My TV Musings

I’m devoting myself to comparisons lately, it seems, first Torchwood and now Private Practice.

Even though I don’t watch Grey’s Anatomy, I had been looking forward to this new series for some time due to the cast: Tim Daly, Taye Diggs, Amy Brenneman, Paul Adelstein, and Chris Lowell, whom I knew as Piz on the recently-cancelled Veronica Mars.

I first noticed how closely the office setup reminded me of that on State of Mind, a new summer series starring Lili Taylor as a quirky shrink who works in an old house, renovated into office space for a hodge-podge of professionals, from a child psychologist to a lawyer, all of whom have their personal issues that easily spill over into their professional lives. These thirty-somethings are a close knit bunch and I find the series to be a breath of fresh air, and I hope it will be renewed for another season.

By contrast, when Addison arrives at the Oceanside Wellness Group in Los Angeles, it is a surprise to everyone except her close friend, Naomi, who failed to tell her partners that she had asked Addy, a neo-natal specialist, to join the group. That, in and of itself, causes strain as poor Addy has to prove herself worthy. Fortunately, a patient comes along with an emergency requiring Addy to step up and work at her highest level of competency, not knowing if her decisions will save a woman and her baby or kill them. All works out in the end and she is brought into the fold.

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