House's Head

The episode revolves around Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), who, after being involved in a bus accident, vaguely remembers seeing someone who is "going to die".

[3] Dr. Gregory House is getting a lap dance in a strip club when he suddenly realizes he has no memory of the past four hours.

Back at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, House is diagnosed with a concussion and post-traumatic retrograde amnesia and orders his team to check the bus driver for a possible seizure that precipitated the crash.

While the team investigates the bus driver's condition, House overdoses on Vicodin and starts to hallucinate.

It was written by Peter Blake, David Foster, Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner and Doris Egan.

[7] The T-shirt House wears in the episodes, which shows a skeleton drinking coffee, and says "Coffin Break", was created by a designer named Taavo.

[9] Kelley had worked on a movie about strippers long ago and Edelstein asked her for her advice on the choreography of the striptease.

[9][10] On the episode itself, Edelstein commented: "It is very interesting what happens in the first half of the finale in terms of learning about how House sees people and getting the world from his point of view entirely".

[4] The bus crash scene was filmed in a studio using a big spinning wheel (which Anne Dudek referred to as a "gadget").

[4] The shots involving Anne Dudek were filmed at another time, using light effects and people simulating a bus crash experience in the otherwise motionless gadget.

[8] TV Guide's Gina Dinunno stated: "It's everything I imagined: brilliant, snarky, confusing; even dirty!

On this, Sepinwall commented "House is, at heart, a mystery, and when the show telegraphs the solution, it isn't half as entertaining".

[27] Barbara Barnett, of Blog Critics, praised both Hugh Laurie's and Lisa Edelstein's acting performances.

[28] Maureen Ryan of Chicago Tribune's The Watcher stated that, although she did predict the twist about midway through the episode, there were "so many other enjoyable elements" that it didn't bother her.

[22] Cast members Lisa Edelstein, Jesse Spencer and Hugh Laurie submitted the episode for Primetime Emmy Awards on their behalf.

[1] The episode was also given up for consideration in the category Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series on behalf of director Greg Yaitanes.