97 Seconds

Episode aired Oct 9, 2007
TV-14
44m

IMDb RATING

8.7/10

3.4K

YOUR RATING

Medical Drama Drama Mystery

Down to 10 candidates for his team, House splits them into 2 groups to diagnose a patient whose short lifespan has been made even shorter. Foreman leads his own team to diagnose a patient at... Read allDown to 10 candidates for his team, House splits them into 2 groups to diagnose a patient whose short lifespan has been made even shorter. Foreman leads his own team to diagnose a patient at his new workplace.Down to 10 candidates for his team, House splits them into 2 groups to diagnose a patient whose short lifespan has been made even shorter. Foreman leads his own team to diagnose a patient at his new workplace.

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IMDb RATING

8.7/10

3.4K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
House says, "Thank you all for coming to Tribal Council," mimicking the line said very often by Jeff Probst, host of the TV show Survivor (2000). Survivor pits people against each other in strange locations and votes the people off in tribal councils.

Goofs
In two separate incidents, a patient and Dr. House electrocute themselves by sticking a folding knife into the hot terminal of an electrical receptacle. This would not do that because in neither case was the circuit completed nor were either of the men grounded. Both were wearing running shoes with rubber soles. The patient, Mark, was standing on linoleum (an insulator) and House was standing on a carpeted floor. The most either person would have felt is a mild tingle in their arm.

Quotes
Dr. Gregory House: [to Henry] I think I will miss you most of all, Ridiculously Old Fraud.

Connections
Featured in Survivor: Surviving Survivor (2010)

Soundtracks
Not As We
by Alanis Morissette

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Review

Featured review

8/10

A sense of mystery

Let's clear up that odd title: It refers to how long a patient lies dead after attempting suicide, near the beginning of the episode. Those 97 seconds will figure prominently later in the story, which otherwise has House and the remainder of his original 40 (see last week) dealing with a crippled man who is dying faster than he should. Young (and sexy) actress Anne Dudek is back as a very sassy doctor looking to join House's team no matter what, as is veteran character actor Peter Jacobson as a wily and incisive plastic surgeon. The ending of 97 SECONDS is not for the squeamish, and proof of the brilliance of this show, which admittedly has had its uneven moments. To the show's producers: Just don't bring back David Morse (see last season), as much as I love the guy! That's one horse you beat to death several times over.