So, I wouldn't say a whole lot gets resolved on the season finale of Private Practice. The episode is basically one big custody battle, with characters fighting for control of their children, their lovers, and their entire lives. And then, in the second half, it becomes a bit of a horror movie. Ready to talk about it? Just read more.
Guys, this twist with Violet and Katie and the baby is messed up! As Amy Brenneman hinted, Violet's baby's in trouble — as is Violet herself. Katie turns up at Oceanside and appears immediately to be off her meds, almost manic. But Violet and Pete can't come up with any reason to have her hospitalized — a decision Violet pays for dearly when Katie shows up at her house and drugs her, paralyzing her from the neck down. Soon, Katie's whipping out surgical equipment, preparing to take back the baby she believes Violet stole. Logic doesn't stop her (Katie seems oddly aware of what a crazy thing she's doing), and Violet can't fight back. And of course Cooper chooses this one time to pick Charlotte over Violet, meaning he doesn't discover the gruesome scene. As the show fades to black, Katie's getting ready to cut, with Violet seemingly resigned to the fact that she'll die. All she can do is beg Katie to be good to her boy. On the Shonda Rhimes scale (remember, the woman killed Meredith Grey, put a bomb in a body, and brought back Denny), how crazy is this?
What bad timing, too, because Violet had finally just resolved to be happy. And what makes her happy? Being with Pete. Sheldon all but tells him to man up and fight for Violet if he wants her, and Pete — despite a rambling speech about how fighting hurts his knuckles — finally does. I'm relieved that she and Pete at least get to kiss before the Katie stuff goes down. Poor Sheldon, though, doesn't get his answer from Violet before the episode is up. Because she's not answering her phone. Because she's currently paralyzed from the neck down. So it goes.
Meanwhile, I'm so angry at Addison that I could spit. It's not like we never knew on Grey's Anatomy that Addison could do bad things — I mean, she cheated on Derek with his best friend. But I am just not OK with any of this Noah stuff. Hooking up with her pregnant patient's husband while the patient is practically giving birth oversteps so many boundaries, I can't even count them. I don't care if they haven't done anything wrong in the Biblical sense, as Addison claims. Noah's a creep, Addison's playing right into it, and I don't want to watch the two of them anymore, period.
In other news:
- Naomi's patient mixup, whether the fault of her or Dell or some combination, is so horrible to imagine. Its resolution is awfully tidy as far as the two pregnant women go, but it has to put doubts in Naomi's head about her own abilities as a doctor.
- Which doesn't stop her from taking the job at the rival practice, presumably ousting Charlotte. Naomi feels stuck in neutral, working at a practice she doesn't control anymore with a man she doesn't love anymore — even though, apparently, he still loves her, as he blurted out in this episode.
- I can't decide if I pity Charlotte or think it's about time someone tells her nobody likes working for her.
- Dell gets his daughter back, thanks to Sam, who kind of apologizes for giving Dell a hard time by giving him the money Heather wants (for drugs, I assume). I hope this means fewer tortured moments for Dell next season.
Did this cliffhanger make you want to come back next season — or want to turn off the show for good because of its sheer ridiculousness? Will Naomi really leave? Will Cooper conveniently realize he left something in the house and return to save the day?
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I Can't believe that's how it ended. I can't wait for next season. Poor Violet
1well i think that it's a good cliff hanger in the sense that people will now really want to know what happens - does she die, does the baby live...what happens with the mix-ups...all that stuff. it's for good tv especially with a show that's still relatively new
2I will tune in next season. They've had their fair share of crazy plots, I didn't think this one was way too ridiculous. Violet clearly won't die because there has been no word of Amy leaving the show. Maybe the baby will die but really I think someone will save her before Katie does any serious damage.
3I hate the obvious cliffhanger trick to get people back for next season ... but I like this show, so of course I'll watch. I don't like the noah/addison situation either, I agree it goes a bit too far.
4Can you seriously just paralyze someone from the neck down with one shot? My boyfriend just finished nursing school and couldnt think of a drug that would have fully paralyzed Violet from the neck down, while her still being able to be fully coherent and talk. ALso, if she was paralyzed from the neck down, wouldnt that hurt the baby?
5Oh man I was freaking out so badly after this ended last night! I can't believe we have to wait until September to find out what happens to Violet!!! Ugh!!! lol
6"Noah's a creep, Addison's playing right into it, and I don't want to watch the two of them anymore, period. " Thank you Buzz, thank you so much for saying that. Because I think in some weird way we're supposed to be sort of rooting for them because they're so obviously in love or some such schlock, but seriously? No. HATE that storyline. Hope it's over now.
And as much as I've been irritated by Violet in the past, she did such a good job in this episode, and I really really hope that Pete was on his way over there after work.
Also, I feel bad for Charlotte, and I don't like what Naomi's doing. For one thing, I like Charlotte. She's feisty, and she's not always nice, but at least she's not a wimp like some of these women are. And besides, her boss struck me as kind of a douchebag.
7I tuned out a few eps back, when Addison admitted her interest for Noah. Shondra really has a knack for making previously likeable characters hateful. After reading this review and hearing what a melodramatic soap opera mess the show has become, I am not regretting my decision to tune out at all.
8my mom watched pp with me last night and got totally freaked out by the Violet plot and i cant say I blame her. i do think they went to far last night....incidents like that really don't happen (often if ever) in real life. I know that its good for ratings ect....but they really didn't have to take that plot so far. obv. I will watch next season to find out what happens, but i have to say that im a bit disappointed in this show. i wish they would get back to realistic situations.
i agree with tlsgirl regarding the Charlotte / Naomi plot. I feel that instead of standing up and dealing with her mistakes Naomi is running from her problems right into a bad situation. she was the one who messed up oceanside wellness and made the mistakes, so why is giving her a new practice going to make things better? its not. she should fix the mistakes she made and move forward.
i LOVED Pete last night and thought he was the best of the group!
9ugh, i hate how it started to go down the nip/tuck path. i am not interested in watching a horror story just before i go to bed.
10I was literally screaming at my TV as I watched stupid Katie put her scalpel on Violet's stomach, it was terrifying. And really good! I feel badly for Addison, but I hope Noah can just get run over by a bus really soon, he is grating on my nerves, especially because the sensitive cheater is too cliched in Hollywood.
11i really liked this episode and was interested in all (most) of the story lines---esp violets, not only with the baby, but also with pete.
the women with the babies switched up were all interesting and i felt so bad for the one whose husband was dead!
12I love Addison and Noah together. He just needs to leave his annoying wife. There marriage was over before Addison. The wife said so.
13I hate the Addison/Noah relationship. Addison needs some serious therapy because she apparently believes she is emotionally sound at other times. That woman has issues given she is always choosing the wrong guy.
I felt bad for Charlotte. I would do what she did to. Can any girl take it when her boyfriend constantly chooses his best friend over her? I hope Cooper doesn't lash out at her for that phone call that prevents him from saving Violet. Plus, her boss does seem rather insensitive (ironically calling Charlotte on her own insensitivity). Didn't he know what Charlotte was like before he hired her?
I totally saw that Violent scene coming from the moment Katie was staring at Violent's baby bump. I was covering my eyes when she was about the cut. At the moment, I will be watching the next season mainly for the resolution of this and as well as to see how Cooper and Charlotte deal with it. All the other characters bore me a bit.
14i was so disappointed in the finale..it "jumped the shark" for me with the whole violet and katie story. don't care if i see it next season
15That episode disburbed me soo bad with Violet... I can't believe it ended like that. I will stay tuned, depending on the outcome of Violet's situation. I think she is one of the most realistic characters on the show despite her current circumstance.
They just have to make Cooper go back and save the day because he would not be able to forgive himself if something happened to Violet because of Charlotte... First of all Charlotte told him earlier in the episode she didn't need him. So basically, he should not go over to her apartment to consoling her at this point. He should have checked on Violet first because that was his regular routine being that she is ready to give birth any day!!!!
16The Violet 'baby snatcher' story line isn't all that ridiculous, I can remember a few cases happening in the last couple years.
17And yes, Addison and Noah are sickening. She needs to stop being a cheater.
Needless to say, the finale left me feeling nauseated. The whole Violet/Katie incident bring the majority. I personally believe that it was a bit too disturbing for the show. I will probably watch it to see what happens, but I think they should have found a better way to cliff hanger the episode, instead of leaving the audience cringing in their chairs. If the season 3 premier episode ends with Katie either being hospitalized (maximum security, I might add) or she gets killed by a means to save Violet (harsh, but seriously, she is psycho, if she isn't stopped, she will come back for Violet's baby) I may have a redeemed faith in the direction of the show. If Violet dies, and Katie runs off with the baby, then I may have to find a new show to watch during that time slot, or do something more productive, then watch a horror scene in the making.
As for the Addison/Noah storyline, I do not really mind it. It happens in real life. You fall in love with someone, who is a way 'forbidden'. You cannot help who you fall in love with, it just happens. I feel bad for his wife, but they would probably end up miserable, as he doesn't really love her.
Naomi should learn to fix her mistakes, and not run from them. I am a tad confused as to why she is given another practice after the embryo mix-up. In my opinion she should have been fired, not Charlotte, who at least does her work effectively, and doesn't let her emotions get in the way, like Naomi. So what if your ex is working there, and you don't control the practice, that's life. She made mistakes, she should own up to them, not be given a new opportunity to mess up.
Aside form that the rest of the show was great, Dell's story line was better, and the Violet/Pete resolution was a nice touch. I think they should have revealed who the father of the baby was, or added that in the cliff hanger, not the baby-snatcher, gore scene we were left with. Overall I would give the finale a 6.5, or a 7 out of 10. It would have been higher, but the Katie/Violet ending was just a bit too sick for me.
18A very stupid episode overall except for the Dell part.
19That whole conversation between Noah and Addison in his office with the sins and going to to hell and them laughing about it, I was foaming at the mouth. It made me so angry that the two of them were taking the destruction of a family so lightly. And I'm with you Buzz, Noah is a creep. period.
20I like PP, I watch it weekly. But this episode scared me silly....it wasn't a cliffhanger so much as a horror story gone terribly wrong. I did not enjoy that I will no doubt have to watch the Violet/Katie scene again in the re-cap in September. Blech...and ya, she better live. Or else, this might be my last season of PP, unfortunately.
21First of all, the Addison/Noah line irritates the heck out of me. These two people aren't in love, they are in lust. They're mistaking sexual tension as love. They haven't spent any time together, haven't gotten to know each other on a personal level. It's just sex between them. Period. What I'm not sure is if the writers of the show actually thought the audience would believe these two are in love just because they have the sexual tension and say the words.
I'm glad Dell's daughter is back. But I hope he doesn't put off filing for custody. If he had called child services or the police, at the least he'd be given temporary custody as well as having it on the files that the mother is an addict, making his pursuit of full custody more likely. I guess next season will show us if he's going to become a walking mat...or actually stand up and protect his daughter.
I think Naomi could have at least discussed with the others what she'd been offered and that she was considering taking the offer.
Charlotte was used, and used badly. She had the drive and ambition that that other group needed to get going, to get things started and in working order. Once those initial stages were set, she gets ousted and Naomi is brought in to what?? tear it down?? During this show I was hoping that Charlotte was going to be expected to share administration duties with Naomi. That would have been interesting to see, imo. But to have actually fired her? I'm thinking that Charlotte will either be hired by Naomi to cover what Naomi can't cover properly, or Addison's team will hire Charlotte. I don't see the last part working out though. But having a release from all the high pressure might do Charlotte some good.
I expect the Charlotte/Cooper story to run its usual course. When Charlotte is finally ready to open up, Cooper is caught up in something. When Cooper is ready to open up, Charlotte is caught up in something. This season finale shows, I believe, that Cooper will be overcome by grief over not having been there for Violet. Charlotte will also blame herself, but will try to be there for Cooper. Cooper will reject her efforts. Then, towards the middle or end of the season, Cooper will finally be ready to acknowledge Charlotte and her efforts to help him (and make up for her own guilt over Violet), but by then Charlotte will be sick of trying to make up for it all and will reject Cooper...again. And so the cycle continues...probably with Charlotte finding herself pregnant.
If Violet's character is to be saved, it will either be done by Sheldon who's concern over Violet's condition will have him dropping by her house to check on her, even though he knows her decision to reject him. Sheldon has enough firmness and strength in attitude to do what needs to be done for Violet..and to make the decisions she needs made. He'll also be able to help her with the psyche aspects that she'll be going through...even though she will, of course, be denying that she's going through them. Pete, I think, will wind up having to concede to Sheldon's decisions for Violet because of Sheldon's experience in that realm. Leaving Pete to feel helpless in being able to help Violet. And thus leaving a door open to renew the Addison/Pete story.
Sorry, to finish the first sentence of the previous paragraph, if it's not Sheldon that saves her, then maybe by some miraculously sudden return to some kind of sanity, Katie might either
22a) stop what she's doing when she sees all the blood,
b) pull the baby out and decide what she did was wrong,
c) see all the blood on the baby and freak out and call 911,
d) or call 911 as she's walking out the door with the baby.
My vote is for Sheldon doing the rescuing. I like Pete, but I think even without this added Drama that Violet needs someone more like Sheldon than Pete in her life. I think in time Pete would have issues with Violet's issues. And Violet's quirkiness will help keep Sheldon on his toes. And I think he'd enjoy that as well.
I was totally freaked out by the Violet/Katie plot in this episode- seriously- had to even think about whether or not I actually wanted to see the outcome of that cliffhanger. I agree with everyone who stated that this was way overboard for this show. It was bizarre- and yes- the writers usually have some quirky plotlines with some unexpected twists. But there seriously was no way to prepare for that ending. I think on other shows that have a lot of violence and/or drama - like Prison Break or the Unit or 24, the viewers can at least expect that level of violence /anxiety/ tension. For a show that is based around messed up love stories and cheating, it felt like the writers were trying to push the show in a completely different direction. I mean- how can they resolve that amount of tension without attempting to raise the bar for future episodes.
23The whole Noah / Addison thing- yeah- that was expected. Addison doesn't even stop to think about what she is doing and why she continues to end up in situations that make her hate herself, yet love love love the chase. She's addicted to chaos obviously- and continues to seek out situations that give her that rush of excitement/danger. This happens all the time- people seeking out these kinds of situations because the humdrum of normal life just doesn't satiate. I'm glad Charlotte got her ego handed to her- she's a b*tch, and pushes and pulls her way through people's lives- with little effort to try and change. Naomi- well... she took a coward's path away from her responsibility- conveniently leaving when the practice needed her support/energy...Or maybe not- maybe she did the practice a favor and left before more could happen.... who knows. Anyway- still unsure if I want to see how the baby stealer plot unfolds... just waaaaay too creepy!
Oh my god, I didn't realize that this was the season finale. I am so upset it ended like that! I was already dying from suspense from last week, and when I checked abc.com on Friday it still wasn't up. Ahhh, the suspense!!
24I just watched the last episode in the land of OZ and can not wait till the next season as left with extreme anxiety regarding the future of Violet having had a baby 8 months ago still very emotional regarding this situation and only hope that some one or some thing stops this unstable women I really like the whole crew and can not imagine an episode without Violet and especially her baby....Hope that the biological father is Pete....
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