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House: Human Error (season finale)

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(S03E23) Here's something I found odd about tonight's episode, though not really having to do with it being a season finale. Why is it that a seemingly not-so-well-off Cuban couple can go through great pains to find House, and yet this is what I believe to be the first time a foreign patient has sought out House's expertise?

Moreover, I'm somewhat baffled that the law would just so easily let Cuban refugees come right in and give them exactly what they want. As for the medical records left drifting out at sea, it seemed a lot of emphasis was put on those documents when it seems they would've done no good.

I know -- these are petty things to gripe about overall, but I just found them as odd. Now let's get to the larger part of the episode: the dissolution of House's team.

At the episode's end, we're left with two big questions. How will next season start out with House and no (or a new) team, and how will he get Foreman, Chase and Cameron back in some sort of believable way? It's hard to imagine what would possess Chase to come back to House's side, nevermind Foreman. Cameron I could see having a change of heart, though that seems unlikely.

This is what makes this finale so great. We're left to wonder how this team could possibly get back together after such a crappy dismissal from House. I believe there are rumors (or more than rumors) that one of the team won't be back next season, but there's no way all of them would be eliminated.

Here's something that occurred to me when House mentioned his lack of concern to his new Cuban friend. Could we at some point find out that House is suffering from some sort of chemical imbalance or anomaly that causes him to behave the way he does? In the past we've seen that the drugs he's on are part of the reason he acts the way he does, but is that the full story? When have we seen him actually show compassion without being forced in some way?

rating 6It was a no-brainer for FOX to bring this show back for another season this fall, even giving it the coveted post-Super Bowl slot. Hopefully the writers will continue to not rely on the multi-episode arc stories and keep the bulk of the episodes as self-contained. This is one of those shows I enjoy to watch without having to sit through a plotline that has nothing to do with why I enjoy the show so much.

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