I haven't watched House for probably three years now. The show started getting pretty unbelievable, and I stopped watching it.

However, in honor of it, I watched the final episode.

And I actually loved it.

I've loved Hugh Laurie for a long time. What a great actor. He deserves an Emmy, and I can't believe he hasn't won one yet. What's wrong with Emmy voters? He keeps being nominated and passed over. John Noble (Fringe) has never been nominated. Hopefully, Hugh Laurie will win for this year. Because, no matter how unbelievable and stupid the show itself got, Hugh Laurie never disappointed.

Heh. Here is how good of an actor Hugh Laurie is:

I was talking to Mom when the retrospective began. My parents used to watch House, and I asked if they were going to watch the finale. No. (Mom was confused with the concept of series finale and season finale.) I mentioned I love Hugh Laurie. Mom said that she doesn't--he's a smart aleck and a jerk.

So, I asked if she's talking about the character of House or the actor, Hugh Laurie. Because, from what I've seen from interviews and stuff, Hugh Laurie seems like a perfectly decent guy. She said that they're one and the same to her.

Then I further floored Mom by saying that he started off as a British comedian. She did admit that he was funny, so there is that.

See, unlike Mom, I always enjoyed the character of House. Maybe because of my love for Hugh Laurie, and I'm interested to see what he does next. (By the way, if you haven't read his novel "The Gun Seller," I recommend it. It's a lot of fun.) But, I always liked the character. House was a grumpy, cranky, drug-addicted creep, but he was funny and surprisingly loveable.

While the finale wasn't exactly perfect (why didn't Lisa Edelstein come back? She would have been great as a hallucination at least. Or Cuddy should have come to the funeral. And I was hoping that Jesse Spencer could have had more to do, since he was one of the original cast and has been there since the pilot. But, at least Chase inherited House's job), I was glad for a couple things: that they didn't spend a lot of time on characters I didn't know. I knew all the characters who appeared as hallucinations and thought that was awesome. And I liked the look into House's mind. And what an ending! It was perfect to have House and Wilson drive away into the sunset.

I mentioned my complaints about not having Lisa Edelstein. And Jesse Spencer should have had more to do. I also question the events that lead to House faking his death. When would he have switched the dental records? I don't find it very likely that he beat the explosion by slipping out of the back door. I don't think someone with two good legs could have moved that fast. Plus, he wasn't showing any signs of smoke inhalation, and he didn't have any burns on him at the end. (And where was his cane at the end?)

I can see why some people believe that House actually died at the end. But, I will absolutely accept that he did at the very end and went off with Wilson, in spite of my questions. Because I loved that very last scene.

Kat