2025 TOURNAMENT BEGINS SEPT 1ST!!!

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Welcome to my House MD poll blog!

2025's best episode tournament is currently running right now in the SEMIFINALS!

I queue polls multiple at a time and in advance, so if you see any mistakes when a poll is released, please drop into my inbox and let me know so I can fix it as soon as possible. I can't catch them all no matter how hard I try.

I am still taking other polls about House MD while the tournament is running, and any posted will not interrupt the queue of five tournament polls per day.

A quick note about ties, since we've had a few of them so far- any ties will be decided via a random number generator, where an odd number means the first episode wins and an even means the second episode wins. I do not look at my own vote when determining which episode wins a tied poll.

If you want to track the tournament, this year's tag is #house md best episode tournament 2025

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SEMIFINALS: Three Stories vs. Lockdown

Three Stories (1X21)

Lockdown (6X16)

Voting ended onNov 19, 2025

Three Stories: House's ex Stacy Warner asks him to treat her husband. House takes over a diagnostics class for a day and presents the class with three case studies of leg pain. As House tells his story and the class gradually fills up with listeners, the class learns a lot about how to be better doctors, and Chase, Foreman and Cameron learn some important details of House's past.

Lockdown: When a newborn disappears from the nursery, Princeton Plainsboro goes on lockdown, preventing anyone from entering, leaving or moving within the hospital. While House and his team members are trapped in various parts of the building, new insights about the team's personal histories, relationships and regrets surface.

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SEMIFINALS: Wilson's Heart vs. House's Head

Wilson's Heart (4X16)

House's Head (4X15)

Voting ended onNov 19, 2025

Wilson's Heart: The team works to save someone close to a central character's heart. The key is inside House's head, but he is in a bad way himself.

House's Head: A bus that House was riding crashes. House claims there's a victim on the bus who is dying, but not from the bus accident. He stops at nothing to figure out who the patient is and what is ailing them.

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Hey everyone!

I know it's been a while since I posted the last round of polls and in all honestly while waiting for results I forgot about the tournament because I had a lot going on I needed to take care of.

I'll still be finishing it, so thank you for sticking with me as I disappeared unexplained for a few weeks!

As a side note, these are the final three polls, so I'm setting them to last a week so everyone who wants to can get their votes in.

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Round 6: It's A Wonderful Lie vs. Lockdown

It's A Wonderful Lie (4X10)

Lockdown (6X16)

Voting ended onOct 30, 2025

It's A Wonderful Lie: House is equally obsessed with a mother and daughter who don't lie, and using Christmas to create discord among the team members.

Lockdown: When a newborn disappears from the nursery, Princeton Plainsboro goes on lockdown, preventing anyone from entering, leaving or moving within the hospital. While House and his team members are trapped in various parts of the building, new insights about the team's personal histories, relationships and regrets surface.

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Round 6: Birthmarks vs. Three Stories

Birthmarks (5X04)

Three Stories (1X21)

Voting ended onOct 28, 2025

Birthmarks: House tries every delaying tactic available when Wilson forces him to attend his father's funeral. Meanwhile, the team tries to find the cause of a young woman's abdominal pain and hemorrhage that occurred in China.

Three Stories: House's ex Stacy Warner asks him to treat her husband. House takes over a diagnostics class for a day and presents the class with three case studies of leg pain. As House tells his story and the class gradually fills up with listeners, the class learns a lot about how to be better doctors, and Chase, Foreman and Cameron learn some important details of House's past.

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Round 6: House's Head vs. Son Of Coma Guy

House's Head (4X15)

Son Of Coma Guy (3X07)

Voting ended onOct 28, 2025

House's Head: A bus that House was riding crashes. House claims there's a victim on the bus who is dying, but not from the bus accident. He stops at nothing to figure out who the patient is and what is ailing them.

Son Of Coma Guy: When the son of a man in a vegetative state starts going into a coma, the vegetative man is reawakened chemically by House, who hopes to get some clues to the son's problems.

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Round 6: Wilson's Heart vs. House Divided

Wilson's Heart (4X16)

House Divided (5X22)

Voting ended onOct 27, 2025

Wilson's Heart: The team works to save someone close to a central character's heart. The key is inside House's head, but he is in a bad way himself.

House Divided: House's Amber hallucination becomes more aggressive as sleep deprivation takes its toll endangering a patient, and Chase's bachelor party ends in the emergency room.

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Round 5: Lockdown vs. Frozen

Lockdown (6X16)

Frozen (4X11)

Voting ended onOct 27, 2025

Lockdown: When a newborn disappears from the nursery, Princeton Plainsboro goes on lockdown, preventing anyone from entering, leaving or moving within the hospital. While House and his team members are trapped in various parts of the building, new insights about the team's personal histories, relationships and regrets surface.

Frozen: When a researcher at a South Pole base becomes ill, House must diagnose the case at a distance. Meanwhile, House tries to find out who Wilson is dating, and his new staff tries to get him cable.

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Round 5: Merry Little Christmas vs. It's A Wonderful Lie

Merry Little Christmas (3X10)

It's A Wonderful Lie (4X10)

Voting ended onOct 26, 2025

Merry Little Christmas: Wilson presents the deal to House and then convinces Cuddy to back him up, meanwhile the team is flummoxed by a patient's condition and various members keep seeking out House for his opinion even though he may not be prepared to assist.

It's A Wonderful Lie: House is equally obsessed with a mother and daughter who don't lie, and using Christmas to create discord among the team members.

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Round 5: Three Stories vs. Mirror Mirror

Three Stories (1X21)

Mirror Mirror (4X05)

Voting ended onOct 25, 2025

Three Stories: House's ex Stacy Warner asks him to treat her husband. House takes over a diagnostics class for a day and presents the class with three case studies of leg pain. As House tells his story and the class gradually fills up with listeners, the class learns a lot about how to be better doctors, and Chase, Foreman and Cameron learn some important details of House's past.

Mirror Mirror: House is bemused to encounter a patient with no memory, who mimics the personalities of everybody he meets. Foreman returns to the hospital to supervise the applicants, leading to a battle of wills between House and Cuddy.

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Round 5: Birthmarks vs. Euphoria Pt. 2

Birthmarks (5X04)

Euphoria Pt. 2 (2X21)

Voting ended onOct 25, 2025

Birthmarks: House tries every delaying tactic available when Wilson forces him to attend his father's funeral. Meanwhile, the team tries to find the cause of a young woman's abdominal pain and hemorrhage that occurred in China.

Euphoria Pt. 2: House tries radical procedures to save Foreman's life; Foreman's father visits.

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Round 5: No Reason vs. Son Of Coma Guy

No Reason (2X24)

Son Of Coma Guy (3X07)

Voting ended onOct 25, 2025

No Reason: An old patient of House comes back and seeks revenge upon him in the form of gunshot.

Son Of Coma Guy: When the son of a man in a vegetative state starts going into a coma, the vegetative man is reawakened chemically by House, who hopes to get some clues to the son's problems.

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Round 5: Don't Ever Change vs. House's Head

Don't Ever Change (4X12)

House's Head (4X15)

Voting ended onOct 24, 2025

Don't Ever Change: A woman collapses at her wedding. She led a different life style before her marriage, House insists she hasn't changed. Wilson starts dating Amber.

House's Head: A bus that House was riding crashes. House claims there's a victim on the bus who is dying, but not from the bus accident. He stops at nothing to figure out who the patient is and what is ailing them.

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Round 5: Holding On vs. House Divided

Holding On (8X21)

House Divided (5X22)

Voting ended onOct 24, 2025

Holding On: A patient's illness has its roots in the body and mind. Wilson and House try to come to terms with the cancer.

House Divided: House's Amber hallucination becomes more aggressive as sleep deprivation takes its toll endangering a patient, and Chase's bachelor party ends in the emergency room.

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ROUND 5: Under My Skin vs. Wilson's Heart

Under My Skin (5X23)

Wilson's Heart (4X16)

Voting ended onOct 23, 2025

Under My Skin: When all of House's efforts to rid himself of Amber fail, he turns to someone unexpected for assistance. Meanwhile, the team is left to fend for itself as they try to save a ballerina's life and career.

Wilson's Heart: The team works to save someone close to a central character's heart. The key is inside House's head, but he is in a bad way himself.

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Round 5 starts today and consists of only eight polls; we're in the final stretch of the tournament now and every decision's likely going to be a difficult one (and I will be reading propaganda reblogs before placing my vote for a lot of these)

Just a note with this round moving forward, I am not getting results fast enough to keep up with the current queue. I'll post as many as I can daily, but just know that polls will be slowing down as we get into this round.