“Help Me” is the House M.D. episode featuring a patient trapped beneath a collapsed building. It is the twenty-second episode of the sixth season and served as that season’s finale, airing on May 17, 2010.
The story follows House and his team as they respond to a construction-site disaster. House becomes closely involved with Hannah, a young woman whose leg is pinned under rubble. The medical emergency develops into an ethical crisis when the team must consider amputation to save her life, while House struggles with the emotional consequences of the decision.
The episode is notable because it places House outside the hospital and makes the central diagnosis inseparable from rescue medicine and triage. It also deepens the relationship between House and Cuddy. “Help Me” was written by Peter Blake and directed by Katie Jacobs, and it is frequently singled out as one of the series’ strongest episodes.