In this image released by Fox, Hugh Laurie portrays Dr. Gregory House in a scene from "House, M.D." The Fox medical drama concludes its eight-season run on Monday, May 21, 2012, with a finale at 9 p.m. EDT, preceded by a one-hour retrospective. (AP Photo/Fox, Isabella Vosmikova)
FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2007 file photo, actor Hugh Laurie poses with the award he won for best actor in a drama series for his work on "House," at the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. The Fox medical drama concludes its eight-season run on Monday, May 21, 2012, with a finale at 9 p.m. EDT, preceded by a one-hour retrospective. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, file)
FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2009 file photo, actor Hugh Laurie accepts the award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a drama series for "House" at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles. The Fox medical drama concludes its eight-season run on Monday, May 21, 2012, with a finale at 9 p.m. EDT, preceded by a one-hour retrospective. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file)
In this image released by Fox, Hugh Laurie, left, and Elias Koteas, are shown in a scene from the second season finale of "House, M.D." The Fox medical drama concludes its eight-season run on Monday, May 21, 2012, with a finale at 9 p.m. EDT, preceded by a one-hour retrospective. (AP Photo/Fox, Isabella Vosmikova)
Hard to believe it, but Fox's hit medical drama "House, M.D." is coming to an end after eight seasons. The last episode is Monday.
In this image released by Fox, Hugh Laurie, left, and Lisa Edelstein are shown in a scene from "House, M.D." The Fox medical drama concludes its eight-season run on Monday, May 21, 2012, with a finale at 9 p.m. EDT, preceded by a one-hour retrospective.(AP Photo/Fox, Isabella Vosmikova)
In this image released by Fox, standing from left, Omar Epps, Odette Annable, Charlyne Yi, Hugh Laurie and Jesse Spencer are shown in a scene from the final season of "House, M.D." The Fox medical drama concludes its eight-season run on Monday, May 21, 2012, with a finale at 9 p.m. EDT, preceded by a one-hour retrospective. (AP Photo/Fox, Adam Taylor)
In this image released by Fox, Hugh Laurie portrays Dr. Gregory House in a dream-sequence musical scene from the seventh season of "House, M.D." The Fox medical drama concludes its eight-season run on Monday, May 21, 2012, with a finale at 9 p.m. EDT, preceded by a one-hour retrospective. (AP Photo/Fox)
In this image released by Fox, Hugh Laurie, center, portrays Dr. Gregory House in a scene from "House, M.D." The Fox medical drama concludes its eight-season run on Monday, May 21, 2012, with a finale at 9 p.m. EDT, preceded by a one-hour retrospective. (AP Photo/Fox, Isabella Vosmikova)
In this image released by Fox, Hugh Laurie portrays Dr. Gregory House in a scene from "House, M.D." The Fox medical drama concludes its eight-season run on Monday, May 21, 2012, with a finale at 9 p.m. EDT, preceded by a one-hour retrospective. (AP Photo/Fox, Chris Haston)
In this image released by Fox, Hugh Laurie portrays Dr. Gregory House, left, and LL Cool J portrays a sick death row inmate in a scene from "House, M.D." The Fox medical drama concludes its eight-season run on Monday, May 21, 2012, with a finale at 9 p.m. EDT, preceded by a one-hour retrospective. (AP Photo/Fox, Jaimie Trueblood)
In this image released by Fox, from left, Hugh Laurie, Omar Epps, Jennifer Morrison and Jesse Spencer are shown in a scene from the third season of "House, M.D." The Fox medical drama concludes its eight-season run on Monday, May 21, 2012, with a finale at 9 p.m. EDT, preceded by a one-hour retrospective. (AP Photo/Fox, Greg, Gayne)
In this image released by Fox, Hugh Laurie portrays Dr. Gregory House, right, and Cynthia Nixon portrays his patient in a scene from "House, M.D." The Fox medical drama concludes its eight-season run on Monday, May 21, 2012, with a finale at 9 p.m. EDT, preceded by a one-hour retrospective. (AP Photo/Fox, Dean Hendlner)
This image released by Fox shows Hugh Laurie, portraying Dr. Gregory House, right, and Kal Penn portraying Dr. Kutner in a scene from the fourth season of "House, M.D." The Fox medical drama concludes its eight-season run on Monday, May 21, 2012, with a finale at 9 p.m. EDT, preceded by a one-hour retrospective. (AP Photo/Fox, Adam Taylor)
In this image released by Fox, Hugh Laurie portrays Dr. Gregory House, center, Karolina Wydra portrays Dominika, right, and Jose Zuniga portrays an immigration officer in a scene from "House, M.D." The Fox medical drama concludes its eight-season run on Monday, May 21, 2012, with a finale at 9 p.m. EDT, preceded by a one-hour retrospective. (AP Photo/Fox, Jordin Althaus)
In this image released by Fox, Hugh Laurie portrays Dr. Gregory House, center, Karolina Wydra portrays Dominika, right, and Jose Zuniga portrays an immigration officer in a scene from "House, M.D." The Fox medical drama concludes its eight-season run on Monday, May 21, 2012, with a finale at 9 p.m. EDT, preceded by a one-hour retrospective. (AP Photo/Fox, Jordin Althaus)
NEW YORK — It will be painful saying goodbye to “House.” The Fox medical drama concludes its eight-season run Monday with a series finale (8 p.m., WFLD-Channel 32), preceded by a one-hour retrospective. And with that, Hugh Laurie will be done as the show’s abrasive …