Jennifer Morrison Checking Out Of House

Michael Ausiello is reporting that Jennifer Morrison is leaving House this season. Apparently her departure is a creative decision and producers are leaving it open for Morrison to make a guest appearance later this season. Morrison’s on-screen husband, Jesse Spencer (Chase), is not leaving the show. Morrison – the first of the show’s original cast to leave – shot her last scene earlier this week and her final episode will air in November.

Kristin@E!Online has more details on why Cameron is leaving and why Chase stays:

After Chase treads a thin moral line on a case involving an African dictator, he and Cameron both decide they should get out of Princeton while the getting’s good. They plan to quit the hospital together and go somewhere else where they can focus on their relationship and on each other. And then House gets involved.

House starts talking to Chase about Cameron. House suggests that Cameron forgiving Chase for his misdeeds with the dictator is out of character for her. Shortly thereafter, Chase has an inexplicable change of heart and decides he wants to stay with House after all. Cameron is understandably upset.

According to insiders, this all goes down around episode eight.