The fifth season of House, also known as House, M.D., premiered September 16, 2008 and ended May 11, 2009. It began to air in a new time slot from September to December: Tuesday 8:00 pm. Starting January 19, 2009, House moved to Mondays at 8:00 pm.
Cast and characters
Main cast Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House Lisa Edelstein as Dr. Lisa Cuddy Omar Epps as Dr. Eric Foreman Robert Sean Leonard as Dr. James Wilson (episodes 1–2 and 4–24) Jennifer Morrison as Dr. Allison Cameron (episodes 1, 4–13, 15 and 19–24) Jesse Spencer as Dr. Robert Chase (episodes 1–13, 15 and 17–24) Peter Jacobson as Dr. Chris Taub Kal Penn as Dr. Lawrence Kutner (episodes 1–20 and 24) Olivia Wilde as Dr. Remy 'Thirteen' Hadley
Recurring cast Anne Dudek as Dr. Amber Volakis Jennifer Crystal Foley as Rachel Taub Michael Weston as Lucas Douglas Lori Petty as Janice Burke Diane Baker as Blythe House R. Lee Ermey as John House Tracy Vilar as Nurse Regina
Guest cast Becky Baeling, Ed Brigadier, Darcy Rose Byrnes, Colleen Camp, Julia Campbell, Michael Leydon Campbell, B. K. Cannon, Clare Carey, Marcus Chait, Faune A. Chambers, Jake Cherry, Tim Colon, Jack Conley, Felicia Day, Mos Def, Mary Jo Deschanel, Marika Dominczyk, Taylor Dooley, Treshelle Edmond, Susan Egan, Sherilyn Fenn, Erika Flores, John Forest, Nathan Gamble, Angela Gots, Judy Greer, Brad Grunberg, Wood Harris, Christine Healy, Martin Henderson, Ashton Holmes, Željko Ivanek, Evan Jones, Elaine Kagan, Eric Kaldor, John Kapelos, Jay Karnes, Dominic Scott Kay, Diarra Kilpatrick, Sarah Knowlton, Alix Korey, Joanna Koulis, Ryan Lane, Meat Loaf, Todd Louiso, Alexandra Lydon, Phyllis Lyons, Meaghan Martin, Lindsey McKeon, Breckin Meyer, Devon Michaels, Christopher Moynihan, Becky O'Donohue, Scott Paulin, Evan Peters, Drew Powell, Nick Puga, David Purdham, Samantha Quan, Ben Reed, Carl Reiner, Emily Rios, Tim Rock, Jamie Rose, Alex Schemmer, Judith Scott, Samantha Shelton, Kyle Red Silverstein, Jimmi Simpson, Alex Sol, Maria Thayer, Jake Thomas, Sarah Thompson, Lucas Till, Jamie Tisdale, Bitsie Tulloch, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Christine Woods, Salvator Xuereb, Liza Colón-Zayas and Vanessa Zima.
Reception Reception for season 5 met with generally positive reviews, and holds a Metacritic score of 77 out of 100, based on ten reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. It also holds a 100% approval rating on aggregate review website Rotten Tomatoes, with an average score of 8.1 based on nine collected reviews.
Episodes
Home media Set details Special features Country North America United Kingdom Australia Bonus Featurettes: House Meets a Milestone: The 100th Episode Keeping It Real: Accuracy in Writing Dr. Mom: Cuddy's Storyline Anatomy of a Teaser House Guests: Casting the Show Episode Commentary "Locked In" with Writer/Producer David Foster and Writers/Executive Producers Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner # episodes 24 Aspect ratio 1.78:1 Running time 1060 minutes 1017 minutes Audio Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles English, Spanish none # of discs 5 6 Region 1 (NTSC) 2 (PAL) 4 (PAL) Rating NOT RATED 18 M Release date
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External links
House recaps at televisionwithoutpity.com House episodes information at film.com List of House episodes at TVGuide.com