The Parent Trap

The Parent Trap is the ninth episode of the third season and the 40th overall episode of Private Practice.
==Short Summary==
Addison performs a complex in utero surgery, proving not only her talents to her father but also finally giving them some common ground. Meanwhile, Sam and Naomi deal with their own family crisis when they discover their daughter is growing up way too fast, and Violet does the unthinkable.
==Full Summary==
Episode in detail.
==Cast==
PP309AddisonMontgomery.png|Addison Montgomery
PP309PeteWilder.png|Pete Wilder
PP309NaomiBennett.png|Naomi Bennett
PP309CooperFreedman.png|Cooper Freedman
PP309CharlotteKing.png|Charlotte King
PP309SamBennett.png|Sam Bennett
PP309VioletTurner.png|Violet Turner
PP309EleanorBergin.png|Eleanor Bergin
PP309RonaldBergin.png|Ronald Bergin
PP309RachelGold.png|Rachel Gold
PP309Rabbi.png|Rabbi
PP309MayaBennett.png|Maya Bennett
PP309Dink.png|Fillmore Davis
PP309TheCaptainMontgomery.png|"The Captain" Montgomery
PP309ShimmonGold.png|Shimmon Gold
PP309Nurse.png|Nurse
PP309OlderBoy.png|Older Boy
===Main Cast===
*Kate Walsh as Dr. Addison Montgomery
*Tim Daly as Dr. Pete Wilder
*Audra McDonald as Dr. Naomi Bennett
*Paul Adelstein as Dr. Cooper Freedman
*KaDee Strickland as Dr. Charlotte King
*Chris Lowell as Dell Parker (credit only)
*Taye Diggs as Dr. Sam Bennett
*Amy Brenneman as Dr. Violet Turner
===Guest Stars===
*Mimi Kennedy as Eleanor Bergin
*Devon Gummersall as Ronald Bergin
*Rebecca Field as Rachel Gold
*Jonathan Goldstein as Rabbi
*Geffri Maya as Maya Bennett
*Stephen Lunsford as Fillmore Davis
*Stephen Collins as "The Captain" Montgomery
===Co-Starring===
*Dennis Apergis as Shimmon
*Kate Lacey as Nurse
*Jeffrey Lorenzo as Older Boy
==Medical Notes==
===Eleanor Bergin===
*Diagnosis:
**Pregnancy
**Fetal hydrocephalus
*Doctors:
**Addison Forbes Montgomery (fetal surgeon)
**Pete Wilder (alternative medicine practitioner)
**Unnamed OB
*Treatment:
**In-utero intracranial septostomy
Eleanor, 60, was 23 weeks pregnant and the OB noticed an abnormality in the baby. The baby had a build of cerebrospinal fluid. Addison looked at her scans and suggested that she could do fetal surgery. Because of her advanced age, Pete was concerned about the risks of the surgery. The baby's heart rate slowed down and Addison said they either had to operate or end the pregnancy. They decided to have the surgery. The surgery went well, but because of her age, the sutures didn't hold and she was leaking fluid. The second surgery went well and they were both stable afterward.
===Ruthie Gold===
*Diagnosis:
*Doctors:
**Cooper Freedman (pediatrician)
*Treatment:
**Well-baby exam
Ruthie, two months, was examined by Cooper and proclaimed to be healthy.
===Shimmon Gold===
*Diagnosis:
**Couvade
*Doctors:
**Violet Turner (psychiatrist)
**Charlotte King (sexologist)
*Treatment:
Shimmon's wife mentioned that after their most recent child was born, her husband wasn't interested in sex. Cooper referred her to Violet. Charlotte also sat in on their session, thinking it was a physical issue. Charlotte quickly diagnosed couvade, mimicking her pregnancy symptoms. Rachel wanted the condition to persist because she loves her husband, but doesn't want any more kids. Because of their strict religious beliefs, Shimmon wouldn't talk to a woman about his symptoms, so he spoke to Cooper. They then consulted with a rabbi to look for other options for the Golds.
===Rachel Gold===
*Diagnosis:
**Anemia
*Doctors:
**Charlotte King (sexologist)
**Violet Turner (psychiatrist)
*Treatment:
**Birth control pills
Violet told Rachel she appeared to have mild anemia, common in new mothers. She gave her birth control pills, saying that among other things, it treats iron-deficient anemia.
==Music==
Song 	Performer 	Scene
"Doubtful Comforts" 	Blue Roses 	
*Violet and The Captain sleep together. She starts to cry because of her scar. He reassures her.
*They talk about Addison and Violet gives him advice.
"Love Me Through" 	Port O'Brien	
*The rabbi says it sounds like the Golds want to live by the letter of the Lord.
*Addison invites her father to her house for a drink.
*Sam and Maya get ice cream and talk about Dink. She's excited about living with Sam.
*Maya texts Dink.
"Off the Wall" 	Cham Pain 	
*Sam finds Maya having a party at his house.
*Sam meets Dink then sends Maya upstairs while he breaks up the party.
"Can't Treat Me That Way"	Kate Earl 	
*Sam tells Maya to go apologize to Naomi and mean it.
*Naomi and Sam talk about what to do with Maya.
*The Captain goes to Addison's and Addison yells at him about Violet.
*The Captain calls Bizzy and says if she doesn't come tell Addison the truth, he will.
"Doubtful Comforts" - Blue Roses
"Love Me Through" - Port O'Brien
"Off the Wall" - Cham Pain
"You Can't Treat Me That Way" - Kate Earl
==Notes and Trivia==
*This episode scored 9.21 million viewers.https://web.archive.org/web/20121016173124/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/12/04/thursday-broadcast-other-broadcast-shows-unchanged/35341/
*This episode's title is likely a reference to the 1961 or 1998 movie The Parent Trap.
*This episode is the first part of a two-hour Private Practice event with Blowups.
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==See Also==
Category:All Episodes
Category:PP Episodes
Category:PP S3 Episodes