I can see how it could be construed as selfless--and I'm inclined to say it was, personally. A lot of the episode was focused on how "the puzzle" of diagnosing a patient is the only thing that matters to him, but he's effectively barred himself from ever having recourse to that again in order to spend a few months (not even the remainder of his life) with his best friend. I suppose he's getting something out of it in the short term as well, but since Wilson will be dead soon , there's probably going to be a good chunk of time during which House doesn't have the two things that have mattered most to him--his job and his friend. For House, I think that's pretty good.

I am, however, a little depressed that they decided to end the show this way--one main character dying (okay, my favorite character) and the other (apparently) with only a life of loneliness and boredom to look forward to. Just...why?!

I won't lie, I started to cry when he "died", but halfway through the funeral I got to thinking...wait...Hous e is trollin

I was in awe at what he did to spend time with Wilson, but I'm sad to see the show end. I'm sad to know that Wilson is dying, and sad to have seen all the changes and life moving on!

I never got into this show.

sad to see the shows ending

It's so sad to see the show end. Really going to miss it.

I think that it WAS planned ahead, for the simple fact that he pretty much "planted" the body and did have the time to switch the dental records. It also would fit his MO a whole lot better if he could do something that would benefit him, benefit Wilson, and do what he pretty much implied he was going to be doing. Moving on. So maybe giving up his life (as a doctor) was still a selfish act, because who knows. He may show up in another country running diagnostics

You know, I hated it because it's the end, but I actually really liked it.

There is no way that it could have ended any other way. They've done the patient puzzle thing to death, they've explored House to no end, they had to do something fresh, totally out there, and just wacky to wrap up.

I was saddened at the musical selection they had in this episode it was just so..... plain.

I love this show, despite the last 4 seasons being medically ridiculous. NO doctor would get away with the things House did, "genius" or not.

As for the finale, SPOILER ALERT.... I felt he was going to let key people in his life know he was still around. At his own "House" pace.

My concern was "What about the patient?" It was said he has a wife and family. They have NO idea what happened to him, as his body was identified as Houses'.

As for being selfish; House IS selfish. But, he did in part, do it for Wilson.

I have to have a soft spot for him. He looks exactly like my husband. Their personalities are similar, although my husband can be a lot nicer. (And he's intelligent, but not a genius.) And, he knows well enough to not fuck up his life.

If we were to continue to be able to follow House, I'm sure he'll find a way to continue to practice medicine. We won't know, unless they do one of those "Anniversary Shows." I always wanted him to get a partner, even selfish men get them. Never understood why nothing took with him. I guess it was easier to write script for him with him being single, for all intents and purposes (although he was legally married to that Russian woman.)

In true House fashion, my husband fell asleep during the last 15 minutes of the show, Monday. Then woke me up, from a sound sleep at around 5:00 AM Tuesday to say, "Hey, I fell asleep. What happened on House?" Seriously? He knows I can't even speak at that time in the morning. Sex, I can have, but don't expect anything of intelligence to come out of my mouth.

I told him to leave me alone and I'd tell him what happened after I woke up. Telegraph like I answered, "Fire, House faked death, planted dental records. There was a funeral. Texted Wilson. They rode off into the sunset together." My husband said, "That's gay." Jeez.... (HIS words, not mine.)

I thought it was a pretty good end. I don't think it was entirely planned - at least on a conscious level. The show has explored the concept of unconscious thoughts influencing conscious thoughts before, to receive the benefits of the end after committing questionable actions (again, unconsciously) before, and the finale fits in with that premise. I think it's likely that he had no knowledge or conscientious intention of killing the guy, but his unconscious mind worked to make things happen so that it was a possible outcome, and so he would be able to take advantage of this event when the opportunity presented itself to him.

So in that sense, he was being selfish - but at the same time, he was being selfless - while staying true to his belief system (that of 'life is pain'). He gets bored easily, so he thinks up ways of screwing himself over.

And, of course, I loved the ending. House is Holmes. There could never have been any other ending.

I loved the last show. I'm kind of sad that it is over. I love how House told Wilson to shut up in the text.

I thought it was foolish; there were a lot of other way for him to avoid jail--such as what the patient originally suggested, of letting him take the fall--that wouldn't have destroyed all possibilities for his life.

Then again, House felt he had nothing left after Wilson was gone, so perhaps it's better that he lights his life on fire to watch it burn, so he can start fresh somewhere else. Doing what, though, really, would be enough for him?

I'm really bummed that this show is over but I'm glad that it ended the way it did. I was very pleased that he decided to give up his semblance of normalcy for a friend that clearly needed him. I'll be sad not to have any new episodes but at least we have tons of re-runs to choose from!

I thought it was nice

It was an interesting ending but I wasn't WOW-ed. This was my all time favorite show, bordering on obsession (okay probably well past the border) but I've been really disappointed with the last two seasons, it needed to end after season six because from there on it was just downhill and it makes me really sad to say that but it's true.
I don't think what he did was planned, at least not completely consciously, or really that far-fetched, he's done much more complicated things before. It was selfless and wonderfully bromantic and it did make me smile.