House season finale: unorthodox way to end

Well, for those who's seen it, it's self-explanatory of why this season finale is unorthodox. It's dramatic yet underwhelming at the same time.

The finale is certainly nothing like the one from last season, where things blow up, buses flip over, and people die. But this one does contain that big surprise that most certainly would make the audience go "wow!" and then "no!"

The conclusion of the Chase and Cameron storyline is less than underwhelming. In my mind, Cameron is why seasons 2 and 3 were the best, because her character presents House with the moral dilemmas that made the show an exceptional drama. Now with Cameron probably getting even less screen time, she definitely will be even less involved with House's cases.

That is, if House will be taking cases.

So let us recap what House has gone through over the years: getting shot, getting sued, getting into seizures, numerous detox efforts, and finally, insanity. I'm fine with them, I just hope the writers remember that what made the show good in the first place were the moral dilemmas and good character wit, not unnecessary surprises.

On another note, it's as if the writers listened to the critics who got sick of the storyline involving Thirteen, as nothing was said of her and Foreman for the last five or so episodes.

Good thing to see Kutner do one more short scene at the end, to put a period to this character.

But lets go back to what will become of House. One would hope that when next season begins, House will be drug-free, sane, free of pain, working again, and actually getting together with Cuddy. Of course, that would make it too easy for House, heading into a sixth season where the writers must be having trouble looking for weird cases for House to solve.

Season 5 was up and down to say the least. It started slow, with episodes about Wilson coping with Amber's death. And then began the whole storyline with Thirteen. We get it, she's hot, but personally, I don't think that storyline about Thirteen's self-destructive ways really clicked for me.

Then came "Locked In", by far the best episode of the season, demonstrating the essence of what made "House" good in the first place.

I would also compare the season finale to the likes of strange / surprise movie endings such as "No Country for Old Men", "The Usual Suspects", even "The Sopranos" (although the finale for the Sopranos was for the show in its entirety, involving much more context).

And hey, it does the job of making the audience tune into the next season, I know I will.