S1 · E3
Occam's Razor
What Happened Last Episode
• House suspected a hidden cause behind a teen lacrosse player's illness.
• House performed an unethical act to prove his gut instinct.
• The team raced to diagnose the teenage athlete before time ran out.
• House's risky move ultimately revealed the link to the boy's condition.
• The diagnosis saved the boy's life despite House breaking ethical rules.
Key Characters
Gregory House
Secretly orders a paternity test on a patient to confirm his diagnostic hunch.
James Wilson
Serves as House's closest friend and head of oncology at Princeton-Plainsboro.
Eric Foreman
Joins House's diagnostics team as a new neurologist fellow.
Robert Chase
Works as an intensivist on House's diagnostics team.
Lisa Cuddy
Oversees the hospital as Dean of Medicine and pushes House to work clinic duty.
Allison Cameron
Serves as an immunologist on House's three-person diagnostics team.