House’s “Last Resort” was one of the most stressful episodes of the show, and it confirmed how far House was willing to go if it meant solving the mystery. As head of the diagnosis department and following an unwritten “one case per week” rule, House would only take the most challenging and extraordinary cases. Almost no case was ever good enough for Hugh Laurie’s character, yet every time he accepted a new patient, he would become obsessed with discovering what was wrong with them. To do so, there was no line House wasn’t willing to cross.

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