Private Practice
Season 5 Episode Guide
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Season 5 episodes
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Episode
1
God Laughs
Sep 29, 2011
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 middl...
Episode
2
Breaking the Rules
Oct 6, 2011
The Oceanside Wellness doctors interview potential replacements for Naomi, including Jake Reilly, and no one understands Addison's resistance to hi...
Episode
3
Deal with It
Oct 13, 2011
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...
Episode
4
Remember Me
Oct 20, 2011
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 h...
Episode
5
Step One
Oct 27, 2011
Addison begins in vitro fertilization treatments with Jake's help, unbeknownst to Sam, Amelia is deeply conflicted when her terminally-ill friend,...
Episode
6
If I Hadn't Forgotten…
Nov 3, 2011
Charlotte's painful memories of a horrible tragedy are triggered as Amelia continues her downward spiral; Addison takes one step closer to motherho...
Episode
7
Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough
Nov 10, 2011
Amelia's drug addiction spins further out of control as she plays hooky from work with a new fling, starts writing pill prescriptions for herself,...
Episode
8
Who We Are
Nov 17, 2011
The Seaside Wellness group stages an intervention for a defensive and volatile Amelia, who has resurfaced after disappearing on a 12-day drug binge...
Episode
9
The Breaking Point
Nov 17, 2011
Amelia makes the hard decision to enter a rehab facility, and finds strength in an 18 year-old girl, as they both go through the painful detox proc...
Episode
10
Are You My Mother?
Jan 5, 2012
Cooper struggles with whether or not to punish Mason after he catches him stealing; Pete and Violet find it hard to split time with Lucas now that...
Episode
11
The Standing Eight Count
Jan 12, 2012
Pete, Violet, Sam and Addison adjust to their new, singles lives in different ways. Addison questions how much she wants a baby and confides in Jak...
Episode
12
Losing Battles
Jan 19, 2012
Just as Violet's personal life takes a turn for the better with Scott, the paramedic, Joanna (the abused woman she met at the airport months earlie...
Episode
13
The Time Has Come
Feb 2, 2012
Sheldon counsels Sam's friend, Rick, an Army veteran suffering from PTSD who harbors a secreted sexual trauma; Erica and Mason are involved in a no...
Episode
14
Too Much
Feb 9, 2012
Sam finds his estranged sister, Corinne, in jail, heavily medicated and near-catatonic, and brings her to Sheldon for help; Erica begins secret tre...
Episode
15
You Break My Heart
Feb 16, 2012
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 wo...
Episode
16
Andromeda
Feb 23, 2012
Sam tries to take care of his sister, Corinne, but her mental condition makes that nearly impossible; Sheldon learns that Amelia has life-changing...
Episode
17
The Letting Go
Mar 15, 2012
Sheldon warns Sam that he may be in over his head when he insists on releasing Corinne from the hospital and caring for her at home; a badly beaten...
Episode
18
It Was Inevitable
Apr 17, 2012
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,...
Episode
19
And Then There Was One
Apr 24, 2012
Pete and Violet enter marriage counseling to help patch up their relationship; Amelia shuts down emotionally and avoids her peers upon hearing some...
Episode
20
True Colors
May 1, 2012
Addison, Pete and the team treat an illegal immigrant facing deportation who self-induces her pregnancy so that her child will be a U.S. citizen; C...
Episode
21
Drifting Back
May 8, 2012
When a patient's partner and father are heatedly divided on his health care, Pete makes a decision that impacts everyone, including himself; meanwh...
Episode
22
Gone, Baby, Gone
May 15, 2012
When Amelia goes into labor, the Seaside doctors - even those she pushed away -- come to her side as she faces the hardest decision of her life. Me...
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