Product Description

Go deeper into the medical mysteries of House TV s most compelling new drama as all 22 Season One episodes and exclusive bonus features come to DVD! Hugh Laurie stars as the brilliant but sarcastic Dr. Gregory House a maverick physician who is devoid of bedside manner. While his behavior can border on antisocial Dr. House thrives on the challenge of solving the medical puzzles that other doctors give up on. Together with his hand-picked team of young medical experts he ll do whatever it takes in the race against the clock to solve the case. Check out each gripping episode featuring some of TV s hottest guest stars including Carmen Electra Chi McBride Scott Foley and Sela Ward. It s the intriguing new series TV Guide s Matt Roush hails as the uncommon cure for the common medical drama. System Requirements:Starring: Hugh Laurie Omar Epps Jennifer Morrison Jesse Spencer Robert Sean Leonard Lisa Edelstein Running Time: 973 Min. Copyright Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2005Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 025192849121 Manufacturer No: 28491

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #330 in DVD
• Brand: HOUSE: SEASON ONE (DVD MOVIE)
• Released on: 2005-08-30
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Formats: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Spanish
• Number of discs: 3
• Dimensions: .55 pounds
• Running time: 972 minutes

Amazon.com
He pops pills, watches soaps, and always, always says what's on his mind. He's Dr. Gregory House (Emmy nominee Hugh Laurie, Blackadder). Producers David Shore, Bryan Singer, Katie Jacobs, and Paul Attanasio haven't rewritten the hospital drama--at heart, it's a cross between St. Elsewhere, ER, and C.S.I.--but they've infused a moribund genre with new life and created one of TV's most compelling characters. More than any previous medical procedural, it resembles Attanasio’s underrated Gideon's Crossing, but House is lighter on its feet. As fascinating as he is, the show wouldn't work as well if it were all House all the time (that would be like Sherlock Holmes without Watson or Moriarty). Fortunately, he's joined by an intriguing cast of characters, portrayed by a combination of experienced vets (Omar Epps, Lisa Edelstein, Tony winner Robert Sean Leonard) and new faces (Jennifer Morrison, Jesse Spencer). Aside from the complicated cases they tackle each week, the sparks really fly when House's brilliant, if naïve charges are put to the test--and as the head of a teaching hospital, it's his job to test them (although his tough love approach is constantly landing him in hot water with Edelstein's administrator). From the first episode, House attracted a talented array of guests, including Robin Tunney ("Pilot"), Joe Morton ("Role Model"), and Patrick Bauchau ("Cursed") as Spencer’s father. In addition, Chi McBride and Sela Ward appear frequently (with Ward returning for the second season). Viewers who first watched these 22 episodes on Fox will be gratified to note that the music has survived the transition to disc, such as the Rolling Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want," as featured in both the pilot and season finale ("Honeymoon"). The only apparent omission is the credit theme (Massive Attack's "Teardrop") from the pilot. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Customer Reviews

Dr. House? Dr. House? Exam Room One. STAT
Okay, so there's a ton of medical dramas out there. What could possibly make this one stand above the rest?
Everything!
House MD is a series centered at Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. Dr. Gregory House, the shows titular character played by Hugh Laurie, is a caustic, rude, arrogant, and a million other nasty adjectives diagnostician and head of the diagnostics department. Doctors Cameron, Chase, and Foreman are in his team. Together (well, mostly), they will determine what no one else has determined, discover what is ailing patients, mostly by uncovering the careful lies patients create around their lives.
The first thing you have to love about House is House. Hugh Laurie plays Dr. House to perfection. You hate to love this guy and love to hate this guy. One minute, you feel sorry for him, the next, you want to strangle his insensitivity for patients and their families.
Next, comes supporting cast. Lisa Edelstein, Jennifer Morrison, Jesse Spencer, Omar Epps, and Robert Sean Leonard are convincing, intriguing characters. Their reactions to House, to the patients, and to the cases.
Then the cases. While I don't understand a lot of the medical jargon, it definitely shows the powers that be put time and effort to make the diagnosises sound good and the cases challenging.
The first season focuses a lot on the characters. We learn that House has had an infarction on his right leg, causing him great pain and leading him to an addiction to Vicodin--one that is almost encouraged because the drug enables him to work. Dr. Cameron was married at one time; Dr. Chase doesn't have a good relationship with his father, and Dr. Foreman had unusual jobs in the past.
Aside from numerous sexual remarks and some really icky medical scenes that are sure to make the squeamish green (and not with envy), there is nothing to bash about this series. Put it on your shelf and in your DVD player and enjoy!! You won't regret it.

Excellent!
This has to be one of my all time favorite shows. I love House! He's a not so nice guy but the comedy that goes along with the sarcasm is great! The one thing I don't like about the DVD discs is that they are double sided, but not much you can do about that.

Ostensabily for my brother,
Ostensabily for my brother, I purchased Season One of House. I had never seen anything more than a handful of episodes from season four, and now... Well, let's just say I'm about as addicted as House is to the show. Each episode is medically realistic, morally intriguing, and hillarious beyond measure, not be mention the armchair psych's dream.

Aflicted with a bum leg for the last 5 years, world renown dignostition House, MD, works at Princeton Plainsboro hospital curing the sick - but only those cases he finds interesting. The normal cough or cold will not do for him, no, only those with the inexplicable will do for him. The puzzle is all that matters - leave the human aspect to everyone else.

And as much as the episodes are the tales of House learning to interact with other human beings (on a limited scope), the season is about as much his underlings learning that *House is always right* and that, sometimes, human element really doesn't matter.

Get, if you've never seen more than 1 episode, get anyway. Just purchase this series - you'll thank me for it later.