Season 3

Season 3

House

2006 Episodes
7.8

Overview

In the Season 2 finale, House suffered multiple gunshot wounds inflicted by a former patient's husband determined to carry out retribution for House's treatment of his wife's case. In a shocking surprise to his co-workers, House comes through the ordeal with a slightly new perspective on his treatment of patients — but will it affect how he makes medical decisions? And will it last?

Episodes

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Meaning
EP 1
44m

Meaning

9/5/2006
8.0

After recovering from his gunshot wounds, House works feverishly on two cases at the same time: a paralyzed man who drove his wheelchair into a swimming pool and a woman who became paralyzed after a yoga session.

Guest Stars

Clare KramerTerry RhoadsEdward EdwardsKathleen QuinlanCarter Jenkins+4 more
Cane & Able
EP 2
44m

Cane & Able

9/12/2006
7.6

House and the team treat a young boy who claims there is a tracking device in his neck and believes he has been the subject of alien experimentation. Cameron is outraged when she learns Cuddy and Wilson have been lying to House about the diagnosis on his last case.

Guest Stars

Sheryl LeeEdward EdwardsSkyler GisondoJohnny SneedBobbin Bergstrom+1 more
Informed Consent
EP 3
44m

Informed Consent

9/19/2006
7.7

House puts a well-known medical researcher through a battery of tests to determine why he collapsed in his lab. When the team is unable to diagnose the problem, the doctor asks the team to help him end his life. House is forced to use his cane again after the ketamine has worn off as he deals with a clinic patient's teenaged daughter who has a crush on him.

Guest Stars

Leighton MeesterJoel GreyWilliam CharltonBobbin BergstromStephanie Venditto
Lines in the Sand
EP 4
44m

Lines in the Sand

9/26/2006
8.3

When doctors are unable to diagnose why a severely autistic boy screams loudly for no apparent reason, House takes the case. As the boy's condition worsens, it becomes obvious that House relates to the boy because he has no social niceties.

Guest Stars

Leighton MeesterGeoffrey BlakeHeather KafkaKat Sawyer-YoungJohnny Crear+4 more
Fools for Love
EP 5
44m

Fools for Love

10/31/2006
7.7

House takes the case of a young woman who has been rushed to the hospital with problems breathing and severe stomach pain after she and her husband were robbed. After her husband collapses, the team believes the couple's illnesses are related. Meanwhile, Michael Tritter, a clinic patient, causes problems for House that could have serious ramifications.

Guest Stars

David MorseJurnee SmollettRicky UllmanScott RinkerSam Ayers+5 more
Que Será Será
EP 6
43m

Que Será Será

11/7/2006
7.5

The team encounters logistical problems while trying to run tests on a 600-pound man due to his extremely large size. Meanwhile, House spends the night in jail after being arrested by Detective Tritter for various charges, including resisting arrest.

Guest Stars

David MorsePruitt Taylor VinceKadeem HardisonRyan Thomas BrockingtonMary Elizabeth Ellis+10 more
Son of Coma Guy
EP 7
44m

Son of Coma Guy

11/14/2006
8.0

House decides to awaken a comatose patient so he can question the man regarding the family history of his son, who may have a genetic condition and the father is the only living relative. Meanwhile, Wilson confronts House about the stolen prescription pad as Tritter approaches Cameron, Chase, and Foreman in an attempt to divide the team and reveal their loyalties.

Guest Stars

David MorseJohn LarroquetteZeberiah NewmanHolly KaplanJonathan Strait+2 more
Whac-A-Mole
EP 8
44m

Whac-A-Mole

11/21/2006
7.5

An 18-year-old teenager is brought to the hospital after having a heart attack. House reviews the boy's file and believes he has the diagnosis. He then turns the case into a game by sealing his opinion in an envelope and challenging Cameron, Foreman, and Chase to guess House's diagnosis on their own. Meanwhile, Tritter's actions against Wilson continue to strain the oncologist's relationship with House and destroy his ability to practice medicine.

Guest Stars

David MorseAlan RosenbergPatrick FugitTanner BlazeCassi Thomson+8 more
Finding Judas
EP 9
44m

Finding Judas

11/28/2006
7.4

House takes the case of a young girl who has been diagnosed with pancreatitis. When he takes her divorced parents to court to force them to allow treatment because they can't agree, the judge awards guardianship of the girl to Cuddy. Meanwhile, Tritter continues his strategy to force House to admit to his drug use by offering one of the team members a deal.

Guest Stars

David MorsePaula CaleChris GartinAlyssa ShaferJodi Long+2 more
Merry Little Christmas
EP 10
44m

Merry Little Christmas

12/12/2006
7.8

Wilson arranges for House to make a deal with Tritter, but House refuses. Meanwhile, Cuddy cuts House off Vicodin and removes him from the team's case: a 15-year-old little person who entered the hospital with a collapsed lung and anemia.

Guest Stars

David MorseMeredith EatonShyann McClureTeddy VincentKacie Borrowman+3 more
Words and Deeds
EP 11
44m

Words and Deeds

1/9/2007
7.8

House splits his time between treating a firefighter for uncontrollable shivering, giving Tritter a piece of his mind, and handling his trial for forging prescriptions.

Guest Stars

David MorseMeagan GoodKadeem HardisonTory KittlesJason George+9 more
One Day, One Room
EP 12
44m

One Day, One Room

1/30/2007
8.4

While House is forced to work full-time in the clinic and deal with a rape victim who insists on confiding with him, Cameron deals with a terminal cancer patient trying to take advantage of her state of mind.

Guest Stars

Geoffrey LewisKatheryn WinnickMichelle L. GardnerNick SlatkinRoger Ainslie+12 more
Needle in a Haystack
EP 13
43m

Needle in a Haystack

2/6/2007
7.4

House and his staff must deal with a teenage Gypsy boy suffering from inexplicable respiratory distress. However, House has bigger issues on his mind: Cuddy has given away his handicapped spot.

Guest Stars

Wendy MakkenaJessy SchramArabella FieldJake RichardsonRob Brownstein+10 more
Insensitive
EP 14
44m

Insensitive

2/13/2007
7.9

It's Valentine's Day, and Cuddy has a blind date. Meanwhile, House leaves ER duty to take the case of a child patient named Hannah.

Guest Stars

Mika BooremJenny RobertsonJosh StambergKimberly QuinnRuth Silveira+4 more
Half-Wit
EP 15
45m

Half-Wit

3/6/2007
8.0

House encounters a brain-damaged musical prodigy with inexplicable abilities while the team faces serious concerns about House's own health.

Guest Stars

Dave MatthewsKurtwood SmithIngrid Sanai BuronScott WeintraubKendra Cover+3 more
Top Secret
EP 16
44m

Top Secret

3/27/2007
7.6

The ex-marine that saved House's life, in a dream he had the day before, is admitted in the hospital with symptoms resembling Gulf War Syndrome. While House is busy dealing with his own health issues, and Chase and Cameron are too busy with each other, the ex-marine gets worse.

Guest Stars

Marc BlucasHira AmbrosinoAnnie QuinnBert BelascoKeisha Alfred+2 more
Fetal Position
EP 17
44m

Fetal Position

4/3/2007
7.9

A famous celebrity photographer suffers from a stroke while being pregnant at her early forties. House and his team have to deal with a great dilemma, save the mother or her unborn child.

Guest Stars

Tyson RitterAnne RamsayJeff SugarmanBobbin Bergstrom
Airborne
EP 18
44m

Airborne

4/10/2007
7.8

On House and Cuddy's flight from Singapore a passenger gets ill and Cuddy suspects an epidemic. At the hospital, Wilson leads the team as they deal with a middle-aged woman suffering from seizures.

Guest Stars

Jenny O'HaraMeta GoldingJamison YangKrista KalmusPej Vahdat+10 more
Act Your Age
EP 19
44m

Act Your Age

4/17/2007
7.6

A 6-year-old girl suffers ailments expected in patients much older. Tensions between Chase and Cameron lead House to intentionally assign them to the same tasks, including investigating the young girl's home.

Guest Stars

Joel David MooreErich AndersonCarla GalloBailee MadisonSlade Pearce+3 more
House Training
EP 20
44m

House Training

4/24/2007
7.6

The doctors try to find what's wrong with a scam artist who collapses after her brain "freezes," but the case becomes personal for Foreman.

Guest Stars

Charles S. DuttonJane AdamsBeverly ToddMonique Gabriela CurnenCharles Porter+3 more
Family
EP 21
44m

Family

5/1/2007
7.8

Wilson prepares to transplant bone marrow from Matty to his brother Nick. But when Matty gets sick, the team must cure him as he's the only safe donor. Meanwhile Foreman deals with the consequences of his mistake and House has a battle of wills with his new pet Hector.

Guest Stars

Greg CipesJascha WashingtonAdina PorterThomas Mikal FordDabier+1 more
Resignation
EP 22
44m

Resignation

5/8/2007
7.8

The team deals with a 19-year-old college student, while Foreman suddenly and without a reason hands in his resignation. House seems to have already found Foreman's replacement, an attractive nutritionist named Honey.

Guest Stars

Eve GordonPiper PeraboLyndsy FonsecaShonda FarrTracy Howe+5 more
The Jerk
EP 23
44m

The Jerk

5/15/2007
7.9

House treats a 16-year-old chess prodigy who gets everyone on the team annoyed with his behavior. Foreman is upset with House because he thinks his boss sabotaged his job interview with another hospital.

Guest Stars

David BoweBen BledsoeColleen FlynnDustin JoinerJack Maxwell+4 more
Human Error
EP 24
44m

Human Error

5/29/2007
8.0

A Cuban couple attempt to get to America by raft... to see House about the wife's heart condition. But when she gets worse House wonders if someone on his staff messed up. Meanwhile Foreman prepares to leave and his departure threatens to shake up the entire team.

Guest Stars

Omar AvilaMercedes López RenardKen LuckeyStephen MarkleKinsey McLean+9 more