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House (2004)

Drama

Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.

IMDb rating
8.7 (601,763 votes)
Episode average
8.3 -0.4 vs IMDb
Seasons
8
Streaming (US)
Hulu · Amazon Prime Video
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 8 seasons indexed

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Seasons

Season 1 (2004)

8.30 avg 22 episodes 8.4 → 8.6 44 min avg

Ep 1: 8.4 · 8,836 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 6,560 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 6,108 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 5,978 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 5,709 votesEp 6: 8.3 · 5,607 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 5,425 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 5,184 votesEp 9: 8.7 · 5,962 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 5,488 votesEp 11: 8.6 · 5,470 votesEp 12: 7.8 · 4,818 votesEp 13: 8.0 · 4,841 votesEp 14: 8.5 · 5,131 votesEp 15: 7.8 · 4,738 votesEp 16: 8.2 · 4,713 votesEp 17: 8.4 · 4,880 votesEp 18: 8.8 · 5,334 votesEp 19: 8.2 · 4,699 votesEp 20: 8.1 · 4,722 votesEp 21: 9.6 · 12,792 votesEp 22: 8.6 · 5,047 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Pilot8.48,836
2Paternity8.06,560
3Occam's Razor8.06,108
4Maternity8.35,978
5Damned If You Do8.05,709
6The Socratic Method8.35,607
7Fidelity8.05,425
8Poison7.95,184
9DNR8.75,962
10Histories8.45,488
11Detox8.65,470
12Sports Medicine7.84,818
13Cursed8.04,841
14Control8.55,131
15Mob Rules7.84,738
16Heavy8.24,713
17Role Model8.44,880
18Babies & Bathwater8.85,334
19Kids8.24,699
20Love Hurts8.14,722
21Three Stories9.612,792
22Honeymoon8.65,047

Season 2 (2005)

8.38 avg 24 episodes 8.3 → 9.4 44 min avg

Ep 1: 8.3 · 4,860 votesEp 2: 9.1 · 6,985 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 4,439 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 4,469 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 4,330 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 4,165 votesEp 7: 8.1 · 4,326 votesEp 8: 8.8 · 5,012 votesEp 9: 8.2 · 4,238 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 4,320 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 4,118 votesEp 12: 8.4 · 4,294 votesEp 13: 8.4 · 4,882 votesEp 14: 8.3 · 4,160 votesEp 15: 8.4 · 4,203 votesEp 16: 8.6 · 4,582 votesEp 17: 8.9 · 5,286 votesEp 18: 8.0 · 4,089 votesEp 19: 8.4 · 4,506 votesEp 20: 9.1 · 5,770 votesEp 21: 9.3 · 6,403 votesEp 22: 7.9 · 4,016 votesEp 23: 7.6 · 3,999 votesEp 24: 9.4 · 8,127 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Acceptance8.34,860
2Autopsy9.16,985
3Humpty Dumpty7.84,439
4TB or Not TB7.94,469
5Daddy's Boy8.04,330
6Spin7.74,165
7Hunting8.14,326
8The Mistake8.85,012
9Deception8.24,238
10Failure to Communicate8.44,320
11Need to Know8.04,118
12Distractions8.44,294
13Skin Deep8.44,882
14Sex Kills8.34,160
15Clueless8.44,203
16Safe8.64,582
17All In8.95,286
18Sleeping Dogs Lie8.04,089
19House vs. God8.44,506
20Euphoria: Part 19.15,770
21Euphoria: Part 29.36,403
22Forever7.94,016
23Who's Your Daddy?7.63,999
24No Reason9.48,127

Season 3 (2006)

8.41 avg 24 episodes 8.8 → 8.8 44 min avg

Ep 1: 8.8 · 5,057 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 4,185 votesEp 3: 8.5 · 4,306 votesEp 4: 8.9 · 5,178 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 3,959 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 4,028 votesEp 7: 8.8 · 5,065 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 3,859 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 3,952 votesEp 10: 8.6 · 4,147 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 4,084 votesEp 12: 9.0 · 8,166 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 3,881 votesEp 14: 8.6 · 4,257 votesEp 15: 8.9 · 5,219 votesEp 16: 7.9 · 3,832 votesEp 17: 8.4 · 4,153 votesEp 18: 8.9 · 4,958 votesEp 19: 8.0 · 3,750 votesEp 20: 8.1 · 3,896 votesEp 21: 8.2 · 3,736 votesEp 22: 8.2 · 3,701 votesEp 23: 8.2 · 3,804 votesEp 24: 8.8 · 4,493 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Meaning8.85,057
2Cane and Able8.34,185
3Informed Consent8.54,306
4Lines in the Sand8.95,178
5Fools for Love8.23,959
6Que Será Será8.04,028
7Son of Coma Guy8.85,065
8Whac-A-Mole7.93,859
9Finding Judas8.43,952
10Merry Little Christmas8.64,147
11Words and Deeds8.44,084
12One Day, One Room9.08,166
13Needle in a Haystack7.83,881
14Insensitive8.64,257
15Half-Wit8.95,219
16Top Secret7.93,832
17Fetal Position8.44,153
18Airborne8.94,958
19Act Your Age8.03,750
20House Training8.13,896
21Family8.23,736
22Resignation8.23,701
23The Jerk8.23,804
24Human Error8.84,493

Season 4 (2007)

8.56 avg 16 episodes 8.8 → 9.7 44 min avg

Ep 1: 8.8 · 4,976 votesEp 2: 8.7 · 4,400 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 4,222 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 3,847 votesEp 5: 8.7 · 4,363 votesEp 6: 8.4 · 4,010 votesEp 7: 8.1 · 3,889 votesEp 8: 8.4 · 3,873 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 4,003 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 3,736 votesEp 11: 9.1 · 5,284 votesEp 12: 7.8 · 3,756 votesEp 13: 7.9 · 3,624 votesEp 14: 8.1 · 3,699 votesEp 15: 9.7 · 15,886 votesEp 16: 9.7 · 14,392 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Alone8.84,976
2The Right Stuff8.74,400
397 Seconds8.64,222
4Guardian Angels8.33,847
5Mirror Mirror8.74,363
6Whatever It Takes8.44,010
7Ugly8.13,889
8You Don't Want to Know8.43,873
9Games8.54,003
10It's a Wonderful Lie8.23,736
11Frozen9.15,284
12Don't Ever Change7.83,756
13No More Mr. Nice Guy7.93,624
14Living the Dream8.13,699
15House's Head9.715,886
16Wilson's Heart9.714,392

Season 5 (2008)

8.42 avg 24 episodes 8.2 → 9.6 46 min avg

Ep 1: 8.2 · 4,043 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 3,641 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 3,511 votesEp 4: 8.9 · 4,584 votesEp 5: 8.4 · 3,825 votesEp 6: 8.4 · 3,749 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 3,421 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 3,375 votesEp 9: 8.9 · 5,085 votesEp 10: 8.1 · 3,388 votesEp 11: 8.2 · 3,701 votesEp 12: 7.9 · 3,374 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 3,249 votesEp 14: 7.8 · 3,237 votesEp 15: 8.3 · 3,534 votesEp 16: 8.4 · 3,550 votesEp 17: 8.6 · 3,663 votesEp 18: 8.0 · 3,434 votesEp 19: 9.1 · 5,450 votesEp 20: 9.1 · 5,702 votesEp 21: 8.2 · 3,445 votesEp 22: 9.0 · 4,518 votesEp 23: 9.2 · 4,914 votesEp 24: 9.6 · 9,005 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Dying Changes Everything8.24,043
2Not Cancer8.13,641
3Adverse Events7.93,511
4Birthmarks8.94,584
5Lucky Thirteen8.43,825
6Joy8.43,749
7The Itch8.03,421
8Emancipation7.93,375
9Last Resort8.95,085
10Let Them Eat Cake8.13,388
11Joy to the World8.23,701
12Painless7.93,374
13Big Baby7.83,249
14The Greater Good7.83,237
15Unfaithful8.33,534
16The Softer Side8.43,550
17The Social Contract8.63,663
18Here Kitty8.03,434
19Locked In9.15,450
20Simple Explanation9.15,702
21Saviors8.23,445
22House Divided9.04,518
23Under My Skin9.24,914
24Both Sides Now9.69,005

Season 6 (2009)

8.40 avg 21 episodes 9.6 → 9.5 43 min avg

Ep 1: 9.6 · 13,245 votesEp 2: 8.4 · 3,914 votesEp 3: 8.9 · 4,439 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 3,417 votesEp 5: 8.3 · 3,349 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 3,328 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 3,365 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 3,314 votesEp 9: 8.8 · 4,240 votesEp 10: 8.8 · 4,013 votesEp 11: 8.5 · 3,551 votesEp 12: 7.8 · 3,179 votesEp 13: 8.6 · 4,599 votesEp 14: 7.9 · 3,304 votesEp 15: 7.8 · 3,233 votesEp 16: 8.8 · 4,401 votesEp 17: 7.7 · 3,137 votesEp 18: 7.7 · 3,094 votesEp 19: 7.9 · 3,223 votesEp 20: 8.8 · 4,041 votesEp 21: 9.5 · 7,293 votes
Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Broken9.613,245
2Epic Fail8.43,914
3The Tyrant8.94,439
4Instant Karma8.33,417
5Brave Heart8.33,349
6Known Unknowns8.13,328
7Teamwork8.03,365
8Ignorance Is Bliss8.23,314
9Wilson8.84,240
10The Down Low8.84,013
11Remorse8.53,551
12Moving the Chains7.83,179
135 to 98.64,599
14Private Lives7.93,304
15Black Hole7.83,233
16Lockdown8.84,401
17Knight Fall7.73,137
18Open and Shut7.73,094
19The Choice7.93,223
20Baggage8.84,041
21Help Me9.57,293

Season 7 (2010)

8.20 avg 23 episodes 8.2 → 8.4 43 min avg

Ep 1: 8.2 · 3,833 votesEp 2: 8.5 · 3,470 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 3,160 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 2,986 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 3,144 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 3,009 votesEp 7: 8.6 · 3,574 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 2,964 votesEp 9: 8.2 · 3,108 votesEp 10: 7.8 · 2,949 votesEp 11: 8.5 · 3,371 votesEp 12: 7.7 · 2,905 votesEp 13: 8.8 · 4,435 votesEp 14: 7.8 · 2,944 votesEp 15: 8.4 · 4,023 votesEp 16: 8.7 · 3,896 votesEp 17: 8.3 · 3,265 votesEp 18: 8.8 · 3,707 votesEp 19: 8.3 · 3,123 votesEp 20: 7.7 · 2,783 votesEp 21: 7.6 · 2,788 votesEp 22: 9.1 · 4,493 votesEp 23: 8.4 · 3,865 votes
Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Now What?8.23,833
2Selfish8.53,470
3Unwritten8.13,160
4Massage Therapy7.72,986
5Unplanned Parenthood8.13,144
6Office Politics7.93,009
7A Pox on Our House8.63,574
8Small Sacrifices7.52,964
9Larger Than Life8.23,108
10Carrot or Stick7.82,949
11Family Practice8.53,371
12You Must Remember This7.72,905
13Two Stories8.84,435
14Recession Proof7.82,944
15Bombshells8.44,023
16Out of the Chute8.73,896
17Fall from Grace8.33,265
18The Dig8.83,707
19Last Temptation8.33,123
20Changes7.72,783
21The Fix7.62,788
22After Hours9.14,493
23Moving On8.43,865

Season 8 (2011)

8.17 avg 23 episodes 8.8 → 8.3 44 min avg

Ep 1: 8.8 · 4,344 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 3,236 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 3,089 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 2,911 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 3,010 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 2,796 votesEp 7: 8.1 · 2,936 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 2,811 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 2,915 votesEp 10: 7.6 · 2,768 votesEp 11: 9.1 · 4,494 votesEp 12: 8.8 · 3,934 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 2,791 votesEp 14: 7.8 · 2,885 votesEp 15: 7.3 · 2,745 votesEp 16: 7.5 · 2,722 votesEp 17: 7.7 · 2,761 votesEp 18: 7.8 · 2,944 votesEp 19: 9.0 · 4,250 votesEp 20: 8.8 · 3,367 votesEp 21: 9.0 · 4,011 votesEp 22: 9.3 · 8,050 votesEp 23: 8.3 · 244 votes
Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Twenty Vicodin8.84,344
2Transplant8.03,236
3Charity Case8.03,089
4Risky Business7.72,911
5The Confession8.23,010
6Parents7.82,796
7Dead & Buried8.12,936
8Perils of Paranoia7.62,811
9Better Half7.82,915
10Runaways7.62,768
11Nobody's Fault9.14,494
12Chase8.83,934
13Man of the House7.82,791
14Love Is Blind7.82,885
15Blowing the Whistle7.32,745
16Gut Check7.52,722
17We Need the Eggs7.72,761
18Body and Soul7.82,944
19The C Word9.04,250
20Post Mortem8.83,367
21Holding On9.04,011
22Everybody Dies9.38,050
23House M.D. Swan Song8.3244
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