What a series finale of House. Still as perfect as it was the first time around. I attempted a running diary of the episode, but I realized that I needed to take it all in at once, and that I couldn't be stopped by typing every few minutes. For starters, there was absolutely stellar writing throughout the entire episode. Each of the four hallucinations (Kutner, Amber, Stacy, Cameron) played to character perfectly, and what I came to realize this time around is that all of the people who were a part of House's life were an extension of him. Whether it be through his teachings as a diagnostician, or House imposing his beliefs upon those close to him, we got to see House through the eyes of other people. Each hallucination had a pretty resonant line, one that neatly captured the moment and what House's subconscious was thinking. And the funeral scene was amazingly done, too. Everyone was aware of the impact that House had on their lives, good or bad, and when it came down to it, the last thing House did was sacrifice all that he had in his life for five months of being with his best friend. Pretty remarkable for a person who believes that people don't change.
The whole series though...I had seen most of the episodes in the seventh and eighth seasons only once, so it was interesting to kind of follow along with the storyline after two or three years since I first saw them. A lot of the older seasons I've seen a half-dozen times, so I know those episodes much better, but to track everything for a second time, was pretty cool.
What made the first three seasons so strong, and Seasons Four through Six strong in a different sense, was that we got very in-depth with learning about the team. With the new members of the team in the last two seasons, we didn't have much of a chance to get to know them - they existed merely as extensions of House. But by the end of the series, we knew Cameron, Chase, Foreman, Thirteen, and Taub, very well. Even Kutner, in the limited time he had across two seasons. This show was really good at showing us the challenges each character went through and what the importance of it was, whether this was shown through a relationship with a particular patient, or something about the secondary storyline that was going on.
All in all, fantastic show. Favorite of all time, and easily the show that I've learned the most from and have made a part of my life. Pretty spectacular. If you've been keeping up with my favorite posts, thanks for doing so, and if you've never seen House, hopefully I've done some things that will get you excited to watch it.
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