'Practice' tries to perfect

0 Comments | USA TODAY, August, 2008 | by Bill Keveney

Private Practice is giving Addison Forbes Montgomery the chance for something she never had on Grey's Anatomy: a fulfilling love life.

"We only knew her as the miserable part of a triangle" with Derek and Meredith, says Kate Walsh, who plays Addison on the ABC spinoff. "It's interesting to see this character with someone who wants to be with her -- in a good way. That's been fun to explore, what it's like to date and perhaps date successfully."

Officer Kevin (David Sutcliffe, in a recurring role) returns to court Addison, putting her will-they/won't-they situation with practice partner Pete Wilder (Tim Daly) on the shelf for now. "But by no means are Pete and I done," she says.

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