The House, M.D. episode featuring House’s lecture on three patients is titled “Three Stories.”
“Three Stories” is the twenty-first episode of the first season, which aired in 2005. In the episode, Gregory House gives a medical lecture while the narrative shifts among three patient cases. The structure lets the show reveal important details about House’s past and his chronic leg pain.
The episode was written by David Shore and directed by Paris Barclay. It received major critical attention and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, giving Shore the award for the episode.
The title can be confused with the show’s general use of multiple diagnostic cases, but “Three Stories” specifically refers to the lecture framework and its three patient narratives. Its unusual structure is one reason the episode is frequently cited as an important early example of the series’ storytelling style.