# Frozen (House) > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Frozen_(House) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Frozen_(House).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_(House) > Source revision: 1324098546 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 11th episode of the 4th season of House "Frozen" House episode Episode no. Season 4 Episode 11 Directed by David Straiton Written by Liz Friedman Original air date February 3, 2008 (2008-02-03) Guest appearances Mira Sorvino as Dr. Cate Milton Jeff Hephner as Sean Anne Dudek as Dr. Amber Volakis Episode chronology ← Previous "It's a Wonderful Lie" Next → "Don't Ever Change" House season 4 List of episodes "**Frozen**" is the eleventh episode of the [fourth season](/source/House_season_4) of *[House](/source/House_(TV_series))* and the eighty-first episode overall. It aired on [Fox](/source/Fox_Broadcasting_Company) on February 3, 2008, following [Super Bowl XLII](/source/Super_Bowl_XLII); it attracted slightly more than 29 million viewers, making it the highest rated House episode of the entire series.[1] It was ranked third for the week, tied with that week's [episode of *American Idol*](/source/American_Idol_season_7) ([also on Fox](/source/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Fox)) and outranked only by the Super Bowl game and the Super Bowl [post-game show](/source/Super_Bowl_XLII#Post-game_ceremonies).[1] *House* became the first dramatic TV series to be the [lead-out program of a Fox-aired Super Bowl](/source/List_of_Super_Bowl_lead-out_programs) since *[The X-Files](/source/The_X-Files)* following [Super Bowl XXXI](/source/Super_Bowl_XXXI). This is the second episode of the show to have an [Academy Award](/source/Academy_Award) winner as a guest star – [Mira Sorvino](/source/Mira_Sorvino) (the first was "[Informed Consent](/source/Informed_Consent_(House))" with [Joel Grey](/source/Joel_Grey)).[2] ## Plot Psychiatrist Cate Milton collapses and vomits in a research station in the middle of [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica). Weather conditions prevent her from being evacuated, so [House](/source/Gregory_House) is asked to examine her through a [webcam](/source/Webcam). [Foreman](/source/Eric_Foreman) suspects [cancer](/source/Cancer) after her right [lung](/source/Lung) nearly collapses. House asks to sample her [lymph nodes](/source/Lymph_nodes) to detect cancer since the test procedures that can be performed are severely limited by the lack of drugs, equipment, and medical personnel on the base. While Foreman and [Wilson](/source/James_Wilson_(House)) are looking for makeshift stains for the slides (they test the usefulness of coffee, red wine, etc.), House notices Wilson's quickness to agree and his lavender shirt, and deduces that he is dating someone. Wilson dismisses his suspicions. After looking at Cate's test results, Wilson concludes she does not have cancer, but Cate's left kidney shuts down. House's theory changes to [autoimmune disease](/source/Autoimmune_disease), for which she would need to take [prednisone](/source/Prednisone). Cate insists on proof (prednisone is a limited resource and there is an asthmatic on the base who could die without it). The team tells her to go outside, since extreme cold has been used as a treatment for auto-immune diseases. As Cate prepares to go outside, she faints and lapses into a coma. House goes on to treat her for brain swelling by having mechanic Sean drill a hole in her skull to see whether her coma is caused by increased intracranial pressure or a problem with her hypothalamus. After the drilling, Cate regains consciousness. Kutner suggests there is a fat [embolus](/source/Embolus). House realizes it would take an untreated bone break to cause the [fat emboli](/source/Fat_embolism), and that he has seen every part of her body but her feet (because she kept her socks on during her self-examination). A simple examination reveals that her big toe is broken, the pain numbed by the cold. The toe is reset and splinted and Cate is expected to fully recover. Throughout the episode, House shows feelings for Cate, asking if she is okay and later, telling the only other person with her that he (House) will not let him hurt her. After House sees that the person with her is in love with her, he stops flirting with her. Finally, House goes to the restaurant where Wilson is meeting with his girlfriend, who he learns is [Amber](/source/List_of_House_characters#Amber_Volakis), also known to House as "Cutthroat Bitch". ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-zapbowl_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-zapbowl_1-1) [Network Primetime Averages, week of January 28 - February 3, 2008](http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,272%7C%7C%7Cweekly,00.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20051001064816/http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1%2C1002%2C272%7C%7C%7Cweekly%2C00.html) October 1, 2005, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) from Zap2It.com 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Fox Press Release from Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009](http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z2z2z83z6z8&ID=4725) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20100130193650/http://foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z2z2z83z6z8&ID=4725) 2010-01-30 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) ## External links Wikiquote has quotations related to ***[Frozen](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/House_(TV_series)/Season_4#Frozen_.284.11.29)***. - ["Frozen"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110923041206/http://www.fox.com/house/recaps/season-4/episode-11.htm) at [Fox.com](/source/Fox.com) - ["Frozen"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1168087/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e House Characters Gregory House Lisa Cuddy James Wilson Allison Cameron Remy "Thirteen" Hadley Lawrence Kutner Stacy Warner Michael Tritter Episodes Season 1 "Pilot" "Paternity" "Three Stories" Season 2 "Autopsy" "Spin" "Hunting" "The Mistake" "Deception" "Failure to Communicate" "Need to Know" "Clueless" "All In" "House vs. God" "Who's Your Daddy?" Season 3 "Informed Consent" "Lines in the Sand" "Finding Judas" "Half-Wit" Season 4 "Mirror Mirror" "Whatever It Takes" "Ugly" "You Don't Want to Know" "Frozen" "No More Mr. Nice Guy" "Living the Dream" "House's Head" "Wilson's Heart" Season 5 "Not Cancer" "Lucky Thirteen" "Last Resort" "Here Kitty" "Locked In" "Simple Explanation" "Both Sides Now" Season 6 "Broken" "Known Unknowns" "Ignorance Is Bliss" "Wilson" "The Down Low" "Remorse" "5 to 9" "The Choice" "Baggage" "Help Me" Season 7 "Selfish" "Unwritten" "Unplanned Parenthood" "Office Politics" "A Pox on Our House" "Small Sacrifices" "Larger than Life" "Carrot or Stick" "Bombshells" "Out of the Chute" "Fall from Grace" "The Dig" "Changes" "The Fix" "Moving On" Season 8 "Twenty Vicodin" "Transplant" "Charity Case" "Risky Business" "The Confession" "Parents" "Dead & Buried" "Perils of Paranoia" "Runaways" "Nobody's Fault" "Chase" "Man of the House" "Love Is Blind" "Blowing the Whistle" "Gut Check" "We Need the Eggs" "Body & Soul" "The C-Word" "Post Mortem" "Holding On" "Everybody Dies" Related Cast list Accolades Soundtrack Nurse Jeffrey Doctor Richter Hekimoğlu Category --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Frozen (House)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_(House)) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_(House)?action=history)). 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