The Bell Jar
"Private Practice" initially received mixed reviews. "Metacritic", which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gave the show a score of 45 based on 25 critical reviews. The first episode was somewhat panned by critics and "The New York Times" described the show's characters as "collectively offer[ing] one of the most depressing portrayals of the female condition since "The Bell Jar"."