Season 1, Episode 7 - In Which Sam Gets Taken for a Ride

Love is in the air…well, lust is, anyway. Hormones were running rampant tonight, and it was enough to mess with a lot of heads. And for everyone else, the nine-month-later result of that lust was on the brain.

Yep, it was babies night on Private Practice tonight. The mother of three rambunctious boys, expecting a girl this time, gives birth to yet another male. The recently widowed expecting mother finally realizes that she’s alone in the middle of labor. Those were decent enough storylines, but the other subplot…not so much.

Sam gets duped into making a house call to a liquor store that is being held up to help a wounded man. Turns out, the hostage-taker is pregnant with the wounded man’s baby, and Sam is forced to deliver the baby in the store. Sound cliche? It is. Sound overly convenient? Yeah, I thought so, too. I’m not a fan.

Anyway, back to the lust. Addison and Pete make plans to step up their relationship, but Pete stands her up. Meanwhile, Violet and Cooper arrange a friends with benefits tryst, but Cooper backs out at the last minute. Seriously, what is the deal with the emasculation of the guys on this show? At least Sam had the juevos to step up and seal the deal. You go boy.

All sarcasm aside, this was still a very solid episode. I think Practice is absolutely taking some strides in the right direction. Keep it up, and this could become a great show.

Episode grade: A-