In House M.D., the series premiere is titled “Pilot,” the standard title used for the show’s first episode.
“Pilot” introduces Gregory House, his diagnostic team, Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, and the series’ recurring structure of investigating an unexplained illness. The episode centers on Rebecca Adler, a kindergarten teacher whose symptoms lead House’s team through several possible diagnoses.
The episode was written by David Shore and directed by Peter O’Fallon. It established House’s reputation for solving cases through unconventional reasoning while also presenting the hospital’s clinic and administrative pressures. The episode aired on November 16, 2004, on Fox.
“Pilot” is a conventional television term for an episode designed to introduce a series and demonstrate its format. It is not the name of the medical condition in the story. The episode is sometimes referred to informally as “Everybody Lies,” a phrase associated with House’s worldview, but its official title is “Pilot.”