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House
Season Six
EMAILPRINTSERIES: Fox, Monday 8:00p (60 minutes)
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 8 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 45 votes
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Show Info
Genre(s): Drama
Created By: David Shore
First Air Date: September 21, 2009
Summary
Starring Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, and Robert Sean Leonard
House has checked himself into Mayfield Psychiatric Hospital in the season opener.
Episode Guide & More Info: More about this show at TV.com
Also On The Web: Official Show Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Entertainment WeeklyJeff Jensen
A trite, untrue mental-illness mystery insults the show's high IQ, but doesn't diminish the opener's capture-the-imagination thesis: that a redeemed House can be just as compelling as a rude House.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara
The episode has a few sentimentality issues (any plot point involving a music box walks a very fine line), but it doesn't matter much because the characters are so vivid they even outshine House at times, which can only be good for him.
Read Full Review >New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Other complications arise as well, and Laurie is superb in this episode, carrying scenes so strongly that for long stretches the viewer will forget the absence of his regular colleagues entirely.
Read Full Review >Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
For one night, this is the best House, and its leading man, have been in a long time.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
House is too often dismissed as a formulaic show, as if formula were always a bad thing. It breaks its boundaries often enough, and though tonight's episode--appropriately titled "Broken"--would seem to be a prime example of that, half the fun is seeing the formula applied to strangers, in a very strange land.
Read Full Review >TV GuideMatt Roush
It’s a meeting of the brilliantly analytical minds, and a master class in acting, when Hugh Laurie clashes with Andre Braugher as a crafty but also damaged psychiatrist who holds the key to House’s future, in House’s tremendously entertaining and ultimately moving two-hour sixth-season opener.
Read Full Review >Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
It's a generally strong episode as House attempts to annoy his doctors so much that they'll sign off on his departure.
Read Full Review >USA TodayRobert Bianco
The episode is clearly constructed as a showcase for Laurie--who is seemingly incapable of a boring performance--but the writers really haven't done him much of a favor. There are too many beats that refuse to be reconciled; too many times when House is forced to behave absurdly badly to get what he wants, just to backtrack when he gets it.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this show is 7.1 (out of 10) based on 45 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Rosemarie D. gave it a10:
Nothing on TV has compelled me to view each episode with this level of unfailing loyalty since I was a child watching "Ringo" a.k.a., "Johnny Ringo" --anybody remember? Anyway, House completes my life.
Summit H. gave it a7:
The 2 hour episode kept me engaged, but I did fear it would be House MD's "jump the shark" moment. I haven't tuned in for the other episodes, so I can't say whether or not the charm of the first 5 seasons are gone. And the mute chick was pretty cliche. Espicially for House, which seemed to pull off something cliche, every now and then, and make it seem original.
Chris S gave it a10:
House continues to thril and bring new and exciting plot twists to keep things shaken up. The writing crew for this show need to. You can only skin a cat so many ways, just like you can only do a semi-serious medical drama for so long. It's all about the side stories. A rehabed Greg House makes for a brighter and more pleasant experience on season 6. But House is no bucket of sunshine. His attempts to enjoy life lead to alternate routes of annoying his peers and those that work under him. He may not be as volatile, but he's just as witty and even more charming as the grumpy boss. Not only are the characters as good as always this time around, there are some much bigger and more captivating moments that have proved this show isn't growing stale any time soon. Politics, love conflicts, job changes... they all shake things up yet again (as we saw between seasons 3 and 4). It's a new take on where it all began. Haters be silenced. If you don't like House this season, it's just not your brand of tea. Even the less-convinced can still enjoy what's being offered with five seasons under this team's belt.
Leo S gave it a6:
Actually i thought this was an EXCELLENT episode. but it was excellent in such a way that it would have made a perfect series finale. the show cannot continue after the developments in the hospital. as the following episode clued in on, the "character" of House is now crippled, not just his leg.
Shay S gave it a0:
The WORST show on television.
Dan V. gave it a0:
"House" has reached an all-time low with this pathetic episode. Two thickly padded hours trudge by as you wonder, were the writers paying homage to "Cuckoo's Nest", or "Girl, Interrupted"?
Matt B. gave it a10:
Best 2 hours of tv ever.
