The
doctor
is
no
more,
the
caustic,
egotistical
pill-popper
who’d
insult
a
dying
woman
to
her
face
for
his
own
misanthropic
reasons
but
also
because
doing
so
would
have
provided
him
with
some
vital
insight
into
her
condition,
is
no
more.
Although
the
final
episode
of
the
series
ending
its
8
year
run
was
aired
weeks
ago
in
the
US
and
Canada,
Universal
Television
aired
it
in
Latin
America
on
Thursday.
After
eight
seasons
and
more
than
one
hundred
last
minute
diagnoses,
House
is
now
in
rerun
heaven.
“Everyone
Dies”
(a
spin
on
House’s
“everyone
lies”
diagnostic
philosophy)
begins
with
House
waking
up
in a
burning
building
next
to a
dead
man.
I
have
to
assume
that
we’re
supposed
to
take
this
set
up
at
face
value
and
not
assign
it
any
metaphorical
meaning
because
the
whole
thing
is
so
over
the
top
that
symbolism
here
would
be
grossly
heavy-handed.
After
House
pieces
together
the
identity
of
the
corpse
(a
heroin
addict
that
he’d
taken
an
uncharacteristic
personal
interest
in
back
at
the
hospital),
he
tries
to
decide
if
he
should
allow
himself
to
perish
in
the
fire
or
if
he
should
find
a
way
out
of
the
building,
which
would
force
him
to
deal
with
the
fallout
from
a
parole
violation
(that
occurred
during
the
previous
episode)
and
the
prospect
of
facing
life
without
Wilson.
The
episode’s
big
twist
is
that
(Spoiler!)
everyone
doesn’t
die.
At
least,
not
on
the
show.
In
the
end,
the
sense
of
peril
and
dread
that
framed
the
story
wasn’t
suspenseful
but
just
sort
of
common
and
manipulative.
Written
by
series
creator
David
Shore,
the
finale
was
uneven
but
effective
as
far
as
series
finales
go—effective,
here,
meaning
that
the
episode
did
provide
its
audience
with
closure.
The
return
of
former
House
regulars
Jennifer
Morrison,
Olivia
Wilde,
and
Amber
Tamblyn
as
Cameron,
Thirteen,
and
Martha
Masters
respectively,
as
well
as
deceased
characters
Kutner
(Kal
Penn)
and
Amber
(Anne
Dudek)—the
two
popping
up
as
subconscious
delusions,
helping
House
decide
how
to
proceed
as
the
building
fire
grows—added
a
nice
symmetry
to
the
show
and
were
a
gift
to
long-time
fans.
Toward
the
end
of
the
episode,
though,
when
House’s
fate
seems
bleak,
the
episode
devolves
into
the
most
boring
kind
of
sentimentality
with
his
colleagues
explaining
how
much
he
meant
to
them
(Taub
saying
that
House
helped
him
to
become
a
better
parent;
Cameron
crying
and
saying
“somewhere
in
there,
he
knew
how
to
love”).
It
was
all
very
uninspired.
I’m
not
saying
that
I
wanted
everything
that
happened
over
the
past
eight
seasons
to
have
been
the
fantasy
of
an
autistic
child
(or
someone
with
lupus)
but
in a
good
series
finale,
it
isn’t
so
apparent
that
things
are
being
wrapped
up.
What
did
work
was
the
episode’s
conclusion,
which
saw
House
and
Wilson
riding
off
together
on
their
motorcycles.
House’s
relationship
with
Wilson
was
what
made
him
likable
—
his
vulnerability
was
revealed
through
their
friendship.
The
last
scene
confirmed
something
that
anyone
who
watched
the
show
carefully
would
have
picked
up:
On
the
surface
House
was
about
a
crabby,
genius,
sleuth
doctor
but
at
its
core
the
show
was
about
two
dudes
who
were
in
love.
Disappointing
was
the
missing
Dr.
Cuddy.
Where
was
Lisa
Edelstein?
Cuddy
was
such
a
major
part
of
the
show
that
it
seems
odd
that
she
wouldn’t
at
least
be
mentioned
even
if a
scheduling
conflict
(or
spoiled
professional
relationships)
prevented
a
physical
appearance.
In
the
end,
the
whole
sequence
of
events
that
led
to
the
mega
happy
ending
(the
dental
records
switch)
seems
way,
way,
way
too
far
fetched.
Even
for
House.
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