Frozen (House)
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| House episode | |
| "Frozen" | |
| Episode no. | HOU-411 |
|---|---|
| Airdate | February 3, 2008 |
| Guest star(s) | Mira Sorvino |
| All House episodes | |
"Frozen" is the eleventh episode of the fourth season of House and the eighty-first episode overall. It aired on February 3, 2008, following Super Bowl XLII; it attracted slightly more than 29 million viewers.[1] It was ranked third for the week, tied with that week's episode of American Idol (also on Fox) and outranked only by the Super Bowl game and the Super Bowl post-game show.[1]
House became the first dramatic TV series to be the lead-out program of a Fox-aired Super Bowl since The X-Files following Super Bowl XXXI.
[edit] Plot
Psychiatrist Cate Milton (guest star Mira Sorvino), collapses and vomits in the middle of Antarctica. House is asked to examine her through a webcam. Possible causes are struvite kidney stone and urinary tract infection, caused by frequent sexual intercourse. Foreman suspects cancer after her right lung nearly collapses.
House says to sample her lymph nodes to detect cancer since the test procedures that can be performed are severely limited by the paucity of drugs, equipment, and medical personnel on the base. While House and Wilson are looking for makeshift stains for the slides (they test the usefulness of coffee, red wine, etc.), House notices Wilson's quickness to agree and his lavender shirt, and deduces that he's dating someone. Wilson dismisses his suspicions.
After looking at Cate's test results, Wilson concludes she does not have cancer, but Cate's left kidney shuts down. House's theory changes to autoimmune disease, for which she would need to take prednisone. Cate insists on proof (prednisone is a limited resource and there is an asthmatic on the base who could die without it). The team tells her to go outside, since extreme cold has been used as a treatment for auto-immune diseases. As Cate prepares to go outside, she faints and lapses into a coma. House discovers that Sean, the mechanic is in love with her, and convinces him to drink her urine. The urine has a watery taste, indicating brain damage. House tells Sean to drill a hole in her skull to relieve the intracranial pressure.
After the drilling, Cate regains consciousness. Kutner suggests there is a fat build up from emboli. House realizes it would take an untreated bone break to cause the fat emboli, and that he has seen every part of her body but her feet. It is revealed that she broke her toe, and the pain is numbed by the cold.
Later, House goes to the restaurant where Wilson is meeting with his girlfriend, who he learns is Amber, or "Cutthroat Bitch."
[edit] Other
In a video interview posted on the Fox Network's official House webpage, Mira Sorvino expressed an interest in returning to "House" as a recurring character and a possible love interest for House.[2] She notes her character is a fellow at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, on leave at the South Pole during this particular episode.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Network Primetime Averages, week of January 28 - February 3, 2008 from Zap2It.com
- ^ Fox.com episode recaps. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
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