Private Practice (2007)

Comedy · Drama · Romance

Having left behind Seattle Grace Hospital, renowned surgeon Addison Forbes Montgomery moves to Los Angeles for sunnier weather and happier possibilities. She reunites with her friends from medical school, joining them at their chic, co-op, Oceanside Wellness Center in Santa Monica.

IMDb rating: 6.8 (31,188 votes)
Seasons: 6
Streaming (US): Hulu
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2007)

7.50 avg 10 episodes 7.3 → 7.6 51 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Come Rain or Come Shine: From Grey's Anatomy to Private Practice	7.3	213
1	In Which We Meet Addison, a Nice Girl from Somewhere Else	7.3	454
2	In Which Sam Receives an Unexpected Visitor...	7.6	367
3	In Which Addison Finds the Magic	7.3	328
4	In Which Addison Has a Very Casual Get Together	7.4	312
5	In Which Addison Finds a Showerhead	7.4	306
6	In Which Charlotte Goes Down the Rabbit Hole	7.5	304
7	In Which Sam Gets Taken for a Ride	7.9	314
8	In Which Cooper Finds a Port in His Storm	7.7	294
9	In Which Dell Finds His Fight	7.6	293

Season 2 (2008)

7.64 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 8.2 53 min avg

Big finale

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Family Thing	7.8	305
2	Equal & Opposite	7.4	267
3	Nothing to Talk About	7.6	263
4	Past Tense	7.6	266
5	Let It Go	7.5	265
6	Serving Two Masters	7.5	274
7	Tempting Faith	7.5	254
8	Crime and Punishment	7.6	255
9	Know When to Fold	7.5	263
10	Worlds Apart	7.4	251
11	Contamination	7.5	260
12	Homeward Bound	8.0	267
13	Nothing to Fear	8.0	265
14	Second Chances	7.4	240
15	Acceptance	7.6	253
16	Ex-Life	8.1	303
17	Wait and See	7.8	249
18	Finishing	7.5	257
19	What Women Want	7.5	251
20	Do the Right Thing	7.6	259
21	What You Do for Love	7.4	250
22	Yours, Mine & Ours	8.2	317

Season 3 (2009)

7.87 avg 23 episodes 8.5 → 8.7 58 min avg

Big finale

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Death in the Family	8.5	344
2	The Way We Were	7.7	251
3	Right Here, Right Now	8.1	260
4	Pushing the Limits	7.8	242
5	Strange Bedfellows	8.0	241
6	Slip Slidin' Away	7.5	237
7	The Hard Part	8.5	292
8	Sins of the Father	7.8	244
9	The Parent Trap	7.6	234
10	Blowups	8.2	249
11	Another Second Chance	7.8	240
12	Best Laid Plans	7.6	229
13	Shotgun	7.7	232
14	Love Bites	7.4	227
15	'Til Death Do Us Part	7.5	227
16	Fear of Flying	7.5	228
17	Triangles	7.7	231
18	Pulling the Plug	7.9	227
19	Eyes Wide Open	8.0	248
20	Second Choices	7.6	228
21	War	8.2	251
22	In the Name of Love	7.8	238
23	The End of a Beautiful Friendship	8.7	305

Season 4 (2010)

7.79 avg 22 episodes 7.4 → 8.0 52 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Take Two	7.4	246
2	Short Cuts	7.5	229
3	Playing God	7.5	220
4	A Better Place to Be	7.5	229
5	In or Out	7.6	226
6	All in the Family	8.1	239
7	Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King?	9.2	521
8	What Happens Next	8.3	248
9	Can't Find My Way Back Home	8.0	230
10	Just Lose It	7.8	223
11	If You Don't Know Me by Now	7.6	220
12	Heaven Can Wait	7.6	217
13	Blind Love	8.2	229
14	Home Again	7.9	222
15	Two Steps Back	7.5	217
16	Love and Lies	7.4	210
17	A Step Too Far	7.7	213
18	The Hardest Part	7.6	215
19	What We Have Here...	7.5	210
20	Something Old, Something New	7.6	213
21	God Bless the Child	7.9	217
22	...To Change the Things I Can	8.0	223

Season 5 (2011)

7.85 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 8.4 44 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	God Laughs	7.8	228
2	Breaking the Rules	7.5	211
3	Deal with It	7.5	210
4	Remember Me	7.8	219
5	Step One	7.5	225
6	If I Hadn't Forgotten...	7.8	222
7	Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough	7.9	226
8	Who We Are	8.8	385
9	The Breaking Point	8.3	267
10	Are You My Mother?	7.5	219
11	The Standing Eight Count	7.7	220
12	Losing Battles	8.0	226
13	The Time Has Come	7.7	221
14	Too Much	7.6	212
15	You Break My Heart	8.3	248
16	Andromeda	7.9	216
17	The Letting Go	7.8	222
18	It Was Inevitable	8.1	230
19	And Then There Was One	7.7	212
20	True Colors	7.6	210
21	Drifting Back	7.5	212
22	Gone, Baby, Gone	8.4	253

Season 6 (2012)

7.86 avg 13 episodes 7.9 → 8.2 44 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Aftershock	7.9	281
2	Mourning Sickness	7.9	238
3	Good Grief	7.8	227
4	You Don't Know What You've Got Til It's Gone	7.9	233
5	The Next Episode	6.6	228
6	Apron Strings	7.8	222
7	The World According to Jake	7.6	224
8	Life Support	7.9	243
9	I'm Fine	8.6	290
10	Georgia on My Mind	8.1	244
11	Good Fries Are Hard to Come By	7.8	223
12	Full Release	8.1	222
13	In Which We Say Goodbye	8.2	301

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