Wait and See

'''Addison tries to deal with Archer reverting back to his bachelor ways, and is placed in a difficult situation with Naomi, and the day become even more difficult as Naomi and Addison have to work on a child with an ambiguous gender. Sheldon and Violet work together for a couples group therapy, learning something about their relationship as well. Pete tries to get one of his patients to see a specialist. Cooper and Charlotte tries to work out their problems, until Charlotte does something stupid.'''

Summary
Addison and Naomi are sitting on Addison's deck overlooking the beach, both relieved that Archer is better over a bottle of wine. Naomi thinks Archer may actually be her boyfriend, which makes Addison and Naomi happy as he is committing. As Addison goes to get another bottle of wine, she finds Archer finishing a date with another woman. She scolds Archer, but is interrupted by Dell who has a woman in labor which he's having difficulties with.

At the practice, Dell is trying his best but is unable to handle this one on his own. Addison takes over when she and Dell notices something unusual about the baby's genitalia, which has both "something" of a penis and a vaginal opening.

Sonya and Sam are in bed, when Sonya asks Sam why he went to Seattle, and he admits it was more for Naomi than Archer, and Sonya is fine with that idea.

Back at the office, Violet is approached by Sheldon and asked to help with a group couples session, as his partner is taken sick. As Sheldon tries to talk about the baby, Violet feels uneasy and does not want to talk about it. Pete walks by, ignoring Violet, and notices Sheldon's "I cannot decipher Violet" look, where he admits he's now just given up on Violet, and is playing it cold.

Naomi and Addison, who is a little distracted, look over the baby's test results with Dell. Naomi diagnoses the baby has an enzyme deficiency, which causes more testosterone to be produced, which would cause the formation of a penis. The tests also confirm XX chromosomes - the baby, genetically, is a girl, but it is not as simple as that: 30% of these cases, the child will orient towards male. Naomi wants to have the sex decided now and have the genitalia surgically corrected, but Addison and Dell are uncomfortable with the 30% chance of error, with Naomi defending her view through psychological effects of a child with ambiguous genitalia. They are interrupted by Archer, who provides his own brief opinion and agrees with Naomi.

Charlotte asks Cooper to move in with her, but Cooper declines, defending and explaining why he moved in with Violet, but as usual, Charlotte has none of it and leaves.

Addison, Dell and Naomi break the news to the family and the father is distraught, but the mother wants what's best for her baby.

Addison and Archer argue over Archer's infidelity, and Addison will not keep his secret and they argue until Charlotte walks in.

Pete treats Beverly, who asks him to work his magic again.

Sheldon and Violet run the group couples therapy, unsuccessfully. Violet later catches two from the therapy, but not a married couple, kissing in the stairwell. Violet talks to Sheldon, and Sheldon suggests that he gets the people involved to reveal the affair.

Addison talks to Mitch and Leanne about their baby's gender and they've decided to go for surgery, but as a boy. Naomi asks if she can steal Archer for a few days, but senses Addison's hesitation. Her hesitation is only made worse when she goes to collect Archer for dinner and walks on him having sex with Charlotte and promptly leaves.

At the dinner, Addison covers for Archer and confides in Pete, and she cannot cover for him any more.

The next morning, tension between Addison and Archer are obvious, and they argue again. Archer admits he's become their father, "like father like son".

Violet and Sheldon talk to the participants of the affair, and tell them to confess to their partners. Eleanor wants them to be together, but Ryan does not look as sure, which angers Violet and she vents to the other Oceanside staff. In the next session, Ryan's wife, Sasha, reveals he worked on his relationship and has got back together, to Eleanor's horror. Eleanor blurts out she had an affair, and her husband, Paul, is extremely upset over this. Sheldon and Violet tell them that sometimes an affair is not what it seems to be, but more of a crutch and a push towards someone they think they really love, and Eleanor believes she made a mistake, but Paul still leaves her anyway. All this prompts the third couple in the group to finally start talking and being honest with each other.

Beverly returns to Pete again, and this time he is not as polite as he has been before. He tells her she has cancer, and she needs to see an oncologist. He loves that she comes to see him, and she's one of his favourite patients, but he really wants her to try to get better, to be the one that survives this cancer.

In surgery, Addison stands over the baby while Naomi scrubs in. As Naomi talks about Archer, Addison finally cannot take the pressure and leaves. She goes to Mitch and Leanne and tells them she cannot do the surgery. Mitch is unhappy and reiterates Naomi's original point about the child's psychological state, as a 6 year old boy with a vagina would likely not have an easy life, until Addison asks what if he were a 20 year old woman without a vagina. This strikes a cord in Leanne and declines the surgery. Mitch cannot handle the situation and leaves, the hospital, Leanne and his child. Addison then reveals to Naomi privately that Archer has been cheating on her.

Naomi storms into Archer's office to find it empty, and to be told by Charlotte that he's gone. Addison also returns home to find Archer's bags packed, where he reveals he is going back home, to New York. He kisses her on the cheek, tells her he loves her and then leaves.

Dell checks in on Leanne and the baby, where Leanne admits she cannot cope on her own, without Mitch. Dell comforts her, telling her he believes she is doing the right thing. Naomi goes to Mitch's work at a restaurant, and shouts at him in tears in front of all the patrons, telling him he has a healthy baby and a wife that loves him, and to grow up and be a man.

Cooper chases down Charlotte, but Charlotte keeps avoiding him, until she fianlly goes and sees Cooper and admits she slept with Archer. Cooper is frustrated and shouts at her, but forgives her as she is trying to push him away and he will not let that happen.

Sheldon goes and thanks Violet for the therapy session, and she opens up to Sheldon about the baby, being unexpected and how she does not know what to do.

Sonya and Sam end the day in bed, until Sam calls Sonya by Naomi.

Music

 * "Happiness" - The Fray
 * "Love to Love You Less" - Nikka Costa

Medical Staff

 * Kate Walsh ... Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery
 * Tim Daly ... Dr. Pete Wilder
 * Audra McDonald ... Dr. Naomi Bennett
 * Paul Adelstein ... Dr. Cooper Freedman
 * KaDee Strickland ... Dr. Charlotte King
 * Chris Lowell ... William 'Dell' Parker
 * Taye Diggs ... Dr. Sam Bennett
 * Amy Brenneman ... Dr. Violet Turner

Guest Starring

 * Brian Benben ... Dr. Sheldon Wallace
 * Sharon Leal ... Dr. Sonya Nichols
 * Grant Show ... Dr. Archer Forbes Montgomery

Patients and relatives

 * Marin Hinkle ... Beverly
 * Erik Palladino ... Mitch
 * Emma Caulfield ... Leanne
 * Leonard Roberts ... Ryan
 * Alexandra Lydon ... Eleanor