Nolan realizes he’s ready to return to the practice of medicine. When he turns to his doctor instead of Vicodin for help, Dr. At the same time, he falls in love, but then finds his paramour has no further interest in him.
Although he resists at first, he finally gives in.
However, detoxing turns out to be the easy part - House can’t get his medical license back until he’s willing to admit his problems run deeper. Īfter finally realizing that his Vicodin habit is distorting his view of reality, House voluntarily enters Mayfield Psychiatric Hospital to detox. Season 6 was fairly well critically received scoring 77 on Metacritic. This is the first season to have less than the habitual 24 episodes (Season Four doesn't count because it was shortened following the Writers' Strike). In the United Kingdom, the series began airing on Sky 1 and Sky 1 HD on October 4, 2009, two weeks behind the North American broadcast. After this major change, the opening sequence was changed when Season 7 started. This is the last season to feature Jennifer Morrison's name in the opening credits and Cameron's regular appearance in the series. She would later appear on a guest-star role in the episode " Lockdown", and re-appear much later in the last episode of the series. The main storylines for this season include House's treatment at Mayfield Psychiatric Hospital after being admitted following House's hallucinations due to Vicodin abuse, Wilson's new relationship with Sam, one of his ex-wives, Lucas' and Cuddy's relationship and how it affects House, who seems to develop feelings for her, Foreman's and Thirteen's break-up, the return of the original group (Cameron, Chase and Foreman) and Cameron's departure from the series after Chase killed a genocide president. The sixth season of House premiered on Septemwith a special two-hour episode and ended on May 17, 2010.