In House M.D., the episode “Pilot” introduced Dr. James Wilson as House’s friend and colleague.
“Pilot” is the first episode of the series and establishes the major setting, characters, and diagnostic premise. It follows House and his team as they investigate a kindergarten teacher’s unexplained illness while introducing the difficult relationship between House and hospital administrator Lisa Cuddy.
Wilson is played by Robert Sean Leonard and serves as an oncologist at Princeton-Plainsboro. His friendship with House is present from the beginning, although later episodes provide much more detail about their history and loyalty to one another.
The episode aired in the United States on November 16, 2004. It is sometimes confused with “Everybody Lies,” an alternate title associated with early promotional material and the show’s famous slogan, but the broadcast episode title is “Pilot.”