Shore told Entertainment Weekly that the series finale is "a different kind of episode, but at its core I think it's still a House episode... I really wanted to make sure that we're doing that at the end and we're still happy. As Hugh Laurie says, Dr. House is the guy who leaves the party before people want him to." Other cast members agreed that it was time for the show to end; Omar Epps, who played Eric Foreman, said "You want to go out at a time when the show is still effective, people are still watching it, the stories are still fresh... I think we've run our course. It's the right time."
