Other mistake: When they first meet, the patient refers to the doctor as Omar, his real name, not his character's name.
LorgSkyegon
27th Jun 2025
House, M.D. (2004)
Upvote valid corrections to help move entries into the corrections section.
Suggested correction: He never says the name Omar during the first scene where they interact.
16th May 2025
House, M.D. (2004)
Factual error: The patient is diagnosed with legionnaire's disease, caught from the AC unit above their desk. The legionella bacteria causing the disease is found in warm water (commonly dehumidifiers, industrial AC cooling towers, hot water tanks) - the key point being that a water source is required. The problem with this is that the AC unit above the patient's desk is a window unit. These sorts of AC units don't use water as a coolant - you can't catch legionnaire's from them.
Upvote valid corrections to help move entries into the corrections section.
Suggested correction: They don't use water as a coolant, but they can collect water that condensed from the cold inside the unit.
Which still doesn't allow for legionella to breed, not least the limited amount of collected water drains away (i.e. not like in water tanks and cooling towers). Healthcare professionals have consistently confirmed that window AC units aren't legionella risks for this reason. If you check the CDC website, it explicitly states that window AC units aren't potential legionella sources.
21st May 2011
House, M.D. (2004)
Corrected entry: Zachary tells Colleen that he gave the other girl a cheat code for Red Dead Revolver to hit her with the jump-rope, forcing her to lose the bet so she'd have to kiss him. Although it's possible that the girl was playing a 7-year-old game on an outdated system, it's more likely that he meant Red Dead Redemption, the sequel released last year. (00:36:50)
Correction: I still play Super Mario World - a twenty year-old game on a system outdated three generations over. People like old games.