What was the title of the final episode of the TV series House?

“Everybody Dies” was the title of the final episode of the TV series House.

The episode served as the series finale and aired on May 21, 2012. Its title echoes one of the show’s recurring ideas: medicine can delay death and relieve suffering, but it cannot eliminate mortality.

The finale follows House after a dangerous crisis and focuses on his relationship with James Wilson, who is facing terminal cancer. The story uses a series of imagined or hallucinated encounters to revisit people and choices from House’s past while he considers what kind of life he wants to lead.

The title is often confused with the series’ recurring phrase “Everybody lies,” which reflects House’s belief that patients conceal information. That phrase is strongly associated with the show, but it is not the finale’s title. The final episode instead uses “Everybody Dies,” a broader statement about the limits shared by every patient and physician.