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Universal Pictures recently released the House M.D.: The Complete Series Blu-ray. Read on to find out more about it...

[ SYNOPSIS ]

Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) is Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital's Chief of Diagnostic Medicine, whose astounding intellect is matched only by his frightening bedside manner.

[ EPISODES ]

The 39-disc set includes all 176 episodes of the 2004-2012 eight-season Fox series. Each episode runs about 45 minutes.

[ SPECIFICATIONS ]

The show is presented in a 1.78:1 aspect ratio. The show is Not Rated. Audio languages include English. Subtitle languages include English SDH and Spanish.

[ SPECIAL FEATURES ]

All of the special features below can be found on the respective Blu-ray discs.

• SEASON 1, DISC 5: Dr. House
• SEASON 1, DISC 5: Medical Cases
• SEASON 1, DISC 5: The Concept
• SEASON 1, DISC 5: Set Tour
• SEASON 1, DISC 5: House-isms
• SEASON 1, DISC 5: Casting Sessions with Hugh Laurie
• SEASON 2, DISC 1: Audio Commentary on "Autopsy" with executive producers David Shore and Katie Jacobs
• SEASON 2, DISC 1: Alternate Take From "Daddy's Boy": The Valley Girl Version
• SEASON 2, DISC 4: Alternate Take From "Sleeping Dogs Lie": The Valley Girl Version
• SEASON 2, DISC 4: Blooper Reel
• SEASON 2, DISC 4: It Could Be Lupus
• SEASON 2, DISC 5: Audio Commentary on "No Reason" with executive producers David Shore and Katie Jacobs
• SEASON 2, DISC 5: An Evening with House
• SEASON 3, DISC 1: Alternate Take From "Cane & Able": The Angry Valley Girl Edition
• SEASON 3, DISC 3: Audio Commentary on "Half-Wit" with creator/executive producer David Shore and executive producer/director Katie Jacobs
• SEASON 3, DISC 5: House Soundtrack Session with Band From TV
• SEASON 3, DISC 5: Anatomy of an Episode: "The Jerk"
• SEASON 3, DISC 5: Blood, Needles, and Body Parts: The House Prop Department
• SEASON 3, DISC 5: Open House: The Production Department
• SEASON 3, DISC 5: Blooper Reel
• SEASON 4, DISC 4: Audio Commentary on "House's Head" with creator/executive producer David Shore and executive producer/director Katie Jacobs
• SEASON 4, DISC 4: House's Scoop: Prescription Passion
• SEASON 4, DISC 4: New Beginnings
• SEASON 4, DISC 4: Meet the Writes
• SEASON 4, DISC 4: The Visual Effects of House
• SEASON 4, DISC 4: Anatomy of a Scene: "The Bus Crash"
• SEASON 4, DISC 4: My Favorite Episode So Far...
• SEASON 5, DISC 3: HouseMeets a Milestone: The 100th Episode
• SEASON 5, DISC 4: Audio Commentary on "Locked In" with writer/producer David Foster and writers/executive producers Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner.
• SEASON 5, DISC 5: Keeping it Real: Accuracy in Writing
• SEASON 5, DISC 5: Dr. Mom: Dr. Cuddy's Storyline
• SEASON 5, DISC 5: House Guests: Casting the Show
• SEASON 5, DISC 5: Anatomy of the Show
• SEASON 6, DISC 1: Before "Broken": An Original Short
• SEASON 6, DISC 1: A New House for House
• SEASON 6, DISC 1: New Faces in a New House
• SEASON 6, DISC 1: Crazy Cool Episode: "Epic Fail"
• SEASON 6, DISC 1: Audio Commentary on "Broken" with executive producer/director Katie Jacobs, writer/executive producer Russel Friend, and writer/executive producer Garrett Lerner
• SEASON 6, DISC 3: Audio Commentary on "Wilson" with actor Robert Sean Leonard and writer/supervising producer David Foster
• SEASON 6, DISC 3: Audio Commentary on "5 to 9" with actor Lisa Edelstein and writer/executive producer Thomas I. Moran
• SEASON 6, DISC 4: A Different POV: Hugh Laurie Directs
• SEASON 6, DISC 5: Audio Commentary on "Help Me" with director/co-executive producer Greg Yaitanes and technical advisor Larry Collins
• SEASON 7, DISC 2: Meet Martha Masters
• SEASON 7, DISC 2: Huddy Dissected
• SEASON 7, DISC 4: Anatomy of an Episode: "Bombshells"
• SEASON 7, DISC 4: Thirteen Returns
• SEASON 7, DISC 4: Audio Commentary on "Bombshells" with director Greg Yaitanes and actor Lisa Edelstein
• SEASON 7, DISC 4: Audio Commentary on "The Dig" with writers Sara Hess and David Hoselton
• SEASON 7, DISC 5: Audio Commentary on "Moving On" with creator/executive producer David Shore and director/executive producer Greg Yaitanes
• SEASON 8, DISC 5: House, M.D. Swan Song
• SEASON 8, DISC 5: The Doctor Directs: Behind the Scenes with Hugh Laurie
• SEASON 8, DISC 5: Everybody Dies: A Postmortem

[ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ]

No digital copy code voucher is included. All eight seasons are stored in eight individual cases, which are placed in a side-loading slipcase. Each disc is on its own page. This is the perfect way to release a TV series. I wish more studios would package theirs sets like this, instead of the clumsy "all discs in one thick case stacked on top of each other" garbage case.

[ NOTES ]

House M.D.: The Complete Series is available on Blu-ray and DVD. There is something to note about the theme music. Due to licensing issues, the viewer's location dictated which version of the theme music was heard when the show originally aired on television. U.S. audiences were treated to the Massive Attack song "Teardrop", while "European" and "Singaporean" versions played in other markets. To provide the best of all worlds, this new Blu-ray set uses all three versions across the set's eight seasons. Season 1 contains the "European" version, Seasons 2-5 have the "Singaporean" version, and Seasons 6-8 feature Massive Attack's "Teardrop". Based on reports online, the theme song is the only musical element that has been changed. With all of that in mind, this new Blu-ray set is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

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