The fourth season of House premiered on September 25, 2007 and ended May 19, 2008. Having previously fired Chase and with Foreman and Cameron quitting, House starts a competition between forty applicants for the jobs of Chase, Cameron and Foreman. He eventually narrows them down to seven, firing one each episode. In the episode "Games", he fires Amber "Cutthroat Bitch" Volakis (Anne Dudek), hiring Dr. Chris Taub (Peter Jacobson), Dr. Lawrence Kut...
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The fourth season of House premiered on September 25, 2007 and ended May 19, 2008. Having previously fired Chase and with Foreman and Cameron quitting, House starts a competition between forty applicants for the jobs of Chase, Cameron and Foreman. He eventually narrows them down to seven, firing one each episode. In the episode "Games", he fires Amber "Cutthroat Bitch" Volakis (Anne Dudek), hiring Dr. Chris Taub (Peter Jacobson), Dr. Lawrence Kutner (Kal Penn) and Dr. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley (Olivia Wilde) as his new team. Dr. Foreman rejoins the team after his dismissal from another hospital. Meanwhile, Amber begins a relationship with Wilson.
Interrupted by the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, the number of episodes was reduced to 16 episodes instead of the normal 24. Executive producer Katie Jacobs explained that it was hard for the writers to finish the story arcs started during the season with eight episodes less. Season four also introduced seven actors to the cast; in...
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