One of the movie posters on Dr. James Wilson's (Robert Sean Leonard's) office is Orson Welles Im Zeichen des Bösen (1958), where Orson Welles played a detective with a gimp leg, who solves crimes purely on his intuition. Clearly one of the influences for the character of Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie). See more

Goofs

Multiple times throughout the series, the doctors claim that a particular patient is unable to have an MRI because he/she has titanium screws, rods or plates in their bodies. Titanium is non-magnetic and patients with titanium implants can be safely examined using an MRI. Issues would only arise if the titanium were installed using fasteners with magnetic properties. See more