Plot summary
Addison returns from Connecticut, and begins crying at everything that she sees because of the loss of her mother. Dr. Fife returns to pledge his love for Naomi and to bring her back to where he was. Amelia talks her friend into getting a genetics test to see if she has Huntington's disease, only to find out that her test is positive, and Amelia is forced to help her friend deal with the devastating news. Sheldon grows irritated with the women of the practice going to him with their problems.
Violet has to decide what picture she wants to put on the back of the book, and decides to put one of her with her stomach exposed to show what happened during the attack. Naomi, Cooper, Charlotte, and Addison all argue whether they should help a couple that wants to take their unborn, but terminal child's ovaries and pump hormones into the eggs so that they'll be able to finally have a child of their own after failed IVF. Naomi questions whether or not she's happy being in LA and the practice. Addison finds out about Sam and Naomi's kiss.
Credits
Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, Private Practice season 4. HTML formatting and reference markers removed.