"Ugly" | |
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House episode | |
Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 7 |
Directed by | David Straiton |
Written by | Sean Whitesell |
Original air date | November 13, 2007 |
Running time | 44 minutes |
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"Ugly" is the seventh episode of the fourth season of House and the seventy-seventh episode overall. It aired on Fox on November 13, 2007.[1] The episode revolves around a teenager named Kenny Arnold with a major facial deformity. He is set to get surgery in order to remove the deformity, but has a heart attack just prior to the surgery. Dr. Gregory House, who still has not hired a new diagnostic team out of six interns, tries to figure out what is wrong with Kenny. Kenny was being filmed by a documentary crew during the process of the surgery. House has to find out what is wrong with Kenny while being filmed by the crew.
The episode was watched by 11.4 million viewers, making it the eighth most-watched program of the week.[2] The episode gained positive reviews by critics, who were surprised by the story surrounding Dr. Chris Taub, one of the fellowship applicants, in the episode.[3]