Private Practice October 3, 2007 |
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Description: So we're having fun with world-class Addison being blown off by silly little midwifs. But it makes no sense. Sure, Addison's not all holistic like Naomi supposedly is, and she does keep mocking the midwifs, but Dell has still seemed awed by her and eager to get in on her work. So this doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the show, but appears to have been thrown in simply for comic effect, like having a child challenge Addison's medical skills. And what's the deal with the midwife "class"? Why is Naomi so vital? Would a midwifery professor really be likely to revere fertility specialist Naomi as a "primal life-giver?" And why is there "probably no way" Naomi could speak--she's too important for midwifs? Who normally "teaches" the class? Obviously this isn't the worst exchange the show has about midwifery, but it seems to reflect odd assumptions. Later scenes underscore that Dell is a blank-slate assistant, there to perform basic dramatic tasks, to fetch things, to ask things the audience might ask, but not to be a real player. At one point, arriving patient Stevie collapses in the clinic. Dell calls physician Sam for help, and though Dell helps Stevie up, he can't really do anything till Sam gets there. Sam asks Dell to hand-carry Stevie's blood work to the lab, to put a rush on it and have them screen for ingestible poisons. Later, at the reception area, Dell gives Stevie's lab results to Sam. Pete and Sam figure out that someone is poisoning Stevie with the mushroom ingredient Coprine, which interacts with alcohol. Dell uses his health care knowledge to add helpful insight: "So...someone's poisoning Stevie?" 
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