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"Hugh Laurie has admitted that House had to end before viewers &amp;quot;lose interest&amp;quot;. It was confirmed in February that the Fox medical drama will conclude at the end of its eighth season.  Laurie, who has played Greg House since 2004, told WHYY-FM&amp;#039;s Fresh Air: &amp;quot;The character is so inherently self-destructive to the point of being virtually suicidal [and] a fictional character cannot sustain that suicidal tension indefinitely.  &amp;quot;You can&amp;#039;t have a man on a window ledge threatening to jump forever. At some point, he&amp;#039;s got to jump or get back into the building, because the crowd below... eventually will lose interest.&amp;quot; The actor added that the tension surrounding the House character &amp;quot;must dissipate eventually&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;I certainly felt - and I think that [this] was a general view - that we should fold up our tent and steal away into the night before the tension had lessened.&amp;quot; It was recently confirmed that Jennifer Morrison will reprise her role as Dr Allison Cameron in the House finale, &amp;#039;Everybody Dies&amp;#039;. Olivia Wilde (Thirteen), Kal Penn (Kutner) and Amber Tamblyn (Martha Masters) will also appear in the episode, directed and co-written by series creator David Shore. Shore previously promised that the veteran drama will get &amp;quot;a fitting ending&amp;quot;. The last episode of House will air on Fox on May 21 and will be preceded by a one-hour retrospective special. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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