[s6e5] Brave Heart -

To help House regain his medical license, Cuddy falsifies his required "rounds" paperwork, noting it is easier than forcing him to actually teach students.

After being discharged with a placebo, Donny collapses and is pronounced dead. However, he miraculously "wakes up" on the autopsy table. [S6E5] Brave Heart

Dr. Robert Chase struggles with debilitating guilt and panic attacks after intentionally causing the death of the brutal dictator President Dibala in a previous episode. Medical Case & Diagnosis To help House regain his medical license, Cuddy

House realizes Donny (and his son) has an intracranial berry aneurysm in the brain stem. This "self-destruct button" was growing and occasionally sending faulty signals to the heart, mimicking sudden failure. Both Donny and his long-lost son undergo successful surgery to repair the aneurysms. Character Developments Haunted by his actions

The team considers Wilson's disease and hereditary sensory autonomic neuropathy type 1.

Haunted by his actions, Chase seeks confession. The priest tells him he cannot receive absolution unless he turns himself in to the police—a condition Chase refuses.

Donny exhibits no clear symptoms beyond his extreme recklessness, which resulted in a fall while chasing a suspect.