Autopsy

This episode is so hauntingly beautiful. With one of the most impressive child performance I have ever seen; this episode makes you feel so much.

What an underestimation in a short header line! I like House a lot but sometimes it gets to be a bit tedious.

This episode would have gotten a best picture Oscar if it were a full length movie... The nine year old girl would have received a best actress award, and as I think about it, she should have received a Golden Globe.

The episode in some ways might have been better saved for a season ending, or even a series ending episode!

It is that good!!!

You gain an amazing insight to House's humanity which he still manages to hide from his co-workers, but them only!

Then you are treated (not sure if 'treated' is the right word here) to a little nine year old girl who acts so far above her years, it is borderline cheating!

Easily the best episode I've ever seen and it is very moving in so many 'spot on' ways!

Just look at it and judge for yourselves. I think you'll agree.

Everything about this episode is so good. The pace. The filmography. The tone. The child actress is beautiful.

House encounters a 9-year-old cancer victim who has other things going wrong. Even if he finds out what else is wrong with her, and fixes it, she still only has a short time to live. A gripping episode, and tough to watch. A procedure performed near the end, entailing the momentary exsanguination of the girl in order to track down a mysterious object, may very well be a real procedure but it is hair-raising to sit through. I would not recommend this episode for nonadults. In an amusing bit, Dr. Chase becomes the girl's object of adoration. The ending is quite touching. And House is more irritable and argumentative than ever.

First of all, the little girl who played the patient was so good. Not just in her brave being, but in the quiet moments. She is so mature that she knows what she will miss because of her impending death. One reviewer took points off because of the kiss. She asked for the kiss and it was a tender little kiss. Because it was on the lips people get cranked up, but consider the circumstances. He did not take advantage of her. He filled an empty space.

As for the medicine, like most episodes, the solution was amazing. One of the most touching things I've ever seen. Also, as House rides off on the motorcycle, he is experiencing what life can be; something he has probably missed a lot.