14 DAY TRIAL // With just hours to go until “House M.D.” goes off the air for good, there's lots of buzz as to how the medical drama might bid farewell to its millions of fans who kept tuning in week after week for 8 years.
The cast and crew on “House” have been talking up a storm in recent days, and AceShowbiz has highlights of all these interviews.
Just like it started by being unlike any other show, “House” plans to go away with a bang, by refusing to comply with what we might call the norm in television.
The final episode, “Everybody Dies,” airs tonight on Fox but, if you're expecting to get some form of closure, you might want to consider not holding your breath for it.
“It's not going to tie up everything – that's not with this is about,” Robert Sean Leonard, who plays House's best friend Wilson, says.
Fans must have an idea of what he's talking about, especially if they've seen the more recent episodes, in which Wilson finds out a terrible thing about himself (we won't say what it is, just in case you're yet to see these episodes).
“I think the show is going to end very abruptly and in a very surprising way because, as happens in life, you don't live the ending. You just live your life,” Leonard goes on to say, as cited by the aforementioned e-zine.
“David [Shore, the creator of the show] is trying to end this the way he wants to, not the way he thinks people want it to... This will end in the way that it needs to end,” Omar Epps (Foreman) chimes in.
While these two seem to hint that viewers might be disappointed in tonight's finale, Hugh Laurie, who plays House, thinks that they will still be rooting for his character even when all this is over.
However, he points out, they shouldn't expect House to play by the book now.
“There is something defiant about him, and I think the worst possible thing would be to see his spirit broken. I would find that depressing and that would make me unhappy. The fact that he's still got a 'mud in your eye, to hell with you all' attitude, I sort of love,” Laurie says, joking that his character might even jump off a building in the final episode.
David Shore, on the other hand, promises an “interesting” end to a series that has been on air for longer than many other shows, even though ratings for it when downhill a bit in more recent seasons.
“This was never about me being able to tell a whole story that has a beginning, middle and end. This was about me being able to tell a whole bunch of stories that have a beginning, middle and end. This is a bonus for me that I can wrap it up and go out in an interesting way,” Shore says.
“Everybody Dies,” the final episode airs as part of a 2-hour special, today, May 21, at 9/8c on Fox. If you're reading this when you've already seen it, leave your thoughts in the comments section below.