Private Practice

Season 4 Episode Guide

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Season 4 episodes

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Episode

1

Take Two

Sep 23, 2010

Pete and Violet anxiously prepare for their wedding day, but Cooper may have to intervene when emotions and fear of the future run high. Things hav...

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2

Short Cuts

Sep 30, 2010

Violet and Cooper make amendments to their friendship in order to please their significant others; Pete and Cooper get in an argument involving mar...

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3

Playing God

Oct 7, 2010

The man responsible for endangering Maya's life and killing Dell shows up at Oceanside Wellness with a heart condition, and Sam struggles with his...

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4

A Better Place to Be

Oct 14, 2010

The arrival of Dell's young orphaned daughter, Betsey, stirs up the emotions of everyone in the practice; and Pete and Amelia disagree over a risky...

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5

In or Out

Oct 21, 2010

Much to her displeasure, Addison is teamed with a new oncologist, Dr. Rodriguez, to treat a newborn baby with a malignant tumor; when Violet and Sh...

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6

All in the Family

Oct 28, 2010

Addison and Sam's relationship is strained when they disagree over the treatment and safety of a comatose patient who has become pregnant, while Pe...

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7

Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King?

Nov 4, 2010

After Pete discovers Charlotte in the halls of the hospital bloodied and bruised, he and their fellow doctors come to her aid, but only Addison lea...

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8

What Happens Next

Nov 11, 2010

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...

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9

Can't Find My Way Back Home

Nov 18, 2010

Despite how Charlotte is choosing to deal with the aftermath of her sexual assault, her fellow doctors think they know what's best, teaming up to p...

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10

Just Lose It

Dec 2, 2010

When the District Attorney's office delivers bad news to Charlotte and Cooper about her sexual assault case, Cooper is outraged and Charlotte seems...

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11

If You Don't Know Me By Now

Jan 6, 2011

Addison's mother, Bizzy, aggressively demands her daughter do whatever it takes to save her partner from dying - including working with Dr. Rodrigu...

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12

Heaven Can Wait

Feb 3, 2011

Addison plans Bizzy and Susan's wedding while trying to keep her distance from the overly flirtatious Dr. Rodriquez. Sam is concerned about the car...

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13

Blind Love

Feb 10, 2011

Charlotte's attacker, Lee Henry, arrives at St. Ambrose Hospital, injured by his girlfriend and in need of urgent care, and Sam and Charlotte must...

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14

Home Again

Feb 17, 2011

After tragedy strikes the Montgomery family, Addison goes home to Connecticut and Sam and her friends decide to join her. Meanwhile, Sheldon and Vi...

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15

Two Steps Back

Feb 24, 2011

Charlotte and Cooper look to forgive each another after revealing secrets during couples therapy, Violets seeks the forgiveness and approval of her...

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16

Love and Lies

Mar 17, 2011

The doctors of Oceanside clash when an expectant mother and her husband, desperate to have children, come to them in order to harvest the eggs of t...

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17

A Step Too Far

Mar 24, 2011

At the launch party for Violet's book, Sheldon falls for the smart, beautiful Dr. Marla Phillips, even though she's the critic who panned Violet's...

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18

The Hardest Part

Mar 31, 2011

When Pete's brother, Adam, brings their sick mother for a consult, Pete discovers her illness may be his brother's fault. Meanwhile, in the wake of...

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19

What We Have Here…

Apr 28, 2011

Katie threatens to take legal action against Violet for "breach of confidentiality," and although Violet feels that she hasn't done anything wrong,...

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20

Something Old, Something New

May 5, 2011

The day has arrived for Cooper and Charlotte to marry, but not everyone is in a celebratory mood, leading the couple to second-guess their wedding...

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21

God Bless the Child

May 12, 2011

A second trip to the ER sparks concern for Betsey's well-being and prompts the doctors to launch an investigation into her new foster family -- ris...

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22

...To Change the Things I Can

May 19, 2011

The doctors of Oceanside Wellness are faced with a tough decision -- to point out all areas of vulnerability within the practice and risk the termi...

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