Everybody Dies (House)

"Everybody Dies"
House episode
Hugh Laurie, who played House
Episode no.Season 8
Episode 22
Directed byDavid Shore
Written byDavid Shore
Peter Blake
Eli Attie
Featured music
Original air dateMay 21, 2012 (2012-05-21)
Running time44 minutes
Guest appearances

"Everybody Dies" is the final episode of the American medical drama television series House, and aired on Fox in the United States on May 21, 2012. It is the 22nd episode of the eighth season and the 177th overall episode of the series. In the episode, House is forced to examine his life and future while treating a drug-addicted patient. The title references the series' first episode, "Everybody Lies", a phrase that also serves as House's mantra.

The episode aired immediately following "Swan Song", an hour-long retrospective episode. It featured cameos from multiple characters from previous seasons, including Remy "Thirteen" Hadley, Allison Cameron, Martha Masters, Dominika Petrova, and Stacy Warner, as well as Lawrence Kutner and Amber Volakis, who both died in previous seasons but appeared as hallucinations. The episode was watched by 8.72 million viewers in the U.S. and received mixed critical reception; E! Online and Entertainment Weekly praised its writing and acting, while The A.V. Club was more critical of its plot and writing.