Season 3
PRIVATE PRACTICE - "The End of a Beautiful Friendship" - Maya and her unborn baby are fighting for their lives on the operating table, and Addison, Amelia and Fife try everything humanly possible to save them. Meanwhile, Sam operates on an incoming crash victim and later makes a grim discovery; Cooper makes an ill-timed but valiant effort with Charlotte, and the staff's world gets rocked by an unexpected death, on the Season Finale of "Private Practice," THURSDAY, MAY 13 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/ERIC MCCANDLESS)BILL MILLER, TAYE DIGGS, TIM DALY, KADEE STRICKLAND
The End of a Beautiful Friendship
Season 3 | Episode 23 | Aired 05/13/10
William visits Fife to say he’s not proceeding with the experimental treatment for his illness. He’s going away to make amends with his estranged daughter before he dies. He asks Fife to cover for him so that Naomi can focus solely on her daughter. He’s doing this because he loves her. William realizes that Fife also loves Naomi and gives him some parting advice. He says, “Be a better man than you have been.”

When Fife arrives at the hospital, he suggests using hypothermia to save both Maya and the baby. For this procedure to be successful, Amelia will have to work fast. It’s a long shot, but one Sam thinks is worth taking. He asks Addison to just stand with him for a minute before he heads back to operate on the drunk driver. He still has no idea it’s the person who hurt Maya. When Sam does finally figure things out, Pete lies to him by saying this is a different drunk. It’s the only way he could be sure Sam would save the guy’s life.

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  • PRIVATE PRACTICE - "The End of a Beautiful Friendship" - Maya and her unborn baby are fighting for their lives on the operating table, and Addison, Amelia and Fife try everything humanly possible to save them. Meanwhile, Sam operates on an incoming crash victim and later makes a grim discovery; Cooper makes an ill-timed but valiant effort with Charlotte, and the staff's world gets rocked by an unexpected death, on the Season Finale of "Private Practice," THURSDAY, MAY 13 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/ERIC MCCANDLESS) BILL MILLER, TAYE DIGGS, TIM DALY, KADEE STRICKLAND
  • PRIVATE PRACTICE - "The End of a Beautiful Friendship" - Maya and her unborn baby are fighting for their lives on the operating table, and Addison, Amelia and Fife try everything humanly possible to save them. Meanwhile, Sam operates on an incoming crash victim and later makes a grim discovery; Cooper makes an ill-timed but valiant effort with Charlotte, and the staff's world gets rocked by an unexpected death, on the Season Finale of "Private Practice," THURSDAY, MAY 13 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/ERIC MCCANDLESS) GEFFRI MAYA, AUDRA MCDONALD, KATE WALSH, CHRIS LOWELL
  • PRIVATE PRACTICE - "The End of a Beautiful Friendship" - Maya and her unborn baby are fighting for their lives on the operating table, and Addison, Amelia and Fife try everything humanly possible to save them. Meanwhile, Sam operates on an incoming crash victim and later makes a grim discovery; Cooper makes an ill-timed but valiant effort with Charlotte, and the staff's world gets rocked by an unexpected death, on the Season Finale of "Private Practice," THURSDAY, MAY 13 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/ERIC MCCANDLESS) CHRIS LOWELL, GEFFRI MAYA
  • PRIVATE PRACTICE - "The End of a Beautiful Friendship" - Maya and her unborn baby are fighting for their lives on the operating table, and Addison, Amelia and Fife try everything humanly possible to save them. Meanwhile, Sam operates on an incoming crash victim and later makes a grim discovery; Cooper makes an ill-timed but valiant effort with Charlotte, and the staff's world gets rocked by an unexpected death, on the Season Finale of "Private Practice," THURSDAY, MAY 13 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/ERIC MCCANDLESS) GEFFRI MAYA, AUDRA MCDONALD