Private Practice News

Get ready for Addison's return ... again!

Private Practice star Kate Walsh is heading back to Grey’s Anatomy in early January to play a key role in a top-secret crossover involving Addison, Mark, and guest star Leven Rambin.

The situation as we know it is as follows:

In the Grey’s Anatomy half of the crossover, Mark Sloan (Eric Dane) summons Addison to Seattle Grace to perform surgery on Rambin's character, who was announced last week.

The storyline spills into Private Practice when, according to creator Shonda Rhimes, “complications arise and Mark ends up taking [her] back down to L.A. for more surgery.”

As for Mark’s connection to this new crossover character?

That remains to be seen. As does whether sparks fly between lovers-turned-friends Addison and Mark, and what impact this new crisis has, if any, on the future of Mark and Lexie.

Answers to all those questions will likely be revealed, or at least hinted at, in future spoilers.

For now, it's up to us to debate them right here. What do you think happens, and are you excited for the crossover? Sound off on this Grey's Anatomy-Private Practice news below!

Last night's episode of Private Practice featured four different story lines:

Charlotte is upset because she has no patients. Cooper tries to help in his awkward Cooper way. She rebuffs him. They make up and are generally a very cute couple.

Pete and Violet treat Barbara, a depressed woman, with electroshock therapy. She responds in a way they never saw coming - and tells them a lot about themselves.

Addison is treating a woman who suffers from stage four ovarian cancer, meets a cute oncologist who asks her out, and ultimately morphs into a crazy cat lady. Sort of.

Naomi meets a wheelchair-bound specialist who she clashes with, despite his being in a wheelchair making her uncomfortable. But she earns his respect - and vice versa.

For more, follow the link for our sister site's review of "Slip Slidin' Away" ...

Addison and her new boyfriend ... Milo the kitty.

Last night on Private Practice, Violet's attacker, Katie Kent was on trial.

Violet couldn't bring herself to testify at first. Then when she was ready to, a plea from Katie herself made her second-guess her intentions regarding the crazy woman.

After tearing her a new one in private, a composed Violet tells the court that, in her expert opinion, Katie was temporarily insane. As a result, she'll likely avoid prison.

Pete was not pleased, and Violet realized only then that he is a victim in all this too. He begs her to come back to him and Lucas. We really hope that she agrees to!

Elsewhere, Charlotte joins the practice with a specialty that Cooper has a real issue with. Also in a flashback from last season, the swapped unborn babies return.

Addison has to operate on one of them, and the consequences are tragic.

Follow the link for a full recap of last night's "Strange Bedfellows."

Who will testify, Violet the victim or Dr. Turner the medical expert?

Former All My Children star Leven Rambin has landed a recurring role on both Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice, according to Soap Opera Digest. She'll appear later this year.

No word on who the 19-year-old will be playing, but presumably it will be the same character on both series. Another crossover in the works, perhaps? Theories and thoughts?

Leven Rambin played Ava Benton on All My Children from 2004-2008.

While last night's episode of Grey's Anatomy provided an entirely different tone, feel and narrative structure than we're used to, Private Practice was true to form.

The doctors of Oceanside Wellness (and Pacific Wellcare) struggled with patients who tugged at their heartstrings - and in some cases, hit a little close to home.

This was especially true in the case of Violet, who had to counsel a couple struggling with the rape of a woman - and an unplanned pregnancy that resulted from it.

Meanwhile, Addison treated a homeless teen and her two-year-old son, and she and Sam helped her reunite with her own mother, with whom she was estranged.

Elsewhere, Sheldon tried to lay down rules, Charlotte threw herself into home renovations and ended up with a new position, and Dell even made an appearance!

For a full rundown, follow the link for a recap of "Pushing the Limits."

Grey’s Anatomy will bid farewell to 2009 later this season when the Seattle Grace staff celebrates Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s - all in one very special installment.

“We’re pretty excited,” show creator Shonda Rhimes tells TV Guide of the big Grey's Anatomy event. “We’ll be watching time pass as we take the audience into the new year.”

Sadly, this isn't to say all the news is warm, fuzzy and joyous.

From the sound of it, the Season Six drama shifts away from medical and professional drama and focuses instead on characters’ personal hopes, dreams and disappointments.

Over the holidays, “people feel like something magical or momentous should happen,” Rhimes explains, but certainly speaks the truth when she says “But often nothing does.”

Among other story lines, we'll be seeing how Bailey became Bailey.

In the episode, we will meet Miranda Bailey’s (Chandra Wilson) mother, whom Rhimes describes as “more Bailey than Bailey. You’ll finally see where Bailey gets her stuff.”

In between unwrapping gifts, Mark and Lexie’s happiness will be rocked by the arrival of a character from his past who Rhimes says will cause them “to fall on hard times.”

Meanwhile, over on Grey’s Anatomy's sister show, Private Practice, Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh) will be getting a surprise visit from her dad, whom she calls “The Captain.”

He's played by Stephen Collins, while her mom, Bizzy, will be played by JoBeth Williams.

Over a three-episode arc, kicking off in mid-November, Rhimes says Addison will finally get to the bottom of some more of the redhead's “shocking family secrets.”

Well, it is the holidays, right?

Was Chandra Wilson's awesome stint on Private Practice just the first of several such crossovers to come this season on Shonda Rhimes' sister shows? Here's E!'s latest ...

Q: I loved last week's Grey's Anatomy-Private Practice crossover with Bailey! She killed it. Is there anything good you can share on Grey's Anatomy or Private Practice?

A: I'm told by insiders that there should be at least two more crossovers before the season is through, though they have yet to hammer out specific details.

Who do you think should do the crossing honors?

As for one particular rumor going around - that there will be an upcoming plot involving for Justin Walker (Dave Annable) of Brothers & Sisters to cross over to Private Practice (Justin is now in medical school), a rep at ABC says that's actually not happening.

Aww. Too bad. But there are other good options.

Last night, Miranda Bailey crossed over from Grey's Anatomy and pulled double duty by stealing the show on Private Practice immediately after, continuing her same story line.

The final hope for the kidney transplant patient whose treatment Izzie botched was in L.A., and it was quite controversial - her HIV-infected sister was the last possible donor.

Bailey butted heads - and showed some palpable chemistry - with Taye Diggs' Dr. Sam Bennett, while Addison's emotional affair with Noah last season came back to bite her.

Oh, and Pete and Sheldon finally know, thanks to a paternity test the latter insisted on given the strange parenting arrangement for Lucas, who the father of Violet's baby is.

Our sister site, TV Fanatic, has you covered with a full recap of "Right Here, Right Now," as well as quotes, spoilers, casting news and more from the world of Private Practice.

Here's a little excerpt from E!'s spoiler Q&A today regarding Chandra Wilson. It's nothing we don't already know after her interview yesterday, but here goes anyway:

Q: So excited to see Bailey on Private Practice this week, but does she cross over from Grey's Anatomy for personal or professional reasons?

A: According to Grey's Anatomy star Chandra Wilson herself, "[Bailey]'s being overprotective of a patient, so it starts on Grey's Anatomy, and of course, the surgery can only be done in L.A. at St. Ambrose, so she ends up there with a patient."

Paul Adelstein (Cooper on Private Practice) adds, "[Bailey] takes us to task. She's a truth teller, and her writing is truth telling, so she comes in and busts us all down to size pretty good."

Chandra Wilson (Miranda Bailey) visits Private Practice this week. We're psyched!

While the Seattle Grace regulars battle an "Invasion" of newcomers, one Grey's Anatomy mainstay, Dr. Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson), will be crossing to Private Practice!

Bailey brings a kidney transplant patient to L.A., and Addison, her former Seattle colleague, isn't the only Oceanside doc pleased to see her, according to the press release.

We don't know entirely what that cryptic description implies, but from the photo gallery we've seen, it looks like Bailey works closely with Sam (Taye Diggs) on the case.

Meanwhile, Addison's emotional affair with Noah comes back to bite her, while Sheldon and Pete finally - yes, really, finally! - discover who the father of Violet's baby is.

We've posted one image from the exciting episode below. Chanda is so awesome (and not very tall). Follow the link for lots more photos of Bailey on Private Practice ...