When the team takes on the case of Emily, a six-year-old girl who has numerous preexisting health problems, they must work with her mother Elizabeth, who happens to be doctor herself, specializing in her daughter's condition. The team must also deal with the battles raging between Emily's mother and father who have conflicting views on how to handle her health issues. When searching the family's home for clues to Emily's illness, the team realizes that Elizabeth's determination to cure her daughter could be the very thing that is hugging her. Meanwhile, House and Wilson take a little vacation.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 8 Episode 19 of House resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

House Season 8 Episodes...

• s08e01 - Twenty Vicodin
• s08e02 - Transplant
• s08e03 - Charity Case
• s08e04 - Risky Business
• s08e05 - The Confession
• s08e06 - Parents
• s08e07 - Dead & Buried
• s08e08 - Perils of Paranoia
• s08e09 - Better Half
• s08e10 - Runaways
• s08e11 - Nobody's Fault
• s08e12 - Chase
• s08e13 - Man of the House
• s08e14 - Love is Blind
• s08e15 - Blowing the Whistle
• s08e16 - Gut Check
• s08e17 - We Need the Eggs
• s08e18 - Body and Soul
• s08e19 - The C Word
• s08e20 - Post Mortem
• s08e21 - Holding On
• s08e22 - Everybody Dies

House Show Summary

As an infectious disease specialist, Dr. Gregory House is a brilliant diagnostician who loves the challenges of the medical puzzles he must solve in order to save lives. House solves the inexplicable cases that other doctors cannot understand.

House isn't alone in this quest. His team includes neurologist Dr. Eric Foreman, a neurologist with a troubled youth and a desire to avoid becoming as abrasive as House; immunologist Dr. Allison Cameron - who sometimes cares too much and has conflicting feelings about House; and Dr. Robert Chase, a specialist in intensive care who has lived a very privileged life. House's good (and possibly only) friend Dr. James Wilson is an oncology specialist, who has to help and stand up for House on a regular basis, while trying to get him to face a few harsh truths.

House must also deal with his boss, Lisa Cuddy who, while often opposing House's unconventional methods, must admit that he is the best doctor on her staff. When a patient's life hangs in the balance, House will do anything, including breaking the law, taking risks other doctors would not take, and sometimes even going as far as actually interacting with a patient. House's methods may be controversial but his results speak for themselves.

Inconsistencies with his team forced House to hire a new batch of doctors. This year House used an elimination process and the end resulted in hiring, Dr. Lawrence Kutner, Dr. Remy Hadley, and Dr. Christopher Taub. Although his old team no longer takes orders from House they're still around to throw in their professional knowledge when need is dire. Together they will continue to solve cases most doctors can't.