(S02E20) “Do the Right Thing”

I was thrilled to see Taye Digg’s wife, Broadway star Idina Menzel on Private Practice tonight (in fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if this wasn’t the last we see of her), but I must admit, that’s about the only thrilling thing that came to Oceanside Wellness.

Mostly the show was full of love-sick drama. Who’s the primary guilty party? Addison of course. Could her and Dr. Noah’s on-again off-again romance get any more pathetic and over exaggerated? How could any one fall in love with a man like that? I mean he all but blamed Addison for his mistakes in missing his pregnant wife’s symptoms and causing her to almost die. How romantic. Worst off, you can tell she was super proud of herself after making out with him in the rain then pushing passion aside to shut the door in his face. Yea, way to go Addison, you sure put your own feelings aside for the greater good.

As for Cooper and his high opinions on how to parent children, well there’s our controversial subject for the day. A twelve year old child’s having sex so her mom puts her on the pill and in steps an authority figure with a different point of view. I’m not saying he was wrong in his opinions, and I’m also not saying he was right. What I am saying is that once again Private Practice manages to take a controversial subject and present it in a very opinion-skewed view. There’s nothing that bothers me more than when a show does that to an audience. When they make the decision on how they should feel for them.