The Best Episodes of Private Practice Season 4
Every episode of Private Practice Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Private Practice Season 4!
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.
Season 4 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Private Practice" season 4 is "Take Two", rated 7.4/10 from 224 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Take Two" aired on 9/23/2010 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Short Cuts".
7.4/10 224 votes#1 - Take Two
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/2010
Pete and Violet prepare for their wedding day; things take a surprising turn with Addison and Sam; despite disagreements, the doctors come together to mourn the loss of Dell.
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7.5/10 213 votes#2 - Short Cuts
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2010
Violet and Cooper make amendments to their friendship in order to please their significant others; Pete and Cooper get in an argument involving marijuana use by a patient (guest starring Justine Bateman as Sydney); Addison is conflicted about going public with her new romance, and Sheldon's decision to deny approval for a patient's sex change backfires.
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7.4/10 203 votes#3 - Playing God
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2010
The man responsible for killing Dell and endangering Maya's life comes to the clinic with a heart condition; news of Addison's new romance is not received well.
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7.5/10 211 votes#4 - A Better Place to Be
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2010
Emotions are stirred up at the practice when Dell's daughter arrives; a pregnant woman experiences chronic pain.
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7.5/10 209 votes#5 - In or Out
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2010
Addison butts heads with a new oncologist (Cristian de la Fuente) while treating a newborn with a malignant tumor; Pete is uncomfortable when Violet tries to help a parolee.
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8.0/10 223 votes#6 - All in the Family
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/2010
Sam and Addison disagree over the treatment of a comatose patient who becomes pregnant; Charlotte and Pete face an ethical dilemma when a patient with HIV is in a serious car accident.
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9.1/10 484 votes#7 - Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King?
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/2010
Pete finds Charlotte bloodied and bruised in the halls of the hospital, but only Addison learns the full extent of her injuries.
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8.2/10 229 votes#8 - What Happens Next?
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/2010
Charlotte suffers in silence after the assault; Addison tries to keep that night's events a secret.
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7.9/10 213 votes#9 - Can't Find My Way Back Home
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/2010
Despite how Charlotte is choosing to deal with the aftermath of her sexual assault, her fellow doctors think they know what's best, teaming up to pursue criminal charges against her attacker. Pete gets a surprise visitor, his estranged brother, who has come to ask Pete to help release their sick mother from prison.
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7.7/10 206 votes#10 - Just Lose It
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/2010
Cooper is outraged when he gets bad news about Charlotte's sexual assault case.
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7.6/10 205 votes#11 - If You Don't Know Me By Now
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 1/6/2011
Addison's mother, Bizzy, aggressively demands her daughter do whatever it takes to save her partner from dying - including working with Dr. Rodriguez once again. Meanwhile Amelia and Pete's medical consultation is complicated when a patient's wife and his mistress disagree on the course of treatment, Charlotte and Cooper try to be intimate with each other again, and Violet considers publishing a personally-revealing book she's written.
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7.6/10 202 votes#12 - Heaven Can Wait
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 2/3/2011
Addison plans Bizzy and Susan's wedding while trying to keep her distance from the overly flirtatious Dr. Rodriquez. Sam is concerned about the care his longtime patient is receiving, and Sheldon refers Charlotte to his mentor and friend for psychiatric help.
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8.2/10 214 votes#13 - Blind Love
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 2/10/2011
Charlotte's attacker, Lee Henry, arrives at St. Ambrose Hospital, injured by his girlfriend and in need of urgent care, and Sam and Charlotte must decide whether or not to save his life. Meanwhile, Susan's health takes a turn for the worse, and Addison's mother, Bizzy, begs her daughter to do everything in her power to help.
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7.9/10 209 votes#14 - Home Again
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/17/2011
After tragedy strikes the Montgomery family, Addison goes home to Connecticut and Sam and her friends decide to join her. Meanwhile, Sheldon and Violet clash when Sheldon's death row patient confesses to a crime that his wife, one of Violet's patients, believes he didn't commit.
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7.4/10 202 votes#15 - Two Steps Back
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/24/2011
Charlotte and Cooper look to forgive each other after revealing secrets during couples therapy, Violet seeks the forgiveness and approval of her fellow doctors after they learn her novel-in-progress will make all of their personal lives public, Sheldon treats a patient who claims to have multiple personality disorder, and Sam and Naomi team up on a case involving a pregnant teen with Down's Syndrome.
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7.3/10 202 votes#16 - Love and Lies
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 3/17/2011
A couple wants to harvest eggs from their unborn child who is not going to survive, and the doctors cannot agree what the right path is; meanwhile, Amelia tries to comfort a friend while waiting for test results for Huntingtons disease.
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7.6/10 200 votes#17 - A Step Too Far
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 3/24/2011
Violet's book launch party has finally arrived but Sheldon finds himself attracted to the doctor who criticized her book. A surrogate under Addison and Pete's care is caught in a complicated love triangle. Cooper and Sam must convince a family that their son's health must take a priority over his sports career.
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7.6/10 208 votes#18 - The Hardest Part
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 3/31/2011
Pete suspects that his brother Adam may be responsible for their mother's illness. Meanwhile, Violet discovers quite by chance that Sheldon is dating Marla Phillips, the doctor who panned her book, and who Violet considers as her archenemy. Cooper's patient is a musical prodigy with a debilitating brain tumor.
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7.5/10 200 votes#19 - What We Have Here...
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/28/2011
Katie threatens to take legal action against Violet for "breach of confidentiality," and although Violet feels that she hasn't done anything wrong, she soon realizes she'll have to defend her actions to more people than just Katie. Meanwhile, Cooper suspects that Charlotte may be hiding some lingering feelings for ex-husband Billy, only to find out that Billy has been hiding some feelings of his own.
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7.6/10 204 votes#20 - Something Old, Something New
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 5/5/2011
The day has arrived for Cooper and Charlotte to marry, but not everyone is in a celebratory mood, leading the couple to second-guess their wedding plans. Meanwhile, the doctors of Oceanside Wellness are torn between the future of their practice and protecting one of their own, as an investigator is sent to question them about Violet's breach of confidentiality case.
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7.8/10 206 votes#21 - God Bless the Child
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 5/12/2011
When Betsey returns to the ER for a second visit, the concerned Oceanside doctors start investigating the foster family. Amelia struggles to stay sober while Naomi announces a life changing decision affecting her family.
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8.0/10 206 votes#22 - ...And to Change the Things I Can
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/19/2011
The fate of Oceanside Wellness is on the line as the doctors decide if it's time to dissolve the practice. Addison's new admirer makes an enticing offer and things hit close to home for Charlotte with her latest case.
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