House - Season 8
 

Hey House fans...

Season 8 is about to start on FOX. I've been a huge fan for quite some time now. I hope this season is better than the last. I liked last season and all but it just wasn't quite as good as the others.
From what I've read, this year is supposed to be pretty damn good.




Remember, its never lupus.
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When did this show turn into Prison Break?

Did you miss the finale last season? House went super bat-shit crazy.
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Looks like Foreman is the new c.o.m. since Cuddy's gone. That episode was damn good, I'm impressed so far.
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Yeah, I enjoyed seeing House "work" the prison in the beginning like he works a hospital. Screening meds for inmates, calling out chess moves, etc.

You know, I think they are really trying to keep the show fresh. I don't know how it will do this year with all of the casting changes, though.

Last night's episode made me uncomfortable.

I've never liked Foreman and I really don't like the fact that he's in charge.
I also don't think I like his new team member. On a scale from 1-10 I give last night's ep a 5 1/2.
We'll see how everything shapes up.

Agreed. Foreman's better when everyone is dumping on him, not when he's in charge.

After the first episode, last night was a let down.

I haven't watched an ep yet, and I haven't read further in this thread. But the way last season ended really felt like House jumping the shark. I'm not compelled to watch anymore because of the way last season spiraled.

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Went to watch this and all's I got to watch was Shitty Nova

MLB Playoff game ran over so everything was like 45 minutes behind.

Yeah I forgot that happens sometimes. No big deal I'll just watch it online sometime.

I don't care for the new team member at all. Her character is weak and the "old House" would have kicked her ass to the curb. But it looks like they're bringing in another team member on the next episode, (along w/ bringing back Thirteen... for good? I hope!).

I'm a fan of Omar Epps, but his character, Foreman, has always rubbed me the wrong. He is way too cheeky and it gets worse w/ every episode. Now that he's the boss, I hope they play that down a bit.

I'm diggin' House's new hairstyle, but that's about it. They're making his character way too tame. The "prison sex" comment he made was his style, but the script for this episode really softened his witty, smartass personality. Wilson also reminded me of a pissy, little school girl... until the end when he punched House. Heh.

Robert Sean Leonard has been soft his whole career, was never a fan. Hadn't watch "House" in a while, but was a good episode for the pedestrian watcher.

Absolutely hate the new team member as well. Her voice and entire demeanor annoy me.

Season 8 picks back up tonight after a long break. From everything I've read, this is it. I hope they score some good numbers and that the season gains some steam. So far, it's really been kind of...
Well, MEH.

Is it struggling that bad in the ratings?
A two-month hiatus and you come back to a brand new timeslot?

I don't get off until 7pm. I'll always be playing catch-up now.

This is my absolute favorite show on Television and I fear it's on its last legs.

That was a horrible decision BTW.
Foreman's failed as House's boss twice already.

I thought Wilson or perhaps Andre Braugher's character would've been better choices. Ultimately I think only a female DOM could really control him. Cameron might've been interesting. She had a successful stint as House's boss when Cuddy went on leave.

This is it.....like this is the last season of House?

I think it will be, unfortunately.

The show's seen its ratings drop, they lost a major character and it's gotten too expensive for the network to produce.

Hugh Laurie's contract is up this year so I doubt they will go any further.
The numbers are down from Season 6 and early 7. The show's remaining steady, but I'm pretty sure this is going to be it.

The latest shows have been ok, but it's not the same without Cuddy there to constantly berate him. I hope they bring her back for the last couple episodes.

Nothing's official, though. So maybe, just maybe there's hope.

Edelstein's a regular of another show now though, right?

After the last few seasons.....I don't think I'm going to miss it.

Yeah, she signed with something else. There's so many ways to end this thing, I just hope it's done well.

I definitely will. Aside from SVU (which I think will also be done after this season)...it's my favorite TV show in more than a decade.

Can't remember being absorbed by a show as much as I am with House.

I think it has to end with House dying.
That's the ONLY way to send the show off.

Don't get wrong.....I've liked the show....but I haven't had the same enthusiasm that I've had with past seasons. The wife and I watch House, SVU and CSI every week but we haven't really missed House for the last two months. I can't really get into the new cast members....and the Asian chick gets on my nerves.

This

(Except for the SVU thing. I've never watched it)

I'm a big fan of the following, though:

SOA
Breaking Bad
Walking Dead
Rescue Me (ended pretty well)
OZ, (I need the box set. I miss that show)
Sopranos
Deadwood - (ended too soon)


out of all of them, I like House the most. The characters are enigmatic, House is someone I can relate with. Often times, I feel like driving my car through someone's front ****ing door. It's just a compelling and interesting show.

OZ was a bad ass ****ing show. I really miss watching that every week.

We also watch True Blood every season....and I've taken on Dexter and Game of Thrones into my own list.

Hugh Laurie was absolutely perfect for this role.
Gregory House is one of the most intriguing television characters of all-time.

The only way I could think that they could get away with killing him off.....is if he has to experiment on himself to figure out the cure for another patient.

An overdose would work.

Did you know that they considered signing Dennis Leary to that role?

It would have never made it.

He might've been good in the role too.
He would've been able to pull off House's "curt" side, but I'm not sure I would've believed him being as cerebral as Laurie.

Just an FYI

It's on now.
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So far, it's a pretty damn good ep.
It's a little closer to the norm. House being a dick, showing Foreman up etc.
I hope the numbers improve. It's a great show.
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Went to watch it on the DVR and Fox was messing up here for me, so I'll be having to watch online when it's available.

I'll have to catch it on Hulu. It's one of the very few shows I watch regularly... even in the past few seasons when I think it's jumped the shark with all the relationship crap or a fluff episode here and there, they always seem to reel it back in with a couple of great episodes.

Yeah, Laurie is really believable as someone who is as genius as House is. Leary...I don't see it. He was great in Rescue Me though.

It was an alright episode.

Agree with the bolded. Most definitely. There have been a lot of genius type TV characters before but not many have been all that believable.

I'm not sure Laurie was made for the role though. I think he's just a ****ing brilliant actor. Listen to an interview sometime. He's epic British and really pretty proper and polite. Everything on screen is acting, and it is really believable.

Yep. When you see an actor outside of their role and they're completely different than what you expect, they're great actors.

Last night's episode was pretty much a classic one.
1. Patient has health issue with emotional baggage.
2. House acts like an asshole.
3. Side stories that are unnecessary but somewhat interesting.
4. Rinse and repeat.

Next week looks ****ing awesome. Something is going to happen that may or may not begin to bring closure.

I think House has jumped the shark. Without Cuddy the show is missing something. Foreman is House light so anything he tries to do is hypocritical. He used to fight against it, but he doesn't anymore. He had no problem cheating with a married woman until he found out. Wilson isn't a big part of the show anymore except when they use him as the one sane person on the show.

I hate the new timeslot.
I've missed two weeks episodes in a row (as I don't get off until 7).

AND incidentally my laptop is also down.

No DVR?

Looks like this is the final season. :(

http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/02/08/fo...o+say+good-bye

The article states the ratings have remained solid, but it was once the highest rated show on TV and is nowhere near that now. Its down to 12th with about half its former viewership.

Everybody lies.







:p

I heard a few weeks ago that perhaps the show could move over to NBC since it's an NBC Production, but it looks like Hugh Laurie and cast are ready to hang it up. Shame. I think the show has another season in it after this one.

I miss Cameron and 13.

Yeah, I'm among them.

It's a great premise. If you ask me the show ran far too long and the formula got redundant.

I think 5 seasons is the magic number. Most shows (especially dramas) really peak around that time. Given the nature of TV they always let things slide down, but it would be great if great shows got an ending they deserve rather than an anti-climactic write off.

This. I don't like the new chicks at all.

I don't really hate them or love them. I do love the way Adams looks. Gorgeous. But yeah the show needed to end this season or the next. I was personally hoping for a 9th season because I'm selfish like that, but I just hope they give the show a great ending.

I think House should finally finish the job of trying to kill himself.

Maybe in the final episode, he'll die of lupus.

I have never understood the appeal of this character at all. Whenever I happen to be in the room when my wife is watching it all I can think is that somebody needs to just shoot this pompous ass.

That's already happened.

Twice!

Well, he was shot twice.. By the same guy.

Talk about not following through on a story line. The last we heard, the guy is still at large.

Then the other guy that took House hostage. How about a little security, people?!

He's a brilliant doctor/man who doesn't care about anything but solving the puzzle of the patient, breaking any rules that may prevent him from doing so. Plus he's hooked on vicodin. He's basically Sherlock Holmes in a lot of ways.

Heh, I don't know if you knew this or not but they based House off of Sherlock Holmes.

Wilson = Watson
House = Holmes
Etc...

I think that's on the House Wiki page. You should read up on it when you have time. There's some interesting facts about the show.

Just found out the show is concluding with the S08 finale.

How many episodes are left?

Eight.

I hope they do something worth a shit for these last 8 eps. Hopefully bring Cuddy back or House's ex GF (Stacy) from season 1-2. They need to conclude this amazing show on a high note.
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I've always look at this show as an adaptation of Sherlock Holmes. I haven't watched this year regularly as it hasn't been good for quite some time, but I'll probably watch the last few episodes.

I don't believe they've ever re-visited that great episode where House got shot (and the guy who did it named Moriarty supposedly escaped), but it would be nice if they did. I don't expect them to, though.

This makes me sad. End of an era. House was an excellent show and has held up extremely well over 8 years.

I tend to agree.

The show has to end with House dying though.
That'll be the only acceptable ending for me.

That's precisely what it is.

I made a joke about having Moriarty to come back and finish him off this time just the other day.

SVU's the only other drama I've ever attached myself to.
Not sure what I'm gonna follow now.

Heh, you know it's the only show I've ever purchased via DVD. I have all 7 seasons and watch them all the time. It never get's old, (especially season's 3 and 5).
Each time I watch it, I catch something new.

I'm going to buy every season on DVD once 8 is available.
I only found the show about two years ago (when I lost my job), but I've been a faithful follower of a 24/7/365 Internet channel that runs the eps in chronological order, ever since.

My favorite seasons are 4, 6 and 7.

Go Amazon when you do... I got all 7 seasons for under 100 bucks.

Nice! Thanks for the tip.

So will last weeks' episode that got pre-empted by the Daytona 500 be aired or is it available online?

But Sherlock Holmes never dies. Well he kinda does, I guess, but then it turns out he faked his own death.

BTW, have you seen the BBC's version of Sherlock? It's fantastic. Season 2 just came out and it was even better than the first season.

It would be nice if the writers didn't just forget about the character. But I think they probably will.

Just did some reading...
Apparently they're going to extend the season one more week, (into April) and air that episode in a couple weeks. The show is also going back to it's old time-slot, (8:00 CST).

Why the hell it's so difficult to find this information is beyond me. You'd think they would put it on the official website, but **** no. You've gotta look all over the place to find any type of information.

Thanks for the info. So are they moving Alcatraz to 7:00 or putting something else there and moving Alcatraz to another night?

This is the same network that cancelled Arrested Development and then aired its series finale on a Friday night opposite the opening ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympics, so I'm not surprised.