HOUSE Series Finale

Durn, missed it.

LOL I've watched it. It was just like any other episode... except, when it wasn't. I loved the
twists and turns it took, some I saw coming, some I didn't. But loved them nonetheless.

I can't believe we have -already- reached the end of an Era.
So sad to see him go. . .

P.S. the ending song was A-W-E-S-O-M-E.

I was initially really pleased that they didn't wuss out on since it seemed like the right way to end his arc.

And then I was really, really pleased when they found a way to do that AND manage a happy ending. Very clever, and not what I expected.

Nicely open-ended, lots of room for speculation and fan-fiction.
I stopped caring about the show a couple of seasons back, when it stopped being about the medical mysteries, and became all about House and his endless suffering. Oh, the angst. I watch now because I have a buddy at work who loves it.
But this was a good wrap-up. And the final scene, and song, was great. Not 'Newhart' great, but way better than the 'Medium' finale.

And, it was preceded by a one-hour tribute to the people who made the show, the behind-the-scenes folk. That was thoughtful, to remember that it was as much a part of those people's lives for eight years as it was for the cast.

I watched it.

Interesting and surprising ending.

I watched it. I didn't like the first half so much, but the second part was excellent! Loved the ending.

I'm still bewildered by the first part.

I was a bit disappointed. The first three-quarters dragged, but I did like the ending.

My wife and I caught the last 90 minutes. House dropped out of our regular viewing habit years ago. We got tired of "The patient has a mysterious ailment which the idiot doctors will diagnose and/or treat incorrectly until the brilliant curmudgeon Dr. Gregory House figures it out in the last ten minutes and insults everyone within earshot for the first 50" storylines.

I had no emotional investment one way or the other. I didn't believe he was dead. I just thought there was too much airtime remaining for everyone to sing the praises of this miserable excuse for a human being.

For the hardcore fans who stuck it out to the bitter end, I hope they were satisfied. I did like the Warren Zevon choice for a final song. That was pretty cool.

I feel rather like Maryn did. I especially don't understand how Wilson and Foreman watched the ceiling come down on House in the front of the house, but somehow, he, with his bum leg, having just fallen through the floor, managed to high-tail it to the back of the house and get out. Then he managed to hack into or physically break into the computers or offices of at least 2 different dentists, after apparently cleverly figuring out who the heroin addicts dentist was, and fool everyone into thinking he's dead, even though, as Maryn pointed out, the dead man's body was completely different from House's, the leg damage being a pretty huge giveaway.

I was surprised no one mentioned Cuddy, but I think I read somewhere she wouldn't be back for the finale, so I wasn't surprised to not see her. Although I would have thought they'd toss in at least one line explaining her abcense at the funeral.

I like the thought of he and Wilson tooling around for the next 5 months, but I can't stop trying to figure what he's going to do then. It was a noble gesture, but House isn't exactly old. He's going to have a lot of life left and what will he do with it? He's dead. He can't practice anymore, he can't contact most of the people he left behind, he can't show up anywhere because he faked his death. Maybe he won't care at that point, and he'll just face it and do what he has to do, but I would have liked to know if he had a plan. But that's mainly my own need to wrap things up.

Grrarrgh said:

I feel rather like Maryn did. I especially don't understand how Wilson and Foreman watched the ceiling come down on House in the front of the house, but somehow, he, with his bum leg, having just fallen through the floor, managed to high-tail it to the back of the house and get out. Then he managed to hack into or physically break into the computers or offices of at least 2 different dentists, after apparently cleverly figuring out who the heroin addicts dentist was, and fool everyone into thinking he's dead, even though, as Maryn pointed out, the dead man's body was completely different from House's, the leg damage being a pretty huge giveaway.

I was surprised no one mentioned Cuddy, but I think I read somewhere she wouldn't be back for the finale, so I wasn't surprised to not see her. Although I would have thought they'd toss in at least one line explaining her abcense at the funeral.

I like the thought of he and Wilson tooling around for the next 5 months, but I can't stop trying to figure what he's going to do then. It was a noble gesture, but House isn't exactly old. He's going to have a lot of life left and what will he do with it? He's dead. He can't practice anymore, he can't contact most of the people he left behind, he can't show up anywhere because he faked his death. Maybe he won't care at that point, and he'll just face it and do what he has to do, but I would have liked to know if he had a plan. But that's mainly my own need to wrap things up.

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I felt the same way regarding your first paragraph especially. Totally implausible.

I didn't know it was a series finale until 2 hours before airing. I haven't watched much of this last season just, as mentioned before, they steered away from the patient/medical problem driven script to a House introspective script. I'd rather they had interspersed the introspective stuff throughout ... like they did in the beginning seasons.

And as mentioned in previous posts ... the overall ending doesn't make sense logistically (everyone has pointed out the flaws, so I won't duplicate). I think everyone involved in writing the script was trying to be clever, but failed.

While I think the show "jumped the shark" a season or 2 ago ... I do hate that it is ending. It was one of 6 shows I watch throughout the year. Now I'm down to 5.

Maryn said:

Ooh, ooh, I just thought of something I'd have loved to see in the finale. Remember that cop played by David Morse who was so doggedly on House's case in one of the early seasons? I hated that story line, FWIW, but it provides useful backstory.

I'd have liked a final shot of Morse's cop standing at the, hmm, no spoilers, standing at the place where it went down, and saying, "Hm, something doesn't look right." With the implication that he's going to be just as determined to figure out what became of Gregory House.

Maryn, quite pleased with herself

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Or, just after the credits, waiting around a corner in the road with the Highway Patrol. (Sort of a gift for those of us who watched all the way.
This also makes for a sequel: 'The Fugitives'.

I enjoyed it. Didn't move me to tears, but it hit all the right emotions to make it a worthy ending to an incredible series. I got a little concerned at the wake, thinking "there's no possible way they can make this work well without some massive curveball."

And of course, David Shore read my mind.

I thought it was the stupidest series end ever. It was pathetic and not thought out. Horrible.

Kevin,

I liked how House showed humanity and selflessness at the end, because the entire series was about what an ass he could be. Yet, everybody loved him.

I enjoyed it. Definitely the end of the 2004 tv show era. Like I was sad Desperate Housewives ended too.

I enjoyed it.

I liked it very much. Me, I grew very tired of the medical formula a long time ago and loved how it became increasingly about the characters rather than the (usually wildly inaccurate, according to doctors) "mystery." Park, Thirteen, Foreman, Taub, etc. as well as Wilson and House and the others easily eclipse the esoteric medical stuff going on that I don't understand--and evidently if I did would know is all wrong.

Some of the above comments I find...odd. Cuddy was in fact mentioned. If you didn't notice, that was on you. As for a certain feat that House performed--he was very determined and got lucky. 'Nuff said.

The story moved me. I'll miss this show. A lot.