I know I have already said this, but I think Private Practice may be one of my favorite television shows. If you watch Grey's but not PP, I highly recommend watching PP too. It is a great hour of television that is always cutting edge and tackling the difficult medical topics. And last night's episode was another roller coaster. Here is what happened in the episode, which appropriately started with a flashback of the Noah/Addison kiss.
- A man named William meets with Naomi and tells her he wants her to start a new practice with him. He says he can help her think bigger and it is obvious he has tons of money. She says she does not want to leave her practice and later in the episode he compares the practice to a child saying she could not orphan her baby. But William is persistent. He tells her he will be back in two weeks to present her with an offer. We then see William visit Charlotte and he asks her how "his" practice is doing. Seems sketchy. We'll see where this storyline goes. And as for Naomi, Sam knows she is keeping something from him. When she goes to his office ready to discuss it with him, Sam cuts her off before she can begin thinking she is going to talk about her relationship problems. He tells her he can't handle talking about their personal lives anymore and that they can no longer be friends so that he can finally get over her.
- A woman comes in to see Sam and he finds out she has an STD. She says she got it from her husband who she has known is cheating. Sam prescribes her some medicine and she leaves in a rush. Cooper is called to the hospital because a patient had an extreme allergic reaction. We find out that the woman with the STD is a teacher and that she has been sleeping with one of her 17-year-old students. When she found out she had an STD, she knew the kid must also so she gave him the prescription and he reacted badly. This leads the doctors at the practice to get into a debate about statutory rape and whether or not the teacher should be arrested. After Sam and Cooper warn the teacher to stay away from the student, she goes to visit him in the hospital and the parents find out about the affair. Shortly after the teacher is arrested but not before Sam talks with her and in convinced that she really loves him. The doctors are asking the teacher to just turn off her feelings, which is much harder said than done. In the end though, she does cut ties with the student and the child is told to let go and move on.
- Pete is still dating Lisa, who is the mother of one of his patients. He decides to tell her Violet's baby may be his and she reacts better than I would have expected. She is willing to make it work because she really likes Pete. But then Pete realizes he wants to be there for Violet and the couple breaks things off.
- Dell is still acting out and everyone is clearly fed up with him. At the end of the episode he breaks down to Pete about missing Betsy and it is clear that Dell is truly a mess because he feels like a part of him is missing. The worst part is that no matter what Dell wants to do, he cannot actually do anything because he does not know where Betsy is. He is stuck constantly worrying about her.
- Cooper is helping Violet get ready for the baby's birth. In other Violet news, Sheldon comes to her for advice because he has a patient who thinks she is in love with him but in reality the patient is in love with someone else and only transferring the feelings to Sheldon. At the end of the episode Sheldon bursts into Violet's office and tells her he loves her. He then proposes and the episode ended before she could answer.
- Addison is caring for a pregnant woman who has shortness of breath. She is accompanied by her brother-in-law who seems overly supportive and loving. Addison realizes the mother needs surgery so she is rushed to the hospital. When they get there, Addison finds out Noah was assigned as the surgeon on the case. The woman needs a new heart and her pregnancy is making her heart problem worse. Addison asks her to consider an abortion, which would buy them more time, but she refuses and is willing to take the chance. Noah gives her 48 hours to live. A few hours later, while the doctors are waiting for a heart, the patient's husband is brought into the hospital. He is diabetic and overdosed on insulin. He is brain dead and the same blood type as his wife, making him a possible donor. His heart could be used to save his wife. The wife is at first timid because she does not want to have a piece of her husband in her body, but her brother-in-law clarifies, "You are not taking from him; He is providing for you." But before the surgery to remove the husband's heart can be performed, Charlotte stops the doctors because she thinks the circumstances are too coincidental and she wants a medical examiner to look at the body. Charlotte and Addison both think he was murdered and Addison realizes that the dead man's brother, who is a nurse, would know exactly what to do so that his heart would have kept pumping. Addison is suspicious. She eventually confronts the brother but it ends up being a lesson for her, one about wanting something you can't have. The death is ruled an accidental overdose. At the end of the episode, Noah, after acting very professional for the entire episode, confronts Addison and asks why she kissed him back. At this point I do not know whether we are supposed to want them together or not, since I can't think of the last time adultery was condoned in such a way.
Side notes
- How adorable was the scene where Pete's new girlfriend, played by Idina Menzel, is walking to the elevator and as Sam passes by her comments on how he "likes her!" Menzel, in real life, is Taye Diggs' wife. It was adorable to see this interaction.
- While Addison and Noah are waiting for the heart transplant, Noah mentions how morbid the process is because it means they are waiting for someone to die. This made me think about the field of breaking news journalism. I have friends who work at the Boston Globe city desk and I have heard them more than once mention how boring their night has been and how they wish someone would get shot. It is weird how many professions prey on the pain of others.
Next week is the Private Practice season finale. The previews looked insane and I cannot wait for the episode, but I am also sad to see it go. As for spoilers, the actor who plays Noah told TvGuide.com that the final scene is mind blowing. As for this week's episode, were you also pleased and very entertained?
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