House 8x22: Series Finale
Given David Shore's comment that they "didn't do happy endings", I was expecting something much more devastating than we got. Driving into the city to watch it, I felt like I was on my way to an execution. I had to remind myself of the basic principles of driving (1. Go at the right speed 2. Keep the car in the lane 3. Don't hit anything) to make
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One of the commercial channels is about to start showing the last season of House. Which episode should I start watching from (and taping on VCR cassettes while I wait for the dvds?)
Did Thirteen die? And did House help her? (I know. I am a bad fan. Please help anyway).
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Thirteen speaks briefly at House's "funeral", and mentions the fact that House had promised to kill her. She appears to be in good health!
The cancer arc starts from the very end of 8x18, "Body and Soul". In the first part of the season, I'd suggest watching 8x01 (House in prison - contains no Wilson!) and 8x02 (House and Wilson reconcile).
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Yes, yes, and yes again! I was completely petrified when those moments happened during the episode; I was basically biting my pillow, prepared for the worst at every turn. They had to make token nods to the things that the majority of their audience probably values most. And then each of these things House dismissed, in order to bring him to the final conclusion that what he had to live for, the most important thing, was Wilson. I hope you don't mind that I am going to rant like a crazy person to you right now!! I find that there are TERRIFYINGLY FEW PEOPLE on LJ who are insane about House and still watching it ( ... )
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In response to your worries about premeditation, I say that really, the way that House did it was the best possible way for him to do it as far as I'm concerned. Premeditation would've made it a lot less elegant in my mind. Becka had a theory that perhaps House had planned it all beforehand, which while I doubt, I can see. To me, though, the fact that House was figuring out what the one most important thing to live for in his life as an analogous diagnostic exercise to the patient of the week made it more meaningful. Every week, House saves a life at the last second without premeditation. He does a million other things first, often to the detriment of the patient, often illegal or terrible or with awful consequences. But when it matters most, when everything hangs in the balance, he finds the real truth. The Truth, even. He saves the life, he atones for all the awful stuff he messed up on the way to the diagnosis, and all is right with the world. To me, that's exactly ( ... )
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Nearly a month on, I still feel like I won the lottery with that ending.
I really like your comparison of House's decision to fake his death to a diagnosis that is no less true for being made at the last minute. I just hope he won't miss too much about his old life and later wish he hadn't been so hasty!
I also tend to think that House will commit suicide after Wilson dies, both because he won't have much left to live for and to end his leg pain. I wonder if his promise to Thirteen to help her die when her Huntington's becomes too bad might give him pause. I think it probably wouldn't be enough to stop him, unless Wilson lives longer than expected and she declines faster than expected, but I wouldn't be surprised if he keeps tabs on her and takes her situation into account in his decision.
In regard to your concern about the writers' original intention, this article seems to suggest that things might have gone differently if Lisa Edelstein hadn't left:
In fact, House and Wilson have ( ... )
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I just hope he won't miss too much about his old life and later wish he hadn't been so hasty!
I don't think he will at all. Five months isn't really so long, when you think about it, and he will be so preoccupied loving Wilson and taking care of him in his House-y way that he won't have time to miss his old life. <333 I do like your suggestion that he might think of Thirteen before ending it all, but I agree that it wouldn't be enough to stop him. Maybe he'll leave her a note with the details of someone who can help her before he makes his exit, and she'll know it was him and what he did. *_ ( ... )
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