‘Private Practice’ review: Addison learns [spoiler] in the worst way ever
When you remember that the worlds of “Private Practice” and “Grey’s Anatomy” are very much linked, then you surely knew that it was only a matter of time before Addison found out the stunning news: Mark Sloan was in a plane crash, and he is no longer among the living.
Before we get to the question that everyone wants to find out about, let’s start by focusing inside on some of the other stories that unfolded during the episode. For one thing, Kate Walsh’s character had to deal with the aftermath that she chose Jake over Sam, namely in that she hadn’t broken the news that she and Jake were living together to him before Sam found out about it in the worst way imaginable. In other news related to news coming out at the wrong times, Cooper ended up spilling the beans on his upcoming triplets with Charlotte while having a conversation with a very high Violent sitting in an empty bathtub. This really provided one of the funnier moments of the episode, even if Sam decided to come in and be the Debbie Downer of this whole ordeal.
Then again, based on what happened next, we almost wish that someone had taken the pot away from Violet a little bit sooner. While everyone was trying to mourn Pete with a party that he apparently wanted, Addison found out the news that Mark was being taken off live support; and moments later, we had the world’s worst karaoke session from one very stoned person trying to make everyone feel better.
While Addison has this new gut-wrenching pain to deal with, there was one final moment of this episode worth mentioning: she and Sam are going to try and be friends at some point down the road. It may just take some time. Just like it is going to take time for Violet to get over what happened to Pete, and for the ashes she dumped into the ocean to reach another part of the world. All things, in the end, do take time.
What did you think about this episode?
Teresa Clanton
October 3, 2012 @ 1:54 am
I think you need to put a twist somewhere when Sheldon Wallace said he did not believe in God (the episode where he saved the guy who had fantasies about little girls) the twist I am referring to is something miraculous happens to him, for instance for him to be in a near death experience and out of desperation he calls on God to save him, after he makes it through the near death experience he realizes it was only by the grace of God he was spared and all the bitterness he has harbored against God through the years he begins to realize God is not the blame that Satan has powers to make bad things happen. The scene could be him in a terrible rain storm (or snow) coming across a very high bridge in an isolated area and he looses control of his car it spins out of control and goes partially over the rail and is hanging half way on and off the edge of the bridge, he can not move for fear the car will finish going over the edge (which he would fall 100’s of feet to his death) have the wind blowing and hard rain (or snow storm) which causes the car to teeter. A man comes up in a truck he has no conversation and proceeds to put hook’s under the rear of his car and pull the rear of his car down back to the road and it shifts where the front comes up and the weight is all on the rear on the road. Sheldon is in horror as his fate was in this guy’s hands, there are several jolts as the truck is backing the rear end of Sheldon’s car back on to the road..Several times while inside the car he was sure he was going on over to his death. Then the car is now at a slant Sheldon is able to free himself and carefully crawls out of his car. Shaken he stands (he is soaked from the rain) and glares off into the distance he is in shock and eventually snaps out of it. He then turns to walk to the guy that saved him the truck is gone and the guy is gone. He sits shaken and pulls his cell phone out to call Cooper that he was suppose to meet with earlier. As he is waiting for Cooper and the wrecker service in the pouring rain he reflects back when he said he did not believe in God (as the camera pulls away and he is sitting there dazed)