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Private Practice Episode: "In Which We Meet Addison, a Nice Girl From Somewhere Else"

Season 1, Episode 1
Episode Synopsis: In the series opener, Addison begins work at L.A.'s Oceanside Wellness Clinic. Trouble is, her old friend Naomi Bennett (Audra McDonald), a fertility specialist, hired her without telling the other Oceanside doctors. And they aren't happy about it. Meanwhile, a teen develops complications during labor; and a wife and a girlfriend both want a donor's sperm after his sudden death. Original Air Date: Sep 26, 2007

"In Which We Meet Addison, a Nice Girl from Somewhere Else"

Thank God my anticipation for this show didn't ruin the first episode for me. I was afraid I put a hex on the show by hyping it so much in my head. Sure, at first I wanted Addison to stay in Seattle and in Karev's arms, but I think I'm going to like her "one-man gyne show" in L.A.!I didn't think I was going to laugh when Sam saw Addison naked because it had been all over the commercials, but I did. She did the robot! Anyone doing the robot is hilarious, at least in my book.Overall, I felt this show had a different vibe than Grey's Anatomy. I liked that it was not set in a hospital and the conversations and issues were more grown-up and less petty. Don't get me wrong, I love my Grey's, but this new dynamic was refreshing. But, of course, it did mimic the wacky medical situations that seem to come out of nowhere. Addison will be delivering a three-headed baby in no time!I enjoyed the intense relationships that already exist between the characters and look forward to the new ones that ... read more

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Premiered: September 26, 2007, on ABC
Rating: TV-14
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Premise: A 'Grey's Anatomy' spin-off focusing on neonatal surgeon Addison Forbes Montgomery, who has left Seattle Grace and moved to L.A., where she practices at the upscale Oceanside Wellness Clinic. Colleagues include her divorced medical-school friends Naomi and Sam Bennett, as well as pediatrician Cooper Freedman, psychiatrist Violet Turner and Dr. Pete Wilder, who specializes in alternative medicine.

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