"Twenty Vicodin" is the eighth season premiere episode of the American television medical drama series House and the 156th overall episode of the series. It aired on Fox Network in the United States on October 3, 2011. The episode introduces a new regular cast member to the series, Odette Annable, who plays Dr. Jessica Adams. Jaleel White, who is famous for having portrayed Steve Urkel on the ABC show Family Matters, makes a guest appearance in t...
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"Twenty Vicodin" is the eighth season premiere episode of the American television medical drama series House and the 156th overall episode of the series. It aired on Fox Network in the United States on October 3, 2011. The episode introduces a new regular cast member to the series, Odette Annable, who plays Dr. Jessica Adams. Jaleel White, who is famous for having portrayed Steve Urkel on the ABC show Family Matters, makes a guest appearance in the episode. In the episode, the storyline picks up eleven months after the finale of the seventh season with Dr. House in prison.
Eight months after being imprisoned for driving a car into Cuddy's dining room, House has five days before he is granted parole, to which he has become eligible due to space issues and relatively good behavior. He is faced with prison bullies, mainly their leader (Jude Ciccolella), who extort him into paying them "twenty Vicodin" as "exit tax", and meets Jessica Adams (Annable), a young prison doctor who becomes...
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