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I've been watching this show too long to suddenly decide I'm not going to watch it anymore. I really love this show, even though this last season had me groaning at many parts! I didn't like the direction the show was going, what with the reality show thing (I hate reality shows), until the finale which gave me some hope that the next season will start off well.

I love this show though, even if the last season wasn't the best season.
I fully agree with "jtc":

He used to be this mean person with strong personality, but hey we liked him.

Now he is this miserable ex-boyfriend who everyone pities and analyzes--'OMG House you are soo saad, OMG you like to be miserable" what a load of bull.

I'm also worried that House and Stacy will become the new Ross/Rachel.

this is a great show why do you have to add the overbearing drama of Grey's Anatomy to it
Some shows cannot go on for a couple of years that is true.. However that all depends on the premis of the show.. I think the first couple of years what was appealing about House is while it is true he isolated himself, it had a lot to do with the pain he was in, his genius, his defensiveness, and his childhood..

I think a turning point was last year when he seemed to show compassion and Wilson and Cutty did their best to turn him back to what he was today.. They didn't trust him. With House it is all about solving the problem and not the patient, that is why he had the Triplets dealing with the patients and not him.. Now he is just simply mean.. Well, it is hard to sustain that season after season, it would be the same if he was saintly nice all the time.. After a while it becomes a bore..
House's character used to be a misanthrope who was rude because he didn't like people. Now he's a sadist who's rude because he gets off on upsetting people. In the first season, he avoided people--now he seeks them out so that he can screw with them.

Another show proving the rule that a television show's shelf-life is two-three years, before it goes bad.
I have to agree with most people here. The reality show concept to choose new interns was a bit much, but I have to say that watching the reruns has proved to be inciteful. It is interesting to see where the writers were going with this storyline. It really was written very well -- didn't enjoy it much when the shows first aired. One of the few shows where you got more of an understanding of why the shows were written as they were. That said, bring back House's parents. That was a great episode in I don't what season. Bring back the original team and keep Kutner. House will always be the most interesting character on tv.
It's like a loved one who's gotten older and started to lose it. You still love them, but you have to take them with a grain of salt. I still love the show, but it's jumped hard. The first two seasons were best, but it's still entertaining, and Hugh's portrayal is awesome. I'll still be watching.
Yeah. Last season doesn't bode well for the show. House kidnapping his favorite TV star? Really? What is he, Al Bundy? House is making the same mistake The Simpsons and Married With Children did, which was taking its best character and turn it into a caricature of itself. Remember when Homer didn't irritate you?

And the whole reality-show team generation thing was a mistake. Not to mention the new team he ended up with. Cutner's spaziness is over the top (he's a doctor, not a virginal college kid), Taub's only actual characteristic is that he's a philanderer, and thirteen's the same damaged hot chick prototype you see everywhere else. It's a shame.

I can understand why they wanted to shake things up - the show was getting formulaic - but what they had going was too perfect to change without messing it all up. Should have just pulled the plug.
I don´t care if it has jumped the shark. It´s a TV show and amuses me to no end. These intelligent writers are capable of weaving in so many cultural references, funny one-liners and poignant themes, it´s a sheer delight.
So, cringe-worthy moments in season 3 and some parts of season4? Yes!
Do I care? Not at all. Because this incredibly talented main actor could make me believe anything. Best season so far is the second.
Also, why are so many of you complaining about dream sequences?
Three Stories and No Reason were some of the finest episodes and they were cramped with hallucinations and flashbacks.
I've been a big "House" fan from the beginning...just love the way Hugh Laurie portrays him. But this past season was just hideous, IMO. I just never got much into this past season's episodes at all...didn't care for the "Survivor-like" theme, don't really like any of the new members of Dr. House's team, didn't care at all for the Amber character, et.al. I saw some of the earlier posts here talking about the Jennifer Morrison-Jesse Spencer relationship/break-up...I really haven't read/heard a whole lot about the aftermath, but I do wonder if that's why the writers ended up taking the show in the direction they did this past season. I just hope the show gets back on track next season...if not, then Season Four will be the season where "House" jumped the shark in my eyes.
I think it will all depend on the aftermath of Amber... If it turns into this soap of Wilson blaming House and House blaming himself, and Wilson never forgiving House and House never forgiving himself... It will have jumped the shark in my opinion... Because....

Here is how I see it, yeah House got drunk... It eases his pain, while he is jealous of Wilson finding love with the bitch Amber and likes to disrupt that as much as possible so called him when he wasn't allowed to drive home because he had too much to drink.. He didn't ask Amber to come and get him, she did that on her own.. Is he responsible for that? No.. True he could have just gotten on the bus, or called a cab, but he didn't.. But he didn't, however he also didn't cause the driver to gave a sizure and wreck the bus... Amber volunteered to get on the bus with him.. Did House give her the symptoms of the flu? No.. Did he perscribe the drugs she was taking to ward it off? No... He suffered a fractured skull in the crash so he also lost short term memory... Is that his fault? The stretch is, well if he hadn't gotten drunk in the first place etc... But that is a stretch, he had no control over his injury... Truth is he nearly killed himself to fill in the blanks and try to save a life of someone because of symptoms he remembered seeing but couldn't connect the dots... The first time around it was the driver.. Then when he discovered it was Amber that was bugging him, he risked his brain and his life at Wilson's request to try to save her.. But the damage had already happened... So what happened to Amber is sad, but none of it is House's fault, it was all her decision up until the accident...

If Wilson says to to House, the show will not have jumped the shark.. If House is able to rationalize this but still feel the irrational survivor's guilt that one would expect. The show will not have jumped the shark... However if the other happens? It is shark jumping time..
never jumped, love it :)
Loved House when he wasn't such a swell-headed guy and was just a brilliant albeit crabby, eccentric doctor trying to solve a medical mystery. The finale this season was horrible! How incredibly sappy and ridiculous: a true Whale of a jump. Unless the writers get back to basics, this show is definitely passed its prime. And this from a viewer who watched ONLY this show on a regular basis.
I'm torn as to whether House jumped this season or not. I really REALLY hate the whole "reality show" format for choosing a new team. It was a stupid plot device and left a bad taste in my mouth. My preference would be to have the old team re-assemble but I know that will never happen.

Sigh. I think the reason I hesitate to say it's jumped is because I absolutely loved this show for three seasons and I just don't want to let go of it. I've hoped it would return to its former glory at some point but it's just not happening. The writing is not up to par, the plot devices are too artificial, and the chemistry between the characters has been upset.

Yes, I still watch, but with a groan and a grimace usually. Bring back the House that I knew and loved...While I'm an advocate for change -- it's good for all of us, encourages creativity and new modes of thought, but it's not a good thing when the change is ill-thought and drains the lifeblood out of a wonderful creation.
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House
First Show 2004
Slot Time 9 pm
Last Show
Slot Day Tuesday
Genre Drama
Network FOX
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