[WARNING: The following story contains spoilers from the Season 8 premiere of House. Read at your own risk.]
House's Season 8 premiere once again proved the show's mantra: People don't change. Even in prison.
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Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) was the same old curmudgeon he always is, whether he was expressing (false) remorse for running his car through Cuddy's house to the members of his parole board only because that's what they wanted to hear or making another doctor's diagnosis look stupid. But even if House is the same old House, the premiere, which found the good doctor trying to save a mysteriously afflicted inmate while also scavenging to find 20 Vicodin pills for a jailhouse gang leader, proved the world around him certainly has changed. For starters, by episode's end, he's still...
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Turns out you can't just drive your car through someone's house and spend the rest of your days sipping fruity drinks on the beach. That's something Dr. Gregory House will be keenly aware of as House's eighth season begins.
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"Actions have consequences — even on TV," creator and executive producer David Shore tells TVGuide.com. "He wasn't trying to hurt anybody; he was trying to lash out. But you can't have him just walk away from something like that. So the decision was made to punish the guy, and [we thought,] 'How can we have fun while doing that?'"
The answer is a departure episode (Monday, 9/8c, Fox) similar to the Season 6 premiere that took place with House in a mental hospital. This time, we find House (Hugh Laurie) several months into a prison sentence....
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TV writers know the drill: You paint characters into a corner in the season finale and spend the summer plotting how to get the characters out. If only it had been that simple for House creator David Shore this summer.
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Besides resolving last year's cliff-hanger — which saw House (Hugh Laurie) drive his car into the living room of ex-girlfriend Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein) before escaping to a tropical locale — Shore also had to deal with Edelstein's sudden decision against returning to the show.
"I didn't paint the corners this year," Shore tells TVGuide.com with a laugh that suggests he's looking on the bright side. ...
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House has added another dose of estrogen for Season 8.
Charlyne Yi (Knocked Up, Paper Heart) has signed on as a series regular, joining fellow newbie Odette Annable as ...
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Odette Annable has joined the cast of House as a series regular for Season 8, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
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Annable, 26, who co-starred on Fox's midseason comedy Breaking In, has signed on to play...
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