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| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 11 |
| Directed by | David Straiton |
| Written by | Liz Friedman |
| Original air date | February 3, 2008 |
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"Frozen" is the eleventh episode of the fourth season of House and the eighty-first episode overall. It aired on Fox on February 3, 2008, following Super Bowl XLII; it attracted slightly more than 29 million viewers, making it the highest rated House episode of the entire series. [1] It was ranked third for the week, tied with that week's episode of American Idol (also on Fox) and outranked only by the Super Bowl game and the Super Bowl post-game show. [1]
House became the first dramatic TV series to be the lead-out program of a Fox-aired Super Bowl since The X-Files following Super Bowl XXXI. This is the second episode of the show to have an Academy Award winner as a guest star – Mira Sorvino (the first was "Informed Consent" with Joel Grey). [2]
Psychiatrist Cate Milton collapses and vomits in a research station in the middle of Antarctica. Weather conditions prevent her from being evacuated, so House is asked to examine her through a webcam. Foreman suspects cancer after her right lung nearly collapses.
House asks to sample her lymph nodes to detect cancer since the test procedures that can be performed are severely limited by the lack of drugs, equipment, and medical personnel on the base. While Foreman and Wilson are looking for makeshift stains for the slides (they test the usefulness of coffee, red wine, etc.), House notices Wilson's quickness to agree and his lavender shirt, and deduces that he is dating someone. Wilson dismisses his suspicions.
After looking at Cate's test results, Wilson concludes she does not have cancer, but Cate's left kidney shuts down. House's theory changes to autoimmune disease, for which she would need to take prednisone. Cate insists on proof (prednisone is a limited resource and there is an asthmatic on the base who could die without it). The team tells her to go outside, since extreme cold has been used as a treatment for auto-immune diseases. As Cate prepares to go outside, she faints and lapses into a coma. House goes on to treat her for brain swelling by having mechanic Sean drill a hole in her skull to see whether her coma is caused by increased intracranial pressure or a problem with her hypothalamus.
After the drilling, Cate regains consciousness. Kutner suggests there is a fat embolus. House realizes it would take an untreated bone break to cause the fat emboli, and that he has seen every part of her body but her feet (because she kept her socks on during her self-examination). A simple examination reveals that her big toe is broken, the pain numbed by the cold. The toe is reset and splinted and Cate is expected to fully recover.
Throughout the episode, House shows feelings for Cate, asking if she is okay and later, telling the only other person with her that he (House) will not let him hurt her. After House sees that the person with her is in love with her, he stops flirting with her. Finally, House goes to the restaurant where Wilson is meeting with his girlfriend, who he learns is Amber, also known to House as "Cutthroat Bitch".
"Informed Consent" is the third episode of the third season of House and the forty-ninth episode overall. The episode aired on Fox on September 19, 2006.
"Lines in the Sand" is the fourth episode of the third season of House and the fiftieth episode overall. The episode aired on Fox on September 26, 2006.
"The Mistake" is the eighth episode of the second season of House, which premiered on Fox on November 29, 2005. The episode is told in flashbacks when the hospital and Chase's career is on the line.
"All In" is the seventeenth episode of the second season of House, which premiered on Fox on April 11, 2006.
"Need to Know" is the eleventh episode of the second season of House, which premiered on Fox on February 7, 2006.
"House vs. God" is the nineteenth episode of the second season of House, which premiered on the Fox network on April 25, 2006.
"Finding Judas" is the ninth episode of the third season of House and the fifty-fifth episode overall. The episode aired on Fox on November 28, 2006.
"Who's Your Daddy?" is the twenty-third episode of the second season of House and the forty-fifth episode overall. The episode aired on Fox on May 16, 2006. The title is in reference to two separate stories in the episode.
"Autopsy" is the second episode of the second season of House, which premiered on the Fox network on September 20, 2005. Andie, a nine-year-old terminal cancer patient, experiences hallucinations, leading House and his team to conduct an autopsy on a live patient.
"Mirror Mirror" is the fifth episode of the fourth season of House and the seventy-fifth episode overall. It aired on Fox on October 30, 2007.
"Wilson's Heart" is the sixteenth episode and season finale of the fourth season of House and the eighty-sixth episode overall. It aired on May 19, 2008, on Fox. It is the second and final part of the two-part fourth season finale, the first part being "House's Head".
"Not Cancer" is the second episode of the fifth season of House and the eighty-eighth episode overall. It aired on Fox on September 23, 2008.
"Locked In" is the nineteenth episode of the fifth season of House. It aired on Fox on March 30, 2009. Large portions of the episode are shown from the perspective of the patient, who retains consciousness but lacks the ability to move. After discovering the patient in an emergency room while being treated for injuries related to a motorbike crash, House's team move the patient to Princeton Plainsboro and attempts to diagnose him. During the course of treatment, the team discovers several medically relevant secrets about the patient. Other plot points focus on Wilson's attempts to discover why House was in Middletown, New York when he crashed, Wilson's new relationship, and the resolution of Taub's resignation from the previous episode.
"Known Unknowns" is the seventh episode of the sixth season of House and 117th overall. It aired on Fox on November 9, 2009. The team tries to diagnose a teenage girl while House is away at a medical conference with Wilson and Cuddy. At the conference House finds something out about Cuddy.
"The Down Low" is the eleventh episode of the sixth season of House. It aired on Fox on January 11, 2010.
"Carrot or Stick" is the tenth episode of the seventh season of the American medical drama House. It first aired on Fox on January 24, 2011. Sasha Roiz and Tyler James Williams guest star.
"The Dig" is the 18th episode of the seventh season of the American medical drama House. It first aired on Fox on April 11, 2011. This is the 150th episode of the series and marks the return of Thirteen, whose whereabouts have been unknown to House's team for the last year. Wilson and Cuddy do not appear in this episode.
"Dead & Buried" is the seventh episode of the eighth season of the American television medical drama series House and the 162nd overall episode of the series. It aired on Fox in the United States on November 21, 2011.
"Perils of Paranoia" is the eighth episode of the eighth season of the American television medical drama series House and the 163rd overall episode of the series. It aired on Fox on November 28, 2011.
"Runaways" is the tenth episode from season eight of House and the one-hundred sixty-fifth overall. It originally aired on Fox on January 30, 2012.
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