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Archer's still in town and Addison's not at all happy about it. See, she thinks that if she moves somewhere, then her brother is not allowed to live there, even if he gets a good job and all that. She swears she's not mad that he's sleeping with Naomi. Speaking of that, Naomi finds out Archer's dating other people, because he's just a (monotone) good-time guy, which is good. Or so he tells her. In addition to being a good-time guy, he's also a good neurosurgeon. And after he and Addison work together to save a pregnant woman who's having a stroke, she comes around and tells him he can stay. Then he cancels his date and tells Naomi she's a keeper.
Naomi also sees a 52-year-old woman who wants to have her dead daughter's embryos implanted. She says it's because her daughter wanted a child more than anything and she thinks that should happen. When Naomi tells Violet, Violet tells her not to do it because it turns out the daughter told Violet she hated her mom. So then Violet meets with the mom, who spouts all sorts of platitudes about being scared but wanting to be a good mother, and Violet is totally won over because it all speaks to her in this moment. She is really not the poster child for people continuing to work during pregnancy, is she?
But she better stay at work, because her personal life is a mess. She finds out Sheldon doesn't want kids, and Pete thinks he's too selfish for kids. So, she's basically alone, but she wants to have this baby. Luckily, Cooper keeps bringing her food and eventually -- after Charlotte turns down his multiple attempts to reconcile after he so rudely didn't marry her to stop her grieving -- he decides he'll be the person there for Violet. He'll move in! Unfortunately, as always happens on TV, as soon as he's made this commitment, Charlotte comes around, shows up with food and tells him she'd like to move in with him. Too late. And I'm totally rooting for Violet and Cooper, so I can't even feel bad for Charlotte.
Pete also deals with an economically created heroin addict, and ultimately gets Violet to agree to have him put in a psychiatric facility, where they have people who can treat his heroin addiction. I doubt we'll ever find out what comes of this, which is fine, because, really? Who cares? Let's be honest: No one. This storyline was mostly filler. Although it provided us with our only glimpses of Dell, who got pushed into a shelf by the addict and then had to be stitched up. That's worth something, in my book.
Oh, and Sam finally has sex with his beautiful, way-too-young girlfriend. But it only happens thanks to Naomi's help to overcome his stress-induced asthma. Ex-wives are the best!
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Want more? The full recap starts right below!Addison rushes breathlessly into the hospital, where she's greeted -- or, rather, accosted -- by Archer. He's mad she hasn't returned his calls, and so he does this stupid "For now" automatic response in which his answer to everything she says is "For now." Like this: Addison says, "I didn't know you were here." Archer: "For now." Addison: "Working for Charlotte." Archer: "For now." You're getting it. He thinks it's funny that she's walked in on him twice now. Yes, what a laugh riot to walk in on your brother having sex all the time. Ha! SO FUNNY! Archer starts briefing Addison on a patient, which annoys and puzzles her. Anyway, turns out she's about to walk in on a pregnant patient who had a stroke. Charlotte greets them, and then says something about Archer being called in because he's her new neurologist.
Addison greets the husband, Tim, and asks what happened. He says they were arguing, and then his wife, Jane, dropped her orange juice and then couldn't speak. Addison checks out the baby, whose heartbeat is normal. Jane tries to talk, and it's almost too stroke-patient realistic. I'm wondering if this woman is acting. Archer figures out by telling time that she's currently having a stroke, and he thinks they can go in and stop the stroke before it's done and that will somehow be good. Tim asks about the baby and we get our annoying drums that lead us to the main titles.
Then we're back in Jane's room with beeping monitors and sad husband. He asks Addison if the fight caused this, but Addison says there are no predictors for a stroke. He then explains the divorce has been ugly (so apparently they're no longer married), and that she hates that she's pregnant because it has kept him in her life. That was the last thing she said before she had a stroke. She wished she wasn't pregnant so she'd never have to see him again. He's all teary and, I must say, a little creepy-acting. I'm not sure if we're supposed to suspect him of, like, hitting her in the head and causing this, but I totally am.
Archer busts in all happy and smiling about having to cut into her brain. Addison doesn't want him cutting into her brain to stop the stroke, because Jane's life isn't a risk. The stroke won't kill her or the baby, but the surgery might. She calls Archer "Archie," causing him to say, "You are mad!" Is it just me, or is "Archie" not a "I'm so mad at you that I'm calling you this" name? It's more of the nickname, no? Archer should be the name he's called by those who are mad at him (which would be pretty much anyone who has known him for more than five minutes). Archer lobbies for a better quality of life for Jane, and he insists he can save both Jane and the baby.
Cooper shows up at Violet's with all sort of food and sweets for her. But no coffee for her. He's making her give it up. See how he'd be an awesome baby daddy for Violet? She's hungry, but he says it's cravings and then throws a copy of "What to Expect When You're Expecting" on her table and cites the page that talks about cravings. Um, Cooper? You should not have that book memorized. Except that you're a pediatrician, so, okay, you're forgiven. But, then, if pediatricians rely on books that we all can read, do we really need pediatricians? Shouldn't he have a more complicated book or something? He then gives Violet crap about telling the father. She doesn't know if Sheldon or Pete wants kids, and doesn't even know if she wants kids. He says she has to tell someone, and she replies, "I did. I told you." My thoughts exactly. Cooper would be the best father (not that I don't love Pete).
Naomi is stressed in the break room, so Sam volunteers his ear for her talking. She says it's about another man, and he says he can handle it. She tells him she slept with Archer, and he has to use his inhaler. Hee. I love Sam's anxiety-induced asthma. He manages to get it together enough to ask her, in stilted speech, if she's worried about Addison finding out (um, she already knows) or about everyone finding out that Naomi kept Archer being hired by Charlotte a secret. She says both, but mostly she's worried that Addison will guilt Archer into not having sex with her again and she really doesn't want that, because the sex is awesome. Sam has to sit down from the anxiety, and she apologizes. He's all, "Whatever, dude, I have a girlfriend." She asks how that's going, and he tries to say it's great, but then says that Sonya's making him wait until she's ready. But she's ready now. Naomi tells him to take his inhaler, and he says he's not a virgin anymore! But, yeah, he'll take his inhaler. She starts to walk out, but turns and says she never thought they'd get here, to "friends." He agrees, but I think that the inhaler proves they're not exactly at "friends" yet.
Dell greets an unkempt, semi-dirty guy in a leather jacket. He's looking for Pete, but Dell says he's running late this morning, and asks if he can help him. The guy says he knows he must look like crap; it's been one of those mornings. Actually, dude, you look like it's been one of those years. But Dell shows him back to Pete's office, like a MORON. You don't leave some guy who looks like he hasn't showered in a week in Pete's office with all of his herbs. He might think they're drugs and ingest them.
Diane Venora, who I will always think of as Mrs. Capulet, is sitting with Naomi talking about her daughter, who just died. She was pregnant, and was so excited about it, and it was all thanks to Naomi. A drunk driver apparently hit them and killed both her daughter, Terry, and her husband. The embryos that were still left frozen now belong to Mommy Dearest, and she would like to have her daughter's baby, please. Naomi looks shocked, but not disgusted, which is how I feel.
Pete goes into his office to find dirty guy passed out. Dell comes in and gives him some sort of shot, which Pete administers, then he shakes the guy, whom he calls Keith, and tries to get him to wake up. He doesn't before the commercial. When we return, he's hooked up to oxygen and Sam's taking his pulse as Pete paces at the head of the Couch of Eastern Medicine, and Dell stands there with his arms crossed. The question would be: "How many Oceanside Wellness employees does it take to take a pulse?" Anyway, Pete explains the guy was a real estate agent who came to him to handle his stress during these bad economic times (how topical!). He lost his job, and his wife, and started using drugs, and he mainly comes to Pete for the clean needles. Sam's not happy about this, but Pete says he knows this guy and it's the only way he can help him. Right then, Keith wakes up. His head hurts and he goes crazy and pushes Dell into one of Pete's Shelves of Eastern Medicine as he runs out.
Addison and Archer are preparing for surgery. He asks if she's really mad about Naomi, and she thinks he's dumb for thinking she's mad about that. They talk about some sort of thing from the past that no one cares about (he let someone wear a sweater, and that someone puked on it). Anyway, Addison's not mad about Naomi. She's mad he took a job at the practice that is trying to bury her. Archer says that Wyatt left, chasing some ridiculous amount of pharmaceutical cash (wow; that's a weird way to write him out -- and why so sudden?). Charlotte needed a big name, so who better than Archer? Addison looks at him as if he is somehow more arrogant than she is. But she's lacking self-awareness if this is actually what she's thinking. She asks why he's here, and he says he wanted to get away from some things in New York. Plus, he wanted to try again and make things better after how they left things last time. He wants her to give working together a chance, on this case. As long as they do it his way, of course.
Mommy Dearest is being checked out by Naomi, who tells her she's concerned. Mommy Dearest knows she's 52, but her gynecologist has her on hormone therapy and thinks she's ready for implantation. Naomi says it's not just age (but, I hope it's at least partly age, because 52? Seriously? That's just one year younger than my mom and I'm 30), but that her body has been through a lot of stress, with losing a daughter and all. But after checking her out, she says her body is definitely ready. Mommy Dearest says this isn't about grief; it's about honoring Terry's wish to have a baby. Yeah, except that I think she probably wanted to actually have it and raise it and, you know, live.
As Sam stitches up Dell, Pete paces and says he's never seen Keith this bad. Dell thinks Keith should have to go to jail. He's not mad or anything, but he thinks Pete's tried and it didn't work, and in jail he'd have to go cold turkey. Sam agrees with Dell, but Pete thinks Keith needs to be in a program. He knows Keith has it in him to get clean with the right kind of help.
Jane is making moaning sounds as Archer and Addison get ready to operate. They know she wants to talk, but she can't. They have to keep her awake, but they will sedate her. Addison talks soothingly, saying they're going to get her and her baby through this.
Cooper brings Charlotte a peace offering: a deep-fried fritter for her Southern taste buds. She doesn't want to talk to him. He says he's sorry he said no about the marriage, but he did tell her he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her, so could she tell him what he did that's so unforgivable? She says if he doesn't know, she can't help him, and that they don't have to talk about it. So he leaves, but not before taking the fritter with him. I don't get these two. First one is mad, then the other. Can't we all just get along?
Violet's eating breakfast on the fourth floor when Sheldon approaches her and says she's been avoiding talking to him. I think if she were actually avoiding, she wouldn't stop on your floor for breakfast, brainiac. She says she's just been busy, and has a patient waiting. Cooper comes out and is glad they're talking, but Sheldon says they're actually not talking. Violet says they are, and she loves talking to him. As she says this, she takes the fritter from Cooper, because, you know ... the cravings. Cooper spots some kids in the waiting room and talks about how cute they are. This gets Sheldon to say he's not a kid person because they don't like him. (I don't blame them.) Cooper asks if he has kids, and Sheldon says, "God no!" Cooper bets Sheldon's great with them. Sheldon says he's great with them in short bursts, which is fine because that's all he sees them.
Violet's now in the break room at Oceanside, eating even more. Naomi asks if she's miserable or starving, and Violet says both. Naomi asks if she wants to talk, but Violet says the food is doing the trick. Naomi tells Violet about Mommy Dearest, and Violet immediately says letting her be implanted with the embryos is a bad idea, not because of the age or carrying her grandchild. She's only interested in what Terry would think, and Terry hated her mother. Giving her another child would have been Terry's worst nightmare.
Archer's pulling the clot out of Jane's brain, when she starts having a contraction (a side effect of something). Addison has to hold her and calm her, as Archer finishes up, saying "What a pretty sight."
Cooper walks in as Violet and Naomi are still debating Mommy Dearest's request. Violet asks him if it's ever appropriate for a woman to be implanted with her daughter's embryos. He was dreading the choice between two cereals, so he's not up to this type of decision. But Violet didn't care anyway. She and Naomi just keep yelling at each other. Violet says she can adopt, but Naomi says she doesn't want just any child, but this one. Cooper points out she will go to another doctor for implantation if Naomi doesn't do it, since the embryos are Mommy Dearest's property. Violet says there are very few doctors who could successfully get a woman her age pregnant, so if Naomi says no, the problem ends here. Cooper makes this about something else, and asks if older women being pregnant isn't part of the beauty of IVF, since women can have their careers and lives before getting pregnant. All of a sudden it's about Violet, but, um, did he just call her old? Hit him, Violet! Violet asks what it would be like to be a soccer mom in your 50s or prom dress shopping in your 60s. Cooper spouts some platitudes about how not all pregnancy situations are ideal but if this woman is going to make a good-faith effort, why are they against that? All of a sudden, Violet looks thoughtful because he's talking about her. At least she's a doctor, though, and won't let her personal feelings affect her feelings about this case. Right? Oh, right.
Archer and Addison are drinking coffee outside the hospital after surgery. He thinks they're a good team, but she says they're not a team. She's made a life here, away from Busy and Derek. And she doesn't want him to be part of it. In other words: She owns L.A., so he should back the eff off. She doesn't want to be judged, so he says he won't judge. He doesn't know how to stay out of her life. He misses her. She misses him, but this isn't a visit. He's all up in her life: in her city, in her building, in her best friend, in her patient's brain. She tells him he has to go, then she leaves him there with both coffees as a sad song starts.
Charlotte gets on the elevator, and Coop's already there. Ever notice that there are even more coincidental elevator rides on this show than on Grey's? It's annoying. Like every time something's going on with someone, you end up in the elevator together. That just does not happen. Cooper tells Charlotte this is crazy. He says her sarcasm is killing them. Then he says they're a perfect match and she needs to admit it. She stops the elevator and tells him she's humiliated and can't look him in the face after she sobbed like a 12-year-old, and then proposed and got turned down. He tells her she shouldn't feel humiliated, but she says she does, and storms out of the elevator.
Pete shows up at Keith's wife's and asks if she's seen him. She hasn't seen him in months. She can't believe he went to Pete, but he tells her about the clean needles. She says that's not helping Keith; that's enabling. She knows because she was an enabler, too, and she had to cut him off for his own good and hers. She picks up a picture of Keith before drugs and says that's her husband, but the other one is kicked out. Pete wants to get him back, but she says that's beyond hope.
Ex-husband Tim catches Addison at the hospital and asks how Jane is. She basically says Jane can't talk yet, but everything's looking good for her and the baby. He cries, but still seems a little guilty to me. I guess it's because he thinks it was his fault, but it seems more ominous to me. Addison asks if he'd like to see Jane, but he says she doesn't want to see him. He'll tell Jane's family that she's okay.
Archer and Naomi are finishing up sex and he asks if he can stay the night. She says no, because she doesn't want Maya to wake up and see him here, but he can come back tomorrow night. He can't. He has a date. With another woman. She acts upset and he says this is fun, and amazing, but he's not her boyfriend. Then he says -- and this is so ridiculous that I must quote directly - "Look. I'm a good-time guy. I'm your good-time guy. And you should enjoy the good-time guy, because the good-time guy is good." Then he asks if she wants to go again, and apparently the ridiculous good-time guy speech won her over, because she does want to. She says he has to go right after, though.
Someone knocks on Violet's door, and after looking out her peep hole, she hides the book Cooper gave her, because ... it's Sheldon. He walks right in, and tells her he wants to talk about their "situation." She thinks he means the pregnancy, but really he just knows there's a problem and wants to know what it is. Just then Cooper comes in with another bag of food. He's glad Sheldon's there. He need advice, but he will go. Violet wants him and his bag of food to stay.
Sam and Sonya are kissing, when his phone rings. It's Naomi, wanting more advice about her love life. She needs him to decode what "good-time guy" means. He says it's someone you have a good time with, which I'd think Naomi would be able to figure out on her own. She asks Sam if he's being a good-time guy, but Sam says Sonya's not a good-time guy girl. As he says this, though, she's getting naked, making herself seem sort of like a good-time guy girl. Anyway, Naomi teases him about using his inhaler and then gives him a "Go for it!" pep talk. And then he and Sonya start making out, headed toward sex, and he has to use his inhaler.
Keith wakes up in the hospital, where Pete is taking his vitals. Pete tells him they found him on the beach, and Keith says he hopes he was wearing sunscreen. Pete doesn't think this is anything to joke about, though, because apparently Keith has an infection from using dirty needles. Pete wants to know why he did this, since he gave him clean needles. But Keith traded the needles for more drugs. Keith tries to leave, saying he can get better, but Pete holds him down and tells him the infection he has is eating his heart, and the hepatitis C he has (the reason Pete gave him needles) is destroying his liver, so if he leaves he'll die.
Addison shows up at work, and Naomi asks if she's mad at her. Addison says she's a grown woman, having sex with Addison's brother, but still a grown woman. Naomi asks if a grown woman like her can go out with a "good-time guy." Addison thinks it's funny that he's calling himself that. Then she tells Naomi to be careful about him, because things don't tend to end well for the women in his life, and Naomi's her friend. Then she explains that she's mad because she thinks she's big stuff until he comes and makes her feel like the little sister. Then she says it's not Archer's fault, but him coming here and telling her how bad Kevin was is what made her want to push so hard with Kevin. Naomi thinks Addison should try having a different type of relationship with Archer, like she's doing with Sam. She thinks if she and Sam can get past it all, surely Addison and Archer can. Addison's phone dings so she leaves, but Sam comes in all sad and tells Naomi that Sonya did, in fact, call 911. Naomi says she's sorry, but you know she's secretly loving it.
Violet's talking to Mommy Dearest, who knows that Terry probably didn't say very flattering things about her. Violet is going to go ahead and throw out that whole "doctor-patient privilege" thing and instead says that Terry had negative feelings, which is why Violet's not sure this is a good idea. Mommy Dearest explains how Terry ruined her career and her life, by making her feel constantly overwhelmed and inadequate. Violet wonders why she'd want to subject herself to that again, and Mommy Dearest says she wants it to be different this time. When Violet asks why she assumes it would be, Mommy Dearest says the pain she lived with every day of Terry's life. It's really ridiculous and makes no sense, but she basically says she wants this baby to give Terry's baby the love that Terry deserved. Its' the love that every child deserves, and she's capable of it. Violet looks all moved and stuff, because, of course, she's thinking about herself and tying her own issues up with what Mommy Dearest is going through. Which is completely stupid, because Mommy Dearest is a crazy person who needs to be stopped, and now everyone's feeling all sympathetic toward her.
At the hospital, Jane's having contractions, and Addison tells her that while it's early, she thinks it will be okay. Jane's still talking like a stroke patient. I thought that would go away. Anyway, Addison called Archer there to get him to reverse the blood thinners, because she has to operate, but Archer says that will cause her to have another stroke, so he's not okay with that. Addison asks if she can do the C-section with a spinal and he can do an "intraoperative EEG and monitor the neuro status." I don't know what any of that means or if it's correct, but it's what my captioning is telling me she said. She is so much smarter than me. Archer agrees, and Addison goes to tell Jane they're going to operate. Jane calls for Tim, and Addison says she already called him. Um, when? Haven't we seen this whole thing play out? When exactly did Addison do that? I guess she's even more amazing than we thought. And then she stops to breathe and try to look pretty. But instead she makes that weird face that Kate Walsh is prone to make where she sticks her lips out like she's going to talk, but then doesn't. It's ... odd. I hate it.
Cooper knocks on Charlotte's office door. He wants her to hear him out, but she says no more talking and expressing, because it's done. He tells her it could be done, that would be fine, and he wouldn't be that much of a mess because she's not pregnant and they don't live together, and she hasn't left so much as a T-shirt at his house. (Right, except that you already returned a box of stuff to her several episodes ago, forgetful Cooper!) But he's not ready to let go. She tries to slam the door, but he stops it and tells her they're not the cute couple, but they're still a couple and he loves it. He's nowhere near ready to give up. She's tear-eyed. He says even if she's giving up, he's not. She says, "Well won't that be lonely?" Man, all that because she humiliated herself? How is that Cooper's fault? She should be mean to herself, not to him, right?
Violet goes into Pete's office, where he immediately asks if she'll sign a "5150" to force Keith into a psych facility, where they can choose to give him treatment. She argues against it, and then brings up kids, saying they can sometimes inspire things in people that adults can't. Then he says it's good he never had kids, because he's too selfish, and he's "past that window." So, will she sign the 5150? She tells him that if you force something on someone that they don't want, they'll never fully commit. Wait, is that a no, or just her realization that she can't tell Pete she's pregnant either? Also, can I just say that I hate this: If you are pregnant, you tell the father if he is in your life, even if he doesn't like kids. Plenty of people who don't like kids end up having them, and guess what? They like their own. Almost everyone does. Wouldn't a therapist be smarter than this?
In surgery, Jane's still stroke-talking, asking "Baby?" And Addison is talking baby-talk to her. When the baby comes out, it's not breathing, so Addison has to intubate. She's successful, of course. She's Addison Forbes Montgomery, Miracle Worker. She tells Jane the baby's okay.
Violet comes in to Naomi's office to tell her she thinks she was wrong about Mommy Dearest using Terry's embryos, because kids only see one side of things -- that Mommy Dearest really wants to change. Violet thinks she will be a different mom this time around. Naomi asks if it's guilt or her just trying to replace her daughter? But Violet says her commitment is reason enough to give her this second chance. Okay, whatever.
Pete walks in to Keith's hotel room, where Keith's packing up to leave. He tells Pete he has to get going, but Pete says he needs him to stay for his wife. Keith says he can't be that guy anymore. Pete tells him he has a real chance to get clean if he stays. But he leaves. Fortunately, Violet apparently signed the 5150, because there are cops waiting out there, who grab Keith. Pete comes out and tells him he's going to the psych ward at St. Ambrose, where addiction experts will help him. Keith calls Pete a sonofabitch, but I think he'll thank him for it later. The cops take him off. Then Keith's wife comes in and tells Pete if it's going to work, he has to want it. Pete says he can get there; he's not beyond hope. I think Pete's also talking about himself, except that he doesn't know what's going on with Violet. Or does he? After all, it's supposed to be clear in a hospital how your patients' problems parallel your own, so Pete must know that he's learning something from this, no?
Back at Oceanside, Naomi is implanting Mommy Dearest as Violet stands by. Mommy Dearest stops Naomi and asks them what if she's making a mistake and won't do any better this time? What if she's destined to be a bad mother? She cries. Naomi tells her she's not destined to be anything, and she can change and be the kind of mother that she thinks Terry's baby deserves. If she commits to that, it will be amazing, for both of them. Meaning Mommy Dearest and the baby, not Mommy Dearest and Violet, but Violet is listening, too, and it all pertains to her. She knew there had to be a reason she agreed to let this happen: so she could learn from Naomi's inspirational speech to her patient.
Addison's bringing Jane's baby in to see her. She tells Jane how good she did, making a baby that's breathing on his own and everything. Tim's there and he offers to hand her the baby. She cries that she's glad he's there. Less stroke-talking than before, so she must be getting better. Or not. I don't know how it works. I'm not a doctor, okay? He gives her the baby, and they hug and cry. Addison smiles, thinking to herself, "I am awesome. Look what I made."
Sam and Naomi go into Pete's office and she asks Pete what he has for anxiety-induced asthma, so that he can seal the deal with Sonya. Pete thinks this is weird, because it is. But he has butterbur and dried ivy, which will do the trick. Naomi tells Sam good luck and leaves. Pete looks on surprised and then tells Sam how great it is that they're friends after everything. Sam agrees.
Cooper comes to Violet's with more food. He says he opened his soul, but Charlotte's still not talking. Violet tells Cooper that Sheldon and Pete both don't want kids. And she also doesn't want kids. She's wearing her Oregon T-shirt again, which is awesome (because I'm in Oregon). She tells him she's alone, and what business does she have having kids? He says she's not alone. She tells him she wakes up in a cold sweat every night, and will wait too long and not be able to have an abortion. She tells him if he's not bringing her food, she's lost. He makes her feel better, though. He tells her he will be here, then, whenever she needs him. They'll sit, eat, work through everything, and make it okay together. You know, like parents. Because they are totally going to parent this baby together and become a couple, right? She asks if he'd really do that for her, and he says he'd do anything for her. Awwww.
Addison knocks on Archer's office door (he asked her to do that in the future, by the way; I didn't think that would be important so I didn't include it, but apparently it was foreshadowing). She tells him she's not glad he's working for the enemy and he needs to stay out of her personal life, but he can stay. They give each other a high-five and leave together. He says this is going to be fun.
Sam and Sonya are having sex. And ... scene.
Then Archer shows up at Naomi's and she says she thought he had a date (has it really only been a day? So much happens every day on this show). He canceled it. She says she thought he was a good-time guy. He says all he knows is he was getting ready for a date, but wanting to be with her. He realized she's a keeper. He comes in and asks where her child is in a way that makes it clear he does not want kids. She's at a sleepover, so he wants to get her naked. He chases her up the stairs. Awww, it's sort of sweet. Who saw that coming?
Charlotte shows up at Cooper's with cornbread chicken casserole as a peace offering. She fails to notice he has a packed suitcase, because she's rambling about how her mama used to bring this dish to the neighbors to make peace after Landry and Duke let their pigs out. Charlotte's sure come a long way, hasn't she? Cooper smiles, as she says it's the only thing she knows how to make. Then she tells him she screwed up, and she wants to make it right. She was thinking that, since he wanted her to move in a few months ago, maybe they should do that now: a good first step. She asks what's the matter, and he looks at his suitcase. She asks if he's going somewhere, and he says he's moving in with Violet. She looks heartbroken, like she's about to sob. He looks sad and regretful. But he doesn't explain why or anything, because then there would not be any drama. And Lord knows we need the drama. Oh, whatever, Cooper. Stay with Violet. She might be crazy, but you guys love each other unconditionally without all of the crazy fighting back and forth and secrets and ignoring each other. Plus, I'm sure Violet doesn't have anyone who she refers to as "Big Daddy."
And week, the moment we've all been waiting for: Derek says "Addison." Addison says "Derek. I need you." It's the crossover! Mark says Shepherd's proposing. Then we see Derek kiss Meredith. And then we see Derek and Addison kiss, but I guarantee it's an innocent greeting, so don't freak out or anything. Then Addison tells Derek she needs him to save her brother. She needs him to be God. Could this have anything to do with Meredith and Derek's medical trial, perhaps? I'm willing to put money on that, if anyone is up for the bet. Does anyone else think they got rid of Kevin and Wyatt just in time to have a single Addison heading to Seattle? Which man will it be? Will she be able to take time from worrying about her brother to have some frivolous on-call room sex with anyone? Mark, perhaps? Make him forget about his creepy "Little Grey" fetish, please, Addison. You can do it. Whatever happens, I'm excited and I don't even know why.
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