I think I've enjoyed every episode so far this season, which is a far cry from the last couple of years.

Well at least they replaced hot 13 with hot newbie, also Chase and Taub up next week right?

Well at least they replaced hot 13 with hot newbie, also Chase and Taub up next week right?

She's not quite as uniquely hot as Olivia Wilde, but yeah - no complaints.:D

And agree that so far this season has been better than the last couple. The various plot/character shakeups have kept the usual HOUSE formula from seeming as stale this fall.

Chase and Taub up next week right?

:(

House pushed the line a little to much latelyCouldn't of said it better. Surely don't like the direction this is going.Thirteen is hot, kinda sad to see she's not going to be a regular any longer. The Asian is annoying.Agree, agree, disagree, but I missed that one from last year that quit/left.

All the comments just go to show you can't please everyone. Personally, I find 13 boring and plain in every way possible. Taub has gone beyond stale, Chase has a few moments here and there, and the new chick is mildly amusing and attractive. The Asian girl has been a breath of fresh air and has saved the show for me. We were laughing harder this past episode than we've done in quite a while. As for House, he'll always be House...nothing is beyond him.

Poor Wilson.

Poor Wilson.
Yeah and that slice of pizza looked old & cold.

Poor Wilson.

Yeah and that slice of pizza looked old & cold.
He sure didn't look nearly as angry as I would have been.

I thought they were on to something at the start of the season when Wilson stated flatly that he was done with House as a friend. It's one thing to get past it yet again, but this was almost absurdly mean and no one would just take it like Wilson continues to do. It might be better if they had Wilson change his punching bag role and go back to being less accepting. The tension could prove more interesting than this repetitive 'House outsmarts Wilson - Wilson smiles in acceptance'.

Before I took the more passive attitude with my post, I thought to myself... Wilson should be allowed to punch House once per episode. It would certainly give me a "yeah, you GO Wilson" moment. ;)

I think I've enjoyed every episode so far this season, which is a far cry from the last couple of years.

yep

I can understand House pulling that on Wilson, but I totally didn't expect that from Foreman.

Well it didn't take as long as I thought it would.

Every season finale promises to shake things up, but without fail any premise change in the season opener is quickly jettisoned and forgotten about and then it's back to the usual formula. Different faces, same cases.

I enjoyed House in the Big House so I knew it wouldn't last. Got to keep giving the audience the same thing week after week. Even the Wilson bromance is becoming less interesting now.

why does house still use the door to wilson's office when he built an incredibly cool backdoor??

I kinda lost whatever happened to the girl in the case, she had cancer right? just left her like that?

I guess there's no cure for multiple personalities disorder

I dropped House from my series recording this week. There's nothing new this season that you haven't seen in any other epiphany-fix case and the regular cast energy seems flat. Not loving Taub and his twin baby scenario either.

Five or six episodes with House in prison would have been something to differentiate this season, but they didn't even stretch that storyline as long as the insane asylum plot and his character growth in that arc has long since been forgotten.

I dropped Two and a Half Men & gained a much improved House...

I was going to drop House after last season but decided to keep watching. Glad I did. Aside from the past weeks episode POTW, I loved every aspect of House this season. Kinda makes me wish it was sticking around.

I knew getting rid of 13 would help but who would of guess the character of Cuddy was bogging down the show so much?

Must not read thread!! I haven't seen any House yet since cuddy left.. But I will catch up on Hulu and now I got my OTA HD working again I can stay on top now :D

I dropped House from my series recording this week.

Yes, the formula is incredibly tired. They do offer some twists 'n tweaks here and there, but the core, "House and only House solves the medical mystery, typically after some unrelated event triggers an 'invisible-light-bulb-over-the-head' moment near the end of episode, after multiple other diagnoses have been found then rejected" never ever changes.

Unlike yo,u unfortunately, I am the type that feels some strange mandatory compulsion to follow my shows to the very end. So I hope this is the last year for House otherwise I'll still be watching 1 or 2 seasons from now. :confused::D

I kinda lost whatever happened to the girl in the case, she had cancer right? just left her like that?

I guess there's no cure for multiple personalities disorder

I cringed when they starting talking about multiple personality disorder as if it were something real. The whole Sybil thing (book + movie) back in the 70's, which spawned a whole multiple-personality diagnostic fad, was debunked long ago and the whole concept as serious diagnosis has pretty much been exiled to the dustbins of "bad ideas in psychology". It's still taken seriously in some fringe quarters, but that's about it.

I had the same icky feeling watching that as I did when someone (Taub?) once stated that "House doesn't believe in chance". :rolleyes:

Unlike yo,u unfortunately, I am the type that feels some strange mandatory compulsion to follow my shows to the very end. So I hope this is the last year for House otherwise I'll still be watching 1 or 2 seasons from now. :confused::D

Since any seemingly significant events have no long term repercussions I figure you could just drop in for the last two episodes of the show and not feel like you missed anything. I can't think of a single event that has occurred in the show to House that has had any impact on his character at all.

Since any seemingly significant events have no long term repercussions I figure you could just drop in for the last two episodes of the show and not feel like you missed anything. I can't think of a single event that has occurred in the show to House that has had any impact on his character at all.



I was going to say the rehab then I thought about what you said the impact on his character and you have a point.

Why change what works?

The show is about medical puzzles and solving Bizarre medical cases that are solved in hyperspeed time.


All House needs is a new love interest.

I loved every aspect of House this season. Kinda makes me wish it was sticking around.
I knew getting rid of 13 would help but who would of guess the character of Cuddy was bogging down the show so much?I feel just the opposite. Cuddy might be debatable, but losing 13 is not.

Definite, a turn for the worse. :(

I feel just the opposite. Cuddy might be debatable, but loosing 13 is not.

Definite, a turn for the worse. :(

When did they "loose" 13? :confused: Hasn't she always been more than a little loose? :D

The medical part has become boring for me. Same old stuff, an epiphany at the 50 minute mark to solve the problem. Frankly, I've always enjoyed House's personal relationships sagas with Wilson, Cuddy and his staff much more than the medical stuff.

Why change what works?

The show is about medical puzzles and solving Bizarre medical cases that are solved in hyperspeed time.


All House needs is a new love interest.

I'm more interested in Bizzare happenings in the human body then the personal problems.

I guess because my father is a doctor.

When did they "loose" 13? Hasn't she always been more than a little loose?I guess when one has "every single thing", one never makes a 'typo'.

I guess when one has "every single thing", one never makes a 'typo'.

Lol. Just having a bit of fun at your expense. No harm intended. My signature is a mock response to those that seem to have the insatiable need to list their gear in their own sig despite AVS' explicit and repeated statements not to do so. :)

All I can say is looking quickly I missed a lot of stuff lol

I've been enjoying this season so far and I've always enjoyed the medical mysteries. But my main complaint is that the medical stuff is not being taken as seriously as in the first few seasons. Previously, House was driven to solve the puzzles and took saving lives seriously. He was highly devoted and demanded the same from his team. Now he is obsessed with the soap opera lives of the people around him and shows only casual interest in the medical cases.

I kinda saw that going on at the end of last season.

A new low - House succumbs to blatant product placement.

Tonight's episode brought to you by...Ford! Jump into an Explorer and fall in love all over again... [pukes] :p

Wow, those new Fords are really good at making tight turns! Driving one may even get you a woman who looks like Odette Annable!

Good episode last night. The show seems to be back in its rare form. Seemed like an older, classic house.

Not sure if I am a fan of Foreman being House's boss but still, over all it was a good episode.

Not sure if I am a fan of Foreman being House's boss

For years now they haven't known what to do with Foreman. But as of now the ensemble is pretty good.

"Haven't you seen Spartacus?"

I take back what I said in my last post (4771).

Somebody else solved the medical mystery this time. :eek:

This is probably where somebody will come and post that House set it up for Foreman to figure out while he already knew (I stopped trying to closely follow the House/Foreman out-thinking each other bit about half way through).

If so, I re-assert post 4771. ;)

It looks like it House had it all planned that Foreman would solve the case this time, leading to the ankle removal..

While at it winning a bet against Wilson in a different case.. LOL

Not sure if I am a fan of Foreman being House's boss

For years now they haven't known what to do with Foreman. But as of now the ensemble is pretty good.

"Haven't you seen Spartacus?"

Agreed - liking the current lineup.

House referring to Foreman as "Cuddy Dark" was funny, IMO. Nice to see they have not completely forgotten the old boss with Edelstein's depature this season.

catching up on hulu plus on ep 6 of season 8 it's not bad but a tad weak so far..

House needs a new GF.

He can't marry Wilson at the end of the show.

I did enjoy this one. I find I am enjoying this show more when it is House doing his clinic duties as compared to the rest of the show.

I don't like the new hottie doctor being treated almost exactly like 13.... lazy writing?

A big improvement to the show would be subtitles when Dr. Park speaks.

a big improvement to the show would be subtitles when dr. Park speaks.lol

A big improvement to the show would be subtitles when Dr. Park speaks.

Considering she was born in Los Angeles, she is perfectly capable of speaking Californian without an accent. I really have no difficulty understanding every word she speaks. Of course I am a Californian..... :)

Californian is a language? LOL

I'm not from Cali but I do understand her..

Also, there's always CC1 for thoe who can't

I don't understand the complaint. She speaks clearly enough to me. Certainly without foreign accent.

I can understand her, but she certainly does mumble quite badly for an actress on TV.

Just bring back Olivia Wilde.

A big improvement to the show would be subtitles when Dr. Park speaks. haha yeah the mumbling is a bit too much.

Considering she was born in Los Angeles, she is perfectly capable of speaking Californian without an accent. I really have no difficulty understanding every word she speaks. Of course I am a Californian..... :)

haha I'm from CA as well and I have no accent as well

Looks like they are trying as hard as possible to get cancelled.

House took shots at Gov Christie, Rupert Murdock, and the whole Florida tourist industry (swim in ocean or lake or swamp water and get parasite eggs just waiting to crawl up where the sun don't shine?) The latter is probably not good for advertising.

House should marry Wilson and the show should end after that.

House should marry Wilson and the show should end after that.Unoriginal--that's how the series Boston Legal ended.

The PQ on House is absolutely STELLAR tonight.
D* WNYW.

I thought the whole show was "stellar". An excellent outing, well done story with seamless weaving of different character points of view. I thought the previews for next week though, gave away any suspense in the Chase injury plot too easily.

Luv'd this episode, too!

Considering she was born in Los Angeles, she is perfectly capable of speaking Californian without an accent. I really have no difficulty understanding every word she speaks. Of course I am a Californian..... :)

I'm taken off-guard by this sentiment, too. It never even occurred to me that she was hard to understand, until somebody mentioned it here. If anything, I only thought her speaking style is rather childlike, for somebody who must be quite intelligent to be in the medical field, altogether.

I thought this was the best episode I've seen. Full disclosure: This is the third year I've watched.

Great change of pace even tho they had to still rely on a House epiphany to solve the case at the end.

The big takeaways, for me...

1. House thought he was right even if he hadn't saved the patient... and resented that he was only "judged" to be right because the patient was cured. Hard not to agree with his logic in this area, basically House is arguing that the ends don't justify the means...

2. House will actually admit when he is wrong, when he is really wrong... as he did with Chase.

I just returned to the show this season. We used to watch it fairly regularly in the early seasons. I guess I got kind of burned out when he started a relationship w/ the old administrator (can't remember her name). I'm sorry she's gone from the show, but I think they painted themselves into a corner w/ that relationship.

Anyway, the episodes we've seen in the past month or two have been outstanding. It's nice to see the show still having such strong scripts after so many seasons.

Doug

It's nice to see the show still having such strong scripts after so many seasons.

It's true. After a season when everyone pretty much wished the show would end, this season has come roaring back with a revitalized ensemble and clever writing. It's like old times.

Great change of pace even tho they had to still rely on a House epiphany to solve the case at the end.

But that's the way it always is. He's Sherlock Holmes. He's Perry Mason.

We've been watching House mainly out of loyalty. But last nights episode (and some other recent ones) was pretty good :cool:

House has no empathy

Shocking!

Still enjoyed the episode!

I thought this was the best episode I've seen. Full disclosure: This is the third year I've watched.

Great change of pace even tho they had to still rely on a House epiphany to solve the case at the end.

For the hands down best episode ever watch Three Stories, the twenty-first episode of the first season. It won an Emmy for best writing. It is probably available on Netflix or the iTunes store.

Yeah, little question that Three Stories was probably the series highlight for me as well.

Yeah, little question that Three Stories was probably the series highlight for me as well.

The interesting thing about that episode is it actually showed character development for House. Ever since then he almost seems autistic in that has not evolved.

Personally I would have fired his ass regardless of how brilliant he was.

I could imagine Chase limping from one leg and popping vicodins like House... House 2: Outback

House Spin-off - Dr. Chase MD.

This is the end.

FULL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM PRODUCERS AND FOX PRESIDENT BELOW STORY.

By Michael Schneider

Fox is locking the doors on House. As had been expected for months, the network has decided that this will be the final season of House on Fox.

And although producer Universal TV maintain the rights to now shop the show elsewhere, NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt has already said that he wouldn't seek to move it onto his network. Plus, star Hugh Laurie (whose deal expires at the end of this year) has also made it clear in past interviews that he's ready to move on – and perhaps focus on his burgeoning singing career.

Series executive producer David Shore has been asking Fox for months to set an end date for the show, in order to give the hit drama its proper farewell. House remains a solid performer for Fox, averaging a 3.5 rating and 9 share among adults 18-49 (placing it 32nd overall) and 9.1 million viewers. That's why some questioned whether the show would really end its run this year. Universal is said to have pitched hard to keep the show alive, but for now, at least, it appears to be the end of the run.

Beyond Laurie's desire to move on, there's also the fact of the matter that House is now in its eighth season, which means it has evolved into a pricy production – and a network's license fee at this point in the game is usually required to cover the cost of production plus a premium. The show's escalating costs led to a standoff last spring between Fox and Universal over a renewal; a deal was eventually struck, but budget cuts led to the departure of key castmember Lisa Edelstein, among other things.

After last spring's tough re-negotiation, Fox entertainment president Kevin Reilly said it was "pretty likely" that this was its final year. Reilly later told reporters that a concrete decision would be made by mid-fall—but decided to wait a bit longer to see how its new Monday night dramas performed. And although Alcatraz took a dip this week opposite the launch of NBC's The Voice, the J.J. Abrams drama has performed strong for Fox and is a shoo-in for renewal. Fox's new Kiefer Sutherland drama Touch, which debuts its regular run on Mondays next Month, also performed well in its Jan. 25 preview – giving Fox yet another reason to retire House.

"I think we have just been avoiding it, to be honest with you," Reilly said in January at the TV Critics Assn. press tour. "It's hard to imagine the network without House. And, really, we are all going to sit down. This is not going to be like the pink slip goes out, and that's the end of House. David and Hugh and the whole crew have been very busy. They are doing great work… We are going to size everything up. You know, it's no secret. Last year, we said it was going to be a close call, and probably it’s the last year, but, honestly, we just simply haven't made the decision."

At the time, Reilly also called the House cast and crew "so professionally, consistently, creatively tenacious. They are collaborative, responsible. Hugh is not only a great actor but an incredible leader for his sort of organization. So it's just really the dream scenario with that show, and that's why it makes it a very hard decision, and, honestly, one that I hope we can make together, and I think we will."

Last fall, a production insider told TV Guide Magazine, "if it's truly over, eight years has been a good run. We'll have finished up with (more than) 175 episodes."

Announcement from HOUSE Executive Producers David Shore, Katie Jacobs and Hugh Laurie

After much deliberation, the producers of House M.D. have decided that this season of the show, the 8th, should be the last. By April this year they will have completed 177 episodes, which is about 175 more than anyone expected back in 2004.

The decision to end the show now, or ever, is a painful one, as it risks putting asunder hundreds of close friendships that have developed over the last eight years - but also because the show itself has been a source of great pride to everyone involved.

Since it began, House has aspired to offer a coherent and satisfying world in which everlasting human questions of ethics and emotion, logic and truth, could be examined, played out, and occasionally answered. This sounds like fancy talk, but it really isn’t. House has, in its time, intrigued audiences around the world in vast numbers, and has shown that there is a strong appetite for television drama that relies on more than prettiness or gun play.
But now that time is drawing to a close. The producers have always imagined House as an enigmatic creature; he should never be the last one to leave the party. How much better to disappear before the music stops, while there is still some promise and mystique in the air.
The producers can never sufficiently express their gratitude to the hundreds of dedicated artists and technicians who have given so generously of their energy and talent to make House the show it has been - and perhaps will continue to be for some time, on one cable network or another.
The makers of House would also like to thank Fox Broadcasting and Universal Television for supporting the show with patience, imagination and large quantities of good taste. The Studio-As-Evil-Adversary is one of the many clichés that House has managed to avoid, and for that the cast and crew are deeply grateful.
Lastly, the audience: some have come and some have gone, obviously. This is to be expected in the life of any show. But over the course of the last eight years, the producers of House have felt immensely honored to be the subject of such close attention by an intelligent, discriminating, humane and thoughtful - not to mention numerous - audience. Even the show's detractors have been flattering in their way. Making the show has felt like a lively and passionate discussion about as many different subjects as could possibly be raised in 177 hours. The devotion and generosity of our viewers has been marvelous to behold.
So, finally, everyone at House will bid farewell to the audience and to each other with more than a few tears, but also with a deep feeling of gratitude for the grand adventure they have been privileged to enjoy for the last eight years. If the show lives on somewhere, with somebody, as a fond memory, then that is a precious feat, of which we will always be proud.
Everybody Lies.

If the above is true I felt the same when watching this last ep.. it seems like it was just dragging on per say on trying to tie the ends and I know Hugh Laurie does a bit of singing and seems to enjoy it.

If the above is true I felt the same when watching this last ep.. it seems like it was just dragging on per say on trying to tie the ends and I know Hugh Laurie does a bit of singing and seems to enjoy it.

Laurie has been a musician for decades. You can see him playing piano and singing on various shows and stages if you look on YouTube.

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I miss him being funny.

Saw Laurie perform at Hardly Strickly Bluegrass (http://www.strictlybluegrass.com/) last October at Golden Gate Park, he was very entertaining, I'm hoping he'll come back this year as well.

Sad to see it go, but I agree it should.

Maybe Laurie got tired of NOT winning the Emmy.. LOL

Maybe stepping it up for final season?

Sad to see it go, but I agree it should.

I agree. It is time to end it proper. I hate it when shows go too long and don't stay true to the spirit.

So far, this has felt like another season of House, and not like the final season. I wonder at what point the series will enter the "end game", the point where the writers truly begin to set the wheels in motion for the series finale. Even considering the last episode, it's been a fairly tame season so far.

I will miss house. I still enjoy the medical mysterys and House's anti social behavior.

Pretty good episode. I was pleasantly surprised. The best parts were with House and Taub, they were laugh out loud funny. Especially the last scene with the janitor, awesome momment!!!!

Pretty good episode. I was pleasantly surprised. The best parts were with House and Taub, they were laugh out loud funny. Especially the last scene with the janitor, awesome momment!!!!

Blew, er, I mean, Blue, the janitor? :D

Blew, er, I mean, Blue, the janitor? :D

When Taub is all happy he avoided the last attempt and then WHAM talked by the janitor. Awesome!

When Taub is all happy he avoided the last attempt and then WHAM talked by the janitor. Awesome!

Sorry, you missed the joke. I was referring to the first episode from (3?) seasons ago when House didn't have a team and used Blue, the Janitor instead. The "Blew" part came when Wilson asked House how he got into Cuddy's locked office. House replied, "Blue (read as: blew) the janitor." Probably one of the best lines on House ever. :)

Sorry, you missed the joke. I was referring to the first episode from (3?) seasons ago when House didn't have a team and used Blue, the Janitor instead. The "Blew" part came when Wilson asked House how he got into Cuddy's locked office. House replied, "Blue (read as: blew) the janitor." Probably one of the best lines on House ever. :)
I thought House referred to THAT janitor as Doctor Buffer, because he was buffing the floor when house found/cornered him.

Sorry, you missed the joke. I was referring to the first episode from (3?) seasons ago when House didn't have a team and used Blue, the Janitor instead. The "Blew" part came when Wilson asked House how he got into Cuddy's locked office. House replied, "Blue (read as: blew) the janitor." Probably one of the best lines on House ever. :)

No I got it, I was just stating what I loved about the scene. That was a good episode though that you referenced!

I thought House referred to THAT janitor as Doctor Buffer, because he was buffing the floor when house found/cornered him.

Oh yeah, forgot there was both a Buffer and a Blue. Too many janitors at PP for my old brain. :o

If I remember, at one point, Doctor Buffer suggested Lupis as a diagnosis.:D:D

Dr. Chase MD the spinoff.

Anyone else find it strange that the INS guy talked about House and his fake wife watching NCIS together? He could have said American Idol (a Fox show) and the line would have worked just as well...

Anyone else find it strange that the INS guy talked about House and his fake wife watching NCIS together? He could have said American Idol (a Fox show) and the line would have worked just as well...No.

And the fact that Rena Sofer was seen often on NCIS, and looks like Lisa Edelstein.. mmm

So House's Wife, she's staying in 6 months... I guess until the show ends.. or else House goes to jail..

Anyone else find it strange that the INS guy talked about House and his fake wife watching NCIS together? He could have said American Idol (a Fox show) and the line would have worked just as well...One of the advantages of being a Universal-produced series, rather than a 20th Century-produced series.

I'll be extremely cynical and say they picked NCIS because of USA's syndication rights, given that NCIS and House will likely be airing together on USA for some time. Hell, USA could even put up a bug that says when to watch at that moment.

Pretty good episode. I liked the whole team lead sub-plot. Also good seeing Joe from Medium on another show, always liked him on that show.

Pretty good episode. I liked the whole team lead sub-plot. Also good seeing Joe from Medium on another show, always liked him on that show.
He was also on the Feb 8 episode of Royal Pains. That's two appearances in as many weeks, both performances very different.

hah I heard people are pretty upset house had to take a backseat to nascar..

hah I heard people are pretty upset house had to take a backseat to nascar..It's pretty amazing that they preempted an evening of primetime programming to air the Daytona 500. I'm not going to cry myself to sleep :D.

It's pretty amazing that they preempted an evening of primetime programming to air the Daytona 500. I'm not going to cry myself to sleep :D.

Contractual requirement?

Aired in Canada, so it's in the ether.

Contractual requirement?Possibly, but they no doubt had contractual requirements with the advertisers on House and Alcatraz. If they aired the programming in Canada, I wonder what they intend to do here? Generally when some scheduled primetime programming gets preempt because of something on the east coast, it gets preempted here as well, even though there's nothing blocking it from airing in its normal slot. I'm surprised that they let it air in Canada. Are there no NASCAR fans there? They'll probably just air the same episode there again next week.

Are there no NASCAR fans there?

Not enough to bump prime time.

There's barely enough interest to warrant a mention on the news over hockey. See http://www.tsn.ca/ for an example.

Contractual requirement?

Most sports contracts require the airing of games/events in their entirety. I'm assuming that includes delays. See The Heidi Game (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi_Game)

Possibly, but they no doubt had contractual requirements with the advertisers on House and Alcatraz. If they aired the programming in Canada, I wonder what they intend to do here? Generally when some scheduled primetime programming gets preempt because of something on the east coast, it gets preempted here as well, even though there's nothing blocking it from airing in its normal slot. I'm surprised that they let it air in Canada. Are there no NASCAR fans there? They'll probably just air the same episode there again next week.

Canada has simsubbing and also TSN / TSN 2 is the NASCAR Network in canada.

City TV has the rights for Alcatraz and simsubs over fox.

Meh they aired the commercial-fest called Daytona 500... don't get me wrong I like racing, I just don't like so many commercials on top of the already commercialized cars

Is House airing new episode next Monday even if it's not sweeps?

I'd rather watch Dr. House stare at a wall of paint drying for an hour than see more than 20 seconds of NASCAR. OK, maybe I'd settle for 21 seconds of NASCAR.

Over in TiVo Community forums there's some suggestion that Fox's primetime lineup actually aired delayed. This seems unlikely to me since, because of a fire on the track, the race was further delayed by 2+ hours and into the 10 PM Fox news here, which'd been 1 AM on the east coast. In any case Fox tweeted the preemption of House and Alcatraz by the race as soon as they knew that they were going to happen.

Who cares that they preempted House to show NASCAR. You aren't going to miss the episode. It will air next week. Stop your whining.

There's no episode of House scheduled to air on Fox in primetime next week, at all (see this (http://www.fox.com/schedule/)). I see the preempted episode, "Love Is Blind", scheduled on USA Network on Friday 2 March from 4-5 PM.

The preempted episode of Alcatraz is not in the schedule anywhere. Perhaps Fox will announce that they're going to air these programs on Saturday evening or something.

There's no episode of House scheduled to air on Fox in primetime next week, at all (see this (http://www.fox.com/schedule/)). I see the preempted episode, "Love Is Blind", scheduled on USA Network on Friday 2 March from 4-5 PM.

The preempted episode of Alcatraz is not in the schedule anywhere. Perhaps Fox will announce that they're going to air these programs on Saturday evening or something.

While you're right that House is not scheduled to air next Monday, I fully expect to see an updated schedule from Fox any minute now announcing that last night's House and Alcatraz will air then. They have already announced a change to their previous Monday and Thursday spring schedules by swapping the planned time slots of Bones and Touch, and that rescheduling allows for a little wiggle room on Mondays until Bones returns on April 2. They are not going to air the shows on Saturday, they have the new J Lo/Marc Anthony reality show set to debut there this week.

I'm surprised that they let it air in Canada. Are there no NASCAR fans there?

Canada apparently doesn't have a Hillbilly population obsessed with the Tide500.

Canadians aren't interested in watching 48 hours of nothing but left turns...does that mean they're also not keen on; drinkin' moonshine, eatin' roadkill fer supper, or gettin' it on wit' their purdy cuzzinz? :p

Canada apparently doesn't have a Hillbilly population obsessed with the Tide500.

Yeah but Canadians also like to watch a man sweeping ice really fast. So ... ;)

every country has their humiliations.

Contractual requirement?
Without a doubt!

According to the futon critic, last night's episode has been rescheduled for 3/19, and they are usually pretty reliable, but I don't know if this is confirmed by Fox or not.

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/house/listings/

Who cares that they preempted House to show NASCAR. You aren't going to miss the episode. It will air next week. Stop your whining.

You are missing the point of people being upset. People tuned in expecting the ADVERTISED programming as in House and Alcatraz to be on. Not the rain delayed Nascar. So yes naturally people have every right to be upset at Fox for this. And no just mentioning things on Twitter does not count either since believe it or not... shocking news here.... NOT EVERYONE IN THE WORLD READS TWITTER! Oh and vague mentions of "we'll let you know eventually" doesn't cut it either. Fox should of had a full game plan ready once they knew that NASCAR was going to mess up with airing their advertised programming instead of trying to play the "wait and see" game. That way then at least people expecting these shows to air would know they will air eventually at another date/time.

On that note it looks like USA Network will not be airing this episode as originally planned this Friday. My Comcast guide here along with Zap2It now shows Man Of The House (Season 8 Episode 13) will be airing in that time slot instead of Love Is Blind (Season 8 Episode 14).

So yes naturally people have every right to be upset at Fox for this. And no just mentioning things on Twitter does not count either since believe it or not... shocking news here.... NOT EVERYONE IN THE WORLD READS TWITTER!While I agree that Fox could've updated programmers so they could modify their guides, if you care that much about last minute changes to your programming, then you need to get on Twitter.

In fact, @maskedscheduler basically said that they wouldn't update the guide because the weather forecast suggested the race might not happen even Monday night, in which case House and Alcatraz would've run as intended.

Lightbulb! Since MyTwitFacePage is supposedly such a great thing, Fox should have dumped the hour and hours and hours of "racing" and just let everyone Tweet who "won."

While I agree that Fox could've updated programmers so they could modify their guides, if you care that much about last minute changes to your programming, then you need to get on Twitter.

Look I understand that Nascar is popular don't get me wrong. But if you expect the average person to hit up Twitter to find out why suddenly their advertised programming isn't on... sorry bud but that's inexcusable. Especially from a mega corporation like Fox.

Yeah we were pretty PO'd to find House not on where we fired up the DVR last night. I was afraid we'd missed it.

It does seem odd that there is no mention of this on Fox's website.:confused:

Not sure why everybody's so surprised. If this was the World Series and the Sunday game had been rained out, the same thing would have happened.

Meanwhile, Fox won the night with its best Monday evening ratings in more than a year (since the 2010 World Series). So they're not exactly sorry.

Not sure why everybody's so surprised. If this was the World Series and the Sunday game had been rained out, the same thing would have happened.

Meanwhile, Fox won the night with its best Monday evening ratings in more than a year (since the 2010 World Series). So they're not exactly sorry.

I was just surprised in the sense that I don't follow NASCAR and had no idea this was going on. :p

Not sure why everybody's so surprised. If this was the World Series and the Sunday game had been rained out, the same thing would have happened.

Meanwhile, Fox won the night with its best Monday evening ratings in more than a year (since the 2010 World Series). So they're not exactly sorry.

Wow. I guess that means we'll be seeing more and more dudes sweeping detergent in the future on Fox.

"Next, on an all new World's Next Janitor! Tide goes up against cement! After that, an encore performance where it's Tide versus tile! Stay tuned!"

Gripping, compelling, and entertaining programming, indeed. :rolleyes:

Not sure why everybody's so surprised. If this was the World Series and the Sunday game had been rained out, the same thing would have happened.

Meanwhile, Fox won the night with its best Monday evening ratings in more than a year (since the 2010 World Series). So they're not exactly sorry.

The surprise comes in the form of NO communication from FOX in terms of updating the schedule to reflect them not airing primetime shows Monday night.

People who don't follow NASCAR had no reason to even think about NASCAR... other people, like me, were still surprised to see nothing all day about the primetime... even when they knew they weren't starting the race until 7pm they still hadn't said anything about canceling primetime Monday.

That's just sloppy... and if they want viewers to watch their shows, they need to be more proactive in terms of informing them.

Did anyone miss a show that would have normally aired, but was time shifted without their knowledge? Does everyone who wants to see the missing shows know when they will be aired?

They should have sent personal e-mails to everyone that watches House. I built my whole day around watching House. Now I need to see a counselor to get me over my anger and disappointment.

Side note: the race was originally postponed to Monday morning.

The surprise comes in the form of NO communication from FOX in terms of updating the schedule to reflect them not airing primetime shows Monday night.

People who don't follow NASCAR had no reason to even think about NASCAR... other people, like me, were still surprised to see nothing all day about the primetime... even when they knew they weren't starting the race until 7pm they still hadn't said anything about canceling primetime Monday.

That's just sloppy... and if they want viewers to watch their shows, they need to be more proactive in terms of informing them.

They should have sent personal e-mails to everyone that watches House. I built my whole day around watching House. Now I need to see a counselor to get me over my anger and disappointment.

Side note: the race was originally postponed to Monday morning.

Well, the episode did air on schedule, just not in the US. :D

Oh, and so did Alcatraz by the way.

They should have sent personal e-mails to everyone that watches House. I built my whole day around watching House. Now I need to see a counselor to get me over my anger and disappointment.

Side note: the race was originally postponed to Monday morning.

Now that's silly... but the point was, once they postponed the race until Monday night... they should have made the decision then to cancel primetime shows... but they didn't. Had there been another rain delay, they might have surprise ran House + Alcatraz at 30-45 minute delayed viewing like they did that Monday late last year during MLB playoffs.

I was lucky and I was home and I was able to manually adjust my timers... but other people were not so fortunate.

Now, things "worked" out and no episodes aired Monday because the race ran SOOOOO long... but now FOX still was waffling on when those episodes would be shown.

It now looks for sure like episodes will be shown out of order... so it is very screwy.

What they should have done was made a decision and ran a scroll during the NASCAR race Monday... showing when the episodes were rescheduled to run... then they should have updated their FOX Web site... then they could tweet and facebook if they wanted... but the on-air announcement of the plans would have reached a lot of people AND more people would tell their friends and family from there.

I'm not arguing for personal emails! I'm arguing against the literally nothing that FOX said most of Monday night about this.

I'd bet if it was a football game no one would of complained! :rolleyes:

BTW, Global (CIII in Toronto) did carry the episode. Interesting new developments, I guess all of you will have to just wait and see. :p
Also, don't knock curling until you try it. ;)

I'd bet if it was a football game no one would of complained! :rolleyes:

Full disclosure time...

I don't like baseball or NASCAR, but I always hate it when NFL games screw with my primetime.

I love me some NFL, but I have to DVR a lot of stuff on Sunday nights, and sometimes it is a pain to juggle FOX and CBS when games run late and I'm also DVRing something on ABC and AMC all the same night!

So, basically, I like to think I'm fair... and even if the schedule is screwed up for a sporting event I like, I still want them to do a better job of handling these sorts of things.

I'd bet if it was a football game no one would of complained! :rolleyes:

Maybe they would have if said football game were comprised of watching 94 landscapers mowing the lawn on the sidelines for hours on end due to someone getting turf toe. ;)

I'd bet if it was a football game no one would of complained! :rolleyes:

BTW, Global (CIII in Toronto) did carry the episode. Interesting new developments, I guess all of you will have to just wait and see. :p
Also, don't knock curling until you try it. ;)

I tried Curling in Intramurals in College. It was kinda fun really. We happened to compete against this team of guys who took it very seriously. It was an Olympic year, and they just got hooked on it. They laid the smack down on us . . . :eek:

It now looks for sure like episodes will be shown out of order... so it is very screwy.I haven't heard that. There wasn't another episode of House scheduled until the 19th and that's when this episode is now scheduled to air.

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Also, don't knock curling until you try it. ;)

Playing and watching are two very different things. :p

I tried Curling in Intramurals in College. It was kinda fun really. We happened to compete against this team of guys who took it very seriously. It was an Olympic year, and they just got hooked on it. They laid the smack down on us . . . :eek:

You got to sweep with the big boys? :D

You got to sweep with the big boys? :D

These guys were a bunch of puds who had watched all the Olympic coverage of curling and studies it for weeks and weeks. We had our first and last match that night :eek:

Did the Canadian version of House always use a different opening theme song? Not Massive Attack's "Teardrop?"

I haven't heard that. There wasn't another episode of House scheduled until the 19th and that's when this episode is now scheduled to air.

I can't speak to House... but the Alcatraz episode from Monday apparently isn't going to be shown next Monday... instead they seem to be sticking to their double-feature Alcatraz already on the schedule... maybe House will be shown in order, but it seems for sure Alcatraz will not.

I can't speak to House... but the Alcatraz episode from Monday apparently isn't going to be shown next Monday... instead they seem to be sticking to their double-feature Alcatraz already on the schedule... maybe House will be shown in order, but it seems for sure Alcatraz will not.Yes, it does look as if the episodes of Alcatraz will be shown out of order, but so far they've kept the underlying serial story for that series moving very slowly so I doubt that either of the two episodes which will get shown first will reference anything in this past episode (which apparently will be shown on the 12th). But both TV.com and Zap2It are showing the episode of House which was scheduled to air this week as being the next episode to air.

Did the Canadian version of House always use a different opening theme song? Not Massive Attack's "Teardrop?"Why would it? It's the same program. :confused:

Many times I record a program out of Toronto if for no other reason; different commercials. Most are in the same time slot, but there are a few that are staggered like it use to be 20 years ago. No need for dual tuners or dual recorders.
Another (of many) plus for living in Buffalo. ;)

Not sure about other providers, but if you have a TiVo, the episode of House that didn't air due to the NASCAR race is airing tonight. The TiVo does not pick it up as a new episode since FOX never updated their guide data when it happened, and TiVo excludes episodes that have the same ID within a 30 day period. So check your DVRs.

I'm with FiOS in Dallas and my guide shows it as new, and my DVR is set to record it. The episode title is "Love is Blind".

It showed up as 'new' on my STB tv guide.

Good episode though.

Yeah, dangit, I forgot about this and my TiVo missed it. Comcast OnDemand to the rescue, I presume.

oops, I missed it as my Tivo didn't record it either.

Oh well, if you've seen one House episode, you've nearly seen them all.

oops, I missed it as my Tivo didn't record it either.

Oh well, if you've seen one House episode, you've nearly seen them all.And I have seen them all (except the final 8 yet to be aired).

oops, I missed it as my Tivo didn't record it either.

Oh well, if you've seen one House episode, you've nearly seen them all. It's also on USA in a couple weeks too. Found it by looking at upcoming episodes. I think it was 3/30 at 3pm?

oops, I missed it as my Tivo didn't record it either.

Oh well, if you've seen one House episode, you've nearly seen them all.
Not this one you haven't. Dr. Park accidentally did acid. They showed her halucinations. When she looked at Dr. Adams... :eek:

It was an excellent episode.

Final season needs more Billy Connolly, and at least one or two more instances of him calling House a pill popping sociopath.

Final season needs more Billy Connolly, and at least one or two more instances of him calling House a pill popping sociopath.

Definitely, I always enjoy an appearance by Connolly.

This last episode (4/16) was probably the worst I have seen during it's run. I deleted it about half way through.

This last episode (4/16) was probably the worst I have seen during it's run. I deleted it about half way through.Your loss. You probably didn't like "Lars and the Real Girl" either. :)

IDK but saying no to Amy was like whaaaatt? Chase is surely changing..

I so love Dominika

This last episode (4/16) was probably the worst I have seen during it's run. I deleted it about half way through.

It seemed to be slanted more towards the team personalities rather than the medical procedure. There wasn't a House "a-HA moment" either, was there?

Originally Posted by mikeewing
This last episode (4/16) was probably the worst I have seen during it's run. I deleted it about half way through.

It seemed to be slanted more towards the team personalities rather than the medical procedure. There wasn't a House "a-HA moment" either, was there?

House has been that was for quite some time, actually. I mean, how much can you do with the mystery of exotic diseases that hardly anyone in the viewing audience would understand or be able to guess? This season they finally have a pretty good ensemble again, and House is being more funny and less mean- for the most part.

I enjoyed the episode though it was sad to see the guy gone home and happy in his relationship with his Real Doll in the end (I wonder if those people got any business out of that :D). But I guess that "happy" is the operative word.

I too love Dominika. I hope that it works out that she and House commit to their marriage. She's beautiful and bright enough that he can't easily game her; they're not a bad match.

I enjoyed the episode though it was sad to see the guy gone home and happy in his relationship with his Real Doll in the end (I wonder if those people got any business out of that :D). But I guess that "happy" is the operative word.



Lot cheaper than most marriages tho. :D :eek:

House has been that was for quite some time, actually. I mean, how much can you do with the mystery of exotic diseases that hardly anyone in the viewing audience would understand or be able to guess? .

EXACTLY. And I don't need an "a-HA!" moment in the 11th hour of e v e r y s i n g l e episode. :rolleyes:

I really like Dominika too.

So now that the series in the final stretch (they did announce this is the last season, right?), anyone care to speculate if House will end on a hopeful note or "life goes on as is" or even a, "ultimate crash 'n burn" note?

I actually think it would be more fitting for a crash-n-burn ending, but I doubt they will do it.

I do too, but network television isn't that brave.

I too love Dominika. I hope that it works out that she and House commit to their marriage. She's beautiful and bright enough that he can't easily game her; they're not a bad match.
There WAS an Ah-Ha House moment in this episode, it just wasn't about the patient. House tossed her approval lettre. When he came home and Dominika said "I fixed the blender" and gave him a taste of her pistashio milkshake, and looked at him, THAT was the Ah-Ha moment. The other hooker had said that she sees the way Dominika looks at House, and how he looks at her, and those looks mean that they really do like and care for each other . (And remember, House was asking the hookers he had been interviewing if they could do small appliance repair).

Her repairing the blender, and the look on her face when she gave him the taste of her milkshake, and his remembering that he had tossed the letter to keep her around was the moment. He realized that there was genuine affection on both their parts, and he bolted. What he does with this is anyones guess, but it MUST play into the finale somehow.

Was the letter just a notification or she must go to immigration to finish the paperwork for the green card? and if she doesn't go she could get deported, that's a big no-no for House, which will affect their relationship seriously.

Was the letter just a notification or she must go to immigration to finish the paperwork for the green card?I just looked at it and the letter reads:Dear Mrs. House,

Application for permanent citizenship status: APPROVED.

Civil hearing to be sworn in as a citizen scheduled for APRIL 20, 2012. Please see attached list of courthouses.

Sincerely,

Edward Nibbert
Immigration SpecialistInterestingly, House's street address is 221b Baker Street, same as Sherlock Holmes, except it's in Princeton :D.

I wonder what happens if someone newly granted citizenship fails to show up for their swearing in? Is he trying to keep her from moving out to get her deported?

I just looked at it and the letter reads:Interestingly, House's street address is 221b Baker Street, same as Sherlock Holmes, except it's in Princeton :D.


Yes, the basis in the Holmes mythology was an acknowledged part of the premise of the show. Wilson is Watson. Vicodin is cocaine. Deductive reasoning. Calls everybody by their last name, even his best friend. Plays a musical instrument.

House is not a version of Holmes, of course, but the resemblances are intentional.

Oh, no. I hope Wilson will be okay. I remember reading a while back that next week's episode (directed by Hugh Laurie) will introduce the final arc of the series. House always does finales right (with the exception of last years, perhaps), so I am anticipating some great TV for the series finale. Only four more weeks...

"My watch must have stopped, apparently it's already never."

I think I'm going to miss Wilson's comments more than I'll miss the show itself.:D

Whoops! I posted the above comment while I was still watching, that last scene was a punch to the gut.

"My watch must have stopped, apparently it's already never."

I think I'm going to miss Wilson's comments more than I'll miss the show itself.:D

Whoops! I posted the above comment while I was still watching, that last scene was a punch to the gut.Yes, I certainly didn't see that coming. By the way, didn't we see some previews a few weeks ago where House was seemingly under arrest again? Perhaps it has something to do with him treating Wilson at home using unauthorized methods.

And, I hope we haven't seen the last of Dominika.

But I think they will quickly forget about Dominika and focus on Wilson now...

That type of C he has, (I can't even spell it) is one of those nasty ones that quickly spreads?

But I think they will quickly forget about Dominika and focus on Wilson now...

That type of C he has, (I can't even spell it) is one of those nasty ones that quickly spreads?Yep, apparently it's going from stage 2 to life threatening in just a week. ;)

Or 3 weeks, the last 3 of the series...

Sure looks exciting. I have never figured "House" would end quietly :D

Please bring back House's fake wife. oh man she is so hot. Gonna really miss the chemistry between the two of them too, I really liked it.

"Fake????" You haven't been watching closely. :confused:

It would be interesting to know at what point in production (which episode) the team learned that it was over and began the final story arcs. Wilson's cancer certainly could suggest such a point, along with the bittersweet departure of Dominica. However, House has used such stories (Wilson's illness) for a 1-time tease only, so who knows? Personally, I think those 2 story lines could be successfully merged as a 3 week wrap up with various outcomes and combinations to provide a moving/satisfying/semi-tragic finale.

It would be interesting to know at what point in production (which episode) the team learned that it was over and began the final story arcs. Wilson's cancer certainly could suggest such a point, along with the bittersweet departure of Dominica. However, House has used such stories (Wilson's illness) for a 1-time tease only, so who knows? Personally, I think those 2 story lines could be successfully merged as a 3 week wrap up with various outcomes and combinations to provide a moving/satisfying/semi-tragic finale.Yes, after Wilson's funeral, House could be so distraught over losing Wilson and Cuddy that he:

1) Overdoses on his meds, causing the others to have to save him

2) Overdoses and is sent to prison

3) Overdoses, recovers, can't stand to stay at the hospital where he works because of Wilson and Cuddy, and rides off into the sunset with Dominika

4) Overdoses and dies

5) None of the above and/or a combination of all of them.

What I'd really like to see is Cuddy come back for Wilson's funeral and House "almost" get back with her, but instead still wind up with Dominika.

It would be interesting to know at what point in production (which episode) the team learned that it was over and began the final story arcs.The decision was made (apparently by Laurie and the producer) and announced to Fox and the world on 8 February (see this (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/08/house-final-season-8_n_1263991.html)).

The decision was made (apparently by Laurie and the producer) and announced to Fox and the world on 8 February (see this (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/08/house-final-season-8_n_1263991.html)).

I knew this, but didn't know (still don't, though I guess Google could tell me) how many episodes had yet to be filmed/written at that time to allow for the endgame. They are usually several episodes ahead on any specific date, so Feb 8th announcement could even mean the one we saw this week was already in the can. Just curious.

I get the idea that television series tend to be filmed 3 or 4 episodes ahead--I could be wrong. That announcement came 2 days after season 2, episode 11, with 11 episodes still to air, and probably 7 or 8 left to produce.

I just heard that Olivia Wilde will be on the final episode. Regular "House" viewers will probably have a good idea why, but I have my own theory and it's not the most obvious one (just a bit of a twist in my own devious mind).

I will speculate on one thing, however; I do not expect House to die (at least not on the show).

^ Some might consider that first bit of info a bit spoilerish. I would at least put it in a spoiler box.

^ Some might consider that first bit of info a bit spoilerish. I would at least put it in a spoiler box.Why, because I heard it somewhere and you didn't? I don't have any details, just speculation.

Why, because I heard it somewhere and you didn't? I don't have any details, just speculation.

I said "some," not necessarily me. It's info on an upcoming episode (the series finale, at that) and some folks are all about that element of surprise.

House should just settle down with his Russian Bride.

House should just settle down with his Russian Bride.

She gets homesick and he goes back to Russia with her!

One more episode and one of the best shows to ever be on TV will be history. It was good to see Olivia Wilde on the show last night. Other former cast members are supposed to be on the 2-hr series finale next week but the previews looked a little "muddy" so it was hard to tell if they will be in the storyline or in the retrospective portion. In any case, based on last night's episode, I don't look for a happy ending. I hope I'm wrong.

House's prank of clogging sewer lines was a pretty contrived way to get him back to jail. Why not just have him get a DUI or something? I don't really like the direction the writers chose with Wilson getting cancer, but I guess it could have been worse.

I dunno 'bout that Olivia Wilde...she didn't look that good, for such a welcome reappearance. For God's sake, some food needs to get in dat belleh! :eek:

How could House get back with the Russian wife? He betrayed her in the worst way...so badly, she packed up and left. Why would she want anything to do with him, again?

I'm excited to see how this will end. The sewer clog thing was stupid though.

I am sure the ending will have some satisfaction but I really have been going through the motions watching this last season. It reminds me the the last season of Dallas where most of the stars had moved on and it just slogged its way to the end.

Did anybody even care about the disease of the week?

I would have fired the plumbers/facility guys instead... but House had to go to jail and possibly DIE THERE, that's what I suspect will happen..

I loved when House was smacked in the head with his own cane.. LOL

House's prank of clogging sewer lines was a pretty contrived way to get him back to jail. Why not just have him get a DUI or something? I don't really like the direction the writers chose with Wilson getting cancer, but I guess it could have been worse.

I'm not even sure it was a prank. He just flushed the tickets down and may not have even known that it would have caused so much problems. That whole thing was really contrived. Not a good set up for the end. Perhaps the pipes bursting was in compensation for the fact that the patient didn't crash.

House's prank of clogging sewer lines was a pretty contrived way to get him back to jail. Why not just have him get a DUI or something?

House doesn't drive drunk. Too much history on the show. He always calls someone or walks or takes a bus. Wilson's girlfriend died because House wasn't going to drive drunk... so to have him get a DUI now wouldn't make sense.

A prank gone wrong actually has been inevitable... With all the stuff he has pulled over the years, it is a small miracle something like this hasn't happened before.

I would have fired the plumbers/facility guys instead...

What do the plumbers have to do with it? They didn't cause the clog? If it was an isolated incident, House would get the benefit of the doubt... but given his history, everyone is going to assume he did it purposefully and without consideration for what damage it might cause... so whether willful or not, it is negligent and a doctor of his stature and education should know better than to flush something like that down a toilet... plus it was a nice way to bring us full circle... House is his own worst enemy, he is going to be taken away from Wilson because of his own selfishness and childishness.

The fingerprints mentioned as the evidence would not have survived in the sewer.

The cuts from the preview were too reminiscent of the finale last year and gave away a bit much of the direction this will take. I predict an heroic end for House saving the little girl out of all bounds with the character.

My guess is that House set himself up to go to jail so that Wilson would be forced to undergo treatment so that he could prolong things until he got out.

My guess is they are both going AWOL. They were already planning to climb a mountain.

Triple off-ing between House, Wilson and 13... that's my guess

Triple off-ing between House, Wilson and 13... that's my guess

Gutsy - I would like to see that!

What a great episode... ruined by the last 5 minutes. The patient story was pretty weak, but House and Wilson going back and forth was great. There is no way tickets could clog a main sewage line. Maybe if the evidence bag was a giant ball of cardboard paper, I could see it. Besides, being accused wouldnt break parole, but a conviction would AFAIK.

Glad to see this show end.

Triple off-ing between House, Wilson and 13... that's my guess

Hell, why not just be ridiculous and have all the characters die in a random nuclear explosion? That would be taking the episode name "Everybody Dies" quite literally. :D

Or emulate the real world and just have the Hospital close due to budgetary constraints.

Yeah they lost the MRI machine that's worth millions, did they have insurance on that?

IDK but if I had a machine that expensive I wouldn't run water/sewage lines just above it..

Give House a happy Ending!

lol

Final episode tonight. I have high hopes for this. Despite the formula growing a bit thin towards the end, I have really enjoyed this series.

Yeah, it's been a nice ride. I can't imagine what it felt like for Hugh Laurie when they wrapped the final - not to have to carry a network show around on our shoulders must be quite a relief. I liked his little band on Leno the other night.

He went out just like in the Soprano's, including the play-out with the Journey song! :p

Interesting ending[I won't give it away for those who haven't seen it yet].

It was definitely a different kind of ending from what we usually get.

So long House. Been a great 8 years!

I enjoyed it. Still leaves us to ponder House's life after Wilson does die. I kind of like it that way.

Wonder why No Cuddy? Pretty much everyone else made a cameo, especially at the "funeral"...

Bravo... Bravo...

Great song at the end... :)

I didn't like the finale that much and the retrospective was almost as fun as self-flagellating.

For some reason the finale reminded me of the final episode of Quantum Leap.

In many ways the episode felt like a lot of other House episodes that took place in flashback or with a narrated storyline, but I did like the twist. I was half expecting a prank at the end but wasn't quite sure how they would pull it off. By the time of the memorial I was almost convinced he was actually dead. So you got both a sad and feel good ending in an almost plausible way.

Cuddy was a glaring omission this episode however. Was edelstein really that pissed she couldn't come back for the final show of arguably the series that made her a household name?

As I mentioned earlier, nothing really changed on House and even though I never saw last week and barely watched this season I could still keep up. The road trip episode was again my favorite this season, the rest that i saw were pretty much the same as every week.

So fare thee well House. You were a great character and good Holmes clone (they should have brought Moriarty back too) constrained by the formulaic shackles.

Whatever, I loved the episode and found it an absolutely wonderful end to the series; it's almost as if House really did learn to do something for someone else; he gave up his life to spend the rest of Wilson's time with him.

Wilson is the true (non-romantic) love of House's life.

Edelstein may have simply been too busy to return, though articles at the time made it sound like she and the showrunners didn't exactly part on a friendly basis.

It was great to see all the characters back, but I especially enjoyed seeing Anne Dudek's Amber return.

Whatever, I loved the episode and found it an absolutely wonderful end to the series; it's almost as if House really did learn to do something for someone else; he gave up his life to spend the rest of Wilson's time with him.

I thought the plan was giving up his life to avoid jail time? He only learned his valuable lesson when he was accidentally on the verge of death and that gave him a renewed sense of future.

I thought the plan was giving up his life to avoid jail time? He only learned his valuable lesson when he was accidentally on the verge of death and that gave him a renewed sense of future.

If he just wanted to avoid jail time he would have disappeared completely, not spent (we assume) Wilson's last five months on the road with him.

I'm not debating that his near death experience wasn't the motivation but rather than he did actually make the change.

I thought it sucked.

I thought the plan was giving up his life to avoid jail time? He only learned his valuable lesson when he was accidentally on the verge of death and that gave him a renewed sense of future.

I don't think the jail time bothered him that much. It was established that he put up an ineffective defense because he thought he deserved to go to jail in the first place. And, he said that he was willing to do the time if they would wait till Wilson was dead.
House convinced himself that he wanted to live, despite all his troubles. He just didn't want to be in jail during Wilson's last few months.
It was implied (or maybe I'm the only one who thinks so) that House will give himself up when Wilson is gone.

I thought it sucked.Everybody deserves his own opinion even if it's wrong. :confused:

FINAL SONG:

You work and work for years and years, you're always on the go
You never take a minute off, too busy makin' dough
Someday, you say, you'll have your fun, when you're a millionaire
Imagine all the fun you'll have in your old rockin' chair

Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think
Enjoy yourself, while you're still in the pink
The years go by, as quickly as a wink
Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it's later than you think

You're gonna take that ocean trip, no matter, come what may
You've got your reservations made, but you just can't get away
Next year for sure, you'll see the world, you'll really get around
But how far can you travel when you're six feet underground?

Your heart of hearts, your dream of dreams, your ravishing brunette
She's left you and she's now become somebody else's pet
Lay down that gun, don't try, my friend, to reach the great beyond
You'll have more fun by reaching for a redhead or a blonde

Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think
Enjoy yourself, while you're still in the pink
The years go by, as quickly as a wink
Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it's later than you think

I thought it was great.

House lived for puzzles and the opportunity to solve them, but was willing to give that up to spend the rest of his dying friend's days with him.

What a display of inner turmoil, and finally coming to terms with what was most important.

I'll miss House. Truly one of the great serials.

I thought it was great.

House lived for puzzles and the opportunity to solve them, but was willing to give that up to spend the rest of his dying friend's days with him.

What a display of inner turmoil, and finally coming to terms with what was most important.

I'll miss House. Truly one of the great serials.I agree 100%. I've seen every episode, many of them multiple times.

1. I didn't see last weeks episode (I have it, but forgot I didn't watch it yet), was the burning building connected to that? If not, what was with the fire and why was he even there?
2. Who was that tall blond with the long legs in that burning building? Was she his first girlfriend?
3. I didn't know Sela Ward was in the series as I didn't start watching it until less than 3 years ago. How long was she in the series?
4. Why would they have Cuddy (don't know her real name) in that "Swan Song" segment and not in the final episode? (rhetorical question)

I guess they didn't like 13 considering the short time she was in that two hours was ridiculous.

I thought it sucked.

Idea was nice, execution (i.e. writing), I agree, lacked any intelligence (of course IMO).

So let me get this straight: House is planning to die in the burning building but has a revelation just in time to escape before it blows up. And we see him in the building a fraction of a second before it's engulfed in flames and explodes but the explanation is he manages to get out the back door, sneak into the medical records office and switch dental records (or something like that). I'm willing to be educated, of course, but I don't see how this scenario had any shred of credibility.

The writers would have been more honest if they had just shown the building explode and used the excuse that House had crawled out before it was engulfed in flames. Or had planned the whole thing from the start and was never in danger of perishing

It's as if, after the Earth blows up at the end of one of the Planet of the Apes movies, Charlton Heston appears in the first frame of the sequel clinging to an asteroid.

Again, I liked the idea and used to have great respect for these writers. Too bad some, including myself, were left with such a sour taste.

It was ok, leaves them open for a House movie I guess....
no cuddy was a dissapointment...

So let me get this straight: House is planning to die in the burning building but has a revelation just in time to escape before it blows up. And we see him in the building a fraction of a second before it's engulfed in flames and explodes but the explanation is he manages to get out the back door, sneak into the medical records office and switch dental records (or something like that). I'm willing to be educated, of course, but I don't see how this scenario had any shred of credibility.

The writers would have been more honest if they had just shown the building explode and used the excuse that House had crawled out before it was engulfed in flames. Or had planned the whole thing from the start and was never in danger of perishing

It's as if, after the Earth blows up at the end of one of the Planet of the Apes movies, Charlton Heston appears in the first frame of the sequel clinging to an asteroid.Couldn't of said it better. Really made little sense. Sad and disappointed at the same time.

Actually, Heston returning for the sequel to Solvent Green as sole surviving member of the NRA. :D :rolleyes:

He went out just like in the Soprano's, including the play-out with the Journey song! :p

That's a Journey song?

I'll take your word for it but to me it sounded like the type of song that was popular a long time ago (I actually started dancing to it with wifey, don't get me wrong).

I didn't see last weeks episode (I have it, but forgot I didn't watch it yet), was the burning building connected to that? If not, what was with the fire and why was he even there?
Who was that tall blond with the long legs in that burning building? Was she his first girlfriend?
I didn't know Sela Ward was in the series as I didn't start watching it until less than 3 years ago. How long was she in the series?
Why would they have Cuddy (don't know her real name) in that "Swan Song" segment and not in the final episode?

I guess they didn't like 13 considering the short time she was in that two hours was ridiculous.Not sure about the burning building, but I can comment on the other stuff.

1. Anne Dudek played the tall blond, Amber Volakis, who House referred to as a "Cutthroat Bitch." She was originally one of the group in season 4 who interviewed to be part of House's team but was rejected at the end of the selection process. She wound up living with (or maybe even marrying) Wilson and then was on the same bus as House when it was in an accident. She died a few days after the accident and "haunted" House for several episodes following that. Actually, Amber was one of my favorite characters during House's eight-year run, so here is an expanded synopsis of her role on House:

http://house.wikia.com/wiki/Amber_Volakis


2. Sela Ward was House's one time live in girl friend (Stacy Warner) before the series started. She ultimately got married to a guy with a medical problem and took him to House's hospital. She got a job there as an attorney and "almost" rekindled the flame between her and House, but instead stayed with her husband and quit the hospital. There are many, many YouTube videos detailing the relationship between House and Stacy. Who doesn't love Sela Ward?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hhBcklrG98

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWJnQCMZHGI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMQLQZRfarU&feature=relmfu

3. I was upset that Lisa Edelstein (Lisa Cuddy) wasn't in the final also. She has come a long way since playing a man who had a sex-change operation on "Ally McBeal" years ago.

4. Olivia Wilde (Thirteen... Dr. Remy Hadley) was in the next to the last episode for several minutes, a bit more than just a cameo appearance. She was one of the final three to join the show in the "selection process" in season 4, beating out Amber.

One more thought: Kal Penn who played Dr. Lawrence Kutner was the first "ghost" to appear in the burning building. He committed suicide on the show to work in the Obama administration. They must be feeding him well because he looked noticibly heavier than he did when he was on the show.

God, I'm gonna miss this show!!!! :mad:

1. I didn't see last weeks episode (I have it, but forgot I didn't watch it yet), was the burning building connected to that? If not, what was with the fire and why was he even there?
2. Who was that tall blond with the long legs in that burning building? Was she his first girlfriend?
3. I didn't know Sela Ward was in the series as I didn't start watching it until less than 3 years ago. How long was she in the series?
4. Why would they have Cuddy (don't know her real name) in that "Swan Song" segment and not in the final episode? (rhetorical question)

I guess they didn't like 13 considering the short time she was in that two hours was ridiculous.

1. No connection whatsoever.

2. Amber was Wilson's love and a former employee of House.

3. Sela's character was House's woman before the series started.

4. What happened to Cuddy is anyone's guess.

5. 13 was an incredibly minor part of the show and wasn't on that long either. She got her time, same as anyone else. Besides, the retrospective wasn't about the characters, it was about the other gears that made the House machine function.

That's a Journey song?

I'll take your word for it but to me it sounded like the type of song that was popular a long time ago (I actually started dancing to it with wifey, don't get me wrong).Enjoy Yourself, It's Later Than You Think is an old "Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians" song, and, according to Wikipedia was recorded in November, 1949.

There was another song playing just before that one that may have been the Journey song.

There was another song playing just before that one that may have been the Journey song.

Warren Zevon, "Keep Me In Your Heart," the last song on his last album, recorded as he knew he was dying of cancer. Hard to imagine a more appropriate song.

Enjoy Yourself, It's Later Than You Think is an old "Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians" song, and, according to Wikipedia was recorded in November, 1949.

There was another song playing just before that one that may have been the Journey song.After further checking, I found out that although Guy Lombardo had the first version of the song, the version on the final House episode was by 1950's singer, Louis Prima.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYpOb-PQyNg

Coincidentally, Anne Dudek (Amber) also sang it herself on the final episode of season 5.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L-JFdpw0x0

Idea was nice, execution (i.e. writing), I agree, lacked any intelligence (of course IMO).

So let me get this straight: House is planning to die in the burning building but has a revelation just in time to escape before it blows up. And we see him in the building a fraction of a second before it's engulfed in flames and explodes but the explanation is he manages to get out the back door, sneak into the medical records office and switch dental records (or something like that). I'm willing to be educated, of course, but I don't see how this scenario had any shred of credibility.

The writers would have been more honest if they had just shown the building explode and used the excuse that House had crawled out before it was engulfed in flames. Or had planned the whole thing from the start and was never in danger of perishing

It's as if, after the Earth blows up at the end of one of the Planet of the Apes movies, Charlton Heston appears in the first frame of the sequel clinging to an asteroid.

Again, I liked the idea and used to have great respect for these writers. Too bad some, including myself, were left with such a sour taste.

If Sherlock Holmes can survive going over reichenbach falls then House can sneak out the back door right?

Anyone else find the Sela Ward scenes a little too botoxy for their taste?

If Sherlock Holmes can survive going over reichenbach falls then House can sneak out the back door right?

Anyone else find the Sela Ward scenes a little too botoxy for their taste?No!

That's a Journey song?

I'll take your word for it but to me it sounded like the type of song that was popular a long time ago (I actually started dancing to it with wifey, don't get me wrong).

I was totally making things up (an "anti-spoiler" for the topic), if you didn't notice. :p ...plus I thought it a funny notion if House ended literally like the Sopranos (same bullet and same song). Don't stop, believe'in...hold on to that feeeelin'...

Oh, and Cuddy was a machine replicant!

If he just wanted to avoid jail time he would have disappeared completely, not spent (we assume) Wilson's last five months on the road with him.

Yeah it was the switching dental records think that confused me. I realize now that he did that after he escaped from the building. I thought it was part of the plan put forth by the patient to take the fall.

If Sherlock Holmes can survive going over reichenbach falls then House can sneak out the back door right?

Anyone else find the Sela Ward scenes a little too botoxy for their taste?

No but I did think she had a cold. Of course it could be she botoxed her lips!

I think the episode was pretty darn good. It's a little odd that House decided to do something selfless, but it made me feel warm and fuzzy. Everybody is better off with House "dead" except Wilson.

Two questions:

1. What happens to House when Wilson dies? Do they go out in a blaze of glory together? Does Houses come back, face his prison time?
2. Does Foreman "know"? He kinda had a funny smirk at the end of the episode.

My guess is Lisa Edelstein didn't want to do the final ep out of spite of not paying her enough to be in the season 8, but she was on the Swan Song episode, it must have been archive footage on her interview, perhaps from season 7..

She could have been at the funeral and say a few words just like the Russian girl.. not even that?

I think the episode was pretty darn good. It's a little odd that House decided to do something selfless, but it made me feel warm and fuzzy. Everybody is better off with House "dead" except Wilson.

Two questions:

1. What happens to House when Wilson dies? Do they go out in a blaze of glory together? Does Houses come back, face his prison time?
2. Does Foreman "know"? He kinda had a funny smirk at the end of the episode.1. I'm in the group that thinks House goes back to prison unless the "dead guy" was successful in taking the fall for House's prank. That was never made clear. However, since House manipulated the dental records, he could probably never go back to being a doctor again unless they couldn't prove it.

2. Of course Foreman knows House is still alive. That was the reason for his little smirky smile at the end.

Warren Zevon, "Keep Me In Your Heart," the last song on his last album, recorded as he knew he was dying of cancer. Hard to imagine a more appropriate song.

and "... you should enjoy every sandwich." *

* from Warren's last (or next to last) appearance on "The Late Show with David Letterman."

I'm just wondering who's getting House's Life Insurance money, and if he had a will who's getting the rest of his assets? since he's "officially" dead

(He'd better not be found or is permanent jail time for him for fraud)..

Idea was nice, execution (i.e. writing), I agree, lacked any intelligence (of course IMO).

So let me get this straight: House is planning to die in the burning building but has a revelation just in time to escape before it blows up. And we see him in the building a fraction of a second before it's engulfed in flames and explodes but the explanation is he manages to get out the back door, sneak into the medical records office and switch dental records (or something like that). I'm willing to be educated, of course, but I don't see how this scenario had any shred of credibility.

The writers would have been more honest if they had just shown the building explode and used the excuse that House had crawled out before it was engulfed in flames. Or had planned the whole thing from the start and was never in danger of perishing

It's as if, after the Earth blows up at the end of one of the Planet of the Apes movies, Charlton Heston appears in the first frame of the sequel clinging to an asteroid.

Again, I liked the idea and used to have great respect for these writers. Too bad some, including myself, were left with such a sour taste.

THIS.

The ending screamed deus ex machina to me. In fact, this was the worst deus ex machina they have had since Cuddy perjured herself to keep House from going to jail for forging Wilson's Rx. Did they ever explain how the fire started or did I miss it?

I was severely disappointed on the execution of the finale. From reading TVGuide's oral history and seeing the swan song special, the show runners, especially David Shore thinks this show was perfection and could do/did no wrong. I found myself laughing at some of the things he said about the decisions they made post season 3 of the series.

Oh well. House you wont disappoint anyone anymore now.

I enjoyed it, and I will miss House, one of the few shows i've always looked forward to (although for the past few months I'm not sure why.) Having said that, I found the finale a bit precious. All that blather from former characters (Live for the Puzzle? Live for Love?) just felt forced and awkward, and yes, a little boring.

And the whole setting...how did they get in the warehouse? Why was it on fire? How did he get out the back of the building when we saw the building collapse BEHIND HIM? Look, I understand how hard it is to misdirect an audience these days. But still, there was no way he was getting out of that building alive.

And, Cuddy's omission was glaring. There must have been tremendous bad blood between her and the producers if they couldn't get the 3rd most important character on the show back for the finale. But BECAUSE of her importance to the show, you couldn't have just brought her back for a line or two--that would have felt wrong. She would have had to be pivotal, and I guess that just wasn't in the cards.

Did like the last scene, though. And especially the last shot. It looked uncut from close in on the side of the bridge to following them well down the road from above. Very cool.

I was totally making things up (an "anti-spoiler" for the topic), if you didn't notice. :p ...plus I thought it a funny notion if House ended literally like the Sopranos (same bullet and same song). Don't stop, believe'in...hold on to that feeeelin'...
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OK, thanks, but just so you know, you could have told me it was a Journey song since from them I know nothing (most of the music I listen to is <= 1964).

You know, just for a moment, I was unsure as to whether House had actually died and Wilson was just imagining him. Would have been a better ending, IMO. :)

1. I didn't see last weeks episode (I have it, but forgot I didn't watch it yet), was the burning building connected to that? If not, what was with the fire and why was he even there?


I gathered he was there experiencing his heroin high.

Finale left me saying "Meh." Good enough, but not great. Certainly not a fitting end to one of the best shows on TV this past decade. Too many moments seemed like they were cut short or were incomplete, while others were, conversely, overdone and forced.

No explanation of the burning building. No real closure. Kumar comes back? Bland and stale. Sela's scenes? Yes, botoxy to the Nth degree and very, very painful to watch. Amber's return was the only reappearance that seemed to work, given that she's really the only one that ever "got" House...and even that felt a bit off for some reason. No Cuddy? F**king fail, regardless of who was to blame in real life. :mad:

Still, I'll miss House. Maybe not the show, but the character, for sure.

I thought it was just another of House's (the character) pranks. It fit perfectly with the show, he always wins, and his motivation was as it always was, his own selfishness.

It had to be planned from the beginning or how else did he get his card under the little cabinet in Omar's office? He's subject to rumination, so what else is he going to do while waiting for someone to figure it out and come find him - he knew that simply switching records would be suspicious, but an eye witness would seal it.

Interesting no one feels euthanasia discussion worthy - that's obviously the plan.

I'll miss Wilson most of all, what a great character and actor (for fun, catch him in The Manhattan Project.)

Here's the song if it hasn't been posted - go to the tube for interesting surprise (okay no surprise, but it's full of House comments.)

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