Season 3
PRIVATE PRACTICE - "Second Choices" - After her open-ended escape to Costa Rica, Violet has finally returned home and to the practice.  Everyone treads a little lightly around her, especially Pete and Addison who have mixed feelings about Violet's desire to reconnect with Lucas.  Meanwhile Amelia butts into Sam's personal life, pointing out that he can mend hearts in the OR but can't seem to do that for himself;  and Sheldon encourages Charlotte to reconcile with Cooper, while Cooper deals with a young patient who eats everything in sight, on "Private Practice," THURSDAY, APRIL 22 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/ERIC MCCANDLESS) KATE WALSH, AMY BRENNEMAN
Second Choices
Season 3 | Episode 20 | Aired 04/22/10
Cooper, Charlotte, Sam and Sheldon all welcome back their long lost friend. Violet tells them that she’s had a very therapeutic breakthrough that finally brought her back home. She says she’s ready to be Lucas’s mom. Meanwhile, Amelia sees the fact that Violet is back as an opportunity for Sam to fight for Addison. Amelia’s a bit of a buttinsky.

Carl the soldier is adamant about having a surgery that would allow him to get back in action. Sam is conflicted during the operation when a complication arises with multiple solutions. The most logical would be something that could allow Carl to return to duty. The second option would end his days in battle. Sam opts to do the latter. Afterwards, he tells Carl that even though it’s not what he wanted, the fact that he gets to be with his family is what most people fight for.