Private Practice: "The Way We Were" (03x02)

The main reason I watch Private Practice has always been Addison. I love the character, I love Kate Walsh and I love her interacting with patient. Now, for some time, Addison has had little screen-time. I didn't like her story with Noah (going for a married man.... sorry, didn't feel right) and I don't like her all whiny. Consequently, I shouldn't like the new season of PP because it's all about Violet, Pete and the baby (Lucas). But I really do! Last night's episode was pretty great. Dramatic, sad and beautifully done. I hope this high standard stays.

Violet has been out of the hospital and back with the baby for quite some time now, but she still scares easily. She hides in the closet when someone rings the bell, spills coffee and is very eager to give the baby to other people as soon as possible. Pete, who stays with her, tries to convince her to go outside, but she doesn’t. Addison and Naomi visit her, all cooing over the baby, but still she stays in. The only one missing is her best friend, Cooper who didn’t go back for weeks.
Meanwhile, there were of course patients to care for and Cooper and the rest tried to get their minds of Violet by taking care of a woman who was supposedly beaten by her husband and then stabbed him. She had a daughter who watched the whole thing and the team tried to find out what really happened. The woman was taken away by the police in front of her child, and only after some time she admitted that the daughter was the one who stabbed her father. It turned out the daughter had a tumour that made her angry and that’s why she stabbed him.

But what’s wrong with Violet? Pete tries to stay away from her to get her to leave the house, but she then tells Charlotte (who I loved in this episode) that she can’t relate to the baby. Not even Cooper, who finally visits her can convince her otherwise and finally, she leaves the house. But only to go to Pete’s and give him the baby because she wants to be a good mother but can’t be with her child. It was one of the most dramatic and saddest scenes I have ever seen. Just wow. Also great was Addison and Naomi who try to overcome the fact that Naomi left the practice.
All in all, great episode, especially towards the end. Next Week: Bailey's visiting! I love her so much and it's going to be fun. And she has scenes with Sam, which is also great as she's single now.

Best Moment: Violet, Charlotte and the martinis.
Weirdest Moment: Violet giving her baby to Pete. Will she want it back?
Favourite Quote:

Cooper: "She's then years old, her dad hit her, she's watched her mom get hawled off by the cops..."
Charlotte: "All good material for a country song, but not good on a medical report."
Or:
Charlotte: "Do i look like someone who wants to hold a baby? I'm wearing silk!"

Current Mood: Impressed