Three Stories

I don't know how but this episode had me in tears at the end. Beautiful writing and acting.

This is arguably the best episode of any show I've ever seen. Strong words but the episode backs it up. It builds slowly as the kind of lecture you'd expect from House, with an off-the-wall topic and several strange turns. But subtly, without your even sensing it, it hits you with the real meaning of the topic House is expounding on. Like the best episodes it packs an incredible amount of plot and emotion and drama into 60 minutes, and before its over you're left breathless and on the edge of your seat.

I generally like House but this episode stunned me. It made watching a television show into an experience in a way few episodes of few series ever have, at least for me.

I don't know which other episode of any tv series has had a more 'WOAH!' moment in my life. But this was indeed a major mind blowing. And House's narration made it pure masterpiece!

I saw that this one won an Emmy for "Best Writing for a Dramatic Series" in 2005 and rushed through four episodes to get to it. Should have taken my time.

There are times you get too hyped for an episode and then you go see it and you think, "Gosh, it wasn't THAT great." I had worried that the same effect would happen here. I would watch it and then at the end I would go, "I could have written something better." In addition I would have had lost all respect for the Emmy voters.

Good thing it didn't happen.

Proof that David Shore is a scribe worth looking out for is how he handles the events in the story. Going through it, one can see that it's very easy to confuse the watcher. Yet the director and the writer capably navigate the jumble and emerge triumphant.

The story paces like a brilliant novel, where the story is manipulated at whim by the story-teller. I saw it a couple more times to find things I wanted to clear up, but I'm slow.

You might not love it, but you'll go "Dude, that was awesome!" at the end.

This is one of the best hours I've EVER watched on TV. It should be required viewing in film schools and writing courses.

It's funny, sly (in the very best way!), and extremely touching. Not only is this HOUSE at its best, this is television at its best.

David Shore won the 2005 EMMY for "Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series" for this episode.

Directors Guild of America, USA, awarded Paris Barclay its 2006 award for "Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series' - Night" for this episode.

IMDb's plot outline details just enough to provide a glimmer of what the overall story is. To reveal more would spoil your pleasure from watching it.