It’s been 20 years since, probably the greatest medical dramas, Home M.D. debuted. The collection in regards to the titular curmudgeon physician who hated most individuals, however may determine what was flawed with them, starred Hugh Laurie within the title function and was an enormous hit for its eight seasons. Within the finale Home and his finest buddy actually rode off into the sundown, however within the years since many have puzzled, what occurred subsequent?
David Shore, creator of Home M.D. lately sat down with EW to speak in regards to the twentieth anniversary of the collection. It’s introduced up {that a} well-liked fan concept means that Home didn’t really survive the ultimate episode. Whereas Shore says that was by no means his intention, he additionally says that one of many causes he has by no means created a definitive reply to the query of what occurs subsequent for Dr. Gregory Home is as a result of he doesn’t wish to destroy the fan theories. Shore mentioned…
I do not wish to pin myself down, weirdly. As a result of, I imply, each from time to time, it does cross my thoughts that I wish to discover that, and so I might have to determine how I might discover that. But in addition — and this pertains to the final query you requested — I like the concept that different persons are considering of that too. And I hate to inform them, ‘No, he is doing one thing else.’ He is on the market doing one thing Home-like. Which I like that Home-like grew to become a little bit of a phrase.
The ultimate episode of Home sees the title character caught in a constructing hearth, and it initially seems he burned to loss of life. Later we be taught that Home faked his loss of life and he and his finest buddy, Dr. Wilson, performed within the superb Home forged by Robert Sean Leonard, experience off into the sundown.
However the fan concept posits that Wilson, who we all know is dying of mind most cancers and doesn’t have lengthy to stay, has hallucinated Home’s survival and his buddy did die within the hearth. Even David Shore admits there’s nothing within the episode that particularly contradicts that studying.
Whereas David Shore might not at the moment have a solution to what occurred to Home after the top of the collection, he hasn’t completely discounted the potential for developing with one by performing some kind of follow-up. We’ve seen many well-liked reveals get sequel collection lengthy after the very fact, and whereas Shore is clearly hesitant about doing that with Home, he’d be anxious about spoiling the legacy of the unique collection and suspects getting the forged again collectively could be tough. He continued…
Not likely. I would not say no to it, however these issues are very, very tough to do. You do not wish to spoil something. As Hugh mentioned on the time, Dr. Home is the kind of man who leaves the celebration early moderately than late. Persons are going, ‘The place’d Home go?’ Fairly than, ‘Why is Home nonetheless right here?’ You do not wish to spoil your legacy. However on the identical time, yeah, we had enjoyable with it, and I may see it being enjoyable. However you’d must have the suitable story, an excellent story that we have been actually pleased with, and schedules must align, which is in a bizarre manner the far more tough job.
As an enormous fan of Home M.D. I’m simply as torn on the thought of extra Home. I beloved the present and naturally, I might love extra of the factor I favored. On the identical time, it’s laborious to think about it may recapture the magic of the unique, so possibly leaving it alone is the easiest way to deal with it. The present is out there now on a number of of one of the best streaming companies, together with Hulu, Peacock, and Prime Video, so if followers wish to watch Home once more, they will return, and see all the long run stars who appeared on Home, any time they want.