

House's original regret over his role in Amber's death seems to have worn off as instead of being supportive, he merely tries to convince Wilson that he is overreacting to the situation. Wilson slowly starts to recover from Amber's untimely death, but begins to reevaluate his life and to contemplate resigning from his post at the hospital. Although many critics denounced the move as unnecessary and totally unshadowed by the previous episodes, the event led to a series climax when, due to Kutner's death, House descends into psychosis and finally admits himself into a psychiatric hospital to deal with his twin demons of Vicodin and grief. As a result of his sudden departure, his character, Lawrence Kutner was killed off. However, the biggest change in Season 5 was the departure of Kal Penn from the series so he could take a position at the White House.

However, the first episode didn't premiere until two weeks later, September 16.Īlthough House was originally scheduled to be shown on Tuesdays during Season 5, at mid-Season, the time slots for House and American Idol were switched on the prime time schedule, putting House's new episodes in the 8:00 P.M. Later, FOX Broadcasting Company stated in this Network Prime Time Schedule, that House would premiere its fifth Season at 8:00 P.M. The Hollywood Reporter was the first to go on record that House M.D.
