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Season 3

Season 3

House

2006
Episodes: 24

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

Meaning

1. Meaning

September 5, 2006

8.0
44 min

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 Kramer, Terry Rhoads, Edward Edwards

Cane & Able

2. Cane & Able

September 12, 2006

7.6
44 min

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 Lee, Edward Edwards, Skyler Gisondo

Informed Consent

3. Informed Consent

September 19, 2006

7.7
44 min

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 Meester, Joel Grey, William Charlton

Lines in the Sand

4. Lines in the Sand

September 26, 2006

8.3
44 min

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 Meester, Geoffrey Blake, Heather Kafka

Fools for Love

5. Fools for Love

October 31, 2006

7.7
44 min

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 Morse, Jurnee Smollett, Ricky Ullman

Que Será Será

6. Que Será Será

November 7, 2006

7.5
43 min

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 Morse, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Kadeem Hardison

Son of Coma Guy

7. Son of Coma Guy

November 14, 2006

8.0
44 min

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 Morse, John Larroquette, Zeberiah Newman

Whac-A-Mole

8. Whac-A-Mole

November 21, 2006

7.5
44 min

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 Morse, Alan Rosenberg, Patrick Fugit

Finding Judas

9. Finding Judas

November 28, 2006

7.4
44 min

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 Morse, Paula Cale, Chris Gartin

Merry Little Christmas

10. Merry Little Christmas

December 12, 2006

7.8
44 min

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 Morse, Meredith Eaton, Shyann McClure

Words and Deeds

11. Words and Deeds

January 9, 2007

7.8
44 min

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 Morse, Meagan Good, Kadeem Hardison

One Day, One Room

12. One Day, One Room

January 30, 2007

8.4
44 min

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 Lewis, Katheryn Winnick, Michelle L. Gardner

Needle in a Haystack

13. Needle in a Haystack

February 6, 2007

7.4
43 min

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 Makkena, Jessy Schram, Arabella Field

Insensitive

14. Insensitive

February 13, 2007

7.9
44 min

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 Boorem, Jenny Robertson, Josh Stamberg

Half-Wit

15. Half-Wit

March 6, 2007

8.0
45 min

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

Guest Stars: Dave Matthews, Kurtwood Smith, Ingrid Sanai Buron

Top Secret

16. Top Secret

March 27, 2007

7.6
44 min

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 Blucas, Hira Ambrosino, Annie Quinn

Fetal Position

17. Fetal Position

April 3, 2007

7.9
44 min

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 Ritter, Anne Ramsay, Jeff Sugarman

Airborne

18. Airborne

April 10, 2007

7.8
44 min

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'Hara, Meta Golding, Jamison Yang

Act Your Age

19. Act Your Age

April 17, 2007

7.6
44 min

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 Moore, Erich Anderson, Carla Gallo

House Training

20. House Training

April 24, 2007

7.6
44 min

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. Dutton, Jane Adams, Beverly Todd

Family

21. Family

May 1, 2007

7.8
44 min

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 Cipes, Jascha Washington, Adina Porter

Resignation

22. Resignation

May 8, 2007

7.8
44 min

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 Gordon, Piper Perabo, Lyndsy Fonseca

The Jerk

23. The Jerk

May 15, 2007

7.9
44 min

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 Bowe, Ben Bledsoe, Colleen Flynn

Human Error

24. Human Error

May 29, 2007

8.0
44 min

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 Avila, Mercedes López Renard, Ken Luckey

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