Plot summary
Sam, Jake, and Addison begin arguing on the procedure for a patient for a pregnant woman who got into a car accident and is now brain dead. Addison confronts Amelia about her drug addiction, forcing Amelia to go to a hotel room. Erica gets angry when she finds that Charlotte spent time with Mason, when she left Mason with Cooper since it was Mason's day off from school and Erica had to work. Violet gets her license reinstated and enlists Sheldon to oversee her therapy sessions as a requirement to get her full license back.
Pete then confronts Sheldon when he believes that he is being too harsh on Violet. Amelia is confronted by the police when she breaks into the practice to steal her prescription notepad; Charlotte vouches for her and tries to convince Amelia to stop going down the path she's taking. Sheldon works to try to find Amelia after she goes AWOL. Addison gets implanted with the embryos in an effort to get pregnant. Erica agrees to let Mason sleep over with Charlotte and Cooper, after she finds that Charlotte was trying to protect Cooper when she tried to pay her off.
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Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, Private Practice season 5. HTML formatting and reference markers removed.