Addison goes on a road trip to LA as she is given another job offer in California, although she finds that no matter where she is, drama follows her. While in LA, she helps resolve a surrogacy problem, where it seems the surrogate had unprotected sex with many other guys on the week she was implanted with the fertilized egg. Meredith continues to improve her relationship with her father and step-mother when her step-mother is brought to the hospital. Cristina is having issues coping with her mother and (soon-to-be) mother-in-law.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 1 Episode 0 of Private Practice resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Private Practice Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e00 - The Other Side of This Life (Parts 1 & 2)
• s01e01 - In Which We Meet Addison, a Nice Girl From Somewhere Else
• s01e02 - In Which Sam Receives an Unexpected Visitor
• s01e03 - In Which Addison Finds the Magic
• s01e04 - In Which Addison Has a Very Casual Get Together
• s01e05 - In Which Addison Finds a Showerhead
• s01e06 - In Which Charlotte Goes Down the Rabbit Hole
• s01e07 - In Which Sam Gets Taken For A Ride
• s01e08 - In Which Cooper Finds a Port In His Storm
• s01e09 - In Which Dell Finds His Fight

Private Practice Show Summary

In this spin-off Grey's Anatomy, neonatal surgeon Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery relocates from Seattle Grace Hospital to the Oceanside Wellness Group in sunny Santa Monica, California following a failed marriage and two affairs. There she reconnects with medical school friends, Sam and Naomi Bennett, friends she thought had the ideal life - a successful marriage, lucrative wellness group, and a beautiful 14 year-old daughter. However, Addison finds that Sam's success as a TV health guru lead to the end of his marriage to Naomi, leaving them both lonely and searching for another relationship.

The other members of the Oceanside Wellness Group have their own share of personal issues as well. Peter Finch, an alternative medicine doctor, is dealing with the pain of losing his wife through a series of one-night stands. Cooper Freedman, a pediatrician, relies on the Internet to hook up with women, but after having his car stolen by one of his hookups, he's slowly finding that the Internet may not be the best means to meeting the woman of his dreams. Violet Turner, the resident therapist, doubts that she's doing any good for any of her patients and wonders if she's even able to help herself.

But aside from each of their personal problems, together the staff at Oceanside Wellness group combines cutting-edge work and alternative medicine to save lives. By joining the staff, Addison finds that a move to sunny Southern California may just be the right prescription for life.