it was totally beyond the pale in terms of ludicrousness and blunt, cloying emotion and platitudinous insight. it was totally stupid and ill-conceived, following up two (+?) stupid and ill-conceived seasons. it was inconceivably dumb
ugh!
and for a minute i thought they might do something crazy like
UGH!
but i have to say that the last two minutes did make that final twist worthwhile -- it wasn't as dumb as i expected and actually dramatically worthwhile to see house and wilson ride off into the sunset on their harleys.

the only worthwhile thing about the first fifty five minutes was a pleasantly surprising appearance by sela ward, and even that was at best a bittersweet reminder of how compelling and well-written the show used to be.