1. 1. Fandom people. Thanks to twitter, LJ, forums, fanfiction etc. I’ve met some of the most awesome people that I can now call friends and travel companions. Amazing how online friendships can transform into real life ones that will no doubt outlive the show. And all of you who I haven’t had to chance to meet yet, I hope that glorious day will come soon.

1. 2. Introducing me to Lisa. I have never been a West Wing or Ally McBeal fan, so I wasn’t familiar with LE before House. TPTB might have put us through a massive pile of shit but without them I wouldn’t have found out what an amazing, beautiful, witty, smart and inspirational person she is.

1. 3. Showing that Hugh Laurie can be sexy. In my mind, heart and vagina, he’ll forever be the sexy Gregory House (ok, S1-7 ½ House) and not Stuart Little’s unfuckable dad. (STFU, @sjoes)

1. 4. Proving that my cold, cold heart isn’t that cold after all and a well-written love story between 2 equally fascinating characters can move me like nothing else.

1. 5. Huddy Fanfiction. Thanks to House (or Huddy to be more precise) I’ve read some incredible stories that I will forever cherish in my heart. If fanfiction was a Nobel prize, Huddy writers would be on their way to Stockholm.

"Missing in action is Lisa Edelstein, who could not be persuaded to return as House’s former boss and ex-lover, Dr. Lisa Cuddy. “I was hoping,” says Shore. “But it did not work out.”

Source: http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/all_broken_up_coO6iMnGLepjyZgagbK4aP/1

“We got such blowback,” Mr. Shore said. He defended the move as a kind of punishment that House exacted on himself. A rational character, “he had to be driven to that by some very, very strong emotional forces,” Mr. Shore said, adding: “That’s probably the biggest message in the series: think about things a little longer because our knee-jerk reactions are going to fool us every time.”

"3. Lisa Edelstein. When I suggested to Shore that there was something very compelling about finally seeing Edelstein next-to-naked in some steamy scenes with House at the start of the seventh season, Shore simply said, "You're welcome."

Fact is, Edelstein was a big reason House ever seemed even remotely sympathetic. An episode where the two re-enacted scenes from favourite films, including a Butch and Sundance sequence, was fun and flirty, but also indicated that the series was starting to run thin on save-of-the-week ideas. For many of us, the season seven finale where House smashes his car into Cuddy’s home was the jump-the-shark moment for this series."

Pretty good that in a list of 7 that Lisa made the number 3 spot.  ( 1.HL, 2.DS, 3.LE, 4.RSL)

Source Bill Brioux, The Candian Press: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/TV/as-house-wraps-a-tv-critic-analyzes-what-made-show-so-popular--152003195.html