The eighth season will be the last for hit TV show House, producers announced today. What will we do without our weekly fix of Dr. Chase?
One of TV’s best dramas is coming to an end. This season will be the last for House, according to this press release from show producers.
The announcement was made in a media release by David Shore, Katie Jacobs and show star Hugh Laurie.
“After much deliberation, the producers of House M.D. have decided that this season of the show, the 8th, should be the last. By April this year they will have completed 177 episodes, which is about 175 more than anyone expected back in 2004.”
“The decision to end the show now, or ever, is a painful one, as it risks putting asunder hundreds of close friendships that have developed over the last eight years — but also because the show itself has been a source of great pride to everyone involved.”
“Since it began, House has aspired to offer a coherent and satisfying world in which everlasting human questions of ethics and emotion, logic and truth, could be examined, played out, and occasionally answered. This sounds like fancy talk, but it really isn’t. House has, in its time, intrigued audiences around the world in vast numbers, and has shown that there is a strong appetite for television drama that relies on more than prettiness or gun play.”
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“But now that time is drawing to a close. The producers have always imagined House as an enigmatic creature; he should never be the last one to leave the party. How much better to disappear before the music stops, while there is still some promise and mystique in the air.”
“So, finally, everyone at House will bid farewell to the audience and to each other with more than a few tears, but also with a deep feeling of gratitude for the grand adventure they have been privileged to enjoy for the last eight years. If the show lives on somewhere, with somebody, as a fond memory, then that is a precious feat, of which we will always be proud.”
However, one final note in the statement leads us to wonder if this really is the end after all: The curmudgeonly doc’s own personal motto.
“Everybody Lies.”
Is this really the end for House or does FOX have one more trick up their sleeve?
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