Dr. Bender joins Dr. Mike to view and discuss scenes from the hit television show House MD, where Dr. House goes to rehab and tries to deal with his addiction to Vicodin. They analyze what aligns with medical reality vs what’s dramatized as well as have a discussion of addiction, treatment, withdrawal, rehab protocols, relapse risk, and psychological factors. Some of their comments are on narrative choices in TV and how storytelling alters or misrepresents recover. Dr. Bender and Dr. Mike also clarify some viewer misconceptions about substance use disorders and rehab.