Dr. House ‘Raises Cane’ In Finale Tonight! [VIDEO]

After eight seasons, Hugh Laurie hangs up his cane, or should we say 'raises cane' as brilliant Doctor Gregory House with a two-hour finale (8 ET/PT).

Laurie, who created one of the more captivating characters of recent times, shares his viewers' sentiment: "I like him." First of all, he's funny. That's an important ingredient to the way his mind works, professionally as well as emotionally. He's also entertaining, which explains why the character Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard) tolerated him for so long, And there's something defiant about House. He just wouldn't bend to conventional demands of good manners or authority. He also wouldn't bend to fear of death or loneliness," Laurie says. For all his morbid self-destructiveness, I tend to think there is something full of life about House.

House's weaknesses, including an addiction to pain killers and chronic leg pain that caused him to limp and helped humanize him. It should be noted that Hugh Laurie, an Englishman perfected his American accent for the role.

Dr. House, we wish you were taking new patients, we will miss you.

(From USA Today)