Episode
Private Practice: Playing God
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Private Practice
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2010-10-07
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Playing God is Episode 3 in Season 4 of Private Practice. It aired on 2010-10-07. The runtime is 42 min.
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Episode 2: Short Cuts
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.
Episode 4: A Better Place to Be
Emotions are stirred up at the practice when Dell's daughter arrives; a pregnant woman experiences chronic pain.
More episodes from this season
Episode 1: Take Two
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.
Episode 5: In or Out
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.
Episode 6: All in the Family
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.
Episode 7: Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King?
Pete finds Charlotte bloodied and bruised in the halls of the hospital, but only Addison learns the full extent of her injuries.
Episode 8: What Happens Next?
Charlotte suffers in silence after the assault; Addison tries to keep that night's events a secret.
Episode 9: Can't Find My Way Back Home
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.
Episode 10: Just Lose It
Cooper is outraged when he gets bad news about Charlotte's sexual assault case.
Episode 11: If You Don't Know Me By Now
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.
Episode 12: Heaven Can Wait
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.
Episode 13: Blind Love
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.