"House M.D."
The Right Stuff (2007)

Director:

Deran Sarafian

Writers:

David Shore (creator)
Doris Egan (written by) ...

TV Series:

"House M.D." (2004)

Original Air Date:

2 October 2007 (Season 4, Episode 2)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

House is forced to choose a new staff... and gathers 40 applicants to start narrowing down the field. Meanwhile, an Air Force pilot wants House to treat her secretly so she doesn't ruin her chances of becoming an astronaut.

Plot Keywords:

Nurse | Hallway | Sickness | Health | Musical Instrument

Cast

Hugh Laurie	...	Dr. Gregory House
Lisa Edelstein	...	Dr. Lisa Cuddy
Omar Epps	...	Dr. Eric Foreman
Robert Sean Leonard	...	Dr. James Wilson
Jennifer Morrison	...	Dr. Allison Cameron
Jesse Spencer	...	Dr. Robert Chase
Anne Dudek	...	Dr. Amber Volakis
Edi Gathegi	...	18
Peter Jacobson	...	39
Kal Penn	...	Kutner
Olivia Wilde	...	13
Carmen Argenziano	...	Henry Dobson
Andy Comeau	...	Dr. Travis Brennan
Meera Simhan	...	Dr. Jody Desai
Essence Atkins	...	Captain Greta Cooper

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Dr House has all the applicants in the classroom wearing numbered ID tags. When he calls out numbers to allow them to ask questions the numbers he calls do not match the numbers worn by those who respond.

Quotes:

Dr. Gregory House: [about Cameron dying her hair blonde] The hair makes you look like a hooker. I like it.

Movie Connections:

References "MythBusters: Cell Phone Destruction, Silicone Breasts, CD-ROM Shattering (#1.5)" (2003)

The new team

THE RIGHT STUFF starts out with House grilling 40 potential staff members on why the late character actor Buddy Ebsen really got sick while filming THE WIZARD OF OZ. But it quickly shifts gears when he is presented with a mystery patient who is undergoing bouts of "hearing" through her eyes, not a good thing in her actual profession as a combat pilot looking to become an astronaut. Familiar character actors Carmen Argenziano and Kal Penn are among the huge cast, and several unfamiliar faces add greatly to the shenanigans. House slowly eliminates doctor after doctor from the group as the episode races by, and by the third episode, we will find he is down to a tight handful. Since almost every actor appearing as part of the original 40 has lines of dialog, and they all must be SAG members to appear on a show like HOUSE, I can just imagine what this "little" episode cost Fox. But it was well worth it. Unlike the season opener, which had too much House and little else, a must-see. Oh, and some faces from the past make guest appearances. But are they real or figments of House's fevered imagination?