14 DAY TRIAL // Lisa Edelstein will not be reprising her role as Dr. Cuddy on the eighth (and presumably last) season of the successful medical drama “House M.D.” Thanks to last night’s cliffhanging season finale, fans know why now.
“No one will see it coming,” executive producer Greg Yaitanes said some time ago, when asked what kind of surprises the season 7 finale, aptly named “Moving On,” would have in store for fans.
In many ways, no one did, even though Fox did let a few hints here and there drop, particularly in one of the promos for the episode – which you can also see below, embedded at the end of the article.
*Fans who have not seen the season finale yet are encouraged not to read any further than this – plenty of major spoilers ahead.*
The season finale brought unexpected pregnancies (as in, in plural), jealousy fits, and one Dr. House at the wheel of a car heading straight for the house of one Dr. Cuddy, who happens to be chatting with another man.
As E! Online points out, while fans must have expected for House to do something bad to Cuddy to make her ask a policeman to throw him in jail if he ever comes near her again, few probably expected something this big to happen.
“Obviously, Lisa Edelstein’s fate wasn’t decided when this episode was written, so we weren’t expecting them to straight-up kill her off. Instead, the episode was full of awkward, heartbreaking and somewhat-forced interactions between House and Cuddy. Except for that last thing,” E! writes.
“You know, when House plowed his car into Cuddy’s house because he saw her hanging out with another guy. Yeah, that thing. Now, the crazy-jealous actions from House could set up Dr. Lisa’s Cuddy in a couple ways,” the e-zine writes.
Such an action on House’s part opens the door to a wide range of possibilities for the next season, which could have worked just as well for producers had Lisa agreed to stay on board for another season.
For instance, House could move to another hospital, or Cuddy could leave, or, even worse, she may somehow die offscreen, word online has it.
All in all, season 7 ended with a bang: some fans loved it, but some simply felt that it was as if producers were trying too hard to top previous finales, those that actually made sense with the beloved character.
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