That’s how PRIVATE PRACTICE ended. It was a
bittersweet moment for me, as it always is when a show ends. These are my
thoughts on the last few episodes of the show.
When PRIVATE PRACTICE began, I was skeptical. I had to
watch it, obviously, because it was by Shonda Rhimes, and the lead was going to
be Addison Montgomery, one of my then favorite characters in GREY’S ANATOMY.
But I was skeptical because it was a spinoff, and it didn’t have a gripping
premise. Maybe that wasn’t a big requirement for TV shows six years ago, as it
is now, but still. As the show progressed, it grew on me. It had the same
storytelling that GREY’S ANATOMY has and that worked very well. While several
storylines may have reduced the characters to immature people making hasty and
bad decisions, it was, on the whole, a pretty decent show. They’ve had some
very strong storylines that have remained with me over the last six years.
Violet’s baby being cut out of her and stolen, Charlotte’s rape, Amelia’s
addiction, Dell’s death... And these are stories that will stay with me for a
long time. Yet, it probably was the best time to end it.
As it drew to a close, I realized that I liked what
they had done in order to give each character their final sendoff. Having an
episode each dedicated to all the characters was a good way to give their stories
some kind of resolution, with dedicated screen time, while also exploring the
journeys they’d had through the show. I especially liked to see Sheldon’s
episode. He was on the sidelines throughout the show, even when Brian Benben
became a series regular. Other characters like Amelia, Charlotte and Cooper got
to look back on their stories from the past, which reflected their evolution in
quite a nice way. With time-frames established by showing the stage of
Charlotte’s pregnancy, or the girl going missing, it was clear that all their
stories were progressing simultaneously, and it could’ve been just as easy to
go through with it like regular episodes, but clubbing each storyline together
into single episodes turned out to be an effective storytelling tool.
After all the characters’ episodes ended, the last two
episodes seemed like they would have gone well together as a two-part series
finale. But seeing as I was doing a marathon, it came across that way for me
anyway. Charlotte having the babies, Amelia’s epiphany about wanting babies, the
touching story of how Addison adopted Henry with Jake’s help, Violet accepting
life as a ‘work in progress’, etc made a good lead-in for the finale. In the
finale, I was happy to see Naomi back. She had to come back as Addison’s
maid-of-honor. The weddings were both beautifully done, especially Addison and
Jake’s—the venue, the dress, everything was perfect. Towards the end it did
kind of seem like it was all about who ended up with whom. In that, I thought
Amelia and James’ story was very rushed, even though I thought they made a very
hot couple. Sheldon and Miranda’s story was moving, but theirs was also quite
rushed. Sam and Naomi came out of nowhere, but I was happy. Somehow, I always
thought that they should get back together, especially when they hooked up
once, a few seasons ago. But then he and Addison got together, and that became
serious. Eventually, Addison didn’t end up with Sam, because their relationship
was always tense and stressed, and she made way more sense with Jake. And even
though I thought that Sam and Naomi back together might be awkward after he was
with Addison, but the writers managed it very well, using Addison’s wedding as
a catalyst.
I particularly liked how they used weddings to start
and end the finale, with all the resolutions transpiring between the weddings. Violet’s
sense of resolution and spirit of moving on was reflected well in the story of
that patient (played by the lovely Sarah Ramos), and the book she was writing. And
finally, it’s the book that ends it. The premise of the book seemed a little
lame, but it was clear that they simply wanted to give us the message that all
would be fine from there on, and that they were all out of the depths of
depression that they’d all seen in the last six seasons.
And while I say goodbye to PRIVATE PRACTICE, here's a medley of the Charlotte-Cooper dancing sequences in one of the last few episodes. It was hilarious and they were both so good. I'm sure some of you would like to watch it all together as well.
And while I say goodbye to PRIVATE PRACTICE, here's a medley of the Charlotte-Cooper dancing sequences in one of the last few episodes. It was hilarious and they were both so good. I'm sure some of you would like to watch it all together as well.
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