Private Practice Best Laid Plans (Season 3, Episode 12)
TV-14
TV Episode | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Private Practice

Best Laid Plans (Season 3, Episode 12)

TV-14

TV Episode | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Sam and Naomi are stunned by Maya's shocking announcement, and Naomi's irrational response leaves Sam to pick up the pieces, as Pete challenges Fife on a patient with a cutting edge bionic arm.

Director

Bethany Rooney

Writers

Shonda Rhimes (created by) | Lara Olsen (written by) | Patricia Carr (written by) (as Patti Carr)

Producers

Ayanna Floyd (as Ayanna A. Floyd) | Ann Kindberg

Composers

Timothy Bright | Chad Fischer

Cinematographer

Lex duPont (as Lex DuPont)

Editor

Christal Khatib (as Christal A. Khatib)

Casting Directors

John Brace | Linda Lowy | Will Stewart

Production Designer

Richard C. Hankins

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 21, 2010

Release date

Jan 21, 2010 (Canada)

Awards

Series awards

11 wins & 22 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
15 cast members

Name	Known for
Kate Walsh Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery See fewer	The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Tim Daly Dr. Pete Wilder Dr. Pete Wilder See fewer	Basic (2003)
Audra McDonald Dr. Naomi Bennett Dr. Naomi Bennett See fewer	Beauty and the Beast (I) (2017)
Paul Adelstein Dr. Cooper Freedman Dr. Cooper Freedman See fewer	Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
KaDee Strickland Dr. Charlotte King Dr. Charlotte King See fewer	Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)
Christopher Lowell William 'Dell' Parker (as Chris Lowell) William 'Dell' Parker (as Chris Lowell) See fewer	The Help (2011)
Taye Diggs Dr. Sam Bennett Dr. Sam Bennett See fewer	House on Haunted Hill (1999)
Amy Brenneman Dr. Violet Turner Dr. Violet Turner See fewer	Judging Amy (1999)
Melissa McCarthy Lynn McDonald Lynn McDonald See fewer	The Heat (I) (2013)
Michael Patrick Thornton Dr. Gabriel Fife Dr. Gabriel Fife See fewer	Private Practice (2007)
GeffriMaya Maya Bennett (as Geffri Maya) Maya Bennett (as Geffri Maya) See fewer	Private Practice (2007)
Andy Comeau Nathan Pilsman Nathan Pilsman See fewer	8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997)
Chris McKenna Colin Bowman Colin Bowman See fewer	State of Affairs (2014)
Stephen Ford Fillmore 'Dink' Davis (as Stephen Lunsford) Fillmore 'Dink' Davis (as Stephen Lunsford) See fewer	Teen Wolf (2011)
Deborah Lacey Marsha Marsha See fewer	Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story (2016)