When did the House M.D. series finale air in the United States?

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The House M.D. series finale aired in the United States on May 21, 2012. Titled “Everybody Dies,” it concluded the show’s eight-season run on Fox.

The finale follows Gregory House as he faces a personal and professional crisis. Its title echoes the show’s pilot episode, “Everybody Lies,” creating a thematic link between the beginning and end of the series. The story focuses less on solving a patient’s medical puzzle than on House confronting the consequences of his choices.

The final episode also revisits important relationships and uses imagined conversations with people from House’s past. These scenes allow the series to examine the arguments and emotional connections that shaped him over the years.

The date is distinct from the date of the finale’s production or later international broadcasts. In the United States, Fox aired the episode on May 21, 2012. The show ended with its central character’s future deliberately left open rather than with a conventional hospital triumph.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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