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BY JAY BOBBIN Fox, Laurie close history say goodbye? Pretty much in the same fashion he said hello. Anything else would ring false for Dr. Gregory House, and title star Hugh Laurie and series creator and executive producer David Shore are determined to see him end true to form as the Fox medical drama "House" wraps up its eight-year run Monday, May 21. Don't expect major reassessments or revelations by the central figure, then, just a final and familiar round of sass and snark. And, very probably, one last swath of professional brilliance. "It would almost be one of House's many mantras that people don't change, generally speaking," says Laurie, a two-time winner of Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and Television Critics Association Awards who also became a producer as the series proceeded. "It's certainly true in television drama. They can't change, actually. If they do, you wind up with a different show from the one you started with, and that gets economically and logistically difficult. How does one of the edgiest, most antagonistic characters in series television "I've always felt that one of the distinctions between film and television is that in film, by and large, the main characters change, and the world doesn't," Laurie adds. "In television, the main characters stay the same, and the world changes, and I think it's important that House remains uncompromised. There is a defiance about him that's a kind of strength, and even though it might be belligerent at times, I find it inspiring. He will not suddenly give into the sentimental, even at the end of the show. I find that uplifting, in a twisted and dark way." So does Shore, who admits "my mind's refusing to wrap itself around the idea" that the series is ending, though the February decision and announcement gave him the time to write a final "House" script the way he wanted to. "I really have lived with this character. It's a very strange thing. DAILYNEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Your "Local" Daily Newspaper Since 1885 To Subscribe Call Today! 1 x 2" ad It has affected me in ways that I won't really know until I'm completely done with it, and I think Hugh is likely having a similar experience." 527-2151 SUNDAY The way an actor plays a part can add that extra something that makes it classic, and clearly, Laurie as House is such a case. "That was a beautiful moment for me," Shore recalls of his creation first being brought to life so indelibly. "We had met with a lot of people, and nobody got it, at least not the way I did. And I was starting to get scared that maybe I'd written someone who doesn't, or can't, actually exist. "Then Hugh came in and read, and it was so radically different 12:00 p.m. (NBC-24) NHL Hockey Phoe- nix Coyotes at Los Angeles Kings. Western Conference Final, game 4. 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