Private Practice

Since this is the time many of us make New Year’s resolutions, I thought it might be fun to make a few for the characters of Private Practice. (After all, they can’t make them themselves these days. What with the writer’s strike and all.)

Here’s what the gang at Oceanside Wellness should resolve to do for 2008:

Dr. Pete should get over his dead wife already.

I know, this sounds callous. But it isn’t. It’s for his own good. After all, he’s missing out by not having the courage to move on. It’s been years since she died, and he hasn’t made peace with their relationship or the fact that she’s gone now. By holding himself in limbo, he’s unable to move forward and find happiness. Getting over his wife’s death doesn’t necessarily mean he has to jump into a new relationship. It does, however, mean he’s got to find that part within himself that is happy and secure. It will help his patients, his health, and yes, his love life.

Naomi needs to quit pining over Sam, and start up a fling with some young buck. But not Dell.

Don’t get me wrong here, I love the fact that Dell grabbed Naomi and kissed her. But it’s never a good idea to dip your nub in the company inkwell. Especially when Naomi writes Dell’s paychecks.

What Naomi needs is fun. She’s too darn serious and matronly. Sure, she did it with Sam on the conference room table, and that was pretty sexy, but even after being ravished by hunky Taye Diggs the character of Naomi still managed to come off like an old lady. She needs to find a great young guy that just wants sex from her and nothing else.

Violet needs to get her head out of her bottom.

Exhibit A: The guy Violet is pining over:

Exhibit B: The guy that is pining over Violet:

Do we really need to go any further with this one? Yes, we do. Because not only is Cooper the most adorable guy in the Oceanside Wellness office, he’s Violet’s emotional soul mate. They balance each other out. He takes her odd obsessing in stride and she manages to remind him that Internet dating is good, while having sex with someone you just met is BAD. Just take a look at this scene and decide for yourself who Violet should be with:

Addison needs to remember what dating is like.

It’s not her fault. When people get a little older in life they naturally begin looking at the single people they meet as RELATIONSHIPS rather than DATES. Dates are fun. Dates are low-pressure. Dates build up your self-esteem. You need to go out on several dates in order to see if you really and truly like a person. It takes several dates to make a relationship. Date, Addy, date!

Dell needs to remember he’s a young guy.

He’s not one of the middle-aged doctors at Oceanside Wellness. He shouldn’t even want to be like them. It’s been hinted at in earlier episodes that he’s had it rough, with possibly an abusive childhood. We already know that he’s the one dealing with Grandpa, too. People that have to grow up fast, like Dell, often forget how young they really are. Dell needs to find a cute girl his own age and spend more time surfing and less pining over ancient Naomi.

Cooper needs to stop having casual sex.

If he ever wants to get with Violet, and we already know he does, he needs to show her that she can take a chance on him. As it stands, his carelessness in dating is one thing that holds her off wanting to be with him. Cooper needs to understand that when you date sluts it’s just plain gross to that great woman you’re gonna want to be with one day.

Sam needs to stop wondering why he divorced Naomi and get with a brand new hot babe.

Sam is caught between wanting to want Naomi and wanting to be with someone else. This will only lead one place: outside his relationship with Naomi. He was well on his way but then slipped and accidentally had sex with Naomi on the conference room table. He just needs to keep going… out of Oceanside Wellness and into the great big world out there.

Oceanside Wellness, Sam on the conference room table, Taye Diggs