As a result, Foreman begins first to get concerned about her behavior, then starts to feel protective. However, she soon returns to her undisciplined ways. Her behavior quickly starts to deteriorate and she is fired and then re-hired. Thirteen has to confront the reality, forced upon her by Amber's death at an early age, that she too is facing a lifetime with a devastating illness. Wilson finds that Danny is now a stranger to him and that the initial incident that led to his disappearance has shaped his behavior in ways only House seems to fully comprehend. However, Wilson has to come to terms with another loss - his homeless brother Danny reappears in his life when he is found in New York City. After they return to Princeton, Wilson realizes he hadn't had this kind of fun since the day Amber died and decides to return to Princeton-Plainsboro. House also reveals that he suspected John House wasn't his biological father and House points out a family friend at the service who House believes really is his father. During the trip, the details of the beginnings of their friendship are revealed. House's father dies, and House tries to dodge the funeral, only to have Wilson return as a favor to Cuddy and Blythe House to ensure that House makes it. However, Wilson winds up leaving his post. House's original regret over his role in Amber's death seems to have worn off as instead of being supportive, he merely tries to convince Wilson that he is overreacting to the situation. Wilson slowly starts to recover from Amber's untimely death, but begins to reevaluate his life and to contemplate resigning from his post at the hospital. Although many critics denounced the move as unnecessary and totally unshadowed by the previous episodes, the event led to a series climax when, due to Kutner's death, House descends into psychosis and finally admits himself into a psychiatric hospital to deal with his twin demons of Vicodin and grief. As a result of his sudden departure, his character, Lawrence Kutner was killed off. However, the biggest change in Season 5 was the departure of Kal Penn from the series so he could take a position at the White House.

However, the first episode didn't premiere until two weeks later, September 16.Īlthough House was originally scheduled to be shown on Tuesdays during Season 5, at mid-Season, the time slots for House and American Idol were switched on the prime time schedule, putting House's new episodes in the 8:00 P.M. Later, FOX Broadcasting Company stated in this Network Prime Time Schedule, that House would premiere its fifth Season at 8:00 P.M. The Hollywood Reporter was the first to go on record that House M.D.

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