#house md scripts

this is the story of how i located and shared the house md season 8 scripts. it began in may, when i realised they (alongside s7 scripts) were once available on the now defunct ‘InHouse’ app throughout 2010-2012. these things were official. they existed. they had to be somewehere, right? RIGHT?

my credentials prior to the search: i did successfully locate and share the lost s7 premiere episode thunder road trip in may, i also bought an absurd amount of eras tour tickets; if that’s any testament to my online capabilities. idk.

the search began, like all good things on live journal. but my livejournal prowess is, for lack of a better term underdeveloped. the early phase of the search, was also heavily complicated by the app being titled ‘inHouse’, which led to a lot of search results about in-house app development from random companies. not my 2010s dr show.

enter: european fan forums.

i stumble onto not one but MULTIPLE  forums from when the show was still airing (all with wildly dramatic rivalries with one another) and the scripts listed as downloadable links. unfortunately, downloads are restricted to users with an account… and the forums have been locked for upwards of a decade.

after an absurd amount of google translate - no scripts for me. i do however, now know how to spell script in polish.

subsequent methods i tried:

reverse engineering the file naming conventions from the forum download pages.

trying to download a copy of the app prior to it’s deletion onto an ipod touch.

using every every wayback/ internet archive tool known to man

this yielded a singular script for 8x01 twenty vicodin someone had uploaded with the original file name to scribd. 

things were looking up... but soon weeks passed, and the search was dwindling. i consult with @cuddytism endlessly, but the search seems to be futile. i was out of ideas.

until…

picture this: it is pouring rain. i am nursing a hangover, it’s 9pm. logically, i am watching house clips on youtube.

in the comments of a youtube video, with less than 200 views i see an ancient looking url. i slowly type it into google.

and there season 8 was.

i would share the link to this page, directly but the site occasionally pops up with someone’s full name and home address and i don’t want to unintentionally dox a 2010s house fan. you can read the scripts on google drive here.

i am still looking for the s7 scripts. there's also a few from season 1/2 floating around outside the widely shared 1x01-1x06 scripts if anyone has any ideas feel free to get in touch!