menolly_au

I have mixed feelings about the finale. I'm trying not to be negative so instead of going into the ins and outs of all my problems with it, here's just a few random thoughts and questions, I'd love to hear anyone else's take on them.

Wilson turns into House

Over the last few episodes Wilson has become more 'House-like' – both in appearance, and in attitude. Is this the 'real Wilson' coming out?

In the last scene they are practically twins, with the stubble, the leather jackets, the bikes. What is this telling us? That House's way of living is the right way? Wilson worries about the consequences of House's actions (faking his death) like he has all through the series, and now he accepts those actions.

(Wild theory – Wilson is House in this scene. House is hallucinating him just as he hallucinated all the others.)

Whither House?

Barring a miracle Wilson is going to die before a year is out, even if not exactly at five months. What does House do then?

House can't go back without facing a lot of trouble, he can't have his own identity so he can't be a doctor in the States. Does he suicide? Is that what the ending is telling us with House saying that he is dead?

Or is this ending House throwing off all the things that have tied him down, his past, the hospital, his puzzles, all the baggage and when Wilson dies he will start fresh somewhere (maybe that beach in Fiji studying dark matter).

What was all the stuff in the burning building about?

What was it supposed to be showing us about House? In the last segment Cameron told House that he wants to give up, to go to sleep and stop the pain once and for all. That he is taking the cowards way out. House says he can change, jumps to his feet and tries to leave the building. But then the collapse happens, and he fakes his own death. So, did he change?

Is this all real?

Everything from the collapse of the building to the end felt very 'unreal' to me, down to House sitting on the steps without his cane, and the brightly lit bike ride at the end with the happy music playing.

flywoman pointed out that the song at the end was the same one that Creepy Amber sang in Under My Skin. Is this random? Surely not.

petitecuriosity tweeted the powers that be who said the whole this was real but I still wonder.

Why did House descend into despair this episode?

House seemed to have made his peace with Wilson at the end of last episode. Then in this one, after he solves the patient's case he takes off, disappears for two days and does heroin with his patient. Is this because he's facing going back to jail? If so why didn't he save himself when Foreman gave him the chance, was it just because he was relying on Wilson to bail him out? Or did he just go do the heroin because he was curious, because he thought it might make him 'happy'?

You know, I got to the end of this episode, and thought 'ok, I'll go find next weeks promo to have a look at'.... It's strange to think that there will be no more canon for this show. What we know now is all we're ever going to know officially about the characters. Everything else will be our own imagination. It's been a great ride.