The House M.D. episode that introduces Dr. Gregory House is titled “Pilot.” It is the first episode of the series and establishes House, his diagnostic team, and Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.
The episode follows a kindergarten teacher whose unexplained symptoms lead House and his colleagues through a series of possible diagnoses. The case introduces the show’s central structure: a team tests competing explanations while House challenges assumptions and hospital rules.
The pilot also introduces Lisa Cuddy and James Wilson as important figures in House’s professional life. It establishes House’s leg pain, cane, reliance on Vicodin, and hostility toward routine clinic work.
“Pilot” is sometimes called “Everybody Lies” because that phrase is strongly associated with the series and appears in its opening-era marketing. However, “Everybody Lies” is not the title of the premiere episode. The canonical episode title is simply “Pilot.”