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This Thursday's episode of Private Practice might not place Addison in a life-threatening situation or have her awkwardly make out with Sam, but that doesn't mean it isn't loaded with interesting storylines.

Addison's father, played by Stephen Collins, pays his daughter a surprise visit. There's also a marriage intervention and - as the clip below depicts - an arrest...

As always, TV Fanatic will recap and review the episode in depth.

For now, click on the photos below for an early look at scenes from "Sins of the Father."

Uh-oh.

On this week's episode of Private Practice, it isn't just a patient that's in danger. Addison finds herself trapped inside a car, following a hiking trip with Sam that turns into a major medical adventure.

Check out the clip below from "The Hard Part."

There is some levity during the hour, of course:

Charlotte, Cooper and Violet treat a newlywed that has downed too much Viagra (The Hard Part? Get it?!?); while Pete and Sheldon fall for the same girl at a bar.

Click on the pics below for peaks at scenes from the episode:

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Get ready for the latest installment of what is becoming an annual or even biannual tradition: the worlds of Grey's Anatomy and its spinoff Private Practice will cross over again.

Private Practice leading lady Kate Walsh is heading back to Grey’s Anatomy in January in a crossover involving Addison, Mark, and a patient played by guest star Leven Rambin.

The situation as we know it is as follows:

On Grey’s Anatomy half of the crossover, Dr. Mark Sloan (McSteamy, a.k.a. Eric Dane) pleads with Addison to come to Seattle and help perform surgery on Rambin's character.

One would assume that the girl is pregnant, given that Addison is the preeminent neonatal surgeon in, like, the whole country. But that has not been confirmed at this point.

Then, the story continues on Private Practice when, according to creator Shonda Rhimes, “complications arise and Mark takes [her] back down to L.A. for more surgery.”

As for Mark's connection to the new patient, whether sparks fly between Addison and Mark, and how Mark and Lexie are affected, that all remains to be seen. For now.

Are you excited for the latest Grey's Anatomy-Private Practice crossover?

We'll reserve judgment on this for now, but do you think they're overdoing it with these crossovers. By our quick calculations, this will be the fourth since April 2008:

• Addison returned to Seattle near the end of Season 5 of Grey's Anatomy. We forget the exact reason right now, which probably tells you all you need to know.
• Last season, Addison summoned Derek to treat her ailing brother, Archer (Grant Show). This story line continued for several episodes and on both programs.
• Just this fall, Bailey (Chandra Wilson) took a transplant patient to Los Angeles, where she resides, after she was unable to get the help needed in Seattle.

We've already posted this info via promotional photos and via Chandra Wilson's long interview yesterday, but E! has a few quotes regarding her visit to Private Practice this week.

Chandra Wilson (Bailey on Grey's Anatomy): "[Bailey]'s being overprotective of a patient, so it starts on Grey's Anatomy, and of course, the surgery can only be done in Los Angeles at St. Ambrose, so she ends up there with a patient."

Paul Adelstein (Cooper on Private Practice): "[Bailey] takes us to task. She's a truth teller, and her writing is truth telling, so she comes in and cuts us down to size pretty good."

Chandra Wilson (Dr. Miranda Bailey) crosses over from Grey's Anatomy to Private Practice.

This Thursday's all-new episode of Private Practice, "Right Here, Right Now," takes its name from the popular, early '90s hit of the same name by the band Jesus Jones.

What that has to do with this episode, we have no idea. But what we do know is that Dr. Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson) will be crossing over from Grey's Anatomy!

Bailey brings a kidney transplant patient to Los Angeles, and Addison, her former Seattle Grace colleague, isn't the only Oceanside Wellness doctor pleased to see her.

Meanwhile, consequences of Addison's emotional affair with Noah catch up with her, and Sheldon and Pete finally - finally! - discover who the father of Violet's baby is.

Combine those things and you have an episode that pretty much sounds awesome. Click to enlarge lots of photos of Bailey, Sam and Addison on Private Practice ...

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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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.