Private Practice returns Thursday evening, and EW's Michael Ausiello says fans can prepare themselves for some graphic imagery - no, not the train wreck that is Addison's love life.

According to the TV sleuth, expect the most disturbing childbirth scene since Jessica Lange forced Gwyneth Paltrow to deliver via an oxytocin-laced layer cake in 1998's Hush.

Gross. But we're glad the show's back.

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