It Was Inevitable

It Was Inevitable is the eighteenth episode of the fifth season and the 94th overall episode of Private Practice.

Short Summary
As Erica's medical condition rapidly worsens, Cooper and Charlotte do their best to prepare an in-denial Mason. Violet and Pete, both single again, find they still have feelings for each other. Addison encourages Amelia to embrace impending motherhood, and Sheldon and Jake work with a devastating case in which a woman, jailed for killing her two children, is pregnant with a third.

Main Cast

 * Kate Walsh as Dr. Addison Montgomery
 * Tim Daly as Dr. Pete Wilder
 * Benjamin Bratt as Dr. Jake Reilly
 * Paul Adelstein as Dr. Cooper Freedman
 * KaDee Strickland as Dr. Charlotte King
 * Brian Benben as Dr. Sheldon Wallace
 * Caterina Scorsone as Dr. Amelia Shepherd
 * Griffin Gluck as Mason Warner
 * Taye Diggs as Dr. Sam Bennett
 * Amy Brenneman as Dr. Violet Turner

Guest Stars

 * A.J. Langer as Erica Warner
 * Enid Graham as Elise
 * Maury Sterling as Kurt Wilson
 * Aloma Wright as Social Worker

Co-Starring

 * Scott Alan Smith as Therapist
 * Emily Moss Wilson as Judi
 * Zainab M. Johnson as Mara
 * Sonia Bril Navarro as St. Ambrose Nurse #2

Notes and Trivia

 * This episode scored 6.53 million viewers.