House season 5 explained

Season Number:5
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Num Episodes:24
Network:Fox
Prev Season:Season 4
Next Season:Season 6
Episode List:List of House episodes

The fifth season of House, also known as House, M.D., premiered September 16, 2008[1] and ended May 11, 2009.[1] It began to air in a new time slot from September to December: Tuesday 8:00 pm.[2] Starting January 19, 2009, House moved to Mondays at 8:00 pm.

Cast and characters

See also: List of House cast members.

Main cast

Recurring cast

Guest cast

Becky Baeling, Ed Brigadier, Darcy Rose Byrnes, Colleen Camp, Julia Campbell, Michael Leydon Campbell, B. K. Cannon, Clare Carey, Marcus Chait, Faune A. Chambers, Jake Cherry, Tim Colon, Jack Conley, Felicia Day, Mos Def, Mary Jo Deschanel, Marika Dominczyk, Taylor Dooley, Treshelle Edmond, Susan Egan, Sherilyn Fenn, Erika Flores, John Forest, Nathan Gamble, Angela Gots, Judy Greer, Brad Grunberg, Wood Harris, Christine Healy, Martin Henderson, Ashton Holmes, Željko Ivanek, Evan Jones, Elaine Kagan, Eric Kaldor, John Kapelos, Jay Karnes, Dominic Scott Kay, Sarah Knowlton, Alix Korey, Joanna Koulis, Ryan Lane, Meat Loaf, Todd Louiso, Alexandra Lydon, Phyllis Lyons, Meaghan Martin, Lindsey McKeon, Breckin Meyer, Devon Michaels, Christopher Moynihan, Becky O'Donohue, Scott Paulin, Evan Peters, Drew Powell, Nick Puga, David Purdham, Samantha Quan, Ben Reed, Carl Reiner, Emily Rios, Tim Rock, Jamie Rose, Alex Schemmer, Judith Scott, Samantha Shelton, Kyle Red Silverstein, Jimmi Simpson, Alex Sol, Maria Thayer, Jake Thomas, Sarah Thompson, Lucas Till, Jamie Tisdale, Bitsie Tulloch, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Christine Woods, Salvator Xuereb, Liza Colón-Zayas and Vanessa Zima.

Reception

Reception for season 5 met with generally positive reviews, and holds a Metacritic score of 77 out of 100, based on ten reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3] It also holds a 100% approval rating on aggregate review website Rotten Tomatoes, with an average score of 8.1 based on nine collected reviews.[4] Criticism on Season 5 includes A.A. Gill of The Sunday Times felt that the show had "lost its sense of humour". Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune wrote, "House used to be one of the best shows on TV, but it's gone seriously off the rails".

Episodes

See main article: List of House episodes.

Home media

Set detailsSpecial features
Country United Kingdom Australia
  • Bonus Featurettes:[5]
    • House Meets a Milestone: The 100th Episode
    • Keeping It Real: Accuracy in Writing
    • Dr. Mom: Cuddy's Storyline
    • Anatomy of a Teaser
    • House Guests: Casting the Show
  • Episode Commentary
    • "Locked In" with Writer/Producer David Foster and Writers/Executive Producers Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner
  1. episodes
24
Aspect ratio 1.78:1
Running time 1060 minutes 1017 minutes
Audio Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles English, Spanish none
  1. of discs
5 6
Region 1 (NTSC) 2 (PAL) 4 (PAL)
Rating NOT RATED 18 M
Release date [6] [7] [8] [9]

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: film.com . House Season 5 guide . July 9, 2009 . November 27, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091127112904/http://www.film.com/tv/house/season-5-2008/20878656 . live .
  2. News: "Fringe" and "Terminator" Get New Premiere Dates . June 5, 2008 . IGN . Travis . Fickett . October 7, 2008 . October 20, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081020151118/http://tv.ign.com/articles/879/879753p1.html . live .
  3. Web site: metacritic. Metacritic. June 10, 2012. April 27, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140427043820/http://www.metacritic.com/tv/house/season-5. live.
  4. Web site: House - Season 5 Reviews. Flixster. February 8, 2014. February 25, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140225205015/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/house/s05/. live.
  5. Web site: House: Season Five . 25 August 2009 . . March 4, 2010 . May 9, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240509044838/https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0024FAD8I . live .
  6. Web site: House - Season 5 DVD Information - TVShowsOnDVD.com . TVShowsOnDVD.com . March 4, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100623080145/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/House-Season-5/8798 . June 23, 2010 .
  7. Web site: House - Season 5 (DVD) (2007) . 5 October 2009 . . March 4, 2010 . May 9, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240509044811/https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001PR1QDW . live .
  8. Web site: House, M.D. - Season 5 (6 Disc Set) @ EzyDVD . ezydvd.com.au . March 4, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100305133627/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/805632 . March 5, 2010 .
  9. Web site: Buy House MD - Season 5 DVD at www.dvdorchard.com.au - Buy Television DVDs online Australia . dvdorchard.com.au . March 4, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706104038/http://www.dvdorchard.com.au/ProductS1TV.asp?PND=166613&CS=1&Qno=TBCTIC0TPC0&NoCache=0.5319178 . July 6, 2011 . dead .