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LOS ANGELES - Medical drama "House" bowed out on Monday after eightyears on television with a funeral, a friendship and multipledevious plot twists. As the curtain fell on one of the most popular TV series in theworld, the misanthropic but brilliant diagnostician Dr.GregoryHouse, played by Hugh Laurie, solved the most perplexing puzzle ofthem all - himself. The series finale, called "Everybody Dies", began with a suicidalHouse trapped in a burning building, confronting his own demons andhallucinating. Returning characters, including the dead Lawrence Kutner (Kal Penn)and "frenemy" Amber Volakis (Anne Dudek), ex-girlfriend StacyWarner (Sela Ward) and Allison Cameron (Jennifer Morrison) appearedas figments of House's imagination in an episode packed withflashbacks. Only Dr. Lisa Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein), who played House's on-and-offlove interest, failed to make an appearance after leaving the TVdrama a year ago. The show's final weeks had left audiences wondering if the serieswould end with the death from cancer of House's only friend,oncologist Dr. James Wilson, or that of House himself - or both. But in the bittersweet ending promised by creator David Shore, bothmen survived - at least for a while - with their long bromancestronger than ever. As House finally opted for life and staggered to leave the fierybuilding, it exploded in flames. But as his colleagues gathered to praise and scold him in anemotional funeral, House had one last trick left up his sleeve. He had faked his own death, destroying any chance of practicing asa doctor again, in order to avoid returning to prison after adisastrous prank and to instead spend time with the dying Wilson. "I am dead Wilson," he quipped to his stunned friend. "How do youwant to spend your last five months?" The two men ride off on motorcycles into the sunset to the sound ofthe 1949 song "Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)", as lifegoes on at fictional Princeton-Plainsboro hospital without them. Monday's finale was preceded by a one-hour retrospective,celebrating the Emmy-award winning show's 177-episode history, itsquirky characters and vast crew, video tributes by fans around theworld and scenes from the final cast party. Creator David Shore recalled how House and Wilson were inspired bythe crime-solving British detective Sherlock Holmes and his trustysidekick Dr. John Watson dreamed up by novelist Sir Arthur ConanDoyle more than 100 years ago. And British actor Laurie said that playing House had been"anunforgettable part of my life." According to the Guinness World Record, "House" is the most popularcurrent TV show in the world with an estimated audience of 81million people in 61 countries. The series began in 2004, and Laurie won two Golden Globes and twoScreen Actors Guild awards for his role. But audiences have slipped from a high of about 19 million in 2007to about 8.5 million this year, and its producers and Foxtelevision announced in February that the show would end in May. I am an expert from securitysealsplastic.com, while we provides the quality product, such as Rail Car Seals , Metal Strap Seals Manufacturer, Security Seals for Containers,and more.
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