Frozen

Close to the pinnacle of the House series. The interplay between characters hits the mark dead center. The challenges of diagnosing a patient from a vast distance, having to resort to less than modern techniques, House bringing out his human side with the patient, astounding his colleagues, whilst still retaining his command over them. Kutner displaying his brilliance, and the final reveal of House being outdone for not knowing who Wilson was dating.. this episode has it all.

This episode breaks new ground in story-telling, even for House. This time the patient is the only doctor at a remote Antarctic research station. On top of the weekly treasure hunt for a diagnosis, this episode has House actually caring enough about a patient to talk to them.

The limited resources of the girl's location, plus the girl's medical training, make it necessary for House to interact with the patient more than usual and he ends up being smitten. Yet there's an on-site rival who goes to great cringe-worthy lengths for the girl they both care about.

Add in Wilson's mystery date and we have the best House episode ever.

Great story with a huge plot hole... If it's Winter in Princeton (North Hemisphere) means it must be Summer in Antarctica.

If it was Summer in Antarctica - she could have been Evacuated easily. The weather/wind conditions described in the episode give the impression it's Winter in Antarctica - not possible seeing as it's Snowing in the Winter of Princeton...

Now if it was July and she needed Rescuing - it'd have been almost impossible.

Small but simple mistake, granted - but discounts the entire reasoning for the remote diagnosis & dangerous procedures.

Still a high quality episode though - I just couldn't get over the plot hole.

A researcher (Mira Sorvino) falls deathly ill while working at the South Pole, and House must find a way to save her via laptop communications. House also falls for her -- who wouldn't? -- during their long distance conversations. The solution was kind of silly, as the solutions on this show often are, but the real fun is in watching the interplay between these two hard-headed individuals. There is a moment when Sorvino's lung collapses and she must take drastic action, that will have many people averting their eyes. A skull-drilling bit may have the same effect. There's also a pee-drinking scene, but it's played for laughs, more or less. Lots of fun to be had here, kiddies.

Mira Sorvino played the best female character of the series! They should have brought her back on a recurring basis. Her interactions with House were absolute gold! Who cares about anything else that happened in the episode?