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It's easy to see why Kate Walsh's character, neonatal surgeon Addison Montgomery, was spun off from the hugely popular Grey's Anatomy to her own series, Private Practice. It's not just her looks--beautiful but accessible, silent movie eyes, and a forthright jaw--or her obvious intelligence. Her acting has flashes of an uncommon freshness, a sense of unbridled spontaneity. This quality isn't always there, though her performances are never less than capable. But when you catch that moment, that sly twinkle or a flicker of sadness, Walsh is remarkably charismatic. Standing out like that is no small feat when surrounded by such sterling TV and film veterans as Tim Daly, Amy Brenneman, Taye Diggs, Paul Adelstein, and Audra McDonald. Montgomery works at Oceanside Wellness Centre, a cooperative medical clinic in Los Angeles, where private lives and medical cases collide on a regular basis. In the second season of Private Practice, financial ruin looms over the team as they grapple with such hot-button cultural issues as abortion, teen pregnancy, vaccination, and the right to die, as well as more esoteric issues like accidental incest and a hermaphroditic baby. The doctors engage in vigorous ethical debate and even more vigorous sex as they bounce off each other romantically and professionally. After an uneven first season, the show's skilled writers, producers, and directors have found a tone that smoothly balances moral debate, personal drama, and light comedy. Maybe it's a little too smooth; sometimes the characters' quirks seem overly packaged, their private needs too easily gotten around when the plot demands it. But the show's writers have a gift for swift acceleration. Each episode leaps forward, scenes building on each other until every issue--and every personal complication--has been squeezed for maximum effect. Though moments may push credulity--the season cliffhanger is a jaw-dropper--Walsh and the rest of the charming cast will keep you engaged. --Bret Fetzer
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Experience all the challenges, changes and second chances found in the sizzling hit drama, Private Practice: The Complete Second Season from ABC's Golden Globe-winning creator of Grey's Anatomy. Check in on the health and welfare of Oceanside Wellness Group's neonatal surgeon Dr. Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh) and her perpetually single colleagues as they learn what the phrase "physician, heal thyself" really means. It’s time to make the rounds with an all-star cast including Taye Diggs, Amy Brenneman, Audra McDonald, Tim Daly, Paul Adelstein, KaDee Strickland and Chris Lowell. Own every Season Two episode now on six-disc DVD, and probe deeper into the doctors’ ultimate Southern California lifestyle with never-before-seen bonus features. The prognosis is for a unique blend of everything you love most: wit, passion and lots of complications as Private Practice goes public.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Which bonkers DVD making person made the very first episode, the supposed 'catch up', actually a catch-up of season 1 and a complete summary of season 2? I very nearly made the world record for leaping up and stopping a dvd when I realised!!! Sadly had some of my enjoyment of season 2 was lost as I already 'knew' what was coming next. Be warned! DO NOT WATCH THE 'CATCH UP'.
That said, I still enjoyed PP season 2, with its brilliant dovetail back into Greys Anatomy (shan't spoil anything!!) and following the beautiful LA doctors lives, loves and lattes!
Private Practice has a long way to go before reaching the incredible highs of its Big Brother Greys in my opinion, but it is nonetheless funny, clever, heartwarming and shocking - and just as watchable.
Enjoy - just avoid the stupid 'catch-up'.
That said, I still enjoyed PP season 2, with its brilliant dovetail back into Greys Anatomy (shan't spoil anything!!) and following the beautiful LA doctors lives, loves and lattes!
Private Practice has a long way to go before reaching the incredible highs of its Big Brother Greys in my opinion, but it is nonetheless funny, clever, heartwarming and shocking - and just as watchable.
Enjoy - just avoid the stupid 'catch-up'.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I liked the first series, so i got the second. The issues are brought up are brilliant, but they are resolved touched on and gone! it does the awful breathy men or women singers doing acoustic nearly in every episode as its fights for an emotional angle! But the issues are superficially held, the emotion is pushed and it just feels like a huge waffer, all crumbs and not even slightly filling! its inauthentic, its entertainment ok, but it should be more than that, filling, something to think about. Although the one main character in danger at the end is my favourite character I won't be getting the next series, serious fluff isn't enough, and the relationship propaganda is sicking too.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I watched the first series with enjoyment but it was rather disjointed. I didn't keep the DVD set of the first series and hadn't planned to buy the second. But when the second series was announced on DVD I bought it to give it a go.
It has settled into a consistent and comfortable pattern. The main theme of each episode is the success or failure of the characters' romantic lives. New characters include Addison's brother Archer, Dell's estranged wife, procedural inspector Sonia, Sheldon from a competing practice, and a new medic at the hospital, Noah. All have their part to play but their main purpose is to provide the original characters with more potential romantic interest and conflict.
The romantic interludes and emotional angst are filled out with other storylines including problems in the management of the practice, medical dramas, and moral dilemmas about the treatment of patients. There are some good stories and sub-plots in many of the episodes. The season finale is an excellent cliff-hanger, quite out of step with the rest of the series.
Overall this is a light-hearted and very good natured show. When you think about it there are no "baddies" in the series and I'm sure that even the outcome of the last episode will turn out to have a happy ending in the third series. Apart from that episode there is no tension and you never really buy into the characters or their problems because they are so improbable. But this is the show's strength, not its weakness. It is good humoured entertainment that has no resemblence to a more tedious reality. It is glossy and well produced, and in an age where so many things seem so gloomy it is nice to have a bit of good quality escapism.
It has settled into a consistent and comfortable pattern. The main theme of each episode is the success or failure of the characters' romantic lives. New characters include Addison's brother Archer, Dell's estranged wife, procedural inspector Sonia, Sheldon from a competing practice, and a new medic at the hospital, Noah. All have their part to play but their main purpose is to provide the original characters with more potential romantic interest and conflict.
The romantic interludes and emotional angst are filled out with other storylines including problems in the management of the practice, medical dramas, and moral dilemmas about the treatment of patients. There are some good stories and sub-plots in many of the episodes. The season finale is an excellent cliff-hanger, quite out of step with the rest of the series.
Overall this is a light-hearted and very good natured show. When you think about it there are no "baddies" in the series and I'm sure that even the outcome of the last episode will turn out to have a happy ending in the third series. Apart from that episode there is no tension and you never really buy into the characters or their problems because they are so improbable. But this is the show's strength, not its weakness. It is good humoured entertainment that has no resemblence to a more tedious reality. It is glossy and well produced, and in an age where so many things seem so gloomy it is nice to have a bit of good quality escapism.
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It is a great series and very addictive.... moves the characters on from the first series. Can't wait to the next series.
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To my ex this is one of her best series ever. Picture quality is good, but cannot say anything of the sound quality since I have got stero speaker system. Read more
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Published 22 months ago by Amanda
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Saw Season 1 on TV and enjoyed the format, then read that Season 3 was to be shown, so needed to catch up. The dvd was excellent viewing and value for money
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