James Wilson tells him that Rebecca is his cousin. Gregory House initially refuses the case until Dr. Rebecca Adler ( Robin Tunney), a 29-year-old kindergarten teacher, becomes dysphasic and collapses from a seizure in her classroom. This resulted in his first Emmy Award nomination, for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Dr. Hugh Laurie submitted the episode 'Detox' for consideration at the 57th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2005. It was 24th most-watched television show of the 2004–2005 television season. Season one gained high Nielsen ratings, averaging 13.3 million viewers an episode. Goorjian, Peter Graves, Stanislav Grof, Mark Harelik, Roxanne Hart, David Henrie, Aaron Himelstein, Marin Hinkle, Leslie Hope, Lucinda Jenney, Andrew Keegan, Shirley Knight, Harry Lennix, Eddie McClintock, Scott Mechlowicz, Tracy Middendorf, Elizabeth Mitchell, Meredith Monroe, Joe Morton, Danny Nucci, Faith Prince, Dominic Purcell, Daryl Sabara, Amanda Seyfried, Alex Skuby, Jennifer Stone, Robin Thomas, Sam Trammell, Robin Tunney, Kristoffer Ryan Winters, Kevin Zegers and Josh Zuckerman.

Stephanie Venditto as Nurse Brenda PrevinĪndrew Airlie, John Patrick Amedori, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Patrick Bauchau, Nicole Bilderback, Brandy, Hedy Burress, Nestor Carbonell, Ever Carradine, John Cho, Sarah Clarke, David Conrad, Christina Cox, Missy Crider, Myndy Crist, Nicholas D'Agosto, Ann Dowd, Stacy Edwards, Carmen Electra, Cynthia Ettinger, Scott Foley, Erin Foster, Kurt Fuller, Wendy Gazalle, Michael A.

See also: List of House cast members Main cast Sela Ward, who would return as the main recurring character of season two, appeared in the final two episodes as Stacy Warner, House's former girlfriend. While there were possibilities of the character returning, he was generally disliked by viewers and critics and therefore not brought back to the show. His character was brought in after Universal Studios president Jeff Zucker threatened that the season would be cut short by six episodes if a 'boss' character wasn't added. Ĭhi McBride joined the cast as Vogler in five episodes of the season. Vogler does this to show House he can control him: 'I need to know that whatever I ask you to do, however distasteful you find it, you'll do it'. Through this donation, Vogler becomes the new chairman of the board and orders House to fire one of his team members.

The season's sub-plot revolves around billionaire Edward Vogler making a $100 million donation to the hospital. Gregory House and his team as they solve a medical case each episode.

The first season of House premiered November 16, 2004, and ended May 24, 2005.

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