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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.

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!

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

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.

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 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.

Everybody deserves his own opinion even if it's wrong.

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 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.

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...

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.

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).

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=CWJnQ...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMQLQ...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!!!!