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"Remorse" is the 12th episode of the sixth season of House. It aired 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.

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“Remorse is not among the eternal verities. The Greeks were right to dethrone her. Her action is too capricious, as though the Erinyes selected for punishment only certain men and certain sins. And of all means to regeneration, Remorse is surely the most wasteful. It cuts away healthy tissues with the poisoned. It is a knife that probes far deeper than the evil.”
— E. M. Forster, Howards End (1910), chapter 41.
“Le remords s'endort durant un destin prospère et s'aigrit dans l'adversité.”
— Remorse goes to sleep during a prosperous period and wakes up in adversity.

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Remorse: distressing emotion experienced by an individual who regrets · painting by Louis-Marie Baader

Overview

"Remorse" is the 12th episode of the sixth season of House. It aired 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.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“Remorse is not among the eternal verities. The Greeks were right to dethrone her. Her action is too capricious, as though the Erinyes selected for punishment only certain men and certain sins. And of all means to regeneration, Remorse is surely the most wasteful. It cuts away healthy tissues with the poisoned. It is a knife that probes far deeper than the evil.”
— E. M. Forster, Howards End (1910), chapter 41.
“Le remords s'endort durant un destin prospère et s'aigrit dans l'adversité.”
— Remorse goes to sleep during a prosperous period and wakes up in adversity.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.