''Nurse Jeffrey'' is a

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which is a spin-off from the American

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series ''

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''. The series focuses around the eponymous character Jeffrey Sparkman, a minor character in ''House''. The first and only season features thirteen episodes (or "appisodes"), each about three minutes in length. The episodes were initially only accessible as part of the inHouse app from

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, for the iPhone,

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and

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devices. They were later made available on the

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's website and

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Background

Nurse Jeffrey, played by Patrick Price, is one of the few male

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s at Princeton-Plainsboro Hospital, the primary location of ''House''. He had been featured in the sixth-season episode " Ignorance Is Bliss", where he is subjected to taunts by Dr.

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about the fact that he is a male in a profession dominated by women in the US.

Plot

The episodes take the form of a video blog with Jeffrey speaking to the camera about his plan to bring about the demise of Dr. House. In his "Bitch Tape", Jeffrey locates members of staff at Princeton-Plainsboro Hospital whom he believes have information about illicit activities in which Dr. House may have been involved. Most of the characters featured in the show are minor characters in ''House'', however

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appears as

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in the final episode.

Cast and characters

* Patrick Price as Nurse Jeffrey (recurring) *

(1 episode)

Distribution

''Nurse Jeffrey'' became available May 24, 2010, as a feature of the new ''House''

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, inHouse, exclusively available for the iPhone,

and

. A new appisode became available for download weekly for 13 weeks. On August 16, 2010, all appisodes became available on the official Fox website for streaming. All appisodes are available for viewing on Hulu.

References

External links

Official website

Nurse Jeffrey on Hulu
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