# List of Private Practice episodes

Private Practice is an American medical drama series created by Shonda Rhimes and produced and broadcast by ABC. The series is a spin-off from Rhimes' other series, Grey's Anatomy. The two-part episode "The Other Side of This Life" (which aired as the twenty-second and twenty-third episodes of Grey's Anatomy's third season in the Spring of 2007) served as the backdoor pilot for this series. The story follows Dr. Addison Montgomery as she relocates from the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital in Seattle, Washington to the Oceanside Wellness Group in Santa Monica, California.
A total of 111 episodes of Private Practice were aired over six seasons, between September 26, 2007, and January 22, 2013.

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released | Rank | Rating |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released | Rank | Rating |
| Pilot | 2 | 2 | May 3, 2007 (2007-5-3) | May 3, 2007 (2007-5-3) | — | — |
| 1 | 9 | 9 | September 26, 2007 (2007-9-26) | December 5, 2007 (2007-12-5) | 26 | 7.3 |
| 2 | 22 | 22 | October 1, 2008 (2008-10-1) | April 30, 2009 (2009-4-30) | — | — |
| 3 | 23 | 23 | October 1, 2009 (2009-10-1) | May 13, 2010 (2010-5-13) | 29 | 6.3 |
| 4 | 22 | 22 | September 23, 2010 (2010-9-23) | May 19, 2011 (2011-5-19) | — | — |
| 5 | 22 | 22 | September 29, 2011 (2011-9-29) | May 15, 2012 (2012-5-15) | — | — |
| 6 | 13 | 13 | September 25, 2012 (2012-9-25) | January 22, 2013 (2013-1-22) | — | — |

## Episodes
### Backdoor pilot (2007)

An expanded two hour broadcast of Grey's Anatomy served as a backdoor pilot for Private Practice. In the two episodes from Grey's Anatomy's third season, Addison Montgomery visits friend and reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialist Naomi Bennett in Los Angeles to discuss whether or not she could have a baby. During her trip, Addison becomes acquainted with the Oceanside Wellness Center, the medical practice in which a majority of Private Practice takes place, and its staff. The two episodes serve to explain the reasons behind Addison's move from Seattle to Los Angeles.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
| 58 | 22 | "The Other Side of This Life" | Michael Grossman | Shonda Rhimes | May 3, 2007 (2007-5-3) | 21.23 |
| 59 | 23 | "The Other Side of This Life" | Michael Grossman | Shonda Rhimes | May 3, 2007 (2007-5-3) | 21.23 |

### Season 1 (2007)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "In Which We Meet Addison, a Nice Girl From Somewhere Else" | Mark Tinker | Shonda Rhimes | September 26, 2007 (2007-9-26) | 14.41 |
| 2 | 2 | "In Which Sam Receives an Unexpected Visitor" | Tony Goldwyn | Mike Ostrowski | October 3, 2007 (2007-10-3) | 12.30 |
| 3 | 3 | "In Which Addison Finds the Magic" | Mark Tinker | Shonda Rhimes & Marti Noxon | October 10, 2007 (2007-10-10) | 12.40 |
| 4 | 4 | "In Which Addison Has a Very Casual Get Together" | Arvin Brown | Andrea Newman | October 17, 2007 (2007-10-17) | 11.81 |
| 5 | 5 | "In Which Addison Finds a Showerhead" | Julie Anne Robinson | Shonda Rhimes & Marti Noxon | October 24, 2007 (2007-10-24) | 11.77 |
| 6 | 6 | "In Which Charlotte Goes Down the Rabbit Hole" | David Solomon | Jenna Bans | October 31, 2007 (2007-10-31) | 11.21 |
| 7 | 7 | "In Which Sam Gets Taken For a Ride" | Jeff Melman | Emily Halpern | November 14, 2007 (2007-11-14) | 11.45 |
| 8 | 8 | "In Which Cooper Finds a Port In His Storm" | Mark Tinker | Lauren Schmidt | November 21, 2007 (2007-11-21) | 8.44 |
| 9 | 9 | "In Which Dell Finds His Fight" | Wendey Stanzler | Ayanna Floyd | December 5, 2007 (2007-12-5) | 10.36 |

### Season 2 (2008–09)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
| 10 | 1 | "A Family Thing" | Mark Tinker | Shonda Rhimes & Marti Noxon | October 1, 2008 (2008-10-1) | 8.16 |
| 11 | 2 | "Equal and Opposite" | Tom Verica | Mike Ostrowski | October 8, 2008 (2008-10-8) | 7.40 |
| 12 | 3 | "Nothing to Talk About" | Helen Shaver | Ayanna A. Floyd | October 22, 2008 (2008-10-22) | 7.98 |
| 13 | 4 | "Past Tense" | Michael Pressman | Craig Turk | October 29, 2008 (2008-10-29) | 7.93 |
| 14 | 5 | "Let It Go" | Michael Zinberg | Lauren Schmidt | November 5, 2008 (2008-11-5) | 9.54 |
| 15 | 6 | "Serving Two Masters" | Joanna Kerns | Emily Halpern | November 19, 2008 (2008-11-19) | 7.14 |
| 16 | 7 | "Tempting Faith" | James Frawley | Jon Cowan & Robert L. Rovner | November 26, 2008 (2008-11-26) | 6.33 |
| 17 | 8 | "Crime and Punishment" | Mark Tinker | Shonda Rhimes | December 3, 2008 (2008-12-3) | 7.78 |
| 18 | 9 | "Know When to Fold" | Jeff Melman | Elizabeth J. B. Klaviter | December 10, 2008 (2008-12-10) | 6.86 |
| 19 | 10 | "Worlds Apart" | Bethany Rooney | Steve Blackman | December 17, 2008 (2008-12-17) | 6.61 |
| 20 | 11 | "Contamination" | Kate Woods | Fred Einesman | January 8, 2009 (2009-1-8) | 8.98 |
| 21 | 12 | "Homeward Bound" | Mark Tinker | Sal Calleros | January 15, 2009 (2009-1-15) | 8.49 |
| 22 | 13 | "Nothing to Fear" | Allison Liddi-Brown | Jon Cowan & Robert Rovner | January 22, 2009 (2009-1-22) | 9.49 |
| 23 | 14 | "Second Chances" | James Frawley | Craig Turk | January 29, 2009 (2009-1-29) | 7.74 |
| 24 | 15 | "Acceptance" | Steve Gomer | Mike Ostrowski | February 5, 2009 (2009-2-5) | 12.91 |
| 25 | 16 | "Ex-Life" | Mark Tinker | Jon Cowan, Robert Rovner, Krista Vernoff & Debora Cahn | February 12, 2009 (2009-2-12) | 14.10 |
| 26 | 17 | "Wait and See" | Michael Zinberg | Steve Blackman | February 19, 2009 (2009-2-19) | 11.16 |
| 27 | 18 | "Finishing" | Donna Deitch | Shonda Rhimes | March 12, 2009 (2009-3-12) | 8.80 |
| 28 | 19 | "What Women Want" | Mark Tinker | Lauren Schmidt | March 19, 2009 (2009-3-19) | 9.74 |
| 29 | 20 | "Do the Right Thing" | Eric Stoltz | Craig Turk | March 26, 2009 (2009-3-26) | 10.12 |
| 30 | 21 | "What You Do For Love" | Tom Verica | Ayanna A. Floyd | April 23, 2009 (2009-4-23) | 9.08 |
| 31 | 22 | "Yours, Mine and Ours" | Michael Zinberg | Jon Cowan & Robert Rovner | April 30, 2009 (2009-4-30) | 9.70 |

### Season 3 (2009–10)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
| 32 | 1 | "A Death in the Family" | Mark Tinker | Shonda Rhimes, Jon Cowan & Robert Rovner | October 1, 2009 (2009-10-1) | 11.58 |
| 33 | 2 | "The Way We Were" | Donna Deitch | Patti Carr & Lara Olsen | October 8, 2009 (2009-10-8) | 9.50 |
| 34 | 3 | "Right Here, Right Now" | Rob Corn | Dana Baratta | October 15, 2009 (2009-10-15) | 10.36 |
| 35 | 4 | "Pushing the Limits" | Allison Liddi-Brown | Ayanna A. Floyd | October 22, 2009 (2009-10-22) | 9.93 |
| 36 | 5 | "Strange Bedfellows" | Steve Gomer | Kathy McCormick | October 29, 2009 (2009-10-29) | 9.16 |
| 37 | 6 | "Slip Slidin’ Away" | Helen Shaver | Fred Einesman | November 5, 2009 (2009-11-5) | 9.11 |
| 38 | 7 | "The Hard Part" | Mark Tinker | Steve Blackman | November 12, 2009 (2009-11-12) | 10.25 |
| 39 | 8 | "Sins of the Father" | Tom Verica | Elizabeth J. B. Klaviter | November 19, 2009 (2009-11-19) | 8.93 |
| 40 | 9 | "The Parent Trap" | Donna Deitch | Craig Turk | December 3, 2009 (2009-12-3) | 9.21 |
| 41 | 10 | "Blowups" | Mark Tinker | Sonay Washington | December 3, 2009 (2009-12-3) | 9.21 |
| 42 | 11 | "Another Second Chance" | Michael Zinberg | Krista Vernoff & Kathy McCormick | January 14, 2010 (2010-1-14) | 10.96 |
| 43 | 12 | "Best Laid Plans" | Bethany Rooney | Patti Carr & Lara Olsen | January 21, 2010 (2010-1-21) | 9.64 |
| 44 | 13 | "Shotgun" | Karen Gaviola | Jon Cowan & Robert Rovner | February 4, 2010 (2010-2-4) | 9.25 |
| 45 | 14 | "Love Bites" | Matthew Penn | Dana Baratta | February 11, 2010 (2010-2-11) | 9.04 |
| 46 | 15 | "Til Death Do Us Part" | Kenny Leon | Craig Turk | February 18, 2010 (2010-2-18) | 7.59 |
| 47 | 16 | "Fear of Flying" | Mark Tinker | Ayanna A. Floyd | March 4, 2010 (2010-3-4) | 7.57 |
| 48 | 17 | "Triangles" | Tom Verica | Steve Blackman | March 11, 2010 (2010-3-11) | 7.66 |
| 49 | 18 | "Pulling the Plug" | Ann Kindberg | Kathy McCormick | March 25, 2010 (2010-3-25) | 8.71 |
| 50 | 19 | "Eyes Wide Open" | Eric Stoltz | Jesse Zigelstein | April 1, 2010 (2010-4-1) | 7.82 |
| 51 | 20 | "Second Choices" | Jeff Bleckner | Patti Carr & Lara Olsen | April 22, 2010 (2010-4-22) | 7.49 |
| 52 | 21 | "War" | Eric Stoltz | Elizabeth J. B. Klaviter & Sonay Washington | April 29, 2010 (2010-4-29) | 7.78 |
| 53 | 22 | "In the Name of Love" | Mark Tinker | Fred Einesman | May 6, 2010 (2010-5-6) | 8.15 |
| 54 | 23 | "The End of a Beautiful Friendship" | Jeannot Szwarc | Debora Cahn | May 13, 2010 (2010-5-13) | 9.28 |

### Season 4 (2010–11)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
| 55 | 1 | "Take Two" | Mark Tinker | Craig Turk & Steve Blackman | September 23, 2010 (2010-9-23) | 9.02 |
| 56 | 2 | "Short Cuts" | Mark Tinker | Sonay Washington | September 30, 2010 (2010-9-30) | 7.93 |
| 57 | 3 | "Playing God" | Donna Deitch | Sheila Lawrence | October 7, 2010 (2010-10-7) | 7.90 |
| 58 | 4 | "A Better Place to Be" | Tom Verica | Barbie Kligman | October 14, 2010 (2010-10-14) | 8.07 |
| 59 | 5 | "In or Out" | Ed Ornelas | Ayanna A. Floyd | October 21, 2010 (2010-10-21) | 7.66 |
| 60 | 6 | "All in the Family" | Ann Kindberg | Sanford Golden & Karen Wyscarver | October 28, 2010 (2010-10-28) | 7.68 |
| 61 | 7 | "Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King?" | Allison Liddi-Brown | Shonda Rhimes | November 4, 2010 (2010-11-4) | 10.18 |
| 62 | 8 | "What Happens Next" | Michael Zinberg | Jennifer Cecil | November 11, 2010 (2010-11-11) | 8.21 |
| 63 | 9 | "Can't Find My Way Back Home" | Mark Tinker | Fred Einesman | November 18, 2010 (2010-11-18) | 8.01 |
| 64 | 10 | "Just Lose It" | Stephen Cragg | Elizabeth Klaviter | December 2, 2010 (2010-12-02) | 7.90 |
| 65 | 11 | "If You Don't Know Me By Now" | Eric Stoltz | Zahir McGhee | January 6, 2011 (2011-01-06) | 7.67 |
| 66 | 12 | "Heaven Can Wait" | Kenny Leon | Barbie Kligman | February 3, 2011 (2011-02-03) | 7.05 |
| 67 | 13 | "Blind Love" | Bethany Rooney | Craig Turk & Steve Blackman | February 10, 2011 (2011-02-10) | 7.26 |
| 68 | 14 | "Home Again" | Mark Tinker | Krista Vernoff | February 17, 2011 (2011-02-17) | 6.73 |
| 69 | 15 | "Two Steps Back" | Jeff Bleckner | Ayanna A. Floyd | February 24, 2011 (2011-02-24) | 6.44 |
| 70 | 16 | "Love and Lies" | Ann Kindberg | Moira McMahon | March 17, 2011 (2011-03-17) | 5.97 |
| 71 | 17 | "A Step Too Far" | Scott Printz | Fred Einesman | March 24, 2011 (2011-03-24) | 7.93 |
| 72 | 18 | "The Hardest Part" | Paul Adelstein | Jennifer Cecil | March 31, 2011 (2011-03-31) | 7.35 |
| 73 | 19 | "What We Have Here..." | Karen Gaviola | Christopher Fife | April 28, 2011 (2011-04-28) | 6.68 |
| 74 | 20 | "Something Old, Something New" | Mark Tinker | Sanford Golden & Karen Wyscarver | May 5, 2011 (2011-05-05) | 6.89 |
| 75 | 21 | "God Bless the Child" | Jeannot Szwarc | Jennifer Cecil & Barbie Kligman | May 12, 2011 (2011-05-12) | 7.27 |
| 76 | 22 | "...To Change the Things I Can" | Mark Tinker | Craig Turk & Steve Blackman | May 19, 2011 (2011-05-19) | 7.45 |

### Season 5 (2011–12)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
| 77 | 1 | "God Laughs" | Mark Tinker | Craig Turk | September 29, 2011 (2011-9-29) | 7.79 |
| 78 | 2 | "Breaking the Rules" | Tom Verica | Steve Blackman | October 6, 2011 (2011-10-6) | 6.06 |
| 79 | 3 | "Deal With It" | Randy Zisk | Jennifer Cecil | October 13, 2011 (2011-10-13) | 6.51 |
| 80 | 4 | "Remember Me" | Mark Tinker | Barbie Kligman | October 20, 2011 (2011-10-20) | 6.38 |
| 81 | 5 | "Step One" | Ann Kindberg | Adele Lim | October 27, 2011 (2011-10-27) | 6.40 |
| 82 | 6 | "If I Hadn't Forgotten..." | Jeff Bleckner | Krista Vernoff | November 3, 2011 (2011-11-3) | 6.56 |
| 83 | 7 | "Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough" | Bethany Rooney | Fred Einesman | November 10, 2011 (2011-11-10) | 7.51 |
| 84 | 8 | "Who We Are" | Mark Tinker | Shonda Rhimes | November 17, 2011 (2011-11-17) | 7.23 |
| 85 | 9 | "The Breaking Point" | Jeff Bleckner | Christopher Fife | November 17, 2011 (2011-11-17) | 7.23 |
| 86 | 10 | "Are You My Mother?" | Ed Ornelas | Elizabeth J. B. Klaviter | January 5, 2012 (2012-1-5) | 7.71 |
| 87 | 11 | "The Standing Eight Count" | Scott Printz | Zahir McGhee | January 12, 2012 (2012-1-12) | 6.55 |
| 88 | 12 | "Losing Battles" | Stephen Cragg | Gabriel Llanas | January 19, 2012 (2012-1-19) | 6.00 |
| 89 | 13 | "The Time Has Come" | Mark Tinker | Jennifer Cecil | February 2, 2012 (2012-2-2) | 6.55 |
| 90 | 14 | "Too Much" | Karen Gaviola | Noah Evslin | February 9, 2012 (2012-2-9) | 6.52 |
| 91 | 15 | "You Break My Heart" | Allison Liddi-Brown | Steve Blackman & Craig Turk | February 16, 2012 (2012-2-16) | 7.08 |
| 92 | 16 | "Andromeda" | Mark Tinker | Gabe Fonseca | February 23, 2012 (2012-2-23) | 6.32 |
| 93 | 17 | "The Letting Go" | Paul Adelstein | Barbie Kligman | March 15, 2012 (2012-3-15) | 6.85 |
| 94 | 18 | "It Was Inevitable" | Bill Purple | Adele Lim & Christopher Fife | April 17, 2012 (2012-4-17) | 6.53 |
| 95 | 19 | "And Then There Was One" | Tom Verica | Jennifer Cecil & Elizabeth J. B. Klaviter | April 24, 2012 (2012-4-24) | 8.13 |
| 96 | 20 | "True Colors" | Steve Robin | Craig Turk & Steve Blackman | May 1, 2012 (2012-5-1) | 7.38 |
| 97 | 21 | "Drifting Back" | Jeannot Szwarc | Gabriel Llanas & Zahir McGhee | May 8, 2012 (2012-5-8) | 5.77 |
| 98 | 22 | "Gone, Baby, Gone" | Ann Kindberg | Shonda Rhimes | May 15, 2012 (2012-5-15) | 6.81 |

### Season 6 (2012–13)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
| 99 | 1 | "Aftershock" | Mark Tinker | Barbie Kligman | September 25, 2012 (2012-9-25) | 6.45 |
| 100 | 2 | "Mourning Sickness" | Ed Ornelas | Jennifer Cecil | October 2, 2012 (2012-10-2) | 6.01 |
| 101 | 3 | "Good Grief" | Bethany Rooney | Gabe Fonseca | October 9, 2012 (2012-10-9) | 6.00 |
| 102 | 4 | "You Don't Know What You've Got Till It's Gone" | Ann Kindberg | Fred Einesman | October 23, 2012 (2012-10-23) | 4.58 |
| 103 | 5 | "The Next Episode" | Jeannot Szwarc | Zahir McGhee | November 13, 2012 (2012-11-13) | 3.72 |
| 104 | 6 | "Apron Strings" | Amyn Kaderali | Elizabeth J. B. Klaviter | November 20, 2012 (2012-11-20) | 4.24 |
| 105 | 7 | "The World According to Jake" | Allison Liddi Brown | Christopher Fife | November 21, 2012 (2012-11-21) | 3.76 |
| 106 | 8 | "Life Support" | Mark Tinker | Jennifer Cecil & Barbie Kligman | December 4, 2012 (2012-12-4) | 4.42 |
| 107 | 9 | "I'm Fine" | Scott Printz | Gabe Llanas | December 11, 2012 (2012-12-11) | 3.87 |
| 108 | 10 | "Georgia on My Mind" | Karen Gaviola | Jennifer Cecil & Barbie Kligman | December 18, 2012 (2012-12-18) | 3.84 |
| 109 | 11 | "Good Fries Are Hard to Come By" | James Larkin | Elizabeth J. B. Klaviter & Zahir McGhee | January 8, 2013 (2013-1-8) | 4.01 |
| 110 | 12 | "Full Release" | Ann Kindberg | Eric Haywood | January 15, 2013 (2013-1-15) | 4.10 |
| 111 | 13 | "In Which We Say Goodbye" | Mark Tinker | Shonda Rhimes | January 22, 2013 (2013-1-22) | 5.32 |

## Webisodes

| No. in series | Title | Featured Cast | Original air date |
| 1 | "Episode 1" | KaDee Strickland & Kate Walsh | January 15, 2013 (2013-1-15) |
| 2 | "Episode 2" | KaDee Strickland & Griffin Gluck | January 16, 2013 (2013-1-16) |
| 3 | "Episode 3" | KaDee Strickland & Kate Walsh | January 17, 2013 (2013-1-17) |
| 4 | "Episode 4" | KaDee Strickland, Sergio Lopez-Rivera & Arlene Chavez | January 18, 2013 (2013-1-18) |