House: The 10 Best Episodes In Season 2 (According To IMDb)

House is a show that spans a total of eight seasons and fans are still obsessed with it. The reruns are constantly playing on television, but the whole show can be watched on YouTube TV. Season 2 was particularly enjoyable as it went in a new direction compared to Season 1, and we see an expansion of Dr. House’s character arc.

IMDb users have taken the time to rate various episodes based on their personal opinions of which ones were better than others. It is easy to agree with the findings, as fans can relate to the tension, emotion, and drama evident in these particular episodes. Keep reading to learn about the 10 best episodes in Season 2 of House, according to IMDb!

10 Ep. 12: Distractions (8.6)

This was an interesting case that Dr. House and his team had to solve, which is why it was given a rating on IMDb of 8.6. In it, a teen was brought in with severe burns and the team has to come up with inventive ways to perform tests, as many will not work in his current condition.

Fans also watch as Dr. House torments his old nemesis from college as he tries to prove that the drug he is selling is faulty. They eventually uncover the truth throughout the entire mess Dr. House creates, as he balances destroying one man’s career and finding the cause of a teenager’s mysterious illness.

9 Ep. 10: Failure To Communicate (8.6)

This episode showcases a strange case where a patient has both aphasia and agraphia, which makes it extremely difficult to diagnose his symptoms. Dr. House is out of town with Stacy, so it is up to his team of doctors to try and figure out what is wrong with him, as well as find ways to communicate with Dr. House while he is away.

It takes the team a bit to understand he has been lying to his wife about his bipolar disorder and it launched the ratings on IMDb to an 8.6.

8 Ep. 13: Skin Deep (8.7)

Fans thought they had seen it all until a young female model turned up in their care with an underlying condition that was covered by a heroin addiction. It is also revealed over time that the model has been sleeping with men in power who could further her career, including her own father.

The doctors find that the patient was actually born a male, but the inability to process testosterone prevented the teenager from showing any characteristics. It led to the episode being rated 8.7 on IMDb and it is one that fans love to watch again and again.

7 Ep. 16: Safe (8.8)

A rebel teenager, an overprotective mother, and a sneaky boyfriend are the main points of interest in this case. A teenage girl undergoes anaphylactic shock, even though she has been spending her days in a clean room due to her immunocompromised system.

They perform a battery of tests, but a new symptom appears around every corner. Nothing seems to add up until Dr. House finds the tick that caused all of her problems. It was given a rating of 8.8 on IMDb, as fans were led on an epic adventure in search of a bug that no one could seem to find.

6 Ep. 8: The Mistake (8.9)

Chase is forced to prepare for a disciplinary hearing after he is sued for malpractice when a woman under his care passed away. Fans watch as the tale unfolds before their very eyes, but learn that the initial mistake was because Chase had just learned of the death of his father.

Dr. House isn’t innocent in all of this, as he used bribery to secure a heart transplant. The twisted tale led to a rating of 8.9 on IMDb.

5 Ep. 17: All In (9.0)

A charity poker game is interrupted when Cuddy is informed that one of her young patients is in the emergency room, but Dr. House is the only one who sees the severity of his condition. He relates to the case as he lost a woman named Ester several years earlier to the same thing.

Things go south for a while until Dr. House figures out that it had been staring him in the face the whole time. This episode was given a rating of 9.0 due to Dr. House’s personal feelings toward the case and the way in which the disease had been hiding.

4 Ep. 20: Euphoria: Part 1 (9.1)

This is the first segment of an intense two-part episode where an officer is admitted to the hospital following a bullet to the skull and an unexplainable giddiness. Dr. Foreman visits his dump of an apartment, but nothing he finds points to the symptoms that the officer is portraying.

The bullet fragments pose an obstacle as it prevents them from doing several tests, but it all goes downhill when Dr. Foreman contracts the same disease. The episode was given a rating of 9.1 on IMDb, as the officer died and Dr. Foreman is left waiting for the team to find the cure.

3 Ep. 2: Autopsy (9.2)

A young girl with cancer comes into their care after she starts hallucinating. She convinces Dr. Chase to give her a kiss and the little girl gives Dr. House a reason to rethink his life filled with pain and misery. They eventually do a living autopsy on her in order to save her life.

The episode was given a rating of 9.2 on IMDb as fans fell in love with the idea that not all terrible prognoses have to end in sadness.

2 Ep. 21: Euphoria: Part 2 (9.3)

This is the second half of the episode where we discover whether Dr. Foreman will live or die. Dr. House revisits the officer’s apartment on several occasions as he tries to unravel the mystery before him.

Dr. Cameron decides to do a brain biopsy on Dr. Foreman right as Dr. House finds the cause of the disease, but this decision has some side effects that impact his life. The episode was given a rating of 9.3 by IMDb viewers, as they were emotionally attached to the adventure that this episode took them on.

1 Ep. 24: No Reason (9.5)

Dr. House is shot in this episode, which is part of the reason that IMDb viewers gave it a 9.5 rating to put it at the top of this list. The episode takes viewers on a journey as the truth is slowly revealed that the entire thing is just Dr. House’s hallucination.

The episode ends with him on a gurney and the possibility that he could be pain-free when he wakes up after his lifesaving surgery.

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