So now what??

I may be done watching House.  Okay, maybe not.  But I don’t think this tv show will continue to have the priority in my life that it has had for the past two years. 

I didn’t like the last episode.  In it, House’s love affair with Vicodin destroys everything he has accomplished; including his relationship with Cuddy.  I loved the prior episode, where he seemingly came to terms with the effects that he and Lisa being a couple was having on his professional life.  He chose HER, regardless of how his medical career was affected.  I thought that was beautiful, and so sweet.  I had been so proud of House, and all he had come through to kick his habit and become a better person.

I would probably be willing to give the show the benefit of the doubt, and assume that maybe by the next episode, House would be willing to do whatever it took, and Cuddy would take him back.  After all, they fight back and forth all the time.  However, I happened to read an interview with the guy who calls the shots in the series, creator and executive producer David Shore.  Shore stated that although the characters will always love each other, the romance is officially finished.  When asked if House was “back to square one” as far as his rehab was concerned, Shore answered in the affirmative. 

Geez - come on!  Yeah, I liked this show before they became a couple, and when House was still a pill popper.  But after seeing what he could become, I’m not sure I can go back to how it used to be.  Not to mention the fact that I’m a girl – I like happy endings. 

We watch tv or read books because we want to experience something beyond our daily lives.  Obviously, not every show, movie or book is going to be about characters who exist happily ever after under puffy white clouds and perpetual sunshine.  But I was loving being able to share House’s happiness (or at least as happy as he could get…), growth and victories.  I loved being a voyeur as his relationship progressed.  It was kind of an affirmation that if he could change, anything is possible.  So now that he can’t change… what??

Oh well, yes it’s only a tv show.  And fortunately, my own life doesn’t hinge on what Dr. House does or doesn’t do.   

Still…