Season seven of "House" is probably the penultimate season of the series. I have enjoyed this show big time ever since it began back in 2004. Now in 2011 I don't want to say the show 'jumped the shark' because I find that term antiquated and overused. But it's done some damage that I (finally) feel cannot be fixed.
(Spoiler alert)...House drives his car straight through Cuddy's house into her dining room almost killing her and some guests. He calmly hands her a comb that he was returning to her and walks away, er, limps away.
Several things are wrong with this scene. Not only because the writers who are fairly smart decided it was smart to write House as unhinged and almost a murderer, but also by committing this act (crime!) he may have passed the point of fans like me seeing him as flawed and grumpy and now almost Vic Mackey in a hospital. The patience with which Lisa Cuddy and best friend Wilson have dealt with him for many seasons of him treating them like dirt and no real redemption nor payoff for his character or how he treats them. They must be destined for angel wings the way they have been so patient with someone who has made them miserable. SO MANY TIMES!
AND do the guests in the house where said car now resides call the authorities? Do they ask him how he is? No. They stare at him. Okay, shock and all that. But then he walks away, er, limps away. How far would he really have gotten? No neighbors are outside with their cameras taping it all for "YouTube". None.
If that had happened where I live, about 50 people would show up in the first minute alone. And held the guy that drove the car.
In the end he is on some beach...somewhere. On the lam as they used to say in old movies.
Writers of "House", you have just fallen for what afflicts every show that feels they need a big send off for a season finale. So, writers of "House", how do you fix this and will I even care?
From a loyal and disappointed fan.
I am almost glad that I didn't watch it after reading this.
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