House M.D. (TV Series) Daddy's Boy (2005) User Reviews

Based on a true event

[rffp · 9/10 · 21 May 2006]

This episode was probably based on the accident that happened in Goiânia (central Brazil) in 1987. An owner of a junk yard bought a lead capsule on that year and opened it revealing a brilliant powder that he believed would be either his fortune or a supernatural element. To his and his family's doom, the powder was actually Cesium-137 that was recklessly abandoned by the Radiotherapy Institute of Goiânia. Some of his familiars smeared the powder on the skin, while his 6-years-old niece ingested the powder. Well, the symptoms were similar to Carnell's one, but the very sad end result was that 4 people perished due to exposure to Cesium-137, including the niece.

Cameron ruined this episode

[angelap-10343 · 7/10 · 18 April 2024]

Why is she so obsessed with House? In what world is it ok to so blatantly interfere with your boss' personal life? And then his friends just go along with it? They went on one date and I was really happy that so far the show dropped a story line of them together because he is her superior. The mystery with father and son was a good one but I was so distracted by Cameron and her smug face. She is such a good actress and I can only hope that they make her character better in future episodes or she gets fired for being so meddling. Nobody reads this many characters any more. Why do I have to keep going on in this review?

ALMOST EVERYBODY LIES?

[kj_tenneson · 7/10 · 11 July 2021]

The premise of this episode is the unexplained electrical shocks the patient seems to be getting. The team starts to look at things and realize that the father (and the son, it turns out) have lied to each other. Fortunately, neither of these lies affect his health. It is a third lie, the father told to the doctors treating his son, that turned out to be the medical problem...and it's the second time they've visited this particular topic, and the topic is race.

The father gave his son some brickabrack he found at his business, which is a metal junk yard. He told the staff he owned a construction business, and when questioned, he pointed out how he wanted his son to get the best treatment and thought he might not if the staff thought he owned a junkyard. This fact compromised the differentials and other possible treatments. However, the son had much more exposure and could not be saved, to which he responded by telling his son one more lie,...that he would be o.k.

In contrast we meet House's parents (brilliantly played by Diane Baker and R. Lee Ermey), and it is revealed that his father was always brutally honest about everything with House, including his disappointments. And this explained why he had worked diligently to avoid having dinner with them throughout the entire episode.

Overall, this was a good episode with lots of emotion, (even a bit from House), and it focused on the complicated relationship between fathers and sons.

Cameron's a pain

[bythesea-93810 · 10/10 · 20 April 2023]

Why is Cameron such a nosey cow she's obsessed with house and it's becoming embarrassing. Interesting episode and was interesting to see who ahouses parents would turn out to be but the Cameron interfering part is really annoying . Luckily the other two have no interest in House outside of the hospital, Wilson gives as good as he gets this time .why does Cameron suddenly decide houses parents are none of her business after spending so much time thinking about them . At least she's consistently annoying after gushing over the dr in the previous episode and being jealous when houses ex wife appeared maybe she can do something else now.

What a shame

[Khaela · 9/10 · 24 May 2020]

OK i had to see this episode again to recognize Greg's father, R Lee Emley, this could of course explain why House has trouble with his father, difficult to have a marines father :) As it turn out later, Greg's father is really a marine as we learn later in the show :) Always a pleasure to see Lee Emley and the others actors do a great job too! Semper fi and regards to the USMC!

House's best dealing with fatherhood yet

[justserag · 9/10 · 24 November 2023]

• House's parents arrival is amazingly set, executed, and gives amazing insight towards this side of his life.

• House's relationship with Wilson brews more in this one in a benevolent manner.

• Hugh Laurie soars and roars even more in this episode; showing House's fragility in the most convenient obscured & masterful manner.

• The case of the week is smartly thought as a mystery, geniusly used for dramatic impact, and in itself is quite adequate for its realism.

• Guest performances in this episode is relatively excellent.

• The episode's dealing with its recurring "Everybody Lies" theme hits very hard in this one.

Dad

[xredgarnetx · 7/10 · 26 August 2006]

Guest star Clifton Powell helps keep "Daddy's Boy" from melting into nothingness. A newly minted Princeton grad develops shocks and convulsions that has the team scrambling for answers. When that answer comes, it is a truly weird one, and "Boy" is as much about the lies we tell our children as it is about the kid's bizarre illness. Powell plays the boy's dad, and he has a lot of guilt to shoulder as the episode unwinds. His reactions to the kid's illness and his scenes with the increasingly sick son make the episode better than it actually is. House continues to moon over his ex-gal pal, the luscious Sela Ward, and frankly I wish he would get over it.