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Episode 17, "The Social Contract"
Synopsis: House and the team treat a patient who uncontrollably speaks his mind. Jay Karnes ("The Shield") Guest-Stars.
Original air date: March 9, 2009
Runtime: 44 minutes
ASIN: B001VBAKU2
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House Season 5
Synopsis: House is a new take on mystery, where the villain is a medical malady and the hero is an irreverent, controversial doctor who trusts no one, least of all his patients.
Starring: Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein
Supporting actors: Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard, Jennifer Morrison, Jesse Spencer, Peter Jacobson, Kal Penn, Olivia Wilde, Erika Flores, Andy Scott Harris, Saige Ryan Campbell, Tammy Dahlstrom, Sam Gregory, Bobbin Bergstrom
Season year: 2009
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Executive producer: Paul Attanasio
Network: FOX
ASIN: B001G0ES6K
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best of Season 5, June 2, 2009
By Steven Stewart "Critic Extraordinaire" (steveo.stewart@hotmail.co.uk) - See all my reviews
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Next to the episode in which House and Cuddy tongue wrestle, or the first episode in which Wilson tells House he doesn't want to be friends anymore, "The Social Contract" is by far the best episode from season 5 so far. For one, it once again tests the friendship of House and Wilson to the limit and secondly presents a whole new more human side of House which I've never seen before, but knew it would one day happen and I'm glad it did.

The episode features patient Nick, a book publisher who suffers from frontal lobe inhibition, which basically means he speaks everything he thinks. This leads to the guy not only insulting the entire House team, but also almost losing his wife and child thanks to him saying what's always been on his mind. On the House side of things, he becomes suspicious of Wilson as he claims that he never liked monster trucks as a way of avoiding going to see them with House. He starts to snoop and finds out that there's more to it which actually involves Wilsons mentally ill brother. House also pays Cuddy a great compliment by using Nicks brain problem as a way of telling her what House really thinks of her. She pretends not to like it, but she cracks a cheeky little smile.

From the get go I became sincerely aware that this episode wasn't going to be the typical mischevous House insulting everybody in sight. Sure, it's based around House entire curiousity complex, but what it does is it takes that and really allows it to push Wilson to the point of sincerely opening up to House. This really takes House by surprise and in a real way brings them both to realise something about themselves. House realises that he needs to chill out on the whole butting in and Wilson realises that without Houses constant reality checks, he would simply end up with constantly being told lies to make him feel better which does nobody any favours.

The ending to this episode is utterly fantastic and really shows the closeness of House and Wilsons relationship. Because of this pinacle of closeness, I fear that this may mean it may not last very long and could actually mean the end for one of the main characters. Hopefully that wont happen and it may actually mean that room has now been left open for the House and Cuddy relationship to flourish.
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