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Poor Violet.

A month has passed since the season premiere of Private Practice - or at least since the events shown on that episode took place - but no one has moved on. At all.

Violet feels nothing toward the baby she had stolen from her. Pete doesn't know how to get through to her, and Sheldon wants a place in her life (and the baby's).

Addison and Sam bond as they are mourning the same loss - Naomi - while Cooper has yet to visit his friend since he blames himself for what happened to her.

In short, everybody on Private Practice is a complete mess.

Follow the link for a recap of "The Way We Were."

Last season, Private Practice viewers watched as Addison's brother Archer suffered through a life-threatening disease.

It like like this was just an initial look into the Montgomery family, as a series rep tells People that fans will soon learn a lot more about her privileged background.

In a November episode aptly titled "Sins of the Father," Barry Bostwick will guest star as The Captain, as Addison's dad drops in to Oceanside Wellness Center.

Daughter and father “have bad blood between them,” the show insider said. “It’s a tense relationship.”

Bostwick is best known for his former role as the Mayor on Spin City. In 2009, he appeared on Nip/Tuck, Ghost Whisperer and Supernatural.

UPDATE: This role has been changed. Stephen Collins will now portray Addison's father.

Now that Violet and her baby are safe and sound, and the dust has settled from last week's Season 3 premiere, the doctors of Private Practice are totally back to normal.

Yeah, right.

In the sneak preview below, from tomorrow night's episode, "The Way We Were," Cooper is clearly not over what happened to his BFF Violet. Charlotte tries to help him out ...

Follow the jump for two more sneak peeks at the episode, in which we see just how hard Violet is struggling. She doesn't even want to hold her baby and won't leave the house.

Then, at Oceanside, we also see how Addison and Sam are in denial about their own issues:

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Private Practice kicked off its third season last night with a typical Shonda Rhimes made-for-fake-spoilers moment: A somber Pete standing over a coffin being buried.

Oh, but it was just a flashback to when Pete's wife died. Shonda is lame. But said flashbacks did tell the back story of Pete and Violet and made for a strong episode.

Private Practice picked up where we left off last season, with Violet's baby having been stolen, and her bleeding on the floor. Sick. She was discovered shortly after.

Did she live? Yes. We knew that going in. But how she got there and the back stories told made for a wild ride. Follow the link for a recap of "A Death in the Family."

Here are some the top Private Practice quotes from the emotional episode ...

Naomi: Addison, let another surgeon handle this!
Addison: I can save them both, Na, I can save them both! | permalink

Dell: I am 25-year-old single father. How am I going to deal with all this?
Cooper: You just love her. | permalink

Pete: [to Violet] My wife died and all ... all I could think was that I can breathe again. | permalink

Violet: You asked me what kind of man I am? I think you're a man that married the wrong person.
Pete: Maybe SHE married the wrong person. Maybe I'm not cut out for all this.
Violet: You're a good man. And in time you'll find someone. You'll love someone.
Pete: I hope so. | permalink

Pete: Violet lives. Save Violet. That is the goal here. | permalink

When Private Practice viewers last saw Violet, she was being sarved up by her crazy patient that wanted her baby. It was likely the most disturbing development on TV last season.

The ABC drama returns tonight, picking up seconds after this attack. As Kate Walsh admitted earlier this week, there's no shock here: Violet lives

But Paul Adelstein (Cooper) tells TV Guide about the aftermath of that fateful night; while also dishing on Violet's baby daddy and another Grey's Anatomy crossover. Below are excerpts from his interview:

On Cooper's state of mind: Cooper has some serious guilt about being so close and not being able to help [Violet]. His reaction to that is interesting. It takes some work for him to be able to comfort her, and vice versa, for her to receive comfort from anybody.

On the aftermath of the attack: [There's] a lot of stress on everybody. There's the whole baby issue and taking care of the baby and who the father is. Violet had chosen Pete at the end of last season and I think he fully expects to be the principal person in her life, but she might not be capable of that kind of attention.

On more Grey's Anatomy stars crossing over to Private Practice: I think there are. I'm not 100 percent sure of that, but I caught wind that there may be somewhere down the line this season.

Return tomorrow for a full recap of the Private Practice series premiere, replete with quotes, photos and more!

It shouldn't come as a major Private Practice spoiler to announce that Violet survives an intense ordeal on Thursday night's season premiere.

But Kate Walsh assures fans this storyline won't just go away as soon as Violet is safe and sound. The star told TV Guide this week:

"It's still present. That's one thing that's so great about [creator Shonda Rhimes]. She doesn't just resolve something quickly and move on, she kind of plays [with] the reality of the situation. You're going to see a big shift in Violet and everybody in the practice about the aftermath of it. It doesn't just go away in one episode."

Don't forget to visit TV Fanatic often, especially the day following new episodes, for all the Private Practice news, spoilers, photos, quotes and everything in between!

The bad news: Private Practice does not premiere its third season until October 1.

The good news: Thanks to the in-depth preview below, there's plenty to talk about until then.

E! News spoke with Kate Walsh and other series stars ths week, inquiring about various upcoming storylines for the episodes ahead, such as who will actually be in charge of Oceanside Wellness. Let's take a gander at what they had to say...

Walsh, on Addison's family: "I'm not sure who's going to come over from the East Coast, but I'm sure they're going to be good and WASP-y and awesome. When Grant Show came on last year as my brother, it was fun for me to see Addison in that lower-status position, as someone's daughter or little sister. It's really fun to play because she's such a fierce and agro personality at work, and then to see her smacked down at home is fun."

Chris Lowell, on reduced number of episodes for Dell: "I think it's a really good thing. I feel like you hear horror stories about contracts on some shows and horror stories about bad blood, and that's not this. It could not have gone smoother. Shonda has always had a really warm level of communication with our cast. We just sat down at the end of last season and talked about how we could make things better for my character, and we thought that was the way to do it."

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Few shows left viewers closer to the edges of their seats in May than Private Practice.

In one of the most disturbing cliffhangers in TV history, Violet was drugged, left immobilized and was about to have her baby cut out of her. Yes, Shonda Rhimes really went there.

When the new season premieres on October 1, the fate of Violet and her child will be the main focus of the episode titled "A Death in the Family." Does this title forecast the end of a main character?

You'll need to tune in to find out. But fans can get an early look at the Private Practice season premiere with the photos below...

Addison's married love interest, Noah, won't be back on Private Practice when the show returns October 1, not even to resolve that scandalous story line.

The reason for this, of course, is that Josh Hopkins, who played Noah, is on Cougar Town now, and thus occupied. But where does it leave Addie now?

According to reports, the Private Practice season premiere, which is excellent, does not spotlight Addison as the primary character (an emerging trend).

But when she does come onscreen, she positively shines. We suspect it won't be long until romantic fireworks resume with Addison and ... someone TBA.

The Season 3 Private Practice premiere is based around a Pete-centric flashback that shows how he joined the practice and got to know all the characters.

Particularly Violet. Word to the wise: Keep the tissues handy.

With the third season premiere of Private Practice just three weeks away, more details of the much-anticipated, drama-packed episode are coming to light.

Here's a new wrinkle, courtesy of EW: There's a flashback.

The Season 3 premiere "flashes back to Oceanside’s pre-Addison days to show how Pete, Violet and the gang first met." According to reports, the show uses an editing technique to transition between past and present that is both original and effective.

The episode also features a funeral, two harrowing surgeries, and the revelation that we are going to be seeing less of Dell on Private Practice this season.

Chris Lowell’s episode order was reduced from 22 to a minimum of 13, because the hunky young actor wanted more freedom to pursue other projects.

No word on how the show plans on transitioning Chris Lowell out, or at least to the back burner, but try not to be too crushed by this news, ladies.