House M.d Season 1 Episode 1 -

Rebecca Adler, a 29-year-old kindergarten teacher, is in class with her students when she suddenly loses control of her speech, slurs words, and collapses. She is rushed to Princeton‑Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.

The team confirms neurocysticercosis. Treatment with antiparasitic drugs causes inflammation in the brain (a known side effect), so House also prescribes high‑dose steroids. Rebecca recovers fully. House M.d Season 1 Episode 1

House confronts Rebecca in her hospital room (one of the few times he interacts directly with a patient in the episode). He accuses her of lying about the dog. She admits she has a puppy but claims she’s not allergic. House realizes that the dog tapeworm can infect humans, but only if the dog eats infected meat. Rebecca admits she fed the puppy raw lamb (a cultural tradition from her family). Bingo. Rebecca Adler, a 29-year-old kindergarten teacher, is in

, the hospital’s dean of medicine and a hospital administrator, tries to assign the case to Dr. House. House refuses, calling it boring. Cuddy threatens to cut his research budget, so House reluctantly takes the case but immediately delegates the clinical work to his diagnostic team: Dr. Eric Foreman , Dr. Robert Chase , and Dr. Allison Cameron . He accuses her of lying about the dog