Imagine watching the House season six finale without the final scene … that would have sucked, right? Well, that’s exactly what I did several days ago, not knowing until, well, now, that there was an unrevealed scene on my screener copy. You get the pleasure of reading my first reactions and my edits — in bold — after I saw the final scene. Enjoy the stream-of-consciousness that is my befuddled brain!
Seriously? I had to wait a couple of days for the House season six finale to settle into my brain before I could even write this up. Talk about a downer! When all is said and done, I’m really proud of House, whether he decides to take the Vicodin or not (OK, good job dude), and Lisa Cuddy, you should be ashamed of yourself! Or not, because you totally redeemed yourself when you dumped Lucas on his adorable private eye behind and finally confessed your love to House. House wasn’t the only one thinking it was a possible hallucination….
Let’s forget for a moment that House has been a completely annoying thorn in Cuddy’s side for the last six years. We know his assery gives Jennifer Lopez and her insured buttocks a run for their money. I’m still not seeing this as an excuse for Cuddy to not only act out of character, but to be downright mean. She basically told House he had nothing to live for — ouch! But he does — her love … booyah!
Then again, House perhaps needed to hear it in some ways, because it spoke to his healthy self. He didn’t react with anger and spite. Instead, he was able to talk the patient, Hannah, into amputating her leg to save her life. It was a catharsis of sorts for House when he was able to convince Hannah that she didn’t want to end up like him. Perhaps he needed to have this catharsis so that Cuddy could really see how much House has changed and grown. I bet she never would have confessed her love if he had reacted differently to Cuddy’s dressing down.
Again with the then again — he already knew all this. I just couldn’t stand seeing Cuddy be so mean to him. He had gotten pretty close to the bottom last week when he realized everyone around him was happy and that he had spent a year trying to do good things. Realizing that being good doesn’t mean that good things happen to you isn’t exactly the epiphany anyone wants to have, and he tried so damn hard to change, even to find some sort of spirituality amidst it all. So now will House have a different outlook? Will he be all sunshine and roses and realize that the law of karma does in fact work for everyone?
With the exception of maybe two episodes this season, I have embraced everything about season six, from the awesome TV movie that was the premiere to the Cuddy- and Wilson-centric episodes. Heck I could even tolerate Thirteen getting some airtime this season. I simply did not think this season warranted such a dark, painful (still think it was) episode for its finale. Seriously — this was the “shit happens” episode. We’ve seen House hit rock bottom before and we’ve watched him pick himself up and change without losing the qualities that we viewers embrace about him — being an ass, for one. Throw the good doc a bone here — he deserves some happiness, not hitting rock bottom all over again. I now consider the bone thrown … and it’s about time!
Observations and questions:
Clacked by Debbie McDuffee
on May 17, 2010 @ 21:23 EST5EDT
HAHAHA
They never told you that you weren’t getting the finale scene? Even EW.com knew there was a missing part. The episode would REALLY be depressing without the last minute.
You’re such a douche Oreo…
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I know, right? ;-) I think Keith and I need to have better communication about the paperwork that comes with the screeners….
Maybe this House and Cuddy will find happiness. But I find neither of them bear any resemblance to the House and Cuddy of season 1 when I fell in love with the show. The love of a good woman will save House from vicodin? Oh really?
I wish they would give House and Cuddy their own spin-off, let Thirteen join them, and I could watch what’s left on the show.
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I don’t think the message is suppose to be that the love of a good woman saved House from Vicodin. After all, he’s been Vicodin-free for a year now. It’s a message about happiness, karma and allowing good things to happen to you, something House put up walls around before his therapy.
Everything after the cave in was a hallucination. When House asked Cuddy if she was real, that is what popped into my head. House is unconscious and dreaming her in the bathroom again!
If my theory is wrong (probably) I wonder if House will give up on his leg and have it removed…
The first scene and the last don’t match up.
hence hallucination
In answer to the second bullet: I think they sent pretty much everyone in the hospital. It was a horrible accidnet, and there were over a hundred people. They needed everyone on hand. Cuddy wasn’t more use back at the hospital.
I had to pause the show to cry after the part where House yelled at Forman. That was a very sad, angry, emotional moment.
Forman: It’s not your fault! There was nothing you could have done.
House: THAT’S THE POINT! I did everything right, and she died anyway. How is that supposed to make me feel BETTER?
(paraphrasing from memory.)
In answer to bullet point five: I think they emphasized the fact that he left his cane. I think the point is that he was so involved in what was happening that he didn’t even remember that he was in pain. He was too busy with Hannah.
Darn, I missed the last scene too! I was so depressed about House all this time, and now I finally read a review of the episode… Haha.