Remorse (House)

Key takeaways

Remorse (House) belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Remorse (House) to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Remorse (House) from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

"Remorse" is the 12th episode of the sixth season of House. It aired on Fox on January 25, 2010.

Plot An attractive 27-year-old business consultant experiences intermittent episodes of excruciating ear pain. House is intrigued by the fact that Valerie (Beau Garrett) is very attractive while her husband is not. While treating her ear pain, caused by supraventricular tachycardia, the men on the team are charmed by Valerie's beauty and personality. Only Thirteen looks beyond her superficial traits. During the half hour fMRI test, Valerie's brain bypasses the emotional centers and she uses the language sections of the brain to answer the questions, indicating that she knows what emotions are but does not feel them herself. Thus, Thirteen discovers that the patient is a psychopath. Valerie admits she drugged her co-worker to get him fired. She had been sleeping with him every Thursday; in exchange she got credit for his best work. She claims she is the same as other people except she openly admits it. More complications appear. Throughout the differentials, Thirteen and Foreman continuously argue. House tells them to "have sex, fight, or quit," as he is tired of their bickering. Following up on clues from a conversation with Thirteen, Valerie's husband finds out his wife was not attending weekly evening classes as claimed. Valerie counters with a sexual harassment complaint to the medical licensing board. Thirteen returns to verbally assault Valerie, but Foreman enters and removes her from the room and convinces her to ignore it. He also apologizes for firing her, and says he hopes they can work together again. Then he is paged because Valerie begins to spit up blood. Taub thinks it is primary hepatic fibrosis, so the team starts her on steroids. Thirteen runs into Valerie's sister. Her sister recounts that the Valerie protected her from their abusive father and mentions Valerie started displaying antisocial behavior at puberty. Thirteen sees a connection to Wilson's disease. After removing Valerie's nail polish to reveal blue fingernail beds (confirming copper accumulation), Valerie is started on chelation therapy. Valerie insults her husband, saying that he is pathetic for loving her even after learning what she is. The husband, distraught, leaves. Thirteen reasons that Valerie would not have done that if she was still a psychopath. The treatment has cured her psychopathy, and she begins to feel emotions again. When Thirteen asks her what she feels, she replies that she does not know, but it hurts, indicating she is experiencing guilt for having manipulated her husband (and pushing him away as a result) but is not familiar with the sensation. Thirteen replies that "it will". House also uncharacteristically reaches out to a former medical school colleague named Wibberly (Ray Abruzzo) he wronged. House had exchanged a medical school assignment with one Wibberly wrote to test a hypothesis a professor was going to give him a bad grade regardless of the quality of his work. Wibberly originally claimed he got a failing grade, triggering a series of events and forcing him out of medical school. Reportedly now working in a low-paid job, he was selling his home to pay bills. When House tried to give him a check to help with expenses, Wibberly admitted he got an A+ for the paper, had a successful medical practice but lost his money to a gambling habit. House drops the check in Wibberly's mailbox at the end of the episode anyway. Wilson points out that House has chosen to apologize to Wibberly because he has not seen him for years, much easier than saying sorry to Wilson or Cuddy. At the end, Thirteen helps Foreman decipher and transcribe Taub's handwritten notes. While Foreman types, Thirteen looks at him with a softer expression. House heads for Cuddy's office and stops in front of the door when he sees Lucas and Cuddy happily looking at something on their laptop. House turns around and leaves.

Music "Why Try to Change Me Now", written by Cy Coleman, sung by Fiona Apple

Reception Zack Handlen of The A.V. Club graded the episode a B−, writing, "Valerie's mental illness just seems a little too controlled, a little too cool, somehow. Like Hopkins' Lecter, she's what we secretly wish crazy people were like—Machiavellian monsters who always make it to the final reel."

References

External links "Remorse" at IMDb

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Remorse (House)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Remorse (House) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Remorse (House) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Remorse (House) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Remorse (House)

In research: Remorse (House) appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Remorse (House) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Remorse (House) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2010 American television episodes, Copper in health, House season 6 episodes, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Remorse (House) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

How to study Remorse (House) in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Remorse (House) means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Remorse (House) out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Remorse (House) in simple terms?

"Remorse" is the 12th episode of the sixth season of House. It aired on Fox on January 25, 2010.

Why does Remorse (House) matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Remorse (House)?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Remorse (House).