Detoxed House wants out; his doctor wants him to stay
Clean of Vicodin and hallucinations, House is told he can't practice without a recommendation, so he vows to make the ward unmanageable.
S6E1 · Broken
40 moments · 1h 03m of essential viewing in a 88-minute episode.
Moments, in order
Alvie gives his new roommate House the ward tour
Manic rapper Juan Alvarez, Alvie to everyone, introduces House to the patients, the med line, the locked piano and Hal.
House sabotages his first group session
Introduced as Greg, House mocks the group's art therapy with a suicide joke until the session collapses.
House plays basketball by tormenting every patient's phobia
Told to work with people, House crowds the claustrophobic, taunts the paranoid and the anorexic, and declares reaching out rewarding.
House meets the woman playing piano for the silent patient
House finds a visitor playing Schumann for her husband's sister and tells her the head bobbing is only her pulse.
House starts a revolt over the ping-pong table
Faking an apology to the patients, House turns them against the doctors over a table with no net and no paddles.
His doctor hands over the nets and dares House to keep fighting
The doctor gives the patients what they want and calls House a natural leader; Alvie raps about Nolan's gavel.
Freedom Master joins the ward
New patient Steve introduces himself as the superhero Freedom Master and wonders why the silent girl won't talk.
Alvie's commando raid on Nolan's office
House sends Alvie to find Nolan's 11:00 appointment; he gets dragged out by orderlies but comes back with a license plate.
House and Alvie stage a brawl
Still chasing Hal's phone minutes, House and Alvie fake a fight that triggers a code gray and a haldol order.
House's only friend won't run the plate
House calls a friend to trace the car; his doctor got to the friend first, and House hangs up on his only friend.
The doctor who doubts House demands a urine test
Suspicious that House has no side effects, a doctor asks for a urine sample; House sings while he goes, and the doctor apologizes.
A doctor breaks Freedom Master's delusion
Asked to lift the piano, Steve is told he's no superhero and that his wife is dead; he collapses screaming as a code gray is called.
House erupts at Susan's graduation over a catatonic Steve
As the ward celebrates Susan going home, House drags out Steve, now nearly catatonic, and accuses the doctors of breaking him.
House admits faking his meds and learns he was on placebo
House claims fooling the tests proves he's sane; his doctor makes him lick the pill and reveals it was sugar all along.
House and Lydia spar over the cello in her trunk
House offers help hauling the cello, suggests Clark Kent carry it, and pries at why she visits five times a week.
House borrows Lydia's car to make Steve fly
House wants to drive Steve around with the top down, then jokes he's kidnapping him and stealing her car.
Freedom Master's flight ends with a leap
House rigs a thrill ride that has Steve cheering that Freedom Master is back, until Steve leaps and is badly hurt.
House finally asks for help
Nolan lists Steve's injuries and says House cares about nothing; about to be transferred, House says he needs help.
First real session: House wants to be happy
House jokes about goldfish and mothers, then admits he's sick of being miserable and wants to be happy.
House and Nolan debate Van Gogh and SSRIs
House fears meds would dull his edge; Nolan argues Van Gogh would still paint the night sky with both ears intact. House takes the pill.
House tells Alvie he's broken
Alvie begs House to admit he's cheeking his pills; House says he swallowed it: they didn't break him, he is broken.
Nolan's assignment: trust people
Nolan quizzes House on the other patients, notes he wrecks every relationship, and sends him to get dressed.
House opens up to a stranger at the gala, sort of
Told to share secrets, House tells a donor he's gay and dating his psychiatrist, then decides the secrets should maybe be true.
House's philanderer confession blows up a marriage
House confesses to a stranger; her husband catches them and exposes her epipen excuse, and she admits she hit on House.
Nolan explains the point of the gala
Nobody ratted House out; the assignment was to show him he can trust people, and Nolan asks why the truth scares him.
Lydia tells House about Annie
Lydia says stealing her car was also nice, then explains Annie was her best friend and why she can't stop visiting.
House turns the session on Nolan
Asked about the kiss, House calls Nolan judgmental, digs into his empty office and a 'dad' speed dial; Nolan asks how it ends with Lydia.
Nolan: you're not god, apologize
House says failures are forever; Nolan tells him to apologize to Steve and let himself feel better.
Talent show news, then House's music-box gambit
A talent show is announced; House grabs a music box to make Steve speak, and Nolan tells him he's fixing instead of moving on.
House ends it with Lydia
Lydia brings sheet music for four hands; House says every outcome hurts someone and says goodbye.
Back to being an ass in group
House snaps at a patient's fear of ECT, Alvie freestyles, and a day pass arrives from Nolan.
Nolan asks House to read his father's scan
Nolan wants a second opinion on his dying father; House reads the stroke and tells Nolan he wants permission, not a diagnosis.
Lydia's apology and the cello
House apologizes for pushing Lydia away; she cries over the cello she brought in case Annie wakes for the show.
Alvie and House rap at the Mayfield talent show
Alvie raps about Mayfield and his roommate the jerk, then pages Dr. House to the stage for a duet.
House apologizes to Steve
House tells Steve he was trying to be right, put him in danger, and that it's his fault.
Bach on the cello, Annie's graduation, and House's pass
A surprise Bach cello prelude, Annie goes home to a family moving to Arizona, and House insists on an overnight pass.
Lydia's goodbye at her front door
House shows up at Lydia's home; she is moving to Arizona with her family and can't leave her children.
House is lost and Nolan writes the letter
House says he's lost; Nolan will write to the medical board, because House came to talk instead of reaching for Vicodin.
House graduates from Mayfield
The ward congratulates Greg, House waves off Alvie, and later Alvie asks for his meds as Seven Day Mile plays.
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