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House gets the patient to confess that she killed her brother. Apparently, the patient hoped that someone would tell her it was just an accident


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House gets the patient to confess that she killed her brother. Apparently, the patient hoped that someone would tell her it was just an accident

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* AccidentalChildKillerBackstory: House's teenage patient needs a bone marrow transplant from a family member, but she lies about her identity to avoid seeing her parents. House guesses that something happened that makes her think she doesn't deserve to live, so she confesses that she ran away from home because her little brother drowned in the bathtub when she was supposed to be looking after him. She assumes her parents must hate her, but House convinces her to call them by pointing out they really will hate her if she lets herself die.

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Some factory workers are arguing about some personal matter when one of them falls on a conveyor belt, fomaing at the mouth and perilously close to a guillotine blade.

16-year-old girl emancipated minor with fluid in her lungs

discovers a bong in her apartment

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Some factory workers are arguing about some personal matter when one of them falls on a conveyor belt, fomaing foaming at the mouth and perilously close to a guillotine blade.

The patient turns out to be a 16-year-old girl emancipated minor (emancipated minor) with fluid in her lungs

lungs. After investigating, the team discovers a bong in her apartment
apartment, and that her name is Sofia Vallet.




Dr. Taub tells the patient about his diagnosis with Huntington's. The patient counters with "Have you ever been raped?"



Dr. Foreman heads up a clinical drug trial but House doesn't approve



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\nThirteen tells the patient about her diagnosis with Huntington's. The patient counters with "Have you ever been raped?"

Dr. Taub tells the patient about his diagnosis with Huntington's. The patient counters with "Have you ever been raped?"



Dr.
Foreman heads up a clinical drug trial trial, but House doesn't approve


approve.



Dr. Hadley tracks down the patient's parents and visits them. There is a girl at that house, about Sofia's age, and her name is also Sofia Vallet. The patient is an identity thief who forged her emancipation papers.

House gets the patient to confess that she killed her brother. Apparently the patient hoped that someone would tell her it was just an accident


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Dr. Hadley Thirteen tracks down the patient's parents and visits them. There is a girl at that house, about Sofia's age, and her name is also Sofia Vallet. The patient is an identity thief who forged her emancipation papers.

House gets the patient to confess that she killed her brother. Apparently Apparently, the patient hoped that someone would tell her it was just an accident

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* MunchausenSyndrome by proxy: Dr. Chase mentions this as a possible diagnosis.

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* MunchausenSyndrome by proxy: Dr. Chase mentions this as a possible diagnosis.diagnosis.
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Directed by: Creator/JimHayman

Written by: Creator/PamelaDavis and Creator/LeonardDick

Some factory workers are arguing about some personal matter when one of them falls on a conveyor belt, fomaing at the mouth and perilously close to a guillotine blade.

16-year-old girl emancipated minor with fluid in her lungs

discovers a bong in her apartment

After the MRI, Dr. Kutner figures out that the patient's parents are not actually dead. She admits that she wishes they were dead: her father raped her, and her mother looked the other way.


Dr. Taub tells the patient about his diagnosis with Huntington's. The patient counters with "Have you ever been raped?"



Dr. Foreman heads up a clinical drug trial but House doesn't approve



While Dr. Wilson is scrubbing up for surgery, House talks to him about his visit to Dr. Cuddy's house in the previous episode.

Dr. Hadley tracks down the patient's parents and visits them. There is a girl at that house, about Sofia's age, and her name is also Sofia Vallet. The patient is an identity thief who forged her emancipation papers.

House gets the patient to confess that she killed her brother. Apparently the patient hoped that someone would tell her it was just an accident


! This episode contains examples of the following tropes:
* Dr. Foreman has an EurekaMoment while talking to Dr. Cameron and Dr. Chase over coffee in the hospital cafeteria.
* MunchausenSyndrome by proxy: Dr. Chase mentions this as a possible diagnosis.

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