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This episode, the series finale, is directed by series creator David Shore. A nice bit of symmetry, as he also directed the series pilot. Where it begins, it also ends.

With this end, we see the return of Kutner, Amber, Stacy, Cameron, and nearly all other characters past. One notable exception is Cuddy. I tried to decide if that was a detriment to the episode or not, and I have come to no conclusion. What would a Cuddy hallucination provide that Stacy didn't? What would her presence at the funeral have provided that Stacy and Dominika didn't? I will say that given how many past characters came out of the woodwork for the funeral, it is strange that she wasn't there, her absence conspicuous, but it seems to have worked out anyway.

This episode leaves us with the most transformed House we have seen since his strides to be a better partner for Cuddy. Whether or not it was his plan all along, House uses the fire to fake his own death. As it stands, he faces the reality that he will be in prison for the last few months of Wilson's life. Instead, he gives up his life, his career, everything he owns, in order to be with Wilson during those last five months.

Until now, nothing was as important to House as his mind and his ability to solve the puzzle. Puzzles made life interesting, and thus worth living. During the hallucinations in the fire, House seems to be giving up until he proclaims that he can change—the ultimate contradiction to his long-held belief that people can't change—and that he actually wants to change. This gives us hope that perhaps he will survive Wilson's death rather than self-destruct.

To bring closure to the show, we hear kind professions from those in House's life as they speak at his funeral. He touched a great many lives, and though his touch wasn't always kind or soft, he changed the people around him, in many ways for the better. He taught them things about life and about themselves they maybe wouldn't have learned otherwise. This reality gives him value that will live on, even after the world believes him dead.

Adams and Park stay on the team, with Chase now at the helm—a natural and expected choice. Taub leaves, which he did before. He wanted to work for House, and seems to have no interest in the job with the man himself. But he seemed regretful in his final scene, and a part of me suspects he'll eventually reconnect with the team. He was good at the job, and good for the team. I like to believe he'll rejoin it.

The writers, directors, producers, and whoever else really stepped it up for the last few episodes of this series. If they had performed as well throughout season seven and all of season eight, perhaps House M.D. would have seen a season nine. The show itself was a wonderfully entertaining premise with great characters. It was over the top at times, as all medical dramas are, but it was different enough to be fun to watch.

It's sad to say goodbye. House has a way of burrowing into one's heart. He wasn't always easy to love or watch, but we did love him, and we will miss him. This isn't the ending I foresaw, but that's okay. It leaves room for each of us to imagine what happens next, and this way we can each believe in the ending we most want to see for House.

This is the end. Aptly entitled "Everybody Dies", death is the central theme to this episode. In it we see House trapped in a building that is ablaze and facing all of his inner demons. He must come to grips with all of his maxims, of which we are all familiar; "Everybody lies", and "People never change". Weighing heaviest on House's mind is the fact that his best friend, Wilson, has been diagnosed with cancer and has only around 5 months left to live. Can House survive without his anchor, or will it be his ultimate destruction? House is also facing a return to jail for parole violations and knows that that is where he will be when Wilson dies. Be it by design or not, House uses the fire to fake his own death and embraces the fact that he wants to change. There is a very touching funeral scene where many of the past stars come back to speak kind words about the hard man that shaped many of their lives. Then we get the final scene, House and Wilson riding off together. More on this in a bit.

This was a very solid send off to what is my favorite TV character of all time. House spoke to me on a real level and I related to him more than anyone real in my life, ever. As sad as I was to see this show end, I was more than satisfied with how they ended it. Throughout its run, the show had some amazing episodes and some not so amazing, but they were all great, this was just the most amazing of all those episodes. I remember watching it when it first aired and I was riveted to my TV.

Now, back to House and Wilson riding off into the sunset together. Perhaps, just perhaps this was the writers being coy, as we all know they can be on this show. Perhaps in an effort to provide us all with a semi happy ending, they engaged in some trickery. It is my thought that instead of us seeing House and Wilson ride off to spend the last months of Wilson's life together, we saw them after Wilson had already passed, at the beginning of their eternity together because House really did die in the fire. I could be wrong, but I think this a more eloquent and fitting end to the show that I held so dear.

This episode, (the last of the series) has the unusual mix of "Happily Ever After" and "Doom & Gloom".

On one hand most everyone thinks House id dead. He'll never be able to see any of them again, not even his Mother and Step-Father without risking going back to jail. He'll never be able to practice Medicine again, the one thing in his life that brought him peace. One the other hand, he'll get to spend time with his dying best friend Wilson, who has six months to live. Even that is haunted by the promise that he will end Wilson's life before his pain becomes too much to bear.

As for the other cast members; Forman has reached a career goal, but is still alone; much like Chase who returns to head diagnostics, but is still alone and pining after his lost; love Cameron. Her appearance just serves to highlight his pain. Taub continues to struggle with the life of a single father. 13 is terminally ill from her long fight with her disease. Cuddy is so scared from her time with House, she cannot even return to NJ for his funeral.

Still with all this and more… life goes on.

Who knows, maybe we haven't seen the last of grumpy old House.

Maybe Forman and Chase will take a vacation to Mexico, where Forman falls ill. Only one clinic in this sleepy Mexican fishing village. Run by a half drunken, grumpy old Gringo Doctor the locals call… "Casa".

Well I should say I was hoping that the makers dont mess this up like how House messes with his relationships. And boy I was glad for this ending.

Reasons: 1. Glad that House did not suddenly get enlightenment and start to respect people.

2. Glad that there was no cliche ending like house trying to save Wilson by finding the cure.

3. Glad that they did not show what was going to happen to wilson after 5 months even-though it was evident and inevitable.

4. Glad that how was able to con everyone to buy the time to spend with wilson. Infact this is the best part hands down.

5. Glad that everyone made a small cameo ( wish cuddy joined too)

The Sherlock similarities went on till the very end. It was beautiful.

I'll start with the big one, House and Holmes are very close in personality. The writers have spoken about that on several occasions. How else could it have ended?

House faking his dead was his last big thing. House choosing to leave everything behind just so he could be there with Wilson during his final days was selfless. He screwed up but he still wanted to be there for his friend no matter what.

The hallucinations were also done pretty well. It was nice to see Kutner and Amber again.

I was also very thankful that House saw Stacy as one of the last hallucinations and not Cuddy. I didn't always hate her but man season 7 she was just terribly written. I do feel like Cuddy was so stupid thinking House would seriously change his ways for her. Stacy understood House the best. It made sense to see her there and I was very thankful for that. In a perfect world House and Stacy would have ended up together.

My one big regret of the series is that they didn't develop House and 13's relationship as much as I would have liked. I would have loved to have it develop into a father / daughter relationship. It would have been so much better then house cuddy in s07. But this is not the place to talk about that.

I was very glad she showed back up and had a talk with House in the previous episode.

Foreman learning House survived and that he can laugh about that was amazing.

Chase being the new guy in charge made so much sense, although I do found he dressed to formerly.

Seeing Cameron again, and that she is happy at her job with a family was perfect.

The original team became better because of House.

One of the very first things House says in the pilot "Brain tumor boring." His literal last words are "Cancer is boring." It was just an icing on the cake for me.

House and Wilson driving off into the sun set, it's not happy ever after. It's only five months which well end in tears. Bittersweet.

Some personal head canon: -House euthanized Wilson, not letting him die in to much pain.

-House then did the same for 13 later as he promised to do.

And the last personal head canon is that House became a private detective in some big city.

1940's inspired detective noir spinoff House P. I?

Where was the lupus?? I'll just start by saying that. Rating: 8.0-great Season Rating: 6.5-ok

Anyway, House is one of those shows that manages to be funny and moving at the same time. Greg House is one of my all time favorite characters on TV, and I definitely miss the days of House-Cameron-Foreman-Chase. Yes, the show got continually worse as the seasons went on (including the stupid season 7 finale), and I went into this season knowing it would be the last. The question is, did the writers end the story right?

I guess so. The ending scene was great (riding off into the sunset (or late afternoon) with Wilson), but I felt cheated by the whole "faked death" scene. No, House did not have to die-that would have made it worse. I just felt like the writers could've somehow done something more with this finale-don't ask me what, but something just felt off at the end, like everything was rushed. Everything was played safe, which I guess is more audience pleasing.

I will admit, though, that his actions were a nice turn for the character. House is a loner, and he accepted he would be one forever. However, he also gave up his old life all for Wilson. The funeral scene was nice, with Wilson finally breaking down over House's "death", just in a way that gives him closure.

As for the guest stars, I felt like they were unnecessary. Sure it's nice seeing Jennifer Morrison and Kal Penn again, but it felt like they were being brought out just so they could be brought out.

As for the last song, I wonder if any of you noticed that it was the same as the one Amber sang in House's earlier hallucination in "Under My Skin" (S5Ep23). It shows how House maybe shouldn't give up on what's true to him (he was trying to get rid of Amber), and in the end he didn't-he chose Wilson.

Final thoughts: While this episode didn't have the humor or the emotional resonance of some episodes, it was a great ending to a fantastic character and show. Congrats David Shore, Hugh Laurie, Robert Sean Leonard, and the rest of the people who made the show what it is. You will be missed-and no, I don't know why Grey's Anatomy is still on. -Everybody Lies Series grade: 9/10-amazing

I think most people can agree that after the writers' strike back in season 4, the show has had a different feel to it, and mostly in a bad way. Don't get me wrong, season 4 was still really good, with one of the best finales this series had. This means that even with at least six episodes cut short — where I'm sure they would have expanded on Amber's character — they managed to deliver an amazing two-parter.

This does not happen here: a full season of mixed episode quality (in which some would easily make a top 15 of the entire series, while others were annoyingly pointless). A full season to tie a knot, but in the forty four minutes of contrivance that is this finale, they kept just adding more ropes to tie.

This is one of those hallucination/what-the-hell-happened episodes, which are in fact mostly regarded highly. But it doesn't work here: none of House's subconscious characters have a point to make, none of them have a clue to his remembrance problem. I assume there are two reasons they are there: to inform the audience House wasn't sure of wanting to live — which could have been achieved through other means — and, mostly, I believe, to fit in as many characters that haven't been on screen that much lately.

Kutner may have been the only one with an actual connection to the situation here, he could've made the 'I can change' scene into an actual epiphany, House could understand how Kutner felt and decide on change, instead the plot convenience that it was.

The pacing was really off. The banter between House and his ghosts, along with the unnecessary montage at the end are examples of this: they even felt like padding at times. On the other hand, I can't say I believed for a second House wouldn't show up after the explosion: the funeral montage in particular felt rushed and just something they 'had' to put there.

Other than that — and excluding mention of plot holes (oh god, the plot holes) — the very last scene was incredibly off. A quick fix for this would be to take out House's clues that he's alive, take out his explanation on how he faked his death and just make the last scene be Wilson seeing him again. That would make a discussion on whether or not it was a hallucination way more poignant; all we would have for 'proof' would be Wilson's point of view.

On a positive note I can say that the directing and the acting was as good as always, but it left me wanting more physical acting than the subpar script we got. I also understand the need for a happy ending after all this time, but I do have to say it didn't feel as good as it should have.

In conclusion, it's just a bad episode that tries to use they could — the hallucinations, the tricks, the reappearing characters — but fails to make sense of it all. My guess is that it will serve only as a testament that the series had really run its course.

I took a break for a while before watching some of the last episodes that had left. Because whenever I thought this will be the ending of another favorite series of mine, I felt sad. Anyways... I had this feeling from when Chase solved the first case without the help of House, that Chase will take House's place in the future. The way he solved cases like House and how Cameron said, he became like House! 😲 I expected and somewhat knew that Dr. Chase will be the next House. And my assumption was true.

I literally had goosebumps when I saw the building blast and House burning to death. I couldn't believe he could commit suicide. He was reckless but not suicidal at all. But then when I'd seen his message on Wilson's phonescreen, I laughed 😂. It was hilarious.

How far he'd gone!! I mean he killed himself for the person he cares the most!

I so expected Cuddy to show up and got dissapointed. 😔

But this was a hell of a finale. No doubt. ❤

I saw the finale today, for the first time today! Very disappointing. More of a Twilight Zone episode. House laying on the floor in an abandoned factory building. With a dead man. After they had both shot themselves full of drugs. He is dreaming or hallucinating, of his last days. With people from his past. A fire had broken out in the building. And just as Wilson and Foreman arrive, you see House at the window. And then a huge fireball explosion. No way he could have escaped from that inferno. Unscathed! I think everything that happened after, the memorial service, the revelation of House to Wilson, the riding off into the hereafter, was a dream or post death experience of Wilson.

This series finale, was shallow and insignificant. Just another House M. D. episode falling flat, when it was going for « original ». And let's be honest, who believed he died in that explosion? When that happened, I was anticipating how and when, they would reveal he faked his own death. And after being bored by all the psycho babble, of his hallucinations. That were people, who are pretty much closed cases at that point... I got my answer. Did they settle with whomever agreed to come back? Or was it planned all along?... I genuinely thought the end of season 8 would redeem an otherwise very disappointing, and mediocre final year, when Wilson's « cancer » storyline made it interesting, and the previous episode, ended with a more or less shocking twist (why only six months?...). But the finale had to go a different way again, and buying the episode time, with another pointless medical case and a new batch of tacky melodrama. And House looking stupid, when he agreed to meet a junkie in an abandoned building (?)... I still liked that last shot of Wilson and House in the motorcycles, some of those returning cast members, and that Warren Zevon song at the end. But it's a show I'd rather remember on its earlier days, when it still had something special to offer, and could still show promise.

I don't even know why they didn't just end it at Season 7. Because that would have been just as good an ending as this - in that both leave gaping holes and almost none of the characters' plots gets any closure.

Even ignoring the obvious holes and the pathetic attempt at copying Sherlock by faking death, I mean Really ? Taub smiling with his kids ? Foreman smiling at an ID of house ? Chase as HoDM ? And a bike ride for House ? This could be just ANY ending of ANY house episode we've watched and loved. How is the ending special in ANY way ? It's the end of an awesome series. I mean you ruined the entire 8th season, but you could have at least had a decent ending.

I've been a house Fanatic till season 6, but season 7 started showing signs of sloppy writing, and 8 was just terrible. Not even one one-liner sticks out, no wit, absolutely dry and totally redundant.

Last impression - Nothing fresh or remotely entertaining here. I wouldn't have minded if I skipped this. Total waste of time. Just like the whole of Season 8. Wouldn't mind if I skipped the whole thing.

This entire episode is without a doubt the worst episode of house I've ever seen , and no im not bitter because its ended and im actually glad it has its gone the way of the dodo season 8 as a whole was boring we barely saw any of the typical house we saw in the past seasons , a lot of the case's where boring and dull , heres a example?

Young teenage girl has a tick inside her vagina and house actually removes it in public?

And we get...

A guy who cant say no to anybody

Seriously all the cases sucked beyond belief , this episode as a whole was just stupid and very very predicable , just as a tear was about to shed from my eye at houses funeral i just knew he wasn't dead and i knew he had faked his death. I really don't have anything to say about the episode in general it was just poorly written and a 45 minutes of boredom.

I think the whole episode was almost dead boring, especially the many talks House had with various past characters (I squeed when Jennifer Morrison/Cameron showed up), but after the funeral speech Wilson had, it turned to the better ending.

So I liked it, although I'm gonna rate this episode 2/10.

House is a great serial, much much better written and executed than most other TV serials (by this, yes, I mean especially you, Dexter!)

For the last season, I really enjoyed the performance from Chase and Park, they both were ridiculously funny, I also liked how being with House several years, Chase finally rise up to his position.

A good leader creates another leader, not a follower! (Except for Taub)

House manages to get his patient killed of a drug overdose in a burning building. How ridiculous and stupid is that? Facing his death, House hallucinates a lot of old characters dropping by to ask him important questions about his life. For House, that is a total waste of time, since he lives his life like a druggie rat, going from Vicodin to Vicodin, and never thinking of anyone but himself.

Lots of old characters show up to talk him out of dying. Mostly loser characters that were annoying to see again, like Anne Dudek. It would have been better if all the people he had hurt emotionally showed up to make sure he burned to death, since that is what he deserved as a human being. Lisa Edelstein, who was a great part of the series did not appear. Apparently she was tired of House or they did not want to pay her enough.

Overall, this was an incredibly lame series finale. The totally obvious and predictable twist happened, and House limps off to do one last good thing in his life, to balance out all the ego-destruction and psychological pain he has caused to his patients and his friends. House was a great doctor, but a horrible human being.

I've loved this show for a long time now and it's one that I keep returning to so it's not like the ending is so bad that it ruins the show (cough cough GOT). However the way this show ends is such a let down especially since the final episode was shaping up as a great one...

Most of the episode is him recalling the previous few days whilst considering suicide and apart from the glaring absense of Cuddy, these scenes are just fantastic. That House is a depressed person, who has considered suicide, is no surprise to the audience despite it never being explored in depth before in the show. These scenes are such a testament to how well the writers know House as he goes back and forth with old cast members, always providing his unique perspective even in his desperate situation.

It is gut-wrenching when House picks up his hypothetical child and says "this is a reason to die" and yet it fits so perfectly with his character. And whilst it was great to see all the old cast members back I particularly loved Cameron's scenes, if there was going to be anyone to emotionally confront House it was going to be her. There's plenty more from these scenes I could get into as well, it's really top notch.

But then you can pin point the moment the show goes south, with the words "but I can change". Firstly, this seems out of character but i'm willing to roll with it since he's desperate. The real issue however is that we go from a very smart and mature episode to something that I can only describe as silly and a bit cheesy.

House as a show has always been a lot smarter and more cynical than your average TV show. It seems they abandon this in it's ending, the explanation for how House escapes is just so farfetched. The "faking your death" idea is cliche and boring (sorry I don't care that it's a homage to Sherlock Holmes). Even as the funeral is emotionally strong they undercut it with dumb humour. All things considered it's a pretty happy ending for everyone and for a show like House that's disappointing for me. There's plenty of dreck out there if you want an ending like that and I expected better from this fine show.

I know I'm in the minority about this but I thought I'd share my thoughts, I'm sure at least some of you agree with how I feel.