Private Practice: In Which Charlotte Goes Down The Rabbit Hole
November 1st 2007 03:03
Naomi goes on a date and Sam takes it out on Dell. Pete shows up at Addison’s house a little bit drunk, and she tells him to go away.
A woman named Angie comes to Addison and Naomi for help. She wants to know if she’s dying from a terminal disease so she can decide if she wants to have a baby or not. Addison’s choice of baby name? “Carson. It works for a boy or a girl.” After Angie finds out that she isn’t showing symptoms, but does have the disease, she goes home and leaves her husband, who she loves very much by the way. Addison and Naomi try to convince her she needs to tell him the truth. “Just because you’re sick doesn’t mean you don’t get to live your life.” Both husband and wife come back to them and tell them they decide they want to have a baby after all.
A girl comes in with a spiral fracture and Cooper can’t help from calling social services. Her mother didn’t beat her, it turns out she has MS and had fallen and grabbed her daughter’s arm. Social Services works fast to get a hearing and Dell points out that the girl always wears longs sleeves, even when it’s hot out…
Outside the hearing, Tess admits that her mother does hit her every once in a while. In the hearing, Cooper tells everyone, “You don’t have to take that. Because once you let yourself shut down like that, you’re not a kid anymore.” The judge decides to take Tess away from her mother, and Cooper feels bad about it, but knows it’s the right thing to do. Sam admits that he didn’t see it. He should have, but he didn’t want to since he’s known Tess and her mother for so long.
Charlotte, comes to Pete for help because she can’t sleep and ends up sticking around the office bugging everyone, emptying their refrigerator, complaining. After Pete tries everything he can think of and still can’t get her to sleep, he begs Violet to see her. Violet decides nobody ever nurtured Charlotte, so she tells Pete he’s got to. He begrudgingly tries to. Charlotte admits her mother didn’t believe in that kind of thing. He finally gets her to go to sleep, and everyone agrees that asleep Charlotte almost looks harmless! Almost.
Violet admits she doesn’t want to have kids, and Pete says he was married once and doesn’t plan to go down that route again…
Later on everyone hangs out by the beach house and the girls discuss what they’d be doing right now if they knew they were dying.
Violet: I’d be doing what I’m doing right now.
Naomi: I’d be on a plane. To Somewhere spectacular with Maya.
Addison: I…I don’t know.
*Naomi looks at Pete who’s standing behind them looking out at the ocean*
Naomi: Liar.
Addison thinks about this a moment, then finally goes over and kisses Pete, telling him she doesn’t just want fun. She wants more. When Pete asks what that’s supposed to mean, she just leaves smiling.
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