Country of origin United States Original network Fox | No. of episodes 24 | |
Original release September 16, 2008 (2008-09-16) – May 11, 2009 (2009-05-11) |
The fifth season of House premiered September 16, 2008 and ended May 11, 2009. It began to air in a new time slot from September to December: Tuesday 8:00 pm. Starting January 19, 2009, House moved to Mondays at 8:00 pm.
Contents
Main cast
Recurring cast
Guest cast
Christine Woods, Felicia Day, Marika Dominczyk, Breckin Meyer, Samantha Quan, Angela Gots, Salvator Xuereb, Todd Louiso, Emily Rios, Nathan Gamble, Wood Harris, Evan Peters, Željko Ivanek, Samantha Shelton, Becky Baeling, B. K. Cannon, Sherilyn Fenn, Bitsie Tulloch, Lucas Till, Meaghan Jette Martin, Martin Henderson, Jake Cherry, Erika Flores, Judith Scott, Jimmi Simpson, Dominic Scott Kay, Julia Campbell, Jay Karnes, Judy Greer, Faune Chambers, Mos Def, Colleen Camp, Meat Loaf Aday, Tim Rock, Lindsey McKeon, Ryan Lane, Becky O'Donohue, Jamie Tisdale, Ashton Holmes, Maria Thayer, and Carl Reiner.
Reception
Reception for season 5 met with generally positive reviews, and holds a Metacritic score of 77 out of 100, based on ten reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". It also holds a 100% approval rating on aggregate review website Rotten Tomatoes, with an average score of 8.1 based on nine collected reviews. Criticism on Season 5 includes A.A. Gill of the Sunday Times felt that the show had "lost its sense of humour". Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune wrote, "House used to be one of the best shows on TV, but it's gone seriously off the rails".