Plot summary
Pete's brother, Adam, comes to Pete for help when he believes that the treatment his mother is getting in prison may result in her dying. When Charlotte and Cooper go to the precinct, the police say they think they found the suspect and they schedule a line-up. While at the line-up, Charlotte freezes when she sees her attacker and insists that the man isn't there, but Violet, who went with her, suspects that she is lying. Addison and Amelia work on a case of a mother who has disabling seizures from scar tissue in her brain from injuries sustained in an auto accident a few years back.
Her capable but stressed fifteen-year-old daughter is bearing the weight of dealing with her mother's seizures and ongoing healthcare. Amelia attempts to convince her that an operation could stop the seizures permanently and prolong her mother's life. After the line-up, Violet tells Cooper about Charlotte's rape. When he gets home, Charlotte realizes that he knows, and together they go to another line-up where Charlotte confirms that Lee was the one who raped her. When Pete chooses not to assist in getting his mother out of prison, his brother leaves, stating that if he can't do this for their mother, he refuses to have anything to do with him.
Credits
Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, Private Practice season 4. HTML formatting and reference markers removed.