This is my experience with the show, but I don't find that much attachment to the new cast, at least not like I did the old one.  I certainly don't feel much attachment to Taub in particular. 

I'm hoping now they bring Cameron back onto House's team.  She brought a really interesting aspect to the team.  She's like House's opposite in many ways.  Kutner, Taub, Foreman, and 13 are all like House in a lot of ways.  I would say that 13 is the farthest one away from House.  Kutner was really too much of a wimp.  Taub is too much of a dick.  Foreman is basically House, but less miserable.

I'm sure the death will be continued to be dealt with through this season, and just think, they have to have something good in store for the end now.

What were they supposed to do with his death then?  House and the rest of his team aren't just going to quit working because he died, they're not like that.  It shows them each handling it in different ways.   None of them saw it coming, therefore the fans certainly couldn't have predicted it, and so it was all of a sudden.  It was a good way to handle it.  And it brought another aspect into the show.

Now that's still VERY male-centric...

I see a woman getting ready to fist another woman....