaitanes | Story by : Thomas L. Moran Teleplay by : Thomas L. Moran & David Shore | May 9, 2011 (2011-05-09) | 7.94 |
| 154 | 22 | "After Hours" | Miguel Sapochnik | Seth Hoffman & Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner | May 16, 2011 (2011-05-16) | 8.92 |
| 155 | 23 | "Moving On" | Greg Yaitanes | Kath Lingenfelter & Peter Blake | May 23, 2011 (2011-05-23) | 9.11 |

### Season 8 (2011–12)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
| 156 | 1 | "Twenty Vicodin" | Greg Yaitanes | Peter Blake | October 3, 2011 (2011-10-03) | 9.78 |
| 157 | 2 | "Transplant" | Dan Attias | Liz Friedman & David Foster | October 10, 2011 (2011-10-10) | 6.85 |
| 158 | 3 | "Charity Case" | Greg Yaitanes | Sara Hess | October 17, 2011 (2011-10-17) | 8.34 |
| 159 | 4 | "Risky Business" | Sanford Bookstaver | Seth Hoffman | October 31, 2011 (2011-10-31) | 6.65 |
| 160 | 5 | "The Confession" | Kate Woods | John C. Kelley | November 7, 2011 (2011-11-07) | 7.55 |
| 161 | 6 | "Parents" | Greg Yaitanes | Eli Attie | November 14, 2011 (2011-11-14) | 6.63 |
| 162 | 7 | "Dead & Buried" | Miguel Sapochnik | David Hoselton | November 21, 2011 (2011-11-21) | 7.46 |
| 163 | 8 | "Perils of Paranoia" | David Straiton | Thomas L. Moran | November 28, 2011 (2011-11-28) | 7.41 |
| 164 | 9 | "Better Half" | Greg Yaitanes | Kath Lingenfelter | January 23, 2012 (2012-01-23) | 8.76 |
| 165 | 10 | "Runaways" | Sanford Bookstaver | Marqui Jackson | January 30, 2012 (2012-01-30) | 8.73 |
| 166 | 11 | "Nobody's Fault" | Greg Yaitanes | David Foster & Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner | February 6, 2012 (2012-02-06) | 7.09 |
| 167 | 12 | "Chase" | Matt Shakman | Peter Blake & Eli Attie | February 13, 2012 (2012-02-13) | 7.16 |
| 168 | 13 | "Man of the House" | Colin Bucksey | Sara Hess & Liz Friedman | February 20, 2012 (2012-02-20) | 7.08 |
| 169 | 14 | "Love Is Blind" | Tim Southam | John C. Kelley | February 27, 2012 (2012-02-27) (Canada) March 19, 2012 (2012-03-19) (USA) | 5.94 |
| 170 | 15 | "Blowing the Whistle" | Julian Higgins | Story by : Danny Weiss Teleplay by : Danny Weiss & Seth Hoffman | April 2, 2012 (2012-04-02) | 6.67 |
| 171 | 16 | "Gut Check" | Miguel Sapochnik | Jamie Conway & David Hoselton | April 9, 2012 (2012-04-09) | 6.01 |
| 172 | 17 | "We Need the Eggs" | David Straiton | Peter Blake & Sara Hess | April 16, 2012 (2012-04-16) | 5.61 |
| 173 | 18 | "Body & Soul" | Stefan Schwartz | Dustin Paddock | April 23, 2012 (2012-04-23) | 6.49 |
| 174 | 19 | "The C-Word" | Hugh Laurie | John C. Kelley & Marqui Jackson | April 30, 2012 (2012-04-30) | 6.45 |
| 175 | 20 | "Post Mortem" | Peter Weller | David Hoselton & Kath Lingenfelter | May 7, 2012 (2012-05-07) | 6.09 |
| 176 | 21 | "Holding On" | Miguel Sapochnik | Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner & David Foster | May 14, 2012 (2012-05-14) | 6.45 |
| 177 | 22 | "Everybody Dies" | David Shore | David Shore & Peter Blake & Eli Attie | May 21, 2012 (2012-05-21) | 8.72 |

## Ratings

| Season | Season | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Average |
| Season | Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Average |
| | 1 | 7.05 | 6.09 | 6.33 | 6.74 | 6.91 | 6.73 | 6.91 | 12.37 | 12.75 | 14.97 | 14.22 | 15.53 | 15.53 | 17.33 | 17.34 | 18.28 | 15.04 | 17.48 | 17.14 | 18.80 | 17.68 | 19.52 | – | – | 13.22 |
| | 2 | 15.91 | 13.64 | 13.37 | 12.18 | 14.15 | 12.95 | 14.72 | 14.91 | 14.52 | 14.83 | 22.24 | 19.20 | 14.18 | 20.56 | 21.44 | 22.71 | 21.20 | 22.64 | 24.52 | 22.71 | 17.16 | 24.29 | 22.38 | 25.47 | 18.41 |
| | 3 | 19.55 | 15.74 | 13.67 | 14.52 | 14.18 | 16.11 | 14.60 | 15.20 | 17.30 | 11.77 | 17.78 | 27.34 | 24.88 | 25.99 | 24.40 | 20.80 | 20.35 | 21.57 | 22.41 | 20.81 | 21.13 | 21.36 | 21.19 | 17.23 | 19.16 |
| | 4 | 14.52 | 17.44 | 18.03 | 18.10 | 17.29 | 18.17 | 16.95 | 16.88 | 16.96 | 22.56 | 29.04 | 23.15 | 14.51 | 13.26 | 14.84 | 16.16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17.99 |
| | 5 | 14.77 | 12.37 | 12.97 | 13.26 | 13.08 | 13.49 | 13.06 | 13.26 | 12.87 | 12.51 | 14.05 | 15.02 | 15.69 | 14.87 | 14.19 | 14.85 | 12.38 | 13.13 | 12.51 | 13.29 | 12.19 | 11.69 | 12.04 | 12.74 | 13.35 |
| | 6 | 15.76 | 15.76 | 14.44 | 13.74 | 13.50 | 11.65 | 13.31 | 12.67 | 11.95 | 13.24 | 12.25 | 14.21 | 13.38 | 13.60 | 12.81 | 11.37 | 10.80 | 10.81 | 10.85 | 9.98 | 9.29 | 11.06 | – | – | 12.57 |
| | 7 | 10.54 | 10.18 | 10.78 | 9.69 | 9.65 | 9.63 | 10.77 | 9.24 | 10.52 | 10.45 | 12.33 | 9.86 | 10.41 | 11.01 | 11.08 | 10.41 | 9.49 | 8.93 | 8.80 | 8.57 | 7.94 | 8.92 | 9.11 | – | 9.93 |
| | 8 | 9.78 | 6.85 | 8.34 | 6.65 | 7.55 | 6.63 | 7.46 | 7.41 | 8.76 | 8.73 | 7.09 | 7.16 | 7.08 | 5.94 | 6.67 | 6.01 | 5.61 | 6.49 | 6.45 | 6.09 | 6.45 | 8.72 | – | – | 7.18 |

## Home video releases

| Season | Season | DVD Releases | DVD Releases | DVD Releases | DVD Releases | DVD Releases | DVD Releases | Blu-ray | Blu-ray | Blu-ray | Blu-ray |
| Season | Season | Region 1 | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 2 | Region 4 | Region 4 | Region A | Region A | Region B | Region B |
| Season | Season | Date | Discs | Date | Discs | Date | Discs | Date | Discs | Date | Discs |
| | 1 | August 30, 2005 (2005-08-30) | 3 | February 27, 2006 (2006-02-27) | 6 | July 12, 2006 (2006-07-12) | 6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| | 2 | August 22, 2006 (2006-08-22) | 6 | October 23, 2006 (2006-10-23) | 6 | October 25, 2006 (2006-10-25) | 6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| | 3 | August 21, 2007 (2007-08-21) | 5 | November 19, 2007 (2007-11-19) | 6 | September 19, 2007 (2007-09-19) | 6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| | 4 | August 19, 2008 (2008-08-19) | 4 | October 27, 2008 (2008-10-27) | 4 | August 20, 2008 (2008-08-20) | 4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| | 5 | August 25, 2009 (2009-08-25) | 5 | October 5, 2009 (2009-10-05) | 6 | October 30, 2009 (2009-10-30) | 6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| | 6 | August 31, 2010 (2010-08-31) | 5 | September 27, 2010 (2010-09-27) | 6 | August 19, 2010 (2010-08-19) | 6 | August 31, 2010 | 5 | September 27, 2010 | 5 |
| | 7 | August 30, 2011 (2011-08-30) | 5 | September 26, 2011 (2011-09-26) | 6 | August 30, 2011 (2011-08-30) | 6 | September 30, 2011 (2011-09-30) | 5 | September 26, 2011 (2011-09-26) | 5 |
| | 8 | August 21, 2012 (2012-08-21) | 5 | October 22, 2012 (2012-10-22) | 6 | October 11, 2012 (2012-10-11) | 6 | | | | |
| | The Complete Series | October 2, 2012 (2012-10-02) | 41 | October 22, 2012 | 46 | October 11, 2012 (2012-10-11) | 46 | | | June 23, 2014 | 39 |
The DVDs have been released encoded for regions 1, 2 and 4 as complete season boxed sets. Season one was initially released in the full-screen format, while all other seasons have been released in their originally-broadcast wide-screen format. On February 10, 2009, season one was re-released in the wide-screen format encoded for region 1. Season six was the first season to be released on Blu-ray.
In North America, Region 1, there was a combined season 1–2 box set with 12 discs and a combined season 3–4 box set with nine discs, both released on May 19, 2009 A season 1–4 boxed set was later discontinued. In the UK, Region 2, there was a season 1–3 boxed set released on November 19, 2007 and season 1–5 boxed set released on October 5, 2009. A season 1–4 boxed set has been discontinued. In Australia, Region 4, a season 1–3 boxed set was released on December 5, 2007; seasons 1–4 were released in a boxed set on November 19, 2008 and the seasons 1–5 boxed set was released on September 10, 2009. The season 1–3 boxed set contains 18 discs; the season 1–4 boxed set contains 22 discs; and the season 1–5 boxed set contains 28 discs.
On October 2, 2012 Universal Studios released the entire series in a 41-disc DVD set.