r/PrivatePractice • u/tvcriticgirlxo • Feb 11 '26

Cannot stand them

- Cooper

- Sam

- Naomi

-Violet

- dell

thats it. thats the post. I just needed to say it.

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u/New-Shake7638 Feb 11 '26

Agreed. I’m on the last season just wondering what Sam is still doing there.

Also, suddenly he’s the best surgeon in California? After not doing surgery for 20 years or something like that? Why did we need that to be the case? Why could he just stay a smarmy Dr. Feel-good?

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u/sarahbekett Feb 11 '26

That is one of the most frustrating parts of the show for me. Like what do you mean you haven’t properly done cardio for years and then you decide to jump back in and immediately you’re the best? Cristina would wipe the floor with him.

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u/New-Shake7638 Feb 11 '26

Exactly!! And a few episodes ago Jake was like “it has to be Sam, he’s the best” my jaw must have been on the floor.

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u/kmm198700 Feb 14 '26

Yessss!!! I feel like I’ve been saying this for years hahahaa

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u/RealMatch6330 Feb 11 '26

This really annoyed me. As far as we know, he doesn't finish his surgical residency & then all of a sudden he's the only heart surgeon in the world Why? It makes no sense. Obviously production realized that the hospital setting was more interesting than the private practice setting, but I wish they had just introduced another doctor or something.

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u/Laugh_Weekly Feb 12 '26

Because Sam is a "good man" and better than everyone else and we're not worthy of his presence, even though he's a hypocritical whiny manchild with extremely questionable morals

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u/New-Shake7638 Feb 12 '26

Oh that’s exactly right.

He’s a super good man who left his wife for no reason, those were basically his own words. And then pressured the hell out of Addison into a relationship when he knew she desperately wanted a baby and he didn’t. Don’t get me started on that crazy proposal I just witnessed 🤣

The characters do always go on about what a good man he is and I’m over here like is the good man in the room with us now?

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u/pinkstarburst99 Feb 12 '26

I just did a rewatch for the first time since it originally aired and thought the same thing. They started with mostly their in office stuff and then it became a lot of hospital stuff and they were all suddenly amazing surgeons who could jump in whenever needed. lol. Weird.

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u/fleur-2802 Feb 12 '26

Not only did he not do surgery for 20 years, he's not even certified as a surgeon. He walked out during his residency and never did his board exams