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 (31,372 votes)
Episode average: 7.8 ↑ +1.0 vs IMDb
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	214
1	In Which We Meet Addison, a Nice Girl from Somewhere Else	7.3	457
2	In Which Sam Receives an Unexpected Visitor...	7.6	368
3	In Which Addison Finds the Magic	7.3	330
4	In Which Addison Has a Very Casual Get Together	7.4	316
5	In Which Addison Finds a Showerhead	7.4	310
6	In Which Charlotte Goes Down the Rabbit Hole	7.5	307
7	In Which Sam Gets Taken for a Ride	7.9	318
8	In Which Cooper Finds a Port in His Storm	7.7	297
9	In Which Dell Finds His Fight	7.6	296

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	307
2	Equal & Opposite	7.4	268
3	Nothing to Talk About	7.6	264
4	Past Tense	7.6	266
5	Let It Go	7.5	265
6	Serving Two Masters	7.5	273
7	Tempting Faith	7.5	253
8	Crime and Punishment	7.6	254
9	Know When to Fold	7.5	263
10	Worlds Apart	7.4	249
11	Contamination	7.5	259
12	Homeward Bound	8.0	267
13	Nothing to Fear	8.0	264
14	Second Chances	7.4	239
15	Acceptance	7.6	252
16	Ex-Life	8.1	302
17	Wait and See	7.8	248
18	Finishing	7.5	256
19	What Women Want	7.5	250
20	Do the Right Thing	7.6	258
21	What You Do for Love	7.4	249
22	Yours, Mine & Ours	8.2	316

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	250
3	Right Here, Right Now	8.1	259
4	Pushing the Limits	7.8	241
5	Strange Bedfellows	8.0	240
6	Slip Slidin' Away	7.5	236
7	The Hard Part	8.5	292
8	Sins of the Father	7.7	244
9	The Parent Trap	7.5	234
10	Blowups	8.2	249
11	Another Second Chance	7.8	240
12	Best Laid Plans	7.6	229
13	Shotgun	7.7	233
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	228
19	Eyes Wide Open	8.0	249
20	Second Choices	7.6	229
21	War	8.1	252
22	In the Name of Love	7.9	238
23	The End of a Beautiful Friendship	8.7	306

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	248
2	Short Cuts	7.5	231
3	Playing God	7.5	221
4	A Better Place to Be	7.5	231
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	522
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	218
13	Blind Love	8.2	230
14	Home Again	7.9	223
15	Two Steps Back	7.5	218
16	Love and Lies	7.4	211
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	386
9	The Breaking Point	8.3	268
10	Are You My Mother?	7.6	220
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	229
19	And Then There Was One	7.7	211
20	True Colors	7.6	209
21	Drifting Back	7.5	211
22	Gone, Baby, Gone	8.4	252

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	280
2	Mourning Sickness	7.9	237
3	Good Grief	7.8	226
4	You Don't Know What You've Got Til It's Gone	7.9	232
5	The Next Episode	6.6	227
6	Apron Strings	7.8	221
7	The World According to Jake	7.6	223
8	Life Support	7.9	243
9	I'm Fine	8.6	289
10	Georgia on My Mind	8.1	243
11	Good Fries Are Hard to Come By	7.8	222
12	Full Release	8.1	221
13	In Which We Say Goodbye	8.2	300

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