House, M.D. - Season Four | 
 enlarge | Actor: House
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  41 reviews
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Format: Ac-3, Box Set, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 4
Running Time: 660
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.6 x 0.8
UPC: 025195017084
EAN: 0025195017084
ASIN: B001A4VH2U
Theatrical Release Date: November 16, 2004
Release Date: August 19, 2008 (New: This Week)
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Description
Prepare for even more baffling, complex and shocking medical mysteries than ever before as every season four episode of House arrives on DVD! Reunite with the perplexing and prickly Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie in his two-time Golden Globe-winning role) as he tackles impossible cases while putting a new staff of potential team members - including Kal Penn (Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle), Peter Jacobson (The Starter Wife), and Olivia Wilde (The Black Donnellys) - through the medical wringer with his trademark sarcasm and irreverent bedside manner. Get ready for another dose of one of TV's most original dramas and what Entertainment Weekly calls “One of the most compelling characters in TV history.”
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 Wonderful Season with a mindblowing finale wrapped up in a small little package August 19, 2008
I personally believe this was the best season of house. Like the below author it was time for a change. The writers were very clever in creating the roles for the needed characters we were going to love and hate this year. Another great thing that happened this year is we saw more of Wilson and Cuddy. I felt that their characters werent being used up as much as house's team was. Which made me wanting to see them more and more. Seasons start out with all sorts of questions that arent answered right away. When the shows get good it is towards the middle and end of the seasons. This show never disappoints, every episode is a masterpiece that should be treated as such.
Baffled August 19, 2008
I am baffled why some people think that season 4 was a disappointment because the original cast was sidelined. Don't get me wrong- I loved Cameron, Chase, and Foreman during the first three seasons, and I love them still. But Cameron was starting to get on my nerves (a bit to whiny for my taste) and the show needed something new and exciting. What is braver than scraping half of the original cast? Kudos to the writers for not following a stupid formula that has made so many good shows turn boring. How many seasons can the same cast rehash the same plots? It's only natural that House would eventually run off his team...how is that surprising? Plus, I like Taub, Kutner, and Thirteen. Olivia Wilde is beautiful and a wonderful actress- she's doing a great job in the role. Kal Penn and the guy who plays Taub (forgot his name) are also fun and wonderful. What's not to like? Season 4 was fantastic and I look forward to season 5.
A MUST SEE August 16, 2008
I have all of the seasons, and all of them are great by the way, but this one is the BEST. I love it because I can't always stay up late enough to watch it and I end up missing episodes. You can watch these right in a row, over and over!!!! I just love the the guy who plays house so much. I wish there were more episodes. One thing I always tell people who are new to the show is that it takes about two or three episodes to get hooked. Just take my word for it. You'll see.
Clever and Entertaining August 16, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've said it so many times before, and played it for proof to so many of my friends- that now all that remains is to carve it out here for posterity: "House" is the most clever and witty medical tv series ever presented before the American viewing public!
Hugh Laurie, who's British, plays the title character. (He played an amusingly droll Mr. Palmer in 1994's SENSE & SENSIBILITY, alongside Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet)- I therefore knew, even before I saw the first episode of Season 1, that this was going to be an entertaining show...
Season 4 differs from the previous seasons because House's whole staff must be replaced due to circumstances laid out by, essentially, his own idiosyncrasies.
This, surprisingly, hampers things very little. The sharp intensity of the storylines that has characterized this series- the conflict, heartbreak, angst and humor- does not let up for even a little while.
Again, let me just say that the availability of Unbox has made it possible to enjoy the past season of this excellent program most engagingly!
I Still Love This Show August 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
At the end of season 3 we were given the shocking conclusion of losing the team we have loved for three years. Foreman quit because he didn't want to become House, Cameron quit because it was time for a change and Chase was fired. I know a lot of dedicated fans felt this was a big mistake, as these were characters that we had fallen in love with and didn't want to say goodbye to. Season 3 left us with a message that it was time for a change. Let me tell you that this change was awesome. Starting with episode 1 of season 4, House is alone in his office and hasn't worked since he lost his team. Determined to get House to hire new staff, Cuddy sets him a challenge. Cure his patient alone and he doesn't have to hire a team, otherwise if he can't figure out what's wrong on his own, he must hire a team. House loses the bet and episode one ends with House in a room of 40 doctors hoping to be on the team.
Season 3, in a way was one of the more emotional seasons when testing his friendship with Wilson and testing his previous teams loyalty. Season 4 was more of a relief from that drama, with which some people may not like, but I truly loved. The first few episodes became a reality TV type show in which House would test his 40 possible employees and fire the ones that failed. Over this time we started to become aware of who the team would eventually be and what their quirks and personalities were.
With the comic relief of the first few episodes, the finale presents us with a real tear jerker and possibly the most emotional episodes we have ever seen from the show. Wilson falls in love with one of House's former possible employees, but the finale tests their love as his girlfriend is taken critically ill. Robert Sean Leonard really shines in the finale and next to the sensible man we've come to know and love, he gives us a real emotional side. The two part finale is something brilliantly made that no fan will be disappointed with. I find that even with the writers strike, we were still given the most triumphant season finale from the entire show.
Along with that I can't help but think that they had plans to have the old team re-unite at the end of season four. Unfortunately we wouldn't get to see that at the end of season four. I hope we really do get to see this situation arise in season five, although the team aren't completely gone. Cameron is in E.R., Chase is now a surgeon and Foreman is back and working for House already. In this season we were given a further development between the relationship of Cuddy and House. I'm hoping that in season 5 we are given a definitive answer on where this relationship is going. This season, as usual was filled with the classic lines that it's famous for and below are some of my favourites.
From Episode 4: Guardian Angels:
House: "I can't ask the black guy or one of the chicks to do it; it'd be insensitive."
From Episode 10: It's A Wonderful Life:
House: "You talk to your kid about sex so she'll think you're open about everything. Keeps her from asking questions about the things you don't wanna talk about."
From Episode 13: No More Mr. Nice Guy:
House: "Run him for everything you can think of: lepto, schisto, hemo and the fourth Marx Brother nobody ever heard of. "
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