(S02E16) “Wait and See”

have tried very hard in my past fifteen Private Practice reviews to keep my personal opinions out of it. Primarily, I’ve shied away from taking a stance because the show often hits key controversial issues in which there’s no winning battle at the moment. Everyone is at odds with each other over abortion, the cause of autism and even tonight’s outstanding issue, deciding how to raise inter-sex babies, but tonight the writers of Private Practice pushed me too far.

On two seperate occassions in tonight’s episode the audience is left to believe that in some cases, cheating in a relationships can not only be forgiven, but can strenghten a relationship. I’m sure they’re not the only ones that feel this way. Ceratinly, there may be those of you reading this right now that have reason to believe the truth in this. And who am I to argue? I’ve never been in those shoes. However, as the vast majority of people out there typically consider cheating a ridiculously cruel and selfish thing to do to an individual you were said to love, I’d say I’d have to disagree with their overall message. I’ve said it once and i’ll say it again, but the writers of Private Practice should really consider their audience more and understand that they are intelligent invididuals who would much prefer coming up with their own conclusions about subjects instead of having them force fed. That’s all I’m going to say about that from now on. Please excuse me this one indulgent rant.