Addison Montgomery
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Addison Adrienne Forbes Montgomery (formerly Shepherd), was a fictional character
on the ABC
television series Grey's Anatomy
, and is currently starring on its spin-off
show Private Practice. Addison is a world-class neonatal
surgeon
with board certification
s in both Obstetrics and Gynaecology
and Maternal and Fetal Medicine
. Additionally, she is a medical genetics
fellow
. The character is portrayed by actress Kate Walsh.
along with the second and third season of Private Practice. Addison is the daughter of wealthy parents, and has a twenty-five-million-dollar trust fund. Addison's father is nicknamed "The Captain" and is a doctor as well, who teaches medicine at a university where Addison would sit and watch as a child. Her mother, Bizzy Forbes Montgomery, is rarely referred to as "mom" while her father was frequently adulterous and used time spent with Addison as a pretense. Her brother Archer is a world-class neurologist and successful author. Addison met her future husband, Derek Shepherd
, at medical school
. Although never actually stated in the series, this would mean that she attended Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
in New York City
, as it is known that this is where Derek attended medical school and is originally from New York
. She met future colleagues Sam
and Naomi Bennett
there as well. Addison, along with Derek, became successful in their respective fields and each began their own practice in New York City, which placed a strain on their marriage. Addison's affair with Derek's best friend Mark Sloan
prompted the end of their marriage and Derek's departure to Seattle. Addison briefly attempted to have a relationship with Mark, which resulted in her becoming pregnant. She had an abortion
as she was still in love with Derek, and when Mark cheated on her, she moved to Seattle.
behest, where she greets Meredith by saying, "Hi, I'm Addison Shepherd. And you must be the woman who's been screwing my husband." She immediately learns that Derek has started a relationship with intern Meredith Grey
, and tries to reconcile her own relationship with him. Derek is initially still angry with her, and there is a period of antagonism between them, including one point where she says, "Can I join or are you not into threesomes?" Addison's presence, however, does reinvigorate their relationship, and ultimately leads to Derek choosing Addison over Meredith, which eventually leads to Derek admitting to Addison that he fell in love with Meredith. They attempt to return to their former life, taking residence in his trailer, and Addison makes her move to Seattle permanent, becoming the head of a unique surgical service integrating neonatal
surgery
and obstetrics and gynecology. She begins to realize that Derek still has feelings for Meredith, and their marriage is tested further when Mark arrives in Seattle looking for Addison because he wants to take her back to New York. Mark makes Addison realizes that Derek is in love with Meredith and that he (Mark) does love her. After Derek finds Meredith in one of Finn's shirts, he sleeps with Addison even though he is in love with Meredith. When Addison finds out that Derek had sex with Meredith at prom by finding her panties in the pocket of Derek's tuxedo, she gets drunk and pursues a relationship with Mark that ultimately fails. During season two, Addison punishes Alex Karev
after he was rude to her by putting him on her service. Once her divorce with Derek finalizes, Addison tells him that she had a two month affair with Mark and he wasn't a one night stand like Derek had thought. However, by season three, she begins to feel an attraction towards Alex and eventually sleeps with him, only to discover that he is not interested in a relationship with her as she had thought. Feeling alone, Addison decides to have a baby and visits Naomi, who is a fertility specialist. This introduces Addison's transition from Grey's Anatomy to its spin-off, as it serves as the backdoor pilot for Private Practice. Soon after, Addison decides to leave Seattle and move to Los Angeles
, joining Oceanside Wellness, led by Sam and Naomi. This marks Addison's departure from the series as a regular although she makes multiple guest appearances.
. When Pete stands her up on a date, Addison decides they should be friends and nothing more, and instead accepts a date with Kevin, a police officer she met through work. In a crossover episode
, Addison briefly returns to Seattle Grace to help with a patient whose fetus’s heart is growing outside of its body. The mother and child both survive the surgery and Addison prepares to leave Seattle and return to L.A., telling Richard that she needed to come back to see how much she liked her new life. She leaves, but not before finding Meredith and advising her not to let Derek get away.
In season two, Addison learns from Naomi that the practice is failing financially. She tells Sam against Naomi's wishes, and he launches a hostile takeover. Feeling betrayed, Naomi breaks off her friendship with Addison. Addison inadvertently prompts the staff to vote between Sam and Naomi, and is surprised when instead, she is elected to lead the practice as its director. Addison's relationship with Kevin is tested when her brother Archer tells Kevin he is not good enough for her. Addison attempts to reassure him to the contrary, and when Kevin is shot in the line of duty, he moves in with her while he recovers. The two later break up after Addison kisses Dr. Wyatt Lockhart, a well-respected oncologist
, with whom she has been competing professionally. In another episode, Addison is surprised when Archer begins working for Pacific Wellcare Center, a rival practice. When he experiences multiple seizures and believes he has a brain tumor, Addison asks Derek to treat him in another crossover episode with Grey's Anatomy. Derek discovers he has parasites in his brain, and successfully removes them. As the season draws to a close, Dr. Noah Barnes is introduced as St. Ambrose Hospital's cardiothoracic surgeon
, with whom Addison shares an attraction. After discovering that her patient is married to him, Addison decides not to pursue a relationship.
In season three, Addison continues to lead the practice. Displaying her surgical ability, Addison is able to save fellow colleague Violet Turner
and her baby; meanwhile, Addison's relationship with Naomi seems to be on the mend, despite the latter's departure to Pacific Wellcare. Addison's father, "the Captain" comes for a visit and it's revealed that Addison is aware of how the man has had multiple affairs over the years behind the back of Bizzy, Addison's mother. She's irate when her father sleeps with Violet and her tirade against him causes him to call Bizzy and demand that she tell Addison the truth. She comes and Addison is stunned to see her mother kissing an old friend, Susan. Addison assumes her mother was pushed to it by her father's cheating and is rocked when Bizzy reveals she and Susan have been lovers for twenty years. She explains she was expected to marry the Captain due to their social positions, and it was only after having children that she realized the truth about herself. Addison is naturally stunned to realize how her parents have been lying to her for her entire life. She tries to handle it well as they leave, falling into her parents' own habit of acting like nothing is wrong. Also during Season 3, Addison and Sam grow closer and later start developing feelings for each other. It was revealed that back in college Sam wanted to ask Addison out, but was too nervous, and he ended up with Naomi. In episode 7 of Season 3, they share a kiss after a terrifying ordeal when they tried to save a married couple who got into a devastating car accident, the husband badly wounded, and the wife pregnant and trapped in the car. They kiss again when Addison decided to sleep over at Sam's, hurt and vulnerable after finding her mom and Susan kissing. When ex-flame Mark Sloan arrives at the practice with his pregnant teenage daughter, he and Addison have sex in her office, and Sam walks in and finds them. He then shows some jealous tendencies, warning Addison about Mark. Mark and Addison decide not to get back together. Addison and Sam continue to grow close, but she decides to put a halt on their developing relationship in the episode Shotgun, worried about the consequences in her relationship with Naomi for sleeping with Sam. In the episode "Love Bites", Addison revealed that she was in love with Sam and Pete, but she decided decided to begin a relationship with Pete instead, while Sam was with another doctor, Dr. Vanessa Hoyt. Despite them being with other people, they still show they harbor feelings for each other, even a hint of jealousy when they see the other with their current significant others. After Sam breaks up with Vanessa, he kisses Addison again, saying he was tired of doing the right thing, and wanted to do the wrong thing. Although she was with Pete, she kisses Sam back and Pete catches them. He then tells her if she wanted to be with Sam, then she should. But she stays with Pete. Naomi then finds out about Sam and Addison's feelings for each other, and she is hurt and ends her friendship with Addison. In the season finale, Addison has to operate on Maya Bennett, her godchild, who got in a car accident on her way to the hospital to give birth. A close friend of hers, Dell later dies of a brain haemorrhage as he was the one driving Maya to St. Ambrose's Hospital. She and Naomi then make up. At the end of the season Addison breaks up with Pete, saying he needed to be with Violet. In the same episode, after some advice from Sheldon, she and Sam finally become a couple.
During the season 4 opener, Sam and Addison's relationship seems to have not worked out, but at the end of the episode they are sharing a bathtub, showing that they are a couple indeed. In the second episode they debate over whether or not they want to go public with their new-found romance, mainly because of Naomi and how she would react. Addison ends up telling Naomi, and she doesn't take the news well, but Naomi tries to deal with the fact that her best friend and ex-husband are together and maintained a friendship with Addison. Addison and Sam's relationship, which Addison dubbed "AddiSam", is shown to be a healthy and steady relationship, as Addison says that Sam is the perfect guy "with no flaws". Although Addison wants to have children, Sam tells her he's not ready to have more children, as he wants to take time in their romance. Addison's mother Bizzy returns seeking Addison's help in treating her partner Susan, ill with a tumor. After Addison and Dr. Rodriguez seem to have cured her cancer, Addison plans Bizzy and Susan's wedding. After Naomi spots Dr. Rodriguez flirting with Addison, she tells Addison that her and Sam's relationship is becoming serious and real, and that's when Addison usually screws up. Addison assures Naomi that she doesn't want to ruin it with Sam. Out of panic, she proposes to Sam. When she talks to Naomi about it, Naomi is furious with Addison, as she knew it was too early in the relationship and she knew she did it because she was enticed into flirting with Dr. Rodriguez. After Bizzy and Susan's wedding, Addison tells Sam that she loves him and doesn't want to ruin it with him, and takes the proposal back. During a dance between the two, Susan faints and she is rushed to the hospital. They find out that she has become worse, and the tumor has grown back, and Susan dies. After a heart to heart with her mother Bizzy, in which she slaps Addison across the face, Addison finds her mother dead in her hotel room, having committed suicide.
Addison tells The Captain and Archer that their mother committed suicide after the funeral. She gives Bizzy's eulogy as her mother requested in her will. Sam and Addison end their relationship and Addison goes on a date with a guy named Jake. Ultimately, Addison decides to go away with Jake in the season finale but after watching Violet run away from her troubles and Naomi run towards new prospects, she realized she was running as well and that wasn't her. She turned around and went back to Sam. The season concluded with her telling Sam that she is still going to want a baby.
At the beginning of season 5, Addison runs into Jake again, after she makes an appointment with the fertility doctor in her plight to have a baby.
Fictional character
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on the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
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television series Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
, and is currently starring on its spin-off
Spin-off (media)
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show Private Practice. Addison is a world-class neonatal
Neonatology
Neonatology is a subspecialty of pediatrics that consists of the medical care of newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn infant. It is a hospital-based specialty, and is usually practiced in neonatal intensive care units...
surgeon
Pediatric surgery
Pediatric surgery or paediatric surgery is a subspecialty of surgery involving the surgery of fetuses, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults...
with board certification
Board certification
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s in both Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Obstetrics and gynaecology
Obstetrics and gynaecology are the two surgical–medical specialties dealing with the female reproductive organs in their pregnant and non-pregnant state, respectively, and as such are often combined to form a single medical specialty and postgraduate training programme...
and Maternal and Fetal Medicine
Maternal-fetal medicine
Maternal-Fetal medicine is the branch of obstetrics that focuses on the medical and surgical management of high-risk pregnancies. Management includes monitoring and treatment including comprehensive ultrasound, chorionic villus sampling, genetic amniocentesis, and fetal surgery or treatment....
. Additionally, she is a medical genetics
Medical genetics
Medical genetics is the specialty of medicine that involves the diagnosis and management of hereditary disorders. Medical genetics differs from Human genetics in that human genetics is a field of scientific research that may or may not apply to medicine, but medical genetics refers to the...
fellow
Fellowship (medicine)
A fellowship is the period of medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program . During this time , the physician is known as a fellow...
. The character is portrayed by actress Kate Walsh.
Backstory
Much of Addison's past is presented in a non-linear fashion, primarily revealed in the second season of Grey's AnatomyGrey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
along with the second and third season of Private Practice. Addison is the daughter of wealthy parents, and has a twenty-five-million-dollar trust fund. Addison's father is nicknamed "The Captain" and is a doctor as well, who teaches medicine at a university where Addison would sit and watch as a child. Her mother, Bizzy Forbes Montgomery, is rarely referred to as "mom" while her father was frequently adulterous and used time spent with Addison as a pretense. Her brother Archer is a world-class neurologist and successful author. Addison met her future husband, Derek Shepherd
Derek Shepherd
Derek Christopher Shepherd, also referred to as McDreamy, is a fictional surgeon on the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy. The character is portrayed by actor Patrick Dempsey, who was nominated in 2006 and 2007 Golden Globe for the Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series Drama for...
, at medical school
Medical school
A medical school is a tertiary educational institution—or part of such an institution—that teaches medicine. Degree programs offered at medical schools often include Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Bachelor/Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Philosophy, master's degree, or other post-secondary...
. Although never actually stated in the series, this would mean that she attended Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, often known as P&S, is a graduate school of Columbia University that is located on the health sciences campus in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan...
in New York City
New York City
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, as it is known that this is where Derek attended medical school and is originally from New York
New York City
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. She met future colleagues Sam
Sam Bennett (Private Practice)
Dr. Samuel Bennett is a character on the Grey's Anatomy spin-off, Private Practice. He is played by actor Taye Diggs.-Character history:...
and Naomi Bennett
Naomi Bennett
Naomi Bennett is a fictional character on the Grey's Anatomy spin-off Private Practice. She was played by Merrin Dungey in the backdoor pilot episode "The Other Side of This Life", but was replaced by Audra McDonald prior to the show's first season. Naomi is a obstetrician/gynecologist and founding...
there as well. Addison, along with Derek, became successful in their respective fields and each began their own practice in New York City, which placed a strain on their marriage. Addison's affair with Derek's best friend Mark Sloan
Mark Sloan (Grey's Anatomy)
Mark Sloan is a fictional surgeon from the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy, portrayed by Eric Dane.-Storylines:Mark first appears in season two, introduced as a highly-respected otolaryngologist sub-specialized in plastic surgery and the former best friend of neurosurgeon Derek Shepherd...
prompted the end of their marriage and Derek's departure to Seattle. Addison briefly attempted to have a relationship with Mark, which resulted in her becoming pregnant. She had an abortion
Abortion
Abortion is defined as the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to viability. An abortion can occur spontaneously, in which case it is usually called a miscarriage, or it can be purposely induced...
as she was still in love with Derek, and when Mark cheated on her, she moved to Seattle.
Grey's Anatomy
Addison first appears in the season one finale, arriving at Richard'sRichard Webber
Richard Webber is a fictional surgeon from the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy. The character is portrayed by actor James Pickens, Jr., and was created by Shonda Rhimes...
behest, where she greets Meredith by saying, "Hi, I'm Addison Shepherd. And you must be the woman who's been screwing my husband." She immediately learns that Derek has started a relationship with intern Meredith Grey
Meredith Grey
Meredith Grey is a fictional surgeon and the series protagonist on the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy. The character is portrayed by actress Ellen Pompeo. In 2007, Pompeo was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Meredith...
, and tries to reconcile her own relationship with him. Derek is initially still angry with her, and there is a period of antagonism between them, including one point where she says, "Can I join or are you not into threesomes?" Addison's presence, however, does reinvigorate their relationship, and ultimately leads to Derek choosing Addison over Meredith, which eventually leads to Derek admitting to Addison that he fell in love with Meredith. They attempt to return to their former life, taking residence in his trailer, and Addison makes her move to Seattle permanent, becoming the head of a unique surgical service integrating neonatal
Neonatology
Neonatology is a subspecialty of pediatrics that consists of the medical care of newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn infant. It is a hospital-based specialty, and is usually practiced in neonatal intensive care units...
surgery
Pediatric surgery
Pediatric surgery or paediatric surgery is a subspecialty of surgery involving the surgery of fetuses, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults...
and obstetrics and gynecology. She begins to realize that Derek still has feelings for Meredith, and their marriage is tested further when Mark arrives in Seattle looking for Addison because he wants to take her back to New York. Mark makes Addison realizes that Derek is in love with Meredith and that he (Mark) does love her. After Derek finds Meredith in one of Finn's shirts, he sleeps with Addison even though he is in love with Meredith. When Addison finds out that Derek had sex with Meredith at prom by finding her panties in the pocket of Derek's tuxedo, she gets drunk and pursues a relationship with Mark that ultimately fails. During season two, Addison punishes Alex Karev
Alex Karev
Alexander "Alex" Michael Karev, is a fictional surgeon on the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy, portrayed by actor Justin Chambers. The character was not included in the original pilot script, but was added in after the pilot was shot, meaning initial scenes with him were either reshoots or...
after he was rude to her by putting him on her service. Once her divorce with Derek finalizes, Addison tells him that she had a two month affair with Mark and he wasn't a one night stand like Derek had thought. However, by season three, she begins to feel an attraction towards Alex and eventually sleeps with him, only to discover that he is not interested in a relationship with her as she had thought. Feeling alone, Addison decides to have a baby and visits Naomi, who is a fertility specialist. This introduces Addison's transition from Grey's Anatomy to its spin-off, as it serves as the backdoor pilot for Private Practice. Soon after, Addison decides to leave Seattle and move to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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, joining Oceanside Wellness, led by Sam and Naomi. This marks Addison's departure from the series as a regular although she makes multiple guest appearances.
Private Practice
In the series' first episode, Addison is made to feel unwelcome by the other doctors. They decide to vote on whether she should be allowed to stay at the practice, but when Addison announces she intends to stay whatever the outcome of their vote, they decide to accept her. Addison is attracted to Pete Wilder, the practice's alternative medicine specialistAlternative medicine
Alternative medicine is any healing practice, "that does not fall within the realm of conventional medicine." It is based on historical or cultural traditions, rather than on scientific evidence....
. When Pete stands her up on a date, Addison decides they should be friends and nothing more, and instead accepts a date with Kevin, a police officer she met through work. In a crossover episode
Fictional crossover
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, Addison briefly returns to Seattle Grace to help with a patient whose fetus’s heart is growing outside of its body. The mother and child both survive the surgery and Addison prepares to leave Seattle and return to L.A., telling Richard that she needed to come back to see how much she liked her new life. She leaves, but not before finding Meredith and advising her not to let Derek get away.
In season two, Addison learns from Naomi that the practice is failing financially. She tells Sam against Naomi's wishes, and he launches a hostile takeover. Feeling betrayed, Naomi breaks off her friendship with Addison. Addison inadvertently prompts the staff to vote between Sam and Naomi, and is surprised when instead, she is elected to lead the practice as its director. Addison's relationship with Kevin is tested when her brother Archer tells Kevin he is not good enough for her. Addison attempts to reassure him to the contrary, and when Kevin is shot in the line of duty, he moves in with her while he recovers. The two later break up after Addison kisses Dr. Wyatt Lockhart, a well-respected oncologist
Oncology
Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with cancer...
, with whom she has been competing professionally. In another episode, Addison is surprised when Archer begins working for Pacific Wellcare Center, a rival practice. When he experiences multiple seizures and believes he has a brain tumor, Addison asks Derek to treat him in another crossover episode with Grey's Anatomy. Derek discovers he has parasites in his brain, and successfully removes them. As the season draws to a close, Dr. Noah Barnes is introduced as St. Ambrose Hospital's cardiothoracic surgeon
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Cardiothoracic surgery is the field of medicine involved in surgical treatment of diseases affecting organs inside the thorax —generally treatment of conditions of the heart and lungs .-Cardiac / Thoracic:...
, with whom Addison shares an attraction. After discovering that her patient is married to him, Addison decides not to pursue a relationship.
In season three, Addison continues to lead the practice. Displaying her surgical ability, Addison is able to save fellow colleague Violet Turner
Violet Turner
Dr. Violet Marianne Wilder is a fictional character on the American television series Private Practice . She is portrayed by Amy Brenneman.-Storylines:...
and her baby; meanwhile, Addison's relationship with Naomi seems to be on the mend, despite the latter's departure to Pacific Wellcare. Addison's father, "the Captain" comes for a visit and it's revealed that Addison is aware of how the man has had multiple affairs over the years behind the back of Bizzy, Addison's mother. She's irate when her father sleeps with Violet and her tirade against him causes him to call Bizzy and demand that she tell Addison the truth. She comes and Addison is stunned to see her mother kissing an old friend, Susan. Addison assumes her mother was pushed to it by her father's cheating and is rocked when Bizzy reveals she and Susan have been lovers for twenty years. She explains she was expected to marry the Captain due to their social positions, and it was only after having children that she realized the truth about herself. Addison is naturally stunned to realize how her parents have been lying to her for her entire life. She tries to handle it well as they leave, falling into her parents' own habit of acting like nothing is wrong. Also during Season 3, Addison and Sam grow closer and later start developing feelings for each other. It was revealed that back in college Sam wanted to ask Addison out, but was too nervous, and he ended up with Naomi. In episode 7 of Season 3, they share a kiss after a terrifying ordeal when they tried to save a married couple who got into a devastating car accident, the husband badly wounded, and the wife pregnant and trapped in the car. They kiss again when Addison decided to sleep over at Sam's, hurt and vulnerable after finding her mom and Susan kissing. When ex-flame Mark Sloan arrives at the practice with his pregnant teenage daughter, he and Addison have sex in her office, and Sam walks in and finds them. He then shows some jealous tendencies, warning Addison about Mark. Mark and Addison decide not to get back together. Addison and Sam continue to grow close, but she decides to put a halt on their developing relationship in the episode Shotgun, worried about the consequences in her relationship with Naomi for sleeping with Sam. In the episode "Love Bites", Addison revealed that she was in love with Sam and Pete, but she decided decided to begin a relationship with Pete instead, while Sam was with another doctor, Dr. Vanessa Hoyt. Despite them being with other people, they still show they harbor feelings for each other, even a hint of jealousy when they see the other with their current significant others. After Sam breaks up with Vanessa, he kisses Addison again, saying he was tired of doing the right thing, and wanted to do the wrong thing. Although she was with Pete, she kisses Sam back and Pete catches them. He then tells her if she wanted to be with Sam, then she should. But she stays with Pete. Naomi then finds out about Sam and Addison's feelings for each other, and she is hurt and ends her friendship with Addison. In the season finale, Addison has to operate on Maya Bennett, her godchild, who got in a car accident on her way to the hospital to give birth. A close friend of hers, Dell later dies of a brain haemorrhage as he was the one driving Maya to St. Ambrose's Hospital. She and Naomi then make up. At the end of the season Addison breaks up with Pete, saying he needed to be with Violet. In the same episode, after some advice from Sheldon, she and Sam finally become a couple.
During the season 4 opener, Sam and Addison's relationship seems to have not worked out, but at the end of the episode they are sharing a bathtub, showing that they are a couple indeed. In the second episode they debate over whether or not they want to go public with their new-found romance, mainly because of Naomi and how she would react. Addison ends up telling Naomi, and she doesn't take the news well, but Naomi tries to deal with the fact that her best friend and ex-husband are together and maintained a friendship with Addison. Addison and Sam's relationship, which Addison dubbed "AddiSam", is shown to be a healthy and steady relationship, as Addison says that Sam is the perfect guy "with no flaws". Although Addison wants to have children, Sam tells her he's not ready to have more children, as he wants to take time in their romance. Addison's mother Bizzy returns seeking Addison's help in treating her partner Susan, ill with a tumor. After Addison and Dr. Rodriguez seem to have cured her cancer, Addison plans Bizzy and Susan's wedding. After Naomi spots Dr. Rodriguez flirting with Addison, she tells Addison that her and Sam's relationship is becoming serious and real, and that's when Addison usually screws up. Addison assures Naomi that she doesn't want to ruin it with Sam. Out of panic, she proposes to Sam. When she talks to Naomi about it, Naomi is furious with Addison, as she knew it was too early in the relationship and she knew she did it because she was enticed into flirting with Dr. Rodriguez. After Bizzy and Susan's wedding, Addison tells Sam that she loves him and doesn't want to ruin it with him, and takes the proposal back. During a dance between the two, Susan faints and she is rushed to the hospital. They find out that she has become worse, and the tumor has grown back, and Susan dies. After a heart to heart with her mother Bizzy, in which she slaps Addison across the face, Addison finds her mother dead in her hotel room, having committed suicide.
Addison tells The Captain and Archer that their mother committed suicide after the funeral. She gives Bizzy's eulogy as her mother requested in her will. Sam and Addison end their relationship and Addison goes on a date with a guy named Jake. Ultimately, Addison decides to go away with Jake in the season finale but after watching Violet run away from her troubles and Naomi run towards new prospects, she realized she was running as well and that wasn't her. She turned around and went back to Sam. The season concluded with her telling Sam that she is still going to want a baby.
At the beginning of season 5, Addison runs into Jake again, after she makes an appointment with the fertility doctor in her plight to have a baby.
External links
- Grey's Anatomy at ABC.comAmerican Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
- Private Practice at ABC.comAmerican Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
- Addison Montgomery on the Grey's Anatomy Wikia