He wouldn't get more because he's on parole?

I'm sure he would, but he only had four months left on his original sentence.
I can't imagine him serving more than 5 years altogether.

Maybe that's as far into the future as the writers need the story to go to send it off. I wouldn't be satisfied with that. That's just me though.

I would be surprised if she was a major plot point even though she's coming back. Deep down, this show is really about the relationship between House and Wilson. They will finish by addressing that with the two characters.

Oh brother, simmer down. It was just a guess. ;)

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Last night's episode was great.

Gotta say if the writing was this good the last two years, we wouldn't be talking about the show ending and needing to end.

The producers decided to wrap the series.
This wasn't a decision FOX made.

It's not about the writing (which I thought was rock solid in S07).

The producers are saying that because the ratings are down. The longer it stays that way, the harder it is to sell the series in syndication or to sell DVDs. You don't want FOX to step in and make that decision because they drop all backing.

The show's been syndicated for several years now.
All but one season is already available on DVD.

Ratings are definitely down though. No argument there.

If you have a series that has been cancelled, the network tends to cut those resources going forward. If the show went out still fairly high, then those things will continue.

That's fair, but why would FOX be dishonest about it?
They typically have no trouble announcing an outright cancellation.

Not saying they are. As you stated the producers pulled the plug. I don't think the cancellation would have been as soon were it a network decision. House would probably do better than any replacement show but House's ratings have been going down since it was the #1 show on TV. The next step for the network may have been a time slot shakeup. After that cancellation would follow, which would kill the value for the producers since the network wouldn't put forth the resources we discussed.

House will somehow sacrifice himself for Wilson, and Chase will take over a team with what's her name, and thirteen. Book it.

That is my thought as well.