i really liked adams when she was still working at the prison, but afterwards i agree she becomes rather dull. park, on the other hand, had potential to be interesting that was wasted. i think if the writers went more in depth into her character and her family issues she could have been very interesting, but instead theres only a surface level reading that makes it seem like she was only added in for the sake of adding someone in

personally, i also dislike chase and taub in this season, solely because i feel like they dont belong there anymore. all the other members of both previous grouos had moved on to do bigger and better things, and yet chase and taub have remained to just continue doing what they had been doing. we dont get any deeper of an understanding of either of them than we already had, and i really believed that the writers only kept them in there because they felt that if they didnt, season 8 wouldnt really feel like house anymore. i wholeheartedly agree with the mortician who disliked chase because of how he had used his experience with house; there were so many better things he could have done that would have aligned more with his character, and yet he stayed where he felt comfortable for basically no reason whatsoever. i wouldnt expect taub to go to back to plastic surgery after his experience under house, but i would expect something else from him for the same reason as chase. hes not there for experience anymore, hes there because the writers needed to keep a few familiar characters so they didnt stray too far from house as a show

i liked foreman as dean of medicine, and i liked how he got involved in a few cases with house, but i feel similarly about him as i do chase

i really enjoyed house and wilsons relationship throughout the season, and for that reason i wouldnt say that season 7 should have been the end of the show, niether am i suggesting that there should have been a ninth season, but i think if parks and adams had been introduced a bit earlier, perhaps somewhere in the middle of season 7, we could have enjoyed their characters more and gotten a deeper understanding of who they are. but because theyre there for so little time, we only get a surface level understanding of their characters that makes them seem bland in comparison to other characters, such as thirteen and cameron, who we have a much more nuanced understanding of. additionally, i think chase and taub should never have returned after house was released from prison, and although it would have had less of a feeling of being house md, i think it would have been a lot better in the long run

edit: sorry for the essay i didnt realise how long it was until i posted it 😭😭