Individual episodes of the series comprise extra references to the Sherlock Holmes tales. The major affected person in the pilot episode is called Rebecca Adler after Irene Adler, a personality within the first Holmes quick story, “A Scandal in Bohemia”. In the season two finale, House is shot by a crazed gunman credited as “Moriarty”, the name of Holmes’s nemesis. In the season four episode “It’s a Wonderful Lie”, House receives a “second-edition Conan Doyle” as a Christmas present. In the season 5 episode “The Itch”, House is seen picking up his keys and Vicodin from the top of a …