Season 2 - Episode Guide

When Death Row inmate Clarence mysteriously and suddenly collapses after hallucinating, House jumps at the chance to take the case for its difficulty and because it's "cool" over Cuddy and Foreman's objections. Dr. Cameron refuses to treat the patient in protest and feels they should treat a cancer patient because she's more deserving, raising the question: is one life more important than another? Also, House must now work closely with Stacy.

A 9-year-old terminal cancer patient, Andie, suffered from a hallucinogenic episode and was admitted to the hospital. Wilson convinces House to take the case, but he and his team struggle to diagnose what caused the hallucination. The young girl handles her illness so well that House wonders whether she is really that brave or if it is a medical symptom.

When Cuddy's handyman Alfredo, a young Latino and the sole provider for his family, falls from her roof and develops strange darkened pinkies, Cuddy joins the team in trying to figure out what's wrong with him.

When Dr. Sebastian Charles, renowned physician and head of an international organization to fight the spread of tuberculosis among the poor in Africa, is rushed to Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital after collapsing, he immediately determines all the symptoms are from TB. Dr. House has a different opinion and requests additional tests to help determine the cause of his illness.

A graduating Princeton student suffers a seizure from internal shocks while partying at a frat house and is rushed to Princeton Plainsboro Hospital. With his father Ken at his bedside, it becomes apparent the two haven't been truthful about their lives with each other. Their trust issues prevent the medical team from getting the necessary information to diagnose and treat Carnell's illness. Also, House's parents drop by to see their son.

When a famous professional cyclist is brought in after collapsing during a race, House doesn't want to treat him because he thinks he's lying about doing drugs. But when the patient is forthcoming about taking all sorts of performance enhancers and blood-doping drugs, House is definitely intrigued.

Kalvin, a gay man with full-blown AIDS, confronts House in front of his home, demands that House figure out what's causing his illness - besides HIV or AIDS - and collapses at his feet, going into shock. When House discovers the man's father is suffering from symptoms of his own, he must determine any connection to save both their lives. Meanwhile, Cameron faces a potentially life-threatening disease of her own.

Kayla, the mother of two young girls, doubles over with stomach pain during her children's talent show and is rushed to Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. Six months later, Stacy counsels Dr. Chase and Dr. House in preparation for a disciplinary hearing to determine if either Chase or House made a mistake that ultimately led to Kayla's death and her family's subsequent lawsuit. She soon realizes Chase is holding something back.

Off-track betting gambler Anica collapses in front of House while both follow horse races at the site. Confused by her symptoms and what he witnessed after she collapsed, he instructs medics to take her to Princeton Plainsboro and takes her case. With Foreman temporarily House's supervisor, the team must figure out if Anica, who cried wolf many times, is really ill.
 

Journalist Fletcher Stone collapses at his editor's retirement party and hits his head on a desk. His sentences are garbled and incoherent when he regains consciousness, so he is rushed to Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. House and Stacy are out of town defending House's Medicaid billings and later stranded at an airport due to bad weather. So, the team struggles to solve the case on its own. 

Margo, a young housewife on fertility medication, is brought to Princeton Plainsboro Hospital when her inexplicable muscle flailing causes her to crash her car. House and Stacy try to resolve their relationship issues once and for all. Cameron refuses to take her HIV test, wary of the results.
 

House and his team have a difficult challenge when a teenage boy enters the hospital severely burned with unusual blood-test results. How can you diagnose a burn victim when you cannot use standard testing methods? House makes himself the guinea pig in his own unofficial tests of a new drug designed to treat migraines to prove a former medical school colleague is wrong about the drug.

House and his team work to treat a teenage supermodel for heroin addiction and, in the process, uncovers a startling secret about the girl.

When Henry experiences a seizure but is not aware of it while it's happening, House takes on the case. The team's differential diagnosis points to a bacterial infection, but Henry suffers a heart attack before the treatment for his infection can work, prompting the need for a heart transplant. Then, the team races to diagnose a dead woman's illness so they can harvest her heart to save their living patient.

House and his team take on a new patient, Bob, who comes to Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital after suffering from a breathing attack while role-playing in the bedroom with his wife. The symptoms point to heavy metal poisoning, but the tests do not. House believes a woman is trying to kill her husband and tries to find the proof to confirm his suspicions. When Wilson moves in with House after separating from his wife, he learns Wilson is a great cook.

6 months after a teenage girl crushes her chest in a car accident and receives a heart transplant she goes into anaphylactic shock in her clean room bedroom after her boyfriend visits.

It's poker night at Princeton Plainsboro when the hospital hosts an oncology benefit. A 6-year-old boy is brought in exhibiting symptoms that aren't too unusual; however, when House learns of additional specifics, he jumps on the case right away.

A young woman, Hannah, hasn't been able to sleep for 10 days. She's brought in after she downed an entire bottle of sleeping pills and still didn't fall asleep. Meanwhile, Cameron accuses Foreman of stealing a medical journal article she wrote, which Foreman denies.

When 15-year-old faith healer, Boyd, is admitted and claims he can talk to God, House takes the case. House thinks the kid is a clever con until the boy touches one of Wilson's cancer patients and causes her cancer to go into remission.

When a police officer with a gunshot wound to the head and uncontrollable laughter is admitted, House and the team are baffled. When Foreman begins showing the same bizarre symptoms, they race to determine the cause of the illness before Foreman's condition takes the same path.

Foreman continues to experience the same dire progression of symptoms as the dead police officer: blindness, muscle contractions, and excruciating pain. When he realizes he may be facing imminent death, he calls his father and tries to make amends; his father comes to his son's side. As it comes down to a race against time, House believes the solution to the illness is in the police officer's apartment. House tries radical procedures to save Foreman's life.

When young mother, Kara, has a seizure while bathing her child, it causes the near drowning of her newborn son. Unable to determine the cause of Kara's seizures, House and the team race to find what's wrong with her while simultaneously trying to bring her infant back to life.

A 16-year-old Hurricane Katrina victim suffering from hallucinations due to the tragedy is brought to House by his former bandmate, Crandall, who recently found out the girl is his daughter. Although House fears his friend is being scammed, he takes the case. As he works his way through the girl's lies so he can diagnose and treat her, he's forced to tell a few lies of his own. Also, Cuddy looks for a sperm donor.

As House and his team diagnose Vince, a man with a giant, swollen tongue, a disgruntled former patient Jack Moriarty walks into House's office and shoots him. House continues treating his patient from his ICU hospital bed with Jack, who hospital security shot and hand-cuffed to his bed, as his roommate. When the after-effects of the shooting begin to impact House, he starts to question his ability to diagnose correctly. As his patient's body deteriorates, House struggles through his self-doubt and must trust his team to find a way to solve the case.