The diagnostic team treats Donny, a reckless police detective convinced he is genetically "doomed" to die of sudden heart failure at age 40, just like his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. Secondary Plots:
House hears whispering voices while staying in Wilson’s guest room (formerly his deceased girlfriend Amber’s study).
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 [S6E5] Brave Heart
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. The diagnostic team treats Donny, a reckless police
To help House regain his medical license, Cuddy falsifies his required "rounds" paperwork, noting it is easier than forcing him to actually teach students.
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 Robert Chase struggles with debilitating guilt and panic
The "voices" House heard were actually Wilson talking to his deceased girlfriend, Amber, in the middle of the night. House initially mocks this but ends the episode attempting to talk to his own dead father, though he eventually gives up, calling it "stupid".