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: #352 in DVD
• Brand: HOUSE: SEASON ONE (DVD MOVIE)
• Released on: 2005-08-30
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish
• Number of discs: 3
• Dimensions: .50 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

Great first season
Not many shows get my attention -- especially shows which are still in production. I got hooked on House during its second season, and I had never seen the first five shows before I got the first season on DVD as a gift. If you are unfamiliar with the show, I will warn you the main character, House (played by Hugh Laurie), comes off as a jerk. What Laurie brings to the table is his own interpretation of House. Without his excellent talent, this show would not have appealed to me. Somehow, he can play a jerk but still be appealing. The medical aspect of the show always leaves me guessing, and I'm the type to solve mysteries within the first five minutes of a show. It certainly makes this series more enjoyable for me that I am kept guessing until the end. Great cast, great scripts, just a fabulous series.

Great show!
This show is wonderful. Hugh Laurie does a perfect job playing the character we all love to hate. The interaction among cast members is believable, side stories/character development is great, and the cases are interesting. I can't vouch for the medical accuracy but as an entertainment tool it's worth the money.

Best content ever, worse DVD formatting ever
The DVD formatting:

Season 1 won't work intuitively with your widescreen TV, so you will have to zoom, stretch, or otherwise adjust your TV or DVD player to limited avail; you'll likely never get it to show in the nice, intuitive way as the other Seasons' DVDs. Hopefully Universal will re-release a fixed version. There are many other reviewers here whose experience is the same.

That's especially sad because this is, from a content perspective, one of the best TV DVD's ever. And that's why I gave it a 5 star rating regardless of the DVD formatting issues.


The Content:

"House" is play on words for Sherlock "Holmes". Something I learned recently. His sidekick "Wilson" is named after, well you guessed it.

In case you've not seen the show:

Gregory House is super-doctor as detective, who can cure and mentally straighten everyone else out but himself. His imperfect while honest personality is as addictive as his Vicodin pain medication. Crippled with a leg infarction, hobbling about on a cane, he takes the bedside manner challenged physician to a new level. He's brutally honest, and politically incorrect to the point of being any corporate human resource person's worst nightmare.

The setting is not the U.K., or actor Hugh Laurie's native Australia, but contemporary (if there is such a thing) Princeton. And the actor's accent and performance are completely New Jersey.

The Content is Emmy award winning - some of the stories are heart rendering, serving as morality plays, and at other times there are moments that are completely hilarious. Unlike most other medical shows or sitcoms, it has an opposite effect than draining away your humor as well as intelligence.