Private Practice: Season 4

2010 · 22 episodes · ★ 7.7

What Season 4 of Private Practice

The fourth season of Private Practice premiered on September 23, 2010, and concluded on May 19, 2011. The season consisted of 22 episodes.

22episodes

Sep 23, 2010premiered

May 19, 2011latest episode

15.4 hrtotal runtime

Season 4 Episodes

4x01 Take Two
Sep 23, 2010 · 42 min
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.
Directing: Mark Tinker · Writing: Steve Blackman, Craig Turk · Starring: Stephen Ford, Porter Kelly, French Stewart, Currie Graham
4x02 Short Cuts
Sep 30, 2010 · 42 min
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.
Directing: Mark Tinker · Writing: Sonay Hoffman · Starring: Porter Kelly, Scott People, Justine Bateman, Darryl Stephens
4x03 Playing God
Oct 7, 2010 · 42 min
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.
Directing: Donna Deitch · Writing: Sheila R. Lawrence · Starring: Tom Virtue, James Remar, David Grant Wright, Raymond Ma
4x04 A Better Place to Be
Oct 14, 2010 · 42 min
Emotions are stirred up at the practice when Dell's daughter arrives; a pregnant woman experiences chronic pain.
Directing: Tom Verica · Writing: Barbie Kligman · Starring: Heidi Strickler, J. Rene Pena, Romy Rosemont, Rupak Ginn
4x05 In or Out
Oct 21, 2010 · 42 min
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.
Directing: Edward Ornelas · Writing: Ayanna Floyd Davis · Starring: Cristián de la Fuente, David Giuntoli, Albert Hall, Linara Washington
4x06 All in the Family
Oct 28, 2010 · 42 min
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.
Directing: Ann Kindberg · Writing: Sanford Golden, Karen Wyscarver · Starring: Rockmond Dunbar, Daniel Kash, Diarra Kilpatrick, Larry Sullivan
4x07 Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King?
Nov 4, 2010 · 42 min
Pete finds Charlotte bloodied and bruised in the halls of the hospital, but only Addison learns the full extent of her injuries.
Directing: Allison Liddi-Brown · Writing: Shonda Rhimes · Starring: Michelle Wong, Heather Brooker, Blue Deckert, Nicholas Brendon
4x08 What Happens Next?
Nov 11, 2010 · 42 min
Charlotte suffers in silence after the assault; Addison tries to keep that night's events a secret.
Directing: Michael Zinberg · Writing: Jennifer Cecil · Starring: Conni Marie Brazelton, Blue Deckert, Michael Badalucco, Geoffrey Rivas
4x09 Can't Find My Way Back Home
Nov 18, 2010 · 42 min
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.
Directing: Mark Tinker · Writing: Fred Einesman · Starring: Blue Deckert, Nicholas Brendon, Louise Fletcher, Kyle Secor
4x10 Just Lose It
Dec 2, 2010 · 42 min
Cooper is outraged when he gets bad news about Charlotte's sexual assault case.
Directing: Stephen Cragg · Writing: Elizabeth J.B. Klaviter · Starring: Ann Cusack, JoBeth Williams, Clare Carey, Don McManus
4x11 If You Don't Know Me By Now
Jan 6, 2011 · 42 min
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.
Directing: Eric Stoltz · Writing: Zahir McGhee · Starring: Ann Cusack, JoBeth Williams, Cristián de la Fuente, Jack Bobo
4x12 Heaven Can Wait
Feb 3, 2011 · 42 min
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.
Directing: Kenny Leon · Writing: Barbie Kligman · Starring: Ann Cusack, JoBeth Williams, Cristián de la Fuente, Amy Farrington
4x13 Blind Love
Feb 10, 2011 · 42 min · ★ 7.8
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.
Directing: Bethany Rooney · Writing: Steve Blackman, Craig Turk · Starring: Ann Cusack, JoBeth Williams, Cristián de la Fuente, Rhonda Marie Alston
4x14 Home Again
Feb 17, 2011 · 42 min
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.
Directing: Mark Tinker · Writing: Krista Vernoff · Starring: Grant Show, Stephen Collins, JoBeth Williams, Roxanne Hart
4x15 Two Steps Back
Feb 24, 2011 · 42 min
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.
Directing: Jeff Bleckner · Writing: Ayanna Floyd Davis · Starring: Jack Bobo, Joey Bobo, M.E. Powell, Liza Weil
4x16 Love and Lies
Mar 17, 2011 · 42 min
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.
Directing: Ann Kindberg · Writing: Moira McMahon · Starring: Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Michael Patrick Thornton, David Eigenberg, Amy Pietz
4x17 A Step Too Far
Mar 24, 2011 · 42 min
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.
Directing: Scott Printz · Writing: Fred Einesman · Starring: Kenneth Mitchell, Jack Bobo, Joey Bobo, Jossie Thacker
4x18 The Hardest Part
Mar 31, 2011 · 42 min
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.
Directing: Paul Adelstein · Writing: Jennifer Cecil · Starring: Michael Grant, Evan Olman, Louise Fletcher, Kyle Secor
4x19 What We Have Here...
Apr 28, 2011 · 42 min
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.
Directing: Karen Gaviola · Writing: Christopher Fife · Starring: Amanda Foreman, Myk Watford, Chandra West, Gabriel Olds
4x20 Something Old, Something New
May 5, 2011 · 42 min
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.
Directing: Mark Tinker · Writing: Sanford Golden, Karen Wyscarver · Starring: Michael Patrick Thornton, Tess Harper, Eileen Ryan, John Rothman
4x21 God Bless the Child
May 12, 2011 · 42 min
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.
Directing: Jeannot Szwarc · Writing: Barbie Kligman, Jennifer Cecil · Starring: David Mazouz, J. Rene Pena, Hailey Sole, Michael Patrick Thornton
4x22 ...And to Change the Things I Can Season Finale
May 19, 2011 · 42 min
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.
Directing: Mark Tinker · Writing: Debora Cahn, Steve Blackman, Craig Turk · Starring: Benjamin Bratt, Erin Harrington, Hailey Sole, Michael Patrick Thornton