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  • Actors: Hugh Laurie, Omar Epps, Lisa Edelstein, Robert Sean Leonard, Olivia Wilde
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 6
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Universal Pictures UK
  • DVD Release Date: 5 Oct 2009
  • Run Time: 1017 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001PR1QDW
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 70 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Who wouldn’t want to see a doctor like House? Quite a lot of us, we’d wager, as Hugh Laurie’s ultra-sarcastic never-pleasant Dr House continues to chuck out wonderful, biting one-liners and insults to anyone who steps in his way. Season five has no shortage of them, but there are also signs here that an already impressive show is maturing extremely well.

This time, we get to find out quite a bit more about House himself, as season five digs into the sides of his character that we’ve rarely seen before. Around him, others aren’t having the best of times either, and with that in mind, the comedic elements that have been a trademark of the show since it began are gradually turned down here. As it happens, that’s no bad thing, as instead House’s fifth season adds depth and development to the set-up, all the while trying to solve seemingly-impossible medical cases.

The evolution of House himself also gives a platform for Hugh Laurie to demonstrate just why he’s one of the most in-demand television actors on the planet. He’s just brilliant here, utterly owning the role and showing a real range to his performance. His supporting cast are fine too, but this is very much Laurie’s show.

While the plot and character developments may isolate one or two who look for an easier 40-odd minutes from a House episode, season five wins its gamble to shake things up, leaving you tantalised on a major cliffhanger that pretty much guarantees you watching the first episode of season six. It’s a real achievement from one of the best shows on American television right now, and with season five, it’s just got that little better. --Jon Foster

Synopsis

Part E.R. and part C.S.I., HOUSE is a medical mystery television show that's appealing due to its creative camerawork, interesting characters, and twisting plotlines. Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) is a brilliant medical professional, but often alienates his patients and co-workers because of his abrasive manner and bitterness. In each episode House is faced with a person exhibiting a number of unusual symptoms, and along with his team of dedicated doctors and nurses, must discover what strange illness is afflicting the patient...before it's too late! Includes all the episodes from the show's fifth series.

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90 of 93 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars As Always, Amazing., 14 May 2009
By Steven Stewart "Critic Extraordinaire" (steveo.stewart@hotmail.co.uk) - See all my reviews
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Up to season 5 House was known as focusing a lot on the comical witticisms of House as he insulted his colleagues and his boss. This particular season takes a more serious turn, and although there does exist the comedy that it's famous for, there is a more serious aura around the entire season and its characters as all is not well in the land of Dr. Gregory House. For a medical drama, House is pretty special as it retains a very formulaic style of storytelling and wholly stays away from soap opera dramatics; instead replacing them with casual love stories, complex medical cases and an even more complex main star.

Just when we think we know House, the show takes another massive turn and shows us a completely different side to him that we never thought existed. Season 5 seeks on exposing a new emotional side to House. At the end of season 4 we saw the end to Wilsons girlfriend, Amber and what we are lead to believe to be the friendship of House and Wilson. Season 5 opens with our worst fears, Wilson quits and tells House that they can no longer be friends and in order for Wilson to be truly happy, he must have House out of his life.

In comes a private investigator hired by House to spy on Wilson in his new life and also his team. The split doesn't last for long and House & Wilson end up back to their old tricks of childish friendship antics. Chase & Cameron gain a more prominent role in this season as their relationship is explored in more detail as Cameron struggles with the possibility of a permanent relationship as she still can't let go of the memories of her husband who died a few years prior to their relationship. This presents a higher purpose for them still remaining in the opening title sequence and hopefully, this increased prominence will mean they become a stronger part of the team in season 6.

Thirteen is also forced to struggle with the fact that she has Huntington's disease, and to a certain point takes it very badly. Foreman also gains a bit more purpose in this season and develops a relationship with Thirteen, but I felt like this relationship was only brought into the picture to avoid having to fire him as even now his presence just seems pointless. Taub and Kutner are their usual selves with nothing really important happening to them other than House torturing Taub over his affair. There are quite a few delightful surprises that take place during the season, some are more important than others, but they're all designed to keep us watching to the next episode.

As with every TV show, the finale is always the most special episode that will keep you wanting more up to when the next season starts. House is no exception to that rule and although most TV shows may create a cliff-hanger to keep you wanting more, they would also wrap a few stories up so they don't have to be revisited. House very rarely does that. Instead it gives us riveting cliff-hangers that makes us question the true brilliance of what we have seen, yet if you're not a fan of the primary cliff-hanger, there's also a few other stories that you will want to know what happened next. This is a truly brilliant season that exposes a more emotional and loveable side to House that have only briefly been explored in previous seasons. There is one massive shocker that most reading this review will have probably heard about by now, but it's just an overall great season and worthy of any House fans DVD collection.
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47 of 50 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars What a peculiar season, 13 May 2009
By Anna (London) - See all my reviews
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Season 5 is straight up weird. It's rich with hints and clues that not all is well with House, and the season finale ends on the mini-mother of all cliff hangers. Season 6 opening episode is going to be unmissable. American tv shows always end a season with a cliff hanger, but so often they're appallingly slapdash. Not so with House. From about mid way through the season, it's subtly hinted at that there is something profoundly amiss, and it culminates in a dark and surprising final few scenes.

Anyway, back to the beginning. At the start of the series, Amber is gone, and so is Wilson. In his place there's a private detective, Lucas (played wonderfully by Michael Weston) who is sardonic and clever (actually a match for House) and, apparently, is being given his own spin off series. That's officially Good News.

Chase, Cameron and Cuddy get more of a look in than they did in season 4 - it's no longer incongruous that their names are in the opening credits... although, Cameron and Chase are largely spent fine-tuning and/or imploding their relationship. Season 5 also introduces a relationship between 2 more of the main cast... and the violent loss of another. Apparently in the States it was widely touted as a "Very Special Episode", with ramifications that would ripple throughout the rest of the season. They set up a bit of a red herring leading up to it, so it is a genuine shock but, somehow, that whole storyline is a little unsatisfying. That being said, House's situation is possibly predicated on it, so maybe there are huge, House-shaped ripples we've yet to fully see.

The team still solve the unsolveable, House still offends anyone with ears (and, indeed, someone without), and it's still fiercely clever and frequently funny. The entire season feels a lot more chaotic than the others - almost as if they wrote much of it on the fly, but it's no poorer for that. It's still House, it's still wonderful, and it deserves no less than 5 stars.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Why there are no English subtitles?, 8 Feb 2010
The Dr House series is perfect, but this particular DVD has the drawback - there are no English subtitles, which decreases it's value in my opinion.
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5.0 out of 5 stars HOUSE RULES
Arguably the strongest season yet. It starts with the quitting of Wilson, House's best (and only?) friend after the death of Amber. Read more
Published 13 days ago by Mr. D. L. Rees

5.0 out of 5 stars Great series
I really enjoyed this series. Lots of surprises and great humour, as usual. The disc has plenty of special features as well.
Published 13 days ago by C. Page

4.0 out of 5 stars House fan
If you're a House/Hugh Laurie fan, you'll love the cynical wonder doctor - good entertainment...
Published 17 days ago by garaboto

5.0 out of 5 stars Season 5
A very enjoyable season with some great episodes. They really capitalise on having an extremely hot bisexual woman on the team in this season; a blatant appeal for male viewers... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Sadgasm

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Programme Ever!
I had already seen this series and absolutely loved it. My mum is a huge House fan too so I bought this for her for Xmas. Read more
Published 1 month ago by H. MACDONALD

1.0 out of 5 stars Discgraceful
First off let me say that I would rate the show alone with the full five stars. My gripe with this DVD is however that there are no subtitle tracks on it. None whatsoever. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Christian Rollinger

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
The item arrived within the next couple of days after days. It was brand new. So, great bargain for me.
Published 3 months ago

5.0 out of 5 stars House series 5
House gets better and better. Really enjoyed this and watched it in a couple of days. cant wait for series 6 to come out on DVD
Published 3 months ago by Mrs. A. J. Flenley

5.0 out of 5 stars House season 5
As is the case with the previous series of House, this DVD delivers a great viewing experience packed with great cases and even more witty remarks. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. Benjamin A. Lewsey

5.0 out of 5 stars House season 5
House season 5 along with all the other seasons of House is epic. I would recommend watching HOUSE to anyone and everyone. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Paul

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