Going A Little Cuckoo

So I've been watching an awful lot of Private Practice lately, between new eps, old eps and listening to the music I'm putting together for a soundtrack....I think it's starting to get to me...I might need to ban myself from looking at anything PPP for a month after the season 4 finale! Or longer...

Anyways...here are a few signs that I have been watching too much, a few 'you know you've been watching too much PPP when.....' type things.

I've noticed that...

-Violet has been using the same coffee mug for the last few seasons, Cooper always uses the OWG mug, the other girls generally use the green mugs or travel mugs. In ep 18 of this season they got new OWG mugs..which everyone seems to be using now...the reverse colors of the old white ones.

-I liked the purple scrubs of season 1 and 2 better than the teal scrubs...it seems a little bright for my tastes.
-I remember spending the whole first 2 seasons wondering what kind of medicine Charlotte actually practiced...before it was finally mentioned in ep 5 of season 3. -In a show about so many kinds of docs, it was odd that it was never mentioned before.

-Addison has 2 windows in her office, and I didn't notice that till rewatching season 3 on dvd...I thought I had the set figured out.

-Cooper's bedroom wall went from blue to bricks between the start and the middle of season 2.

-Speaking of sets, I've always thought that Cooper's office is very non-kid-friendly....not that he has little kids in their much, but its a lot of glass and sharp edges...my brain starts to use logic -never a good thing.
-They spend an awful lot of time the kitchen...which is strange for a workplace show...can't name many workplace shows that have kitchens, plenty of bars, but then PPP is kinda a family show in a work environment.

-PPP seems to be anti-Mac....they all have blackberry phones...'cept maybe Pete...and mostly they use non-Mac computers too. (This one is Ness' fault anyways...cause she keeps pointing out Macs on tv)

-I remember Charlotte/KaDee being taller...maybe she used to wear taller heals...I dunno, or maybe Cooper is wearing lifts, but anyways...everyone is looking shorter next to him. -Odds are I'm just completely crazy...

Like I said...cuckoo! But in my defence, twitter is not helping, so many of the cast are tweeting that I can't help but think about the show. They are tweeting pics and telling stories. Kate, Amy and Audra are the pic people...its gonna be less fun with Audra gone...maybe they'll convince Brian or Paul to tweet next season...although odds are, if they weren't tweeting this year, they probably won't.  

The summer break will be good...healthy. A little less insane perhaps. Here's hoping.

Private Practice Season 3

So I finally got season 3 on dvd. Felt the need to re-watch season 2 before it, making it the 2nd time I'd watched it in 3 months...But I HAD to watch the finale anyways, so I figured I should watch the good stuff before it!

I loved season 3. I remembered a lot more of it than season 2. Mostly cause I think I was going back and re-watching bits here and there when I was bored and sitting on the computer. But overall it was a great season. So many good eps, the ep with Cooper and the 'kidnapped' kid, Addison's family issues messing with her sense of identity, Dell dealing with Heather's death, Violet and her drama, the Maya stuff...the super sad finale.

My god I kinda had forgotten just how sad the finale was...I didn't think I'd cry 2nd time round...but I did. Poor Dell....I mean we all knew Chris was leaving, so we knew it was coming, but still....
Here we were getting over the whole Violet drama...I always loved Violet, but her damage was getting to me, so it was SO great when she came back and wanted Lucas back. My god Amy Brenneman acted her butt off...she really deserved recognition...PP needs more recognition.
It was sorta a heartbreaking season, in between all the fun stuff...I remember feeling totally heart broken when Charlotte and Cooper broke up after their big fight in the conference room...at least it worked out and they got back together..and got engaged.
I've never loved Naomi, but season 3 made her a lot less easy to like. The whole Maya thing, with Naomi not being able to deal with the baby/marriage thing....then the whole Fife/William thing...at least she got more interesting in season 4.

Fave little moments
-Charlotte and Violet having martinis.
-Cooper whisking Charlotte off her feet (literally) and telling her she's moving in with him.
-Cooper saying "hello" after Addison's father shows up....because he thought they were just saying hello?! -weird weird thing, that I wonder if it was actually scripted or not!
-Sheldon sliding past the doorway to the kitchen when Violet comes back. HiLARious!
-The intervention that Naomi and Violet try to give Dell, before he turns it around on them.
 -Charlotte SWOONING over Sloan when he crossed-over!
-Pete and Sheldon fighting over turf and women.
-Cooper and Sheldon fighting in the kitchen over Charlotte
-Jordana Sampson....


I must say, thank God for subtitles! I love KaDee and her accent, but in the scene where Charlotte is knocking down Cooper's bathroom, there were 2 lines of hers that I could not figure out what the heck she was saying!
Also...Amy is a giggler! The number of scenes where you can see her crack up (or is about to crack up) is astounding. Taye is also a background laugh-er. Its entertaining.


In terms of special features....season 3 didn't have a whole lot. At least the bloopers seem to get better every season...maybe by season 5 they'll be great. hah. Baby bloopers are always fun. I may be in love with baby Lucas....
The deleted scenes are good...you can see why a few didn't make it into the show....my fave is the one with Cooper and cast saw....he goes crazy and its SOOOO hilarious...its funnier than the bloopers!
The Kate's 8 thing was better than it sounded. They interviewed the rest of the cast as well as Shonda...talking about the top elements of season 3. But I must say the interviews with KaDee and Paul, and Kate and Taye, that ABC put online were more interesting and fun. Pity they weren't included in the dvds....I miss commentaries! Let KaDee, Brian and Tim do one.


okay, I think that's enough PPP for me. I need to hide the dvds....go cold turkey....


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Carlie