Private Practice
Show summary:
Private Practice is a spin-off of the highly popular ABC series, Grey's Anatomy starring Kate Walsh as Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery, a renowned neonatal surgeon. After realizing that her life isn't advancing at Seattle Grace, Addison packs her bags and heads off to Santa Monica to start a new life. She reunites with her newly divorced med school friends, Naomi (Audra McDonald) and Sam (Taye Diggs), and joins them in their chic private practice.
The series, created by Shonda Rhimes, is produced by ABC Television Studio in collaboration with The Mark Gordon Company and Shondaland Productions. It first aired as an episode of Grey's Anatomy. The episode, titled The Other Side Of This Life, was known as a backdoor pilot. It tested the idea of the show, but also shared the plot with Grey's Anatomy scenes weaving in and out, from which it was spin-off.
Awards
Young Artist Awards
Category: Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actor - Joey Luthman
Year: 2009
Result: Won (Tied with Carlos Knight for "ER")
NAMIC Vision Awards
Category: Drama
Year: 2009
Result: Nominated
People's Choice Award
Category: Favorite New TV Drama
Year: 2008
Result: Nominated , Won the 4th place.
Image Awards
Category: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series - Taye Diggs
Year: 2009
Result: Won
Category:Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series- Audra McDonald
Year: 2009
Result: Nominated
Category: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series -Taye Diggs
Year: 2008
Result: Nominated
Category:Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series-Audra McDonald
Year: 2008
Result: Nominated
Category:Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series-Shonda Rhimes(In Which We Meet Addison, a Nice Girl From Somewhere Else)
Year: 2008
Result: Nominated
TV.com Fashion Awards
Category:On Air: Best Overall Fashion - Male - Dr. Sam Bennett
Year: 2008
Result: Nominated
BMI Film & TV Awards
Year: 2008
Result: Won, Tim Bright, Chad Fischer
Year: 2009
Result: Won, Tim Bright, Chad Fischer Season 1
# Episodes : 9 Season Premiere: September 26, 2007- In Which We Meet Addison, a Nice Girl From Somewhere Else
Season Finale:December 5, 2007 -In Which Dell Finds His Fight
DVD Release: September 16, 2008
Viewers: 11.5 m
Season 2
# Episodes : 22 Season Premiere: October 1st,2008 - A family thing Season Finale: April 30, 2009 - Yours, Mine and Ours
DVD Release: September 15, 2009
Viewers: -
Season 3
# Episodes : -
Season Premiere: October 1st,2009 - A Death in the Family
Season Finale: Spring 2009
DVD Release: -
Viewers: -
Private Practice is a spin-off of the highly popular ABC series, Grey's Anatomy starring Kate Walsh as Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery, a renowned neonatal surgeon. After realizing that her life isn't advancing at Seattle Grace, Addison packs her bags and heads off to Santa Monica to start a new life. She reunites with her newly divorced med school friends, Naomi (Audra McDonald) and Sam (Taye Diggs), and joins them in their chic private practice.
The series, created by Shonda Rhimes, is produced by ABC Television Studio in collaboration with The Mark Gordon Company and Shondaland Productions. It first aired as an episode of Grey's Anatomy. The episode, titled The Other Side Of This Life, was known as a backdoor pilot. It tested the idea of the show, but also shared the plot with Grey's Anatomy scenes weaving in and out, from which it was spin-off.
Awards
Young Artist Awards
Category: Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actor - Joey Luthman
Year: 2009
Result: Won (Tied with Carlos Knight for "ER")
NAMIC Vision Awards
Category: Drama
Year: 2009
Result: Nominated
People's Choice Award
Category: Favorite New TV Drama
Year: 2008
Result: Nominated , Won the 4th place.
Image Awards
Category: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series - Taye Diggs
Year: 2009
Result: Won
Category:Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series- Audra McDonald
Year: 2009
Result: Nominated
Category: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series -Taye Diggs
Year: 2008
Result: Nominated
Category:Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series-Audra McDonald
Year: 2008
Result: Nominated
Category:Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series-Shonda Rhimes(In Which We Meet Addison, a Nice Girl From Somewhere Else)
Year: 2008
Result: Nominated
TV.com Fashion Awards
Category:On Air: Best Overall Fashion - Male - Dr. Sam Bennett
Year: 2008
Result: Nominated
BMI Film & TV Awards
Year: 2008
Result: Won, Tim Bright, Chad Fischer
Year: 2009
Result: Won, Tim Bright, Chad Fischer Season 1
# Episodes : 9 Season Premiere: September 26, 2007- In Which We Meet Addison, a Nice Girl From Somewhere Else
Season Finale:December 5, 2007 -In Which Dell Finds His Fight
DVD Release: September 16, 2008
Viewers: 11.5 m
Season 2
# Episodes : 22 Season Premiere: October 1st,2008 - A family thing Season Finale: April 30, 2009 - Yours, Mine and Ours
DVD Release: September 15, 2009
Viewers: -
Season 3
# Episodes : -
Season Premiere: October 1st,2009 - A Death in the Family
Season Finale: Spring 2009
DVD Release: -
Viewers: -
Private Practice - Season 5 Episode 17
As Erica's medical condition rapidly worsens, Cooper and Charlotte do their best to prepare an in-denial Mason; Violet and Pete, both single again, find they still have feelings for each other; Addison encourages Amel...
Private Practice - Season 5 Episode 16
Sam tries to take care of his sister, Corinne, but her mental condition makes that nearly impossible; Sheldon learns that Amelia has life-changing news; the flirtation between Addison and Jake continues, and Cooper re...
Private Practice - Season 5 Episode 15
Sam tries to take care of his sister, Corinne, but her mental condition makes that nearly impossible; Sheldon learns that Amelia has life-changing news; the flirtation between Addison and Jake continues, and Cooper re...
Private Practice - Season 5 Episode 14
Cooper and Charlotte take Erica to Seattle Grace to meet with Derek, Lexie and Amelia regarding a very risky surgery; Scott tells Violet that he would like to take their relationship to the next level; and Addison fin...
Private Practice - Season 5 Episode 13
When Sam finds his estranged sister in jail under heavy medication and nearly catatonic, he calls on Sheldon for help. Meanwhile, Cooper, Pete and Addison treat a drug addict's baby; Erica begins secret cancer treatme...
Private Practice - Season 5 Episode 12
Sheldon counsels an Army-veteran friend of Sam's suffering from PTSD who harbors a secret sexual trauma. Meanwhile, Erica and Mason get into in a nonfatal car accident, upsetting Cooper and Charlotte all the more; Pet...
Private Practice - Season 5 Episode 11
Pete, Violet, Sam and Addison adjust to their newly unattached status in different ways: Addison questions how much she wants a baby and confides in Jake; Violet considers dating a hot, young paramedic; and Sam and Pe...
Private Practice - Season 5 Episode 10
Pete, Violet, Sam and Addison adjust to their newly unattached status in different ways: Addison questions how much she wants a baby and confides in Jake; Violet considers dating a hot, young paramedic; and Sam and Pe...
Private Practice - Season 5 Episode 8
Amelia's colleagues stage an intervention for her when she returns from her drug binge, and she reluctantly goes into rehab; Cooper's growing bond with his son is tested by his allegiance to a patient; Pete and Violet...
Private Practice - Season 5 Episode 7
Amelia leaves work with a new fling, writes herself pill prescriptions and has a run-in with police; Addison and Jake must choose between donating a patient's organs and saving her healthy unborn baby; Violet returns ...
Private Practice - Season 5 Episode 6
Amelia spirals further out of control, triggering in Charlotte memories of a past tragedy; Addison chooses a sperm donor; Cooper discovers that an ADHD patient is being drugged by his parents; and Pete's inability to ...
Private Practice - Season 5 Episode 5
Addison begins in vitro fertilization treatments with Jake's help, unbeknownst to Sam, Amelia is deeply conflicted when her terminally-ill friend, Michelle, asks her assistance in her suicide, and Sam and Violet conte...
Private Practice - Season 5 Episode 4
Cooper receives the surprise of his life when a woman from his past arrives at the practice; Addison consults her patient, Jodi, who is eight and half months pregnant and suffering from severe memory loss after a trau...
Private Practice - Season 5 Episode 3
Addison and Jake work with a patient who wants to have a baby even though she doesn't have a uterus; Amelia, back in AA and seemingly back on track, treats a Parkinson's Disease patient who habitually cheats on her hu...
Private Practice - Season 5 Episode 2
The Oceanside Wellness doctors interview potential replacements for Naomi, including Jake Reilly, and no one understands Addison's resistance to hiring him; Cooper breaks the law and crosses his wife, Charlotte, in an...
Private Practice - Season 5 Episode 1
Sam, Cooper, Charlotte and Amelia team up to save the life of their friend Pete after he suffers a heart attack, while Violet, who was in the middle of leaving Pete and LA, is nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, Addison's...
Private Practice - Season 4 Episode 22
Season 4 finale: Oceanside Wellness faces an existential crisis as a result of its vulnerabilities. Meanwhile, Addison has a new admirer (Benjamin Bratt), who makes her a tempting offer; and Charlotte is assigned a ca...
Private Practice - Season 4 Episode 21
The Pacific Wellness doctors investigate Betsey's foster family after Dell's daughter needs ER treatment for the second time. Meanwhile, Amelia's drinking problem gets worse; and Naomi makes a life-changing family dec...
Private Practice - Season 4 Episode 20
Charlotte and Cooper's wedding day arrives, but not everyone is happy about it. Meanwhile, an investigator is looking into Violet's breach-of-confidentiality case. It's a situation in which her interests and those of ...
Private Practice - Season 4 Episode 19
Violet must defend her book after Katie Kent (Amanda Foreman) threatens to sue her after reading about herself in it; and Cooper suspects that Charlotte isn't entirely over her ex-husband.
Private Practice - Season 4 Episode 18
Pete's brother (Kyle Secor) brings their mother (Louise Fletcher) in for a consultation; Violet catches Sheldon asking her archenemy for a date; Cooper treats a young music prodigy who has a brain tumor.
Private Practice - Season 4 Episode 17
Sheldon falls for the critic who panned Violet's book; a patient is caught in a love triangle with her brother-in-law and sister; Cooper and Sam try to convince a family to put a boy's health above his wrestling career.
Private Practice - Season 4 Episode 16
A woman and her husband want to harvest their unborn baby's eggs; a woman threatens suicide if she tests positive for Huntington's disease; Fife returns to share his feelings with Naomi.
Private Practice - Season 4 Episode 15
Cooper and Charlotte try to forgive each other after revealing secrets in couples therapy; one of Sheldon's patients claims to have multiple personality disorder; Naomi and Sam treat a pregnant teen who has Down syndr...
Private Practice - Season 4 Episode 14
When Addison goes home to Connecticut to deal with a family tragedy, Sam and her friends decide to tag along; Sheldon and Violet fight over a death row patient's confession.
Private Practice - Season 4 Episode 13
Charlotte's attacker (Nicholas Brendon) arrives at the hospital in need of urgent care; Bizzy begs Addison for help when Susan's health deteriorates.
Private Practice - Season 4 Episode 12
Addison tries to keep her distance from flirtatious Dr. Rodriguez (Cristián de la Fuente); Sam worries about the care a patient is receiving; Sheldon refers Charlotte to a friend for psychiatric help.
Private Practice - Season 4 Episode 11
Addison's mom demands she do whatever it takes to keep her partner alive.
Private Practice - Season 4 Episode 10
Cooper gets bad news about Charlotte's sexual assault case; a case involving a pregnant drug addict hits Addison hard.
Private Practice - Season 4 Episode 9
Charlotte chooses to suffer in silence as she tries to deal with the emotional aftermath of the attack, as Addison struggles to keep the events of that night a secret, while Cooper and the doctors of Oceanside Wellnes...
Private Practice - Season 4 Episode 8
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Private Practice - Season 4 Episode 7
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Private Practice - Season 4 Episode 6
Sam and Addison disagree over the treatment of a comatose patient who becomes pregnant; Charlotte and Pete face an ethical dilemma when a patient with HIV is in a serious car accident.
Private Practice - Season 4 Episode 5
Addison butts heads with a new oncologist (Cristian de la Fuente) while treating a newborn with a malignant tumor; Pete is uncomfortable when Violet tries to help a parolee.
Private Practice - Season 4 Episode 4
Emotions are stirred up at the practice when Dell's daughter arrives; a pregnant woman experiences chronic pain.
Private Practice - Season 4 Episode 3
The man responsible for killing Dell and endangering Maya's life comes to the clinic with a heart condition; news of Addison's new romance is not received well.
Private Practice - Season 4 Episode 2
Violet and Cooper make changes to their friendship to appease their significant others; Pete and Cooper argue over a patient's (Justine Bateman) marijuana use; Addison debates going public with her new romance.
Private Practice - Season 4 Episode 1
Pete and Violet prepare for their wedding day; things take a surprising turn with Addison and Sam; despite disagreements, the doctors come together to mourn the loss of Dell.
Private Practice - Season 3 Episode 23
Maya and her unborn baby are fighting for their lives on the operating table, and Addison, Amelia and Fife try everything humanly possible to save them. Meanwhile, Sam operates on an incoming crash victim and later ma...
Private Practice - Season 3 Episode 22
Naomi begs Fife to use his still experimental treatment to help William's advanced ALS. Violet and Amelia treat a woman with a brain tumor, while Sheldon decides to vie for Charlotte's affections.
Private Practice - Season 3 Episode 21
After Violet files for joint custody of Lucas, an embittered Pete voraciously fights back by hiring a tough attorney for the trial, forcing their fellow friends and co-workers to choose sides and have their personal l...
Private Practice - Season 3 Episode 20
After her open-ended escape to Costa Rica, Violet has finally returned home and to the practice. Everyone treads a little lightly around her, especially Pete and Addison who have mixed feelings about Violet's desire ...
Private Practice - Season 3 Episode 19
When a famed neurosurgeon and her team visit St. Ambrose, Addison is surprised to see Derek's younger sister on the team; Charlotte and Cooper try to figure out how to work together.
Private Practice - Season 3 Episode 18
A husband's decision to pull the plug on his pregnant wife is overruled by a judge, forcing the hospital to keep her on life support until the fetuses she is carrying as a surrogate are able to survive. Meanwhile, Nao...
Private Practice - Season 3 Episode 17
When Addison's patient and the life of the three unborn babies she is carrying as a surrogate hang in the balance, Sam's new girlfriend, Vanessa, and Addison are sharply divided on the course of treatment. Meanwhile C...
Private Practice - Season 3 Episode 16
Addison, Pete and Sam must work together on a complicated case involving a father-to-be who comes down with tuberculosis; Sheldon's helps one of Violet's patients get over her fear of flying.
Private Practice - Season 3 Episode 15
As Violet continues to help Sam with Maya's wedding, Naomi refuses to take part as she works with Addison and Pete to save the life of a 25-week-old premature baby. Meanwhile, Cooper suspects that Charlotte's new boyf...
Private Practice - Season 3 Episode 14
As tensions between Sam and Addison rise, she turns to Pete for comfort.
Private Practice - Season 3 Episode 13
Addison and Cooper are counseling a couple who must pick a child to save with their newborn's cord blood. Meanwhile Dink wants to marry Maya.
Private Practice - Season 3 Episode 12
Maya shocks Sam and Naomi, while Pete and Fife disagree on patient care.
Private Practice - Season 3 Episode 11
Addison and Mark head back to Ocean Wellness to help his pregnant daughter. Naomi and Dell can't agree how to raise their children together and Violet and cooper can't agree on patient care.
Private Practice - Season 3 Episode 10
An explosion at Dell's house lands Betsey and Heather in the hospital. everyone is pushed to the limit in trying to save their lives. The tensions between Addison and The Captain rise even more when her mother, Bizzy,...
Private Practice - Season 3 Episode 9
Addison performs a complex utero surgery, proving not only her talents to her father but giving them some common ground. Sam and Naomi deal with have a family crisis when they discover Maya is growing up way too fast....
Private Practice - Season 3 Episode 8
Addison is thrown by the arrival of her father to Los Angeles. Cooper is arrested when he refuses to cooperate in a case involving a patient. Pete fights to keep a terminally ill patient alive long enough for him to m...
Private Practice - Season 3 Episode 7
Addison and Sam go for a hike in Malibu, they come across an expecting couple trapped in their car after an accident, they then perform urgent field care. Charlotte, Cooper and Violet treat a newlywed who, on his wedd...
Private Practice - Season 3 Episode 6
The doctors venture into controversial territory when an unexpected new hire at Pacific Wellcare causes Naomi to struggle with the idea of genetically designing babies and Violet makes a sudden decision to try electri...
Private Practice - Season 3 Episode 5
A serious complication threatens the fetuses of two of Naomi's former patients; Violet is asked to testify against her attacker; Charlotte tries to join the Oceanside Wellness Group.
Private Practice - Season 3 Episode 4
Addison, Sam and Cooper treat the sick child of a homeless teen mother (Lucy Hale) they met while volunteering. Meanwhile Violet has trouble relating to her baby when her feelings about her attack resurface during cou...
Private Practice - Season 3 Episode 3
Miranda Bailey brings a kidney transplant patient to Los Angeles, and Addison and especially Sam is pleased to see her. Addison's consequences of her emotional affair with Noah catch up with her. Sheldon and Pete fina...
Private Practice - Season 3 Episode 2
Violet is physically recovering from her violent attack at home, but the emotional trauma she suffers from isn't going away, despite her friends best efforts. Meanwhile, Addison and Naomi try to mend their tension-fil...
Private Practice - Season 3 Episode 1
Season 3 opener: Addison and Naomi struggle in the ER to save Violet, whose baby is still missing, as is her attacker (Amanda Foreman). Meanwhile, flashbacks recall Pete and Violet's first meeting, which took place fo...
Private Practice - Season 2 Episode 22
Violet comes to the point of having to choose between Pete and Sheldon. Dell gets concerned for his daughter when Heather comes back into town all drugged up. Meanwhile, Naomi must decide if it´s in her best interest...
Private Practice - Season 2 Episode 21
Sam starts to reconsider his friendship with Naomi and Addison with Noah's help try to save a pregnant woman with heart problems. Meanwhile, Pete's relationship with Lisa gets complicated with Violet's pregnancy.
Private Practice - Season 2 Episode 20
Cooper struggles with a patient's mother because she allows her 12-year-old daughter to be sexually active. Pete begins dating his patient's mom, arousing jealousy in Violet. Meanwhile, Sam must testify at a colleague...
Private Practice - Season 2 Episode 19
Dell is dealing with the absence of his daughter since his ex moved for a new job. Cooper has to give devasting news to a cancer patient. Meanwhile Addison and Violet have to help a psych patient who lost her baby to ...
Private Practice - Season 2 Episode 18
Addison starts flirting with a colleague at St. Ambrose Hospital. Meanwhile Sheldon and Pete try to convince Violet to take a paternity test to see who the father is.
Private Practice - Season 2 Episode 17
Naomi and Archer (Grant Show) grow closer as a couple, but Addison suspects that her brother is still a bachelor at heart. Meanwhile, a baby is born with both male and female sex organs, leading to a heated debate abo...
Private Practice - Season 2 Episode 16
Bailey and Naomi try to discover why Sam has a sudden asthma attack while Addison helps Derek save the life of his pregnant patient.
Private Practice - Season 2 Episode 15
When Archer suffers a seizure, Addison and Naomi, search for a cause and a cure. They have to even call Derek for help. Meanwhile, Violet tells about the pregnancy to Sheldon and Pete, while Cooper is left to take car...
Private Practice - Season 2 Episode 14
Archer causes problems between Addison and Naomi, after he moves to LA to work at Pacific Wellcare. Meanwhile, Cooper tries to help Voilet talk to both Pete and Sheldon about her pregnancy.
Private Practice - Season 2 Episode 13
Violet discovers she's pregnant but doesn't know who's the father. Addison feels guilty after her kiss with Wyatt. Sam and Pete are ask by a friend to help him die, while Charlotte proposes to Cooper.
Private Practice - Season 2 Episode 12
Addison finds herself attracted to Wyatt (Jay Harrington) as she and Kevin struggle in their relationship; Violet tries to carry on relationships with both Pete and Sheldon (Brian Benben); and Cooper grows closer to C...
Private Practice - Season 2 Episode 11
A patient of Cooper's contracts the measles, forcing a quarantine at Oceanside; Naomi pressures Addison to work with Wyatt (Jay Harrington) on a fertility case; Dell fights for sole custody of his daughter; and Violet...
Private Practice - Season 2 Episode 10
Meg (Jayne Brook) returns to Los Angeles and notices that Pete and Violet have gotten closer; Kevin questions his relationship with Addison; Cooper treats a diabetic boy with a mysterious past; and Charlotte's practic...
Private Practice - Season 2 Episode 9
Pacific Wellcare, Charlotte's practice opens, and the competition with Oceanside Wellness starts; Dell suggests that an in-house adoption program should be created.
Private Practice - Season 2 Episode 8
Addison and Charlotte fight to save the lives of a woman in a coma and her unborn child; members of the Oceanside staff clash with Meg; when a patient is suspected of murdering his wife, Violet seeks Kevin's advice.
Private Practice - Season 2 Episode 7
Addison receives a surprise visit from her brother, Archer (Grant Show), who's also a surgeon, and his presence causes trouble not only for her but for Naomi and Sam as well. Meanwhile, Meg (Jayne Brook) returns and t...
Private Practice - Season 2 Episode 6
Addison treats two pregnant women who unwittingly share the same husband; Violet confronts Charlotte about her liaison with Cooper; Dell reveals a special woman in his life.
Private Practice - Season 2 Episode 5
Addison tries to fix the financial troubles at Oceanside Wellness, but ends up doing more harm than good. Meanwhile, Violet's friend asks her to break the law to help her while Maya hopes that Sam and Naomi are gettin...
Private Practice - Season 2 Episode 4
Sam and Naomi are against each other to lead the practice with unexpected results. Addison treats a girl trying to hide her past while Cooper has a dilemma of his own affecting his professional career.
Private Practice - Season 2 Episode 3
Charlotte tries to tempt Addison to come to St. Ambrose Hospital by promising her surgeries; Sam doubts his ability to save Oceanside Wellness from financial ruin; Pete's firefighter patient suffers an unusual form of...
Private Practice - Season 2 Episode 2
Addison and Sam form a hostile takeover in order to bring the practice out of bankruptcy, as all of the doctors look for additional clients and new income streams, while Violet's friendship with Cooper is on the brink...
Private Practice - Season 2 Episode 1
Addison and Charlotte work on a patient together.
Private Practice - Season 1 Episode 9
Oceanside Wellness Centre focuses on fertility and starts a new dads-to-be class; Sam and Naomi struggle to figure out where their relationship is headed and Addison is conflicted about her status in the dating world....
Private Practice - Season 1 Episode 8
Cooper returns to online dating with surprising results, Addison dates a guy who turns out to be one of Violet's patients; Naomi and Sam make a house call at a convent. Pete, together with Addison participate in a Saf...
Private Practice - Season 1 Episode 7
While Sam finds himself in the midst of a dangerous house call, love - or at least sex - is in the air at Oceanside Wellness Centre as Pete and Addison decide to take their relationship to the next level, while Violet...
Private Practice - Season 1 Episode 6
Charlotte seeks Pete's help in treating her insomnia. Naomi goes on her first date since college while Cooper suspects that his patient's injuries aren't an accident and a patient asks Addison and Naomi to conceal her...
Private Practice - Season 1 Episode 5
Addison can't stop thinking of Pete. Cooper is not happy to see Allan, Violet's ex-boyfriend, at the clinic. Maya, Naomi and Sam's daughter, secretly seeks Addison for medical advice. Dell gets to carry out his first ...
Private Practice - Season 1 Episode 4
Addison invites her fellow Oceanside Wellness colleagues to her house for a get together party, but no one RSVPs, the wife of Violet's ex-boyfriend visits the wellness centre for medical treatment and Violet is none t...
Private Practice - Season 1 Episode 3
Addison and Pete treat a recently married couple who are having sexual problems. Cooper is trying to figure out why four siblings are all suffering from the same mysterious illness. Maya tells Naomi she's been hoping ...
Private Practice - Season 1 Episode 2
Two couples are involved in an unfortunate baby switch and the doctors must handle and solve it. Sam treats a client that may upset Naomi. A grandmother goes to extreme lengths to stop her son killing himself with alc...
