Thank heavens!!! Love Hugh Laurie, can’t stand House, and as of this May the asshole’s gone for good.
I will now respectfully step out of this thread and leave all you House fans, whose appreciation of the show I honor and admire even though I’ve never been able to share it, to get on with your grief and acceptance in peace. I feel your pain, folks, honest.
So, what do you think Laurie should move on to do next?
[exits jauntily whistling “Ding Dong, the Witch Is Dead”]
The article you linked to says “Laurie has said he’ll retire from TV when “House” ends.”
Feel free to stop whistling now.
No worries. In the full article from which that soundbite was snipped:
Hugh Laurie in movies and music and whatever other aspects of showbiz he wants to do is just fine with me, even if he never again has another megahit starring role on the small screen.
[switches tune to “High Hopes”]
Hugh Laurie and Peter Jacobson are pretty much the only reason’s I watch House anyway. I’m sure I’ll be seeing them in other venues . . . not to mention endless reruns.
I can’t stand House. My wife used to watch it and it drove me nuts. Maybe Laurie can go back to being a funny British guy. 
I liked House, especially the interaction between Laurie and Jacobson, until some nitwit decided House needed a love interest. Ruined the show for me. I’d love to see Hugh Laurie added as a cast member on Community :D.
They pretty much said before this season started that it would probably be the last, so no surprises here.
Maybe they’ll finally get to do one more Blackadder? I recall Tony Robinson (Baldrick) saying he’d love to do another one, but Hugh was tied up.
I’d love to see another book. I LOVED “The Gun Seller”! Maybe direct and star in a film.
I did love “House” in the first few seasons, but the last few-- since he went into the nut job house of Princeton-- it went beyond ridiculous for any of the characters. Everyone became… annoying. (???) Well, that’s how I’d describe it, I guess.
I think the worst was a whole season dedicated to his pending drug charges. There’s NO WAY any narc detective would be budgeted to follow one nutcase doctor who’s addicted to pain killers for more than a couple weeks.
My money is he dies of rapid onset Lupus.
Can’t wait to see him doing comedy again.
Clearly he should play Vimes in the Discworld City Watch series.
Blackadder: Back and Forth was enough to convince me that they should never attempt to do Blackadder again.
I have watched House all the way through. (In no small part because my wife is more enthusiastic about it than me.) I think they did all right for such a long run, but for sure it was time to hang it up.
Clearly he should play the next Doctor.
Not going to happen.
Yeah, seeing as Hugh brought home as much for a single episode of House as the beeb is currently budgeting to compensate the lead for about three series’ worth, this is a bit of a pipe dream.
Maybe if they could scale back the production values to Pertwee era levels… 
That would be GOOD.
Mostly though Doctor Who is considered by the BBC to be family viewing. And it’s the kids that will have the say in those households. And they don’t know who Hugh Laurie is.
NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
I want more Fry and Laurie.
