Plot summary
1. A Family Thing
At Oceanside Wellness, friendships are tested and secrets revealed when Addison discovers that Naomi is concealing the practice's financial problems. Dell becomes frustrated at having to keep Naomi's secrets and quits. Addison and Naomi also clash over the ethical issue of whether a patient's baby should be delivered 3 months early (and likely die), so his cord blood could be used to save their other child, who is dying. Meanwhile, Violet wonders what secret Cooper is keeping from her, while Cooper himself has to decide whether or not to reveal a medical secret to a patient.
2. Equal and Opposite
Addison and Sam form a hostile takeover in order to bring the practice out of bankruptcy, as all of the doctors look for additional clients and new income streams, while Violet's friendship with Cooper is on the brink of extinction as Cooper keeps his relationship with Charlotte a secret from her. Addison and Naomi have to break the news to a married couple that they are actually related. Pete challenges Sam over his decision to go against a patient's wishes in order to keep his wealthy father happy.
3. Nothing to Talk About
Charlotte tries to woo Addison to St. Ambrose Hospital with promises of surgeries, as Addison and Kevin's ( David Sutcliffe ) relationship heats up. Meanwhile Sam uses Naomi to pitch his ideas for saving the practice, Pete's firefighter patient begins cross-dressing as a way of coping with post-traumatic stress disorder, and Violet's patient thinks her son might try to kill her. Naomi confesses to Violet that she is sleeping with Sam, and Addison discovers that Dell has started working at St. Ambrose Hospital, and convinces him to return to the practice.
4. Past Tense
An office election pits Sam and Naomi against each other to lead the practice, and ends with surprising results, while Addison treats a young Afghan girl who wants to hide her past, and Cooper's objectionable personal life catches up with his professional one. Addison confides in Violet's her fears of progressing her relationship with Kevin. Addison wants things to go back the way it was before the practice was broken, meaning before Sam and Naomi were broken. She enlists the other members of the practice to help arrange a vote as to who runs Oceanside better.
Naomi and her soft side approach, or Sam and his businesslike atmosphere. While discussing it a woman (Jayne Brook) comes in and begins kissing Pete, confusing all involved. After each side lobbies for their side it comes down to a vote with Addison abstaining after a speech about patient care. The surprising result is that after a vote for Sam and Naomi both, all other votes are for Addison, who now has no idea what to do.
5. Let It Go
In trying to fix the financial troubles at Oceanside Wellness, Addison puts her relationship with her fellow workers in peril, as she keeps Dell on administrative work, interferes with a patient that the practice has known for years and attempts to lease out the office space above much to Naomi and Sam's annoyance. A good friend of Violet's places her in the terrible position of breaking the law to help her, Cooper and Charlotte attempt to take their relationship to the next level while Charlotte is secretive about a job interview, and Maya hopes that her parents, Sam and Naomi, are rekindling their relationship for good.
6. Serving Two Masters
Episode title evokes Matthew 6:24. Addison treats two pregnant women who unknowingly share the same husband, a visit from an Alzheimer's patient and her loving husband ( Billy Dee Williams ) forces Sam and Naomi to look at their own relationship, the office finds out about Cooper's relationship with Charlotte while Violet confronts Charlotte over her plans to open a new clinic above Oceanside Wellness, and Dell reveals a very special woman in his life to his surprised coworkers. Naomi and Addison finally get their friendship back on track, while Addison panics after Kevin tells her he loves her, which leads to her putting the relationship at risk when she follows him.
7. Tempting Faith
Addison receives a surprise visit from her brother, Archer ( Grant Show ), a neurologist. His presence not only causes trouble for her relationship, but for Naomi and Sam as well. Addison and Naomi become concerned when their patients reject treatment that could save her triplets, as they fear angering God. Meanwhile Meg returns to try to make it work with Pete, a patient accused of a malicious crime stirs up anger and emotions for both Violet and Dell, and Violet and Charlotte continue to clash over Charlotte opening a new practice, and when Cooper finds out he breaks up with Charlotte.
8. Crime and Punishment
Addison and Charlotte have a legal battle to face when the partner of a comatose pregnant woman refuses to let them perform a cesarean section as he hopes his partner will wake up from her coma; Meg ruffles feathers when she begins performing abortions at Oceanside and tempers flare as differing opinions come to light; Violet seeks Kevin's advice when a patient is suspected of killing his wife; Charlotte attempts to rebuild her relationship with Cooper; and Violet meets the new therapist hired for Charlotte's practice, Sheldon ( Brian Benben ).
9. Know When to Fold
Charlotte's rival practice, Pacific Wellcare, opens its doors and the competition with Oceanside Wellness begins, as Sam and Pete steal one of their clients they end up in an ethical dilemma where if they treat the patient's knee he could over exert himself and have a heart attack, a patient of Addison's goes to a Pacific Wellcare doctor for a second opinion and the doctor's pompous attitude rubs Addison up the wrong way, and Dell proposes the creation of an in-house adoption program. Charlotte takes a pregnancy test. Violet goes on a date with Sheldon, but after a lackluster sexual experience, she ends up sleeping with Pete.
10. Worlds Apart
Pete's girlfriend, Meg, returns to Los Angeles and notices that Pete and Violet are considerably closer; Kevin questions the direction he and Addison are headed in as a couple when he learns that Addison is treating a call girl; Naomi attracts the ire of the practice when she assists Charlotte and Dr. Wyatt Lockhart ( Jay Harrington ) with a patient, Cooper treats a young diabetic boy and worries when he finds out that the child could have been kidnapped; and Charlotte and her team of Pacific Wellcare doctors continue to siphon business away from Oceanside Wellness.
11. Contamination
One of Cooper's patients contracts the measles and forces the quarantine of all those at Oceanside Wellness, and a Health Service worker to visit, who quickly rubs Sam up the wrong way, while Naomi pressures Addison into working with her cocky rival, Wyatt, on a fertility case; meanwhile, Addison wonders whether her relationship with Kevin is worth saving, Cooper tells the practice about Violet and Pete's relationship as they wonder if their friends-with-benefits relationship should move to the next level, and Dell fights for sole custody of his daughter.
12. Homeward Bound
As Addison and Kevin struggle in their relationship, she finds herself attracted to Wyatt, the cocky doctor from rival Pacific Wellcare, while Violet seeks a way to carry on relationships with both Pete and Sheldon, and Cooper grows closer to Charlotte when she experiences a family emergency. The doctors treat an entire family suffering from cystic fibrosis, and things get complicated when the daughter has to be separated from the rest of the family due to a bacterial infection. Sam and Violet have to deal with a patient who doesn't want to move to Florida with her son because of a secret. Naomi attempts to find out everything she can about Sam's new girlfriend.
13. Nothing to Fear
Violet is pregnant but doesn't know who the father is. Meanwhile Pete and Sam clash when their dying cancer patients wants their assistance in ending his life. Addison is haunted by guilt when Kevin keeps asking about why she was late coming home. After her father's death, Charlotte proposes to Cooper. The patient that Dell inducted into his adoption trial gives birth, but as the baby struggles with a birth defect, all parties involved struggle to make the necessary decisions. Violet tries to help a patient with severe agoraphobia attend her daughter's wedding.
14. Second Chances
Archer causes problems between Addison and Naomi, after he moves to LA to work at Pacific Wellcare. Meanwhile, Cooper tries to help Violet talk to both Pete and Sheldon about her pregnancy. Naomi's patient wants to have her daughter's child after she's killed in a car accident, but things get complicated when Violet tells Naomi a family secret. Cooper attempts to restart his relationship with Charlotte after turning down her marriage proposal. Dell is injured when a drug addict overdoses in Pete's office, before accusing the doctors of trying to kill him.
15. Acceptance
When Archer suffers a seizure, Addison and Naomi search for a cause and a cure. They even have to call Derek for help. Addison and Naomi leave for Seattle at Archer's bedside. Meanwhile, Violet tells Sheldon and Pete about her pregnancy, while Cooper is left to take care of a seven-year-old abandoned patient. Dell is worried when a baby he delivers doesn't exhibit normal behavioral signs. Charlotte's jealousy towards Cooper's friendship with Violet puts obstacles in the way of them reuniting. This is the first part of a four-part crossover with Grey's Anatomy. This episode segues into the Grey's Anatomy episode, " Before and After ".
16. Ex-Life
Bailey ( Chandra Wilson ) and Naomi try to discover why Sam has a sudden asthma attack while Addison helps Derek ( Patrick Dempsey ) save the life of his pregnant patient. At Oceanside Wellness, Cooper, Violet and Pete work together to treat a mother suffering from postpartum depression. This is the third part of a four-part crossover with Grey's Anatomy which began with the Private Practice episode "Acceptance". This episode picks up from where the Grey's Anatomy episode, "Before and After" left off. It segues into the concluding part " An Honest Mistake ". Grey's Anatomy main cast members Justin Chambers, Chandra Wilson, James Pickens, Jr., Eric Dane and Patrick Dempsey are featured as special guest stars.
17. Wait and See
Archer and Naomi grow romantically closer, but Addison discovers that her brother has begun sleeping around again, and she struggles with whether to tell Naomi. Meanwhile, Dell, Addison and Naomi heatedly debate the pros and cons of gender reassignment surgery when their patients' newborn child is born with both male and female sex organs. Violet and Sheldon settle some of their own issues when they co-lead a couples' therapy group. Sonya confronts Sam over why he traveled to Seattle, and worries whether he's committed to her. Pete has a patient who keeps seeing him under mysterious circumstances.
18. Finishing
Addison is attracted to a colleague at St. Ambrose Hospital who turns out to be more than she bargained for; Pete and Sheldon team up to persuade Violet to take a paternity test, but she firmly resists their efforts; and Naomi helps Sam plan romantic activities with Sonya after he accidentally calls her "Naomi" in bed. Violet and Pete deal with the victim of a carjacking who wants to remember the event. Cooper has a young patient, who requires surgery to have a heart tumor removed, but after a failed operation she decides to go against other surgical options.
19. What Women Want
After Addison discovers that a mentally unbalanced pregnant patient has lost her baby, Violet must convince her that the baby has died and that surgery is necessary, while Cooper must tell a longtime patient he must remove part of his jaw due to a fast-growing cancer. Meanwhile, Dell copes with the absence of his daughter after his ex moves for a new job, and Sam and Addison find themselves suppressing their feelings for two very unattainable people.
20. Do the Right Thing
Cooper struggles with a patient's mother, who is allowing her 12-year-old daughter to be sexually active. Naomi worries about Dell's nonchalant attitude toward work after his ex takes Betsy away. Meanwhile Pete begins dating his patient's fun and outgoing mom, causing a bit of jealousy in Violet; Sam has to take the stand during a malpractice trial for a colleague, and Addison continues to fight her feelings for a very persistent Noah.
21. What You Do for Love
When a pregnant woman starts to show signs of heart complications, Addison rushes her to St. Ambrose where Noah is standing by to help. Meanwhile at Oceanside Wellness, Sam notices Naomi frequently sneaking away from the clinic, and her elusiveness causes him to rethink their friendship; Pete's relationship with Lisa ( Idina Menzel ) becomes complicated by Violet's ever-present pregnancy; and Sheldon decides it's time to take a stand. Sam faces an ethical dilemma when he finds out his teacher patient is sleeping with a student, and things get worse when the student suffers an extreme allergic reaction to chlamydia medication.
22. Yours, Mine and Ours
Violet chooses between Pete and Sheldon; Addison faces her feelings for Noah as Morgan goes into labor; Dell has concerns for his daughter when a drugged-out Heather returns to town; and Naomi must decide if it's in her best interest to stay with Oceanside Wellness or start anew at Pacific Wellcare. Violet refuses to answer Sheldon's proposal. A mistake which saw two patients receive the wrong fetal implant is discovered. Violet finds herself and her unborn child at the mercy of a grief stricken patient.
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