Private Practice: Season 2
Episode 1

Title: A Family Thing
Episode: 10
Episode #: 2.1
First Air Date: October 1, 2008
Writer: Shonda Rhimes and Marti Noxon
Director: Mark Tinker
DVD: Private Practice: The Complete Second Season
Guest Stars:
David Sutcliffe as Kevin
Amy Acker as Molly
Cheryl White as Robin
Blake Robbins as Mark
Tyler Patrick Jones as Dean

Music:

TITLE: Groove is in the Heart
PERFORMER: Deee-Lite
LABEL: Warner Music Group
The song plays during the Ocean Side Wellness group video at the beginning of the episode.

TITLE: 10 AM Automatic
PERFORMER: The Black Keys
LABEL: Fat Possum
First use: Charlotte and Cooper fool around. Second use: Charlotte and Cooper start hooking up again. Third Use: The song plays as Charlotte and Cooper hook up on Cooper's bed.

TITLE: Dizzy Spells
PERFORMER: Ryan Auffenberg
LABEL: Evangeline Records
The song plays as Addison decides to tell Sam the truth about Naomi. Addison and Sam decide what to do. Charlotte might be willing to go on vacation with Cooper. Kevin Nelson shows up at Addison's door. Naomi comes over to Sam's house.

TITLE: Maybe Maybe
PERFORMER: Nico Stai
LABEL: Self-Released
The song plays as Addison tries to save the baby. Violet and Madison talk about travel. Naomi thanks Addison for saving the Madisons' baby. Pete tells cooper he did the right thing, when he talked to Dean.

TITLE: Mercy, Mercy
PERFORMER: Don Covay & The Goodtimers
LABEL: Warner Music Group
The song plays as the Ocean Side Wellness group doctors meet for drinks. Pete talks to Addison. Sam trys to talk to Naomi. Violet talks to Cooper about vacation.

TITLE: On and On and On
PERFORMER: Wilco
LABEL: Warner Music Group
The song plays as Sam makes an announcement to the group in the conference room. Naomi waits for the elevator, as the Ocean Side Wellness video plays.

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Synopsis:

Addison finds out that Naomi is concealing the practice's financial problems; Violet wonders what secret Cooper is hiding from her; Cooper has to decide if he should reveal a medical secret to a patient.

(Recap From ABC)
At Oceanside Wellness, friendships are tested and secrets revealed when Addison discovers that Naomi is concealing the practice's financial problems. Meanwhile, Violet wonders what secret Cooper is keeping from her, while Cooper himself has to decide whether or not to reveal a medical secret to a patient.

(Recap From ABC)
The Doctors of Oceanside Medical Group enter their offices to find a spanking new promotional video for the practice playing. They are collectively concerned about the expense of the high-end video and inquire about the status of their impending bonuses.

Naomi concedes to Addison that the video was expensive but insists they must "spend money to make money." They are interrupted by a distressed Dell requesting to speak with Naomi. Believing he wants revisit the subject of his affection for her, Naomi denies his request.

Violet intercepts Cooper with brochures for their "Annual Bonus Vacation". Cooper says he is not sure he could go this year but does not reveal the reason which is, he is involved with Dr. Charlotte King.

Charlotte insists on keeping the affair private and when Cooper tries to advance their relationship to a deeper emotional level, Charlotte, simply says: "Either get back on top of me and shut up, or keep talking and watch me walk out that door." Cooper gets back atop.

Believing Officer Kevin Nelson is out of her life, Addison tells Pete she'll consider his request for a date. No sooner, Officer Kevin returns to Oceanside Medical Group.

Addison meets Molly Madison and her husband Eric, a couple who conceived their fetus to help their eight-year old son, who is suffering from Leukemia. Six months along, they now insist on a premature birth in order to get their son the urgent help he needs. Addison confronts Naomi who admits she did select an embryo match but believed it was for a procedure further down the road. Addison explains the interim donor has been diagnosed with pneumonia leaving the sick boy in a dire situation.

When a fourteen year-old patient whose parents chose to hide from him that he was HIV positive, reveals to Cooper that he is ready to have sex, Cooper is faced with a Catch-22: Break the trust of the parents and tell the boy his HIV status or break doctor-patient confidentiality and reveal the boy, Dean's, intentions to the parents.

After observing Molly's sick son, Addison still refuses early delivery. In a private stand-off, Naomi tells Addison she received eighty-thousand dollars cash for the matching embryo. She explains that the money was necessary because she refinanced the building and the first balloon payment was due. Addison is stunned when Naomi reveals that without more money the practice is finished.

Charlotte comes crawling back to Cooper; Officer Kevin arrives at Addison's door and Naomi arrives at Sam's door asking "to be us again". The next day, Addison tells Pete that she is seeing someone else and therefore cannot date. Fourteen year-old Dean and his family return with his girlfriend and all of the parents to meet with Cooper.

Sam calls a meeting, hands out one-hundred dollar bonuses, and explains the practice is broke. He tells them: "From now on you look to me. Naomi is relieved of her administrative duties " Naomi, betrayed by both Addison and Sam walks out.