TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30

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--"HOUSE"�(8:00-9:01 PM ET/PT) CC-HDTV 720p-Dolby Digital 5.1

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HOUSE GETS BACK TO HIS ROOTS AND A PATIENT FALLS ILL SEARCHING FOR HER OWN ON "HOUSE" TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, ON FOX

When House receives word that his father has passed away, he brushes off the news and dismisses the idea of going to the funeral. However, he is soon coerced into going to the services despite his strongest protests. Back at Princeton-Plainsboro, the team encounters the case of a young Chinese woman adopted by American parents who collapsed while in China looking for her birth parents. With House en route to his father's funeral, he must work with the team via cell phone to diagnose the woman. The team runs through possible diagnoses and various genetic disorders, but when House's cell phone use is interrupted, they must decipher what House was trying to tell them before the woman deteriorates further. Meanwhile, the back story of how House and Wilson met for the first time is revealed in the "Birthmarks" episode of HOUSE airing Tuesday, Dec. 30 (8:00-9:01 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (HOU-504) (TV-14 D, L)

Cast: Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House; Lisa Edelstein as Dr. Lisa Cuddy; Omar Epps as Dr. Eric Foreman; Robert Sean Leonard as Dr. James Wilson; Jennifer Morrison as Dr. Allison Cameron; Jesse Spencer as Dr. Robert Chase; Peter Jacobson as Dr. Chris Taub; Kal Penn as Dr. Lawrence Kutner; Olivia Wilde as Thirteen

Guest Cast: Diane Baker as Blythe House; R. Lee Ermey as John House; Samantha Quan as Nicole; Scott Paulin as Bob; Christine Healy as Janice; Jack Conley as Sheriff Costello; Ho-Kwan Tse as Fang Dong Wen; Raymond Ma as Wu Zheng; Esther Kwan as Wu An Lan; Jonathan Palmer as Minister; Bobbin Bergstrom as Nurse