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 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 (Average 4.5 from 111) :
House - Season 1
Rating:5

Brilliant series, not to be missed. All the characters and storylines are absorbing and even though most cases are solved, it is all believable. Everything is there, tension, humour, romance, in fact, everything that could be desired to make a top rated TV series.

Exactly What You Would Expect From House
Rating:4
Chances are, if you're buying this you've probably seen the episodes by now and don't need a whole lot of information on them. Here's the gist. House is the head of the diagnostic medicine department at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching hospital in New Jersey. He's a doctor who is smart and willing to take risks, and because of this, he solves cases that other's can't. He is sacastic and caustic, and doesn't care about the people involved in the cases, only the puzzle of what's ailing them. He also walks with a cane due to an infarction he suffered in his quadriceps (blockage of blood flow in the thigh causing muscle death).
The episodes focus on the cases themselves and the interaction of the characters. These earlier episodes also have a more comedic approach than recent ones.
The DVDs themselves come in a Slimeline case containing 1 to 2 discs each. Some of the discs also have bonus features ranging from "making of" featurettes, bloopers, and montages. I found these alone to be worth the cost of the discs. Especially the bloopers.
Now, I would have given these discs 5 stars except for one thing. There are NO SUBTITLES. Why they are not included, I don't know, but even though the American broadcast has Closed Captioning and the British broadcast has Subtitles, they were not included in this release (or any of the slimline releases so far).

good but only for hospital dramas fans...
Rating:4
Ive heard a lot about House, bought it, enjoyed it, although I must say it is for hospital dramas fans ,which Im not. that;s why Im not goig to keep the dvd but I'd rather sell it. ONE BIG DRAWBACK of the dvd - NO SUBTITLES!!! I mean, come on, they do use a lot of medical jargon and medical phrases and it is hard to catch up sometimes.....subtitles would do nicely....:|

Wish all doctors were as competent as House!
Rating:4
I found Season One interesting as I have one of the conditions.
It was interesting because my symptoms were very different and not half as dramatic as the episode portrayed. Also there was no reference to the twitch that the woman had as this would have been fairly significant. The diagnosis when finally made seemed to be based on not a lot, and was more of a hunch which as always House gets spot on. I found myself shouting at the telly to test for this and that, got a bit too involved! House is enjoyable because all of the characters are believable. It just becomes less real if you have actually experienced the issues covered.



Ok, what the hell is this?
Rating:1
No subtitles at all? Not even in English for hearing impaired?

The show was recorded in widescreen, broadcasted in widescreen and they ship a dvd in 4:3?

bad sound and mediucre picture.

I'm sorry, i'm a big house MD fan, and I bought this to my personal collection but I never watched it. Might as well download a pirated HD version with subtitles.

Universal failed with this product.