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"Twenty Vicodin"
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Episodeno.Season 8
Episode 1
Directed byGreg Yaitanes
Written byPeter Blake
Original air dateOctober 3, 2011(2011-10-03)
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"Twenty Vicodin"is theeighth seasonpremiere episode of the American television medical drama seriesHouseand the 156th overall episode of the series.[4]It aired onFoxon October 3, 2011. The episode introduces a new regular cast member to the series,Odette Annable,who plays Dr. Jessica Adams.[5]Jaleel White,who playedSteve Urkelon theABCshowFamily Matters,makes a guest appearance in the episode.[6]In the episode, the storyline picks up eleven months after theseason seventh finalewith House in prison.[7]

Plot

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Eight months after being imprisoned fordriving his car into Cuddy's living room,House has five days before he is grantedparole,to which he has become eligible due to space issues and relatively good behavior. He is faced with prison bullies, mainly their leader (Jude Ciccolella), who extorts him into paying them "twentyVicodin"as" exit tax ", and meets Jessica Adams (Odette Annable), a young prison doctor who becomes fascinated with his medical skills. When a fellow prisoner collapses due to mysterious symptoms, House races against the clock and the head prison doctor to find the cure. During his imprisonment period, House has not had any phone calls or visitors; as House explains, human contact is what brought him there to begin with. In the end, House cures the man, but not without punishment from the parole board.[8]

Production

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"Twenty Vicodin", theeighth seasonpremiere ofHouse,was written byPeter Blake.[9]It debuted actressOdette Annableas Dr. Jessica Adams, a doctor working at the prison where Dr. House is incarcerated.[5]David Shorestated that it was a challenge for him to appropriately punish House for the deed in theseason 7 finalewithout turning the series into a prison show or changing House's characteristics (while changing the environment around him, i.e. removingCuddyand "chilling" his relationship withWilson), and that is why he decided to pick up the story eight months after House's incarceration.[10]

Reception

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Critical reception

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The episode was received with generally good reviews. The A.V. Club initially gave this episode a B− rating.[11]Anthony Ocasio of ScreenRant.com gave the episode a positive review, stating "the House season 8 premiere presents a wonderfully crafted case study, penned by executive producer Peter Blake, on the man that is House, in which Hugh Laurie masterfully traverses a new environment filled with intriguing challenges and compelling characters."[12]Joseph Oliveto from screencrave.com gave the episode a very good review, awarding the episode 9/10. Oliveto commented that Twenty Vicodin was "A tense season-opener [that] assures us that “House” hasn’t lost the magic ".[13]

Ratings

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With 9.78 million viewers, "Twenty Vicodin" was the 8th most watched program of the night.[14]This was a decrease of 0.76 million viewers from the season seven premiere,[15]but an increase of 0.67 million from the season 7 finale.[16]The episode was the 14th most watched program of the week for adults 18-49.[17]The season premiere was the second most watched program of the week in Canada with 2.81 million viewers.[18]

References

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  1. ^"House Scoop: Jaleel White Sent Directly to Jail".TV Line.tvline.com/. August 30, 2011.RetrievedAugust 31,2011.
  2. ^Handlen, Zack (October 3, 2011)."House" Twenty Vicodin "".The A.V. Club.RetrievedOctober 4,2011.
  3. ^"House Exclusive: New Details on Top-Secret Season 8 Premiere!".TV Line.tvline.com/. July 28, 2011.RetrievedAugust 11,2011.
  4. ^Ausiello, Michael (July 28, 2011)."House Exclusive: New Details on Top-Secret Season 8 Premiere!".TV Line.TV Line Media, LLC.RetrievedJuly 28,2011.
  5. ^abAndreeva, Nellie (July 25, 2011)."'Breaking In' Co-Star Odette Annable Joins Fox's 'House' As New Regular ".Deadline.PMC.RetrievedJuly 25,2011.
  6. ^Gicas, Peter (August 31, 2011)."Urkel, Er, Jaleel White Set to Guest Star onHouse".E! Online.RetrievedOctober 8,2011.
  7. ^"House's New Season Will Pick Up (Major Spoiler Alert) Later!".TV Line.TV Line Media, LLC. August 6, 2011.RetrievedAugust 16,2011.
  8. ^Barnett, Barbara (September 15, 2011)."TV Preview: House, M.D. - Season Eight Premiere" Twenty Vicodin "".Blogcritics.RetrievedOctober 1,2011.
  9. ^Blake, Peter (June 28, 2011)."I'm writing 801".Twitter.RetrievedAugust 4,2011.
  10. ^Barnett, Barbara (September 27, 2011)."House, M.D.Creator David Shore and Actress Odette Annable Talk About the Season Premiere and More ".Blogcritics.Archived fromthe originalon April 14, 2013.RetrievedOctober 1,2011.
  11. ^Handlen, Zack (October 3, 2011).""Twenty Vicodin" · House · TV Review House: "Twenty Vicodin" · TV Club · The A.V. Club ".Avclub.com.RetrievedMay 7,2017.
  12. ^Anthony Ocasio (October 3, 2011)."'House' Season 8 Premiere Review & Discussion ".Screen Rant.RetrievedMay 7,2017.
  13. ^"House: Season 8 Episode 1: Twenty Vicodin – TV Review".Archived fromthe originalon October 6, 2011.RetrievedOctober 8,2011.
  14. ^"Monday Broadcast Final Ratings: 'Terra Nova,' '2.5 Men,' '2 Broke Girls' Adjusted Up; 'Castle' Adjusted Down – Page 106073 – TV By The Numbers by zap2it.com".Tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com. October 4, 2011. Archived fromthe originalon October 6, 2011.RetrievedMay 7,2017.
  15. ^"TV Ratings Monday: Dancing, Castle, Two and a Half Men Up; Lone Star No Star; + The Event, Hawaii Five-0 – Page 64332 – TV By The Numbers by zap2it.com".Tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com. September 21, 2010. Archived fromthe originalon November 18, 2010.RetrievedMay 7,2017.
  16. ^"Monday Final Ratings: 'Dancing,' 'House,' 'Event' Adjusted Up; 'Law & Order:LA,' 'Clash Of The Commercials' Down – Page 93755 – TV By The Numbers by zap2it.com".Tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com. May 24, 2011. Archived fromthe originalon May 26, 2011.RetrievedMay 7,2017.
  17. ^"TV Ratings Broadcast Top 25: 'Sunday Night Football,' 'Two & A Half Men,' 'Modern Family' Top Week's Adults 18-49 Ratings – Page 106739 – TV By The Numbers by zap2it.com".Tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com. October 11, 2011. Archived fromthe originalon October 13, 2011.RetrievedMay 7,2017.
  18. ^"Archived copy"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on December 15, 2011.RetrievedDecember 13,2011.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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