House Writers
BY EPISODE
SEASON ONE:
1. Pilot: David Shore
2. Paternity: Lawrence Kaplow
3. Occam's Razor: David Shore
4. Maternity: Peter Blake
5. Damned If You Do: Sarah B. Cooper
6. The Socratic Method: John Mankiewicz
7. Fidelity: Korey Pollard, Thomas L. Moran
8. Poison: Matt Witten
9. DNR: David Foster
10. Histories: Joel Thompson
11. Detox: Lawrence Kaplow, Thomas L. Moran
12. Sports Medicine: John Mankiewicz, David Shore
13. Cursed: Matt Witten, Peter Blake
14. Control: Lawrence Kaplow
15. Mob Rules: David Foster, John Mankiewicz
16. Heavy: Thomas L. Moran
17. Role Model: Matt Witten
18. Babies and Bathwater: David Shore, Peter Blake
19. Kids: Thomas L. Moran, Lawrence Kaplow
20. Love Hurts: Sarah B. Cooper
21. Three Stories: David Shore
22. The Honeymoon: Lawrence Kaplow, John Mankiewicz
SEASON TWO
1. Acceptance: Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner
2. Autopsy: Lawrence Kaplow
3. Humpty Dumpty: Matt Witten
4. TB or Not TB: David Foster
5. Daddy's Boy: Thomas L. Moran
6. Spin: Sara Hess
7. Hunting: Liz Friedman
8. The Mistake: Peter Blake
9. Deception: Michael R. Perry
10. Failure To Communicate: Doris Egan
11. Need To Know: Pamela Davis
12. Distractions: Lawrence Kaplow
13. Skin Deep: David Shore, Garrett Lerner, Russel Friend
14. Sex Kills: Matt Witten
15. Clueless: Thomas L. Moran
16. Safe: Peter Blake
17. All In: David Foster
18. Sleeping Dogs Lie: Sarah Hess
19. House vs. God: Doris Egan
20. Euphoria (part one): Matthew V. Lewis
21. Euphoria (part two): Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, David Shore
22. Forever: Liz Friedman
23. Who's Your Daddy?: John Mankiewicz
24. No Reason: David Shore
SEASON THREE
1. Meaning: Lawrence Kaplow, David Shore
2. Cane and Able: Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner
3. Informed Consent: David Foster
4. Lines in the Sand: David Hoselton
5. Fools for Love: Peter Blake
6. Que Será Será: Thomas L. Moran
7. Son of Coma Guy: Doris Egan
8. Whac-a-Mole: Pamela Davis
9. Finding Judas: Sara Hess
10. Merry Little Christmas: Liz Friedman
11. Words and Deeds: Leonard Dick
12. One Day, One Room: David Shore
13. Needle in a Haystack: David Foster
14. Insensitive: Matthew V. Lewis
15. Half-Wit: Lawrence Kaplow
16. Top Secret: Thomas L. Moran
17. Fetal Position: Garrett Learner and Russel Friend
18. Airborne: David Hoselton
19. Act Your Age: Sara Hess
20. House Training: Doris Egan
21. Family: Liz Friedman
22. Resignation: Pamela Davis
23. The Jerk: Leonard Dick
24. Human Error: Lawrence Kaplow, Thomas L. Moran
SEASON FOUR
1. Alone: Peter Blake ; directed by Deran Sarafian
2. The Right Stuff: Leonard Dick ; d. Deran Sarafian
3. 97 Seconds: Garrett Lerner and Russel Friend ; d. David Platt
4. Guardian Angels: David Hoselton; d. Deran Sarafian
5. Mirror Mirror: David Foster; d. David Platt
6. Whatever it Takes: David Shore and Thomas L. Moran; d. Juan J. Campanella
7. Ugly: Sean Whitesell; d. David Straiton
8. You Don't Want To Know: Sarah Hess; d. Lesli Linka Glatter
9. Games: Eli Attie; d. Daren Sarafian
10. It's A Wonderful Lie: Pamela Davis; d. Matt Shakman
11. Frozen: Liz Friedman; d. David Straiton
12. Don't Ever Change: Leonard Dick, Doris Egan; d. Daren Sarafian
13. No More Mr. Nice Guy: David Hoselton and David Shore; d. Daren Sarafian
14. Living the Dream: Sara Hess and Liz Friedman; d. David Straiton
15. House's Head: Peter Blake, David Foster, Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, Doris Egan ; d. Greg Yaitanes
16. Wilson's Heart: Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, David Foster, Peter Blake; d. Katie Jacobs
SEASON FIVE
1. Dying Changes Everything: Eli Attie ; d. Deran Sarafian
2. Not Cancer: David Shore, Lawrence Kaplow ; d. David Straiton
3. Adverse Effects:Dustin Paddock, Carol Green ; d. Andrew Bernstein
4. Birthmarks: David Foster, Doris Egan ; d. David Platt
5. Lucky 13: Sara Hess, Liz Friedman ; d. Greg Yaitanes
6. Joy: David Hoselton ; d. Deran Sarafian
7. The Itch: Peter Blake ; d. Greg Yaitanes
8. Emancipation: Leonard Dick, Pamela Davis ; d. James Hayman
9. Last Resort: Eli Attie, Matthew V. Lewis ; d. Katie Jacobs
10. Let Them Eat Cake: Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner ; d. Deran Sarafian
11. Joy to the World: Peter Blake ; d. David Straiton
12. Painless: Thomas Moran, Eli Attie ; d. Andrew Bernstein
13. Big Baby: David Foster, Lawrence Kaplow ; d. Deran Sarafian
14/100! The Greater Good:
BY AUTHOR
Eli Attie
4.9 Games
5.1 Dying Changes Everything
Peter Blake
1.4 Maternity
1.13 Cursed (co w/ Matt Witten)
1.18 Babies and Bathwater (co w/ David Shore)
2.8 The Mistake
2.16 Safe
3.5 Fools for Love
4.1 Alone
4.15 House's Head (co/ w Doris Egan, Garrett Lerner, Russel Friend, David Foster)
4.16 Wilson's Heart (co w/ Garrett Lerner, Russel Friend, David Foster)
5.7 The Itch
5.11 Joy to the World
Sarah B. Cooper
1.5 Damned If You Do
1.20 Love Hurts
Pamela Davis
Need To Know
3.8 Whac-a-Mole
3.22 Resignation
4.10 It's A Wonderful Lie
5.8 Emancipation (co w/ Leonard Dick)
Leonard Dick
3.11 Words and Deeds
3.23 The Jerk
4.2 The Right Stuff
4.12 Don't Ever Change (co w/ Doris Egan)
5.8 Emancipation (co/w Pamela Davis)
Doris Egan
1.10 Failure To Communicate
2.19 House vs. God
3.7 Son of Coma Guy
3.20 House Training
4.12 Don't Ever Change (co w/ Leonard Dick)
4.14 House's Head (co w/ Garrett Lerner, Russel Friend, Peter Blake, David Foster)
5.4 Birthmarks (co w/ David Foster)
David Foster
1.9 DNR
1.15 Mob Rules (co w/ John Mankiewicz)
2.4 TB or Not TB
2.17 All In
3.3 Informed Consent
3.13 Needle in a Haystack
4.5 Mirror, Mirror
4.15 House's Head (co/ Peter Blake, Garrett Lerner, Russel Friend, Doris Egan)
4.16 Wilson's Heart (co w/ Peter Blake, Garrett Lerner, Russel Friend)
5.4 Birthmarks (co w/ Doris Egan)
Liz Friedman
1.7 Hunting
2.22 Forever
3.10 Merry Little Christmas
2.21 Family
4.11 Frozen
4.14 Living the Dream (co w/ Sara Hess)
5.5 Lucky Thirteen (co w/ Sara Hess)
Russel Friend
2.1 Acceptance (co w/ Garrett Lerner)
2.13 Skin Deep (co w/ Garrett Lerner and David Shore)
2.21 Euphoria pt2 (co w/ Garrett Lerner and David Shore)
3.1 Cane and Able (co w/ Garrett Lerner)
3.17 Fetal Position (co w/ Garrett Lerner)
4.3 97 Seconds (co w/ Garrett Lerner)
4.15 House's Head (co/ Garrett Lerner, Peter Blake, Doris Egan, David Foster)
4.15 Wilson's Heart (co/ Garrett Lerner, Peter Blake, David Foster)
Sara Hess
2.6 Spin
2.18 Sleeping Dogs Lie
3.9 Finding Judas
3.19 Act Your Age
4.8 You Don't Want To Know
4.14 Living the Dream (co w/ Liz Friedman)
Carol Green
5.3 Adverse Effects
David Hoselton
3.4 Lines in the Sand
3.18 Airborne
4.4 Guardian Angels
4.13 No More Mr. Nice Guy
Lawrence Kaplow
1.2 Paternity
1.11 Detox (co w/ Thomas L. Moran)
1.14 Lawrence Kaplow
1.19 Kids (co w/ Thomas L. Moran)
2.2 Autopsy
2.12 Distractions
3.1 Meaning (co w/ David Shore)
3.15 Half-Wit
3.24 Human Error (co w/ Thomas L. Moran)
5.2 Not Cancer (co w/ David Shore)
Garrett Lerner
2.1 Acceptance (co w/ Russel Friend)
2.13 Skin Deep (co w/ Russel Friend and David Shore)
2.21 Euphoria pt2 (co w/ Russel Friend and David Shore)
3.2 Cane and Able (co w/ Russel Friend)
3.17 Fetal Position (co w/ Russel Friend)
4.3 97 Seconds (co/w Russel Friend)
4.14 House's Head
Matthew V. Lewis
2.20 Euphoria pt1
3.14 Insensitive
John Mankiewicz
1.6 The Socratic Method
1.12 Sports Medicine (co w/ David Shore)
2.23 Who's Your Daddy?
Thomas L. Moran
1.7 Fidelity (co w/ Korey Pollard)
1.11 Detox (co w/ Lawrence Kaplow)
1.16 Heavy
1.19 Kids (co /w Thomas L. Moran)
2.5 Daddy's Boy
2.15 Clueless
3.6 Que Será Será
3.16 Top Secret
3.24 Human Error (co w/ Lawrence Kaplow)
4.6 Whatever It Takes (co w/ David Shore)
Dustin Paddock
5.3 Adverse Effects
Michael R. Perry
2.9 Deception
Korey Pollard
1.7 Fidelity (co w/ Thomas L. Moran)
David Shore
1.1 Pilot
1.3 Occam's Razor
1.12 Sports Medicine (co w/ John Mankiewicz)
1.21 Three Stories
2.13 Skin Deep (co w/ Russel Friend and Garrett Lerner)
2.21 Euphoria pt2 (co w/ Russel Friend and Garrett Lerner)
2.24 No Reason
3.1 Meaning (co w/ Lawrence Kaplow)
3.12 One Day, One Room
4.6 Whatever it Takes (co w/ Thomas L. Moran)
4.13 No More Mr. Nice Guy
5.2 Not Cancer (co w/ Lawrence Kaplow)
Joel Thompson
1.10 Histories
Sean Whitesell
4.7 Ugly
Matt Witten
1.8 Poison
1.13 Cursed (co w/ Peter Blake)
1.17 Role Model
2.3 Humpty Dumpty
2.14 Sex Kills
PERSONAL OPINION
Like: Sara Hess, Matt Witten, John Mankiewicz, Peter Blake, Liz Friedman
Generally Like: Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner, David Shore
Generally Dislike: David Foster, Leonard Dick
For Giggles: Thomas L. Moran
-Thomas Moran, did you, like, come from The O.C? TTLY. I heart you and your bad dialogue. Thanks for verifying the HouseCuddy sex.
-Leonard Dick, please bite me. Then review the season one Vogler arc. Then refresh yourself on the legal system in America. Then bite me again.
-David Foster, write all you want, but I request, please, that you don't touch Cuddy. For real. I would rather you simply leave her out of the episode. I will never forgive you for the "selzer" incident. And also, while you do a wonderful job making House a snarky, pompus dickhead who's always right, he can be wrong. Novel concept, huh? (Which Garret + Russel proved, with CUDDY, so IN.YOUR.FACE. ho bag.)
-You can always tell when David Shore writes an episode because, with the exception of the Pilot, it's showy, pretentious and beats you over the head with some deeply philosophical message. But David, you did create the show/characters/etc, and some good stuff (Pilot, Babies and Bathwater, Three Stories) that was just so brilliant, we have to make allowances. Sort of.
-Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner work well together, I think. The episodes they've done are generally solid and interesting, with good characterization across the board. They play the guilt-trip card a little heavy, and their cases are (often) whacked out, but still. Good.
-Liz Friedman, thank you for making the start of the baby-arc not only tolerable, but fabulous. Thank you for giving House a smidge of humanity. Thank you for not making something un-embarrassing embarrassing, simply because the show is called House.
-Peter Blake, thank you for the beautifully subtle scene in Fools for Love, and giving Lisa the chance to say everything by saying nothing. Safe I could have done without, but The Mistake was awesomely disjointed, Maternity was simply gorgeous and Babies and Bathwater ranks in my top four.
-John Mankiewicz, bless you and your unfortunate last name. Who's Your Daddy is a very, VERY bad title, but you didn't blow the baby-line. So, love. (Please don't work with David Foster.)
-Matt Witten, I simultaneously love and loathe you. You brought us Humpty Dumpty, another awfully named episode, and while medicine totally pwns you in not such a good way, you gave us the first real look at Cuddy. As in like, more than two minutes of screentime. The ending scene is gorgeous and subtle and while you started the guilt! thing that now runs rampant in all House/Cuddy dealings, you so obviously ship them that I have to cut you slack.
-Sara Hess, please marry me. You handle Cuddy with such poise and strength and beauty; she's never wimpy or a pushover in your writing, but she's still very human. And while you are responsible for my I-Hate-House rut, I forgive you, because Finding Judas (breaks my heart) is my favorite episode, you nailed the baby-arc, you threw in some WilsonCuddy, and you didn't make Cuddy perfect but gloriously real.