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I just saw the House season finale and seriously! What a tearjerker! I was like a housewife watching soap opera. I had to head over to the TWoP forums to read about other people’s reactions to the episode. I watched a TV show so depressing I needed therapy after!

While this last episode had less medicine jargon and plot twisting, it packed quite a punch emotionally, which owes a lot to the great acting. Excellent move giving Robert Sean Leonard something to really work on. Even the show’s recent guest Ann Dudek, whose character is best known as “Cutthroat Bitch”, provided a very convincing performance.

Not to mention how brilliantly crafted the last one was (last week’s episode which is part 1 of the 2-part finale). It made good use of unconventional tools for storytelling – something you mostly see in movies made by the more daring/experimental/intellectual filmmakers. On cinema it’s quite uncommon, but it’s even rarer still on TV, I think. Among all the drama shows I’ve seen only a few writers pull off such style and intricacy*.

How dark and sad and wonderful. I now renew my faith (read: worship) in House and its writers. After all these years, the show still has new things to offer. I await season 5!

Finally, to celebrate (mourn) the great finale, here is the song that played through (and added to the misery of) the last minutes of the episode: Iron & Wine‘s “Passing Afternoon”.

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