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When Violet calmed down an angry patient in the emergency room, Scott Becker, a paramedic, asked her out. She turned him down at first but after she saw that Pete was moving on, she agreed to go on a date with him, and it went well.<ref>[[The Standing Eight Count]], 5x11 (PP)</ref>
 
When Violet calmed down an angry patient in the emergency room, Scott Becker, a paramedic, asked her out. She turned him down at first but after she saw that Pete was moving on, she agreed to go on a date with him, and it went well.<ref>[[The Standing Eight Count]], 5x11 (PP)</ref>
   
He spent the night but Violet said she wasn't able to have sex with him. After Violet was punched by a patient's husband, she found Scott and he said that he was there for her after he treated her.<ref>[[Losing Battles]], 5x12 (PP)</ref> Later, after being confronted by Pete about the relationship, Violet decieded to have sex with Scott.<ref>[[The Time Has Come]], 5x13 (PP)</ref>
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He spent the night, but Violet said she wasn't able to have sex with him. After Violet was punched by a patient's husband, she found Scott and he said that he was there for her after he treated her.<ref>[[Losing Battles]], 5x12 (PP)</ref> Later, after being confronted by Pete about their relationship, Violet decieded to have sex with Scott.<ref>[[The Time Has Come]], 5x13 (PP)</ref>
   
Scott later wanted for the relationship to progress, which meant to him meeting Lucas and Violet's friends. She told him that her life was complicated and that Scott that he made her feel good, helping her forget everything else in her life. All she wanted was detached, mind-numbing sex, which Scott agreed to.<ref>[[You Break My Heart]], 5x15 (PP)</ref>
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Scott later wanted for the relationship to progress, which meant to him meeting Lucas and Violet's friends. She told him that her life was complicated and that Scott made her feel good, helping her forget everything else in her life. All she wanted was detached, mind-numbing sex, which Scott agreed to.<ref>[[You Break My Heart]], 5x15 (PP)</ref>
   
After Scott got injured following an attack, he requested for Violet, who came to the hospital and attempted, at first, to reduce his shoulder with Pete. She wasn't able to apply enough pressure until Pete encouraged her to trust him. Scott later told her that he saw how they talked with eachother and they deserved to be a family, effectively breaking up with her.<ref>[[The Letting Go]], 5x17 (PP)</ref>
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After Scott got injured following an attack, he asked for Violet, who came to the hospital and attempted, at first, to reduce his shoulder with Pete. She wasn't able to apply enough pressure until Pete encouraged her to trust him. Scott later told her that he saw how they talked with each other and they deserved to be a family, effectively breaking up with her.<ref>[[The Letting Go]], 5x17 (PP)</ref>
   
 
===Friendships===
 
===Friendships===
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It became a tradition that every year when they received their bonuses, they would take a holiday together. Violet became concerned when Cooper didn't want to go on their annual trip, and their relationship was strained when she figured out that Cooper was sleeping with Charlotte King.
 
It became a tradition that every year when they received their bonuses, they would take a holiday together. Violet became concerned when Cooper didn't want to go on their annual trip, and their relationship was strained when she figured out that Cooper was sleeping with Charlotte King.
   
During her pregnancy, she had Cooper to run errands for her, including tying her shoes because she could not see her feet. Unexpectedly, Charlotte and Violet began to bond over Cooper and Charlotte did the girly things that Cooper could not, as well as helping Violet with her pregnancy symptoms.
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During her pregnancy, she had Cooper to run errands for her, including tying her shoes because she couldn't see her feet. Unexpectedly, Charlotte and Violet began to bond over Cooper and Charlotte did the girly things that Cooper could not, as well as helping Violet with her pregnancy symptoms.
   
 
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Violet met Kara in college and the two became best friends. When Violet was raped, Kara helped her through it, but Kara never told her of the abuse she went through as a child.
 
Violet met Kara in college and the two became best friends. When Violet was raped, Kara helped her through it, but Kara never told her of the abuse she went through as a child.
   
Kara and Violet met again when Kara was running for congress. She explained to Violet how she was depressed after the abuse she went through as a child, so she went through shock theraphy. She wanted that file destroyed since she was concerned that it would ruin her career if a reporter got ahold of it.
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Kara and Violet met again when Kara was running for congress. She explained to Violet how she was depressed after the abuse she went through as a child, so she went through shock theraphy. She wanted that file destroyed since she was concerned that it would ruin her career if a reporter got a hold of it.
   
 
They later had lunch together. and Violet told Kara that she shouldn't hide from her past. She had an opportunity to be good, to embrace what happened to her and go public with the shock therapy. Kara was enraged and said Violet that she didn't go public with her rape and that she was with Violet every step of the way as she buried it. Violet said that it was different and mental illness was nothing to be ashamed of, and that it could help lots of people if they knew that there was no shame in talking about that.
 
They later had lunch together. and Violet told Kara that she shouldn't hide from her past. She had an opportunity to be good, to embrace what happened to her and go public with the shock therapy. Kara was enraged and said Violet that she didn't go public with her rape and that she was with Violet every step of the way as she buried it. Violet said that it was different and mental illness was nothing to be ashamed of, and that it could help lots of people if they knew that there was no shame in talking about that.
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*Violet is the last doctor to be seen treating a patient on ''[[Private Practice]]''.
 
*Violet is the last doctor to be seen treating a patient on ''[[Private Practice]]''.
 
*She's also the one who said the last line on the show, aside from laughter from her colleagues.
 
*She's also the one who said the last line on the show, aside from laughter from her colleagues.
*She wrote a book named "Beautiful Scars"<ref>[[A Step Too Far]], 4x17 (PP)</ref>, and later another one, which is most likely called "Private Practice".<ref>[[In Which We Say Goodbye]], 6x13 (PP)</ref>
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*She wrote a book named "Beautiful Scars"<ref>[[A Step Too Far]], 4x17 (PP)</ref>, and later another one, tentatively named "Private Practice".<ref>[[In Which We Say Goodbye]], 6x13 (PP)</ref>
   
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==

Revision as of 00:51, 24 February 2018

You're not done. Right? You're unfinished. You're work in progress. I mean, if I had told you 5 years ago that you were gonna have Lucas the way that you did, or that you were gonna marry Pete, you would've laughed at my face. Right? If I had told you 2 years ago that you'd be a widow, you would never have believed me. Because you don't know what tomorrow brings. You know? It could be anything, absolutely anything. Could be good, could be bad. Could be this hot bookstore owner guy, or could be just you and your amazing little boy. But you don't know, because you're not done. I mean, you won't know the point of the book until it's written. The book that is your life is a work in progress. So you, Violet Turner, you're unfinished.
Sam Bennett to Violet Turner

Violet Turner is a psychiatrist at Seaside Health and Wellness. She was married to Pete Wilder until his death and together they have a son, Lucas.

History

Early Life

In college, Violet was raped and helped through it by her best friend Kara Wei, Violet helped Kara through her problem of accidentally killing her abusive mother.[1] Violet takes offense to women who lie about being raped,[2] and when confronted about an almost conversation between her and Addison; Violet says that it's something that she wasn't going to talk about it, that "it is what it is."

Attack

One of Violet's schizophrenic patients, Katie, who was pregnant but miscarried (and refused to let anyone perform a D&C to remove the dead tissue) came to visit Violet at her house. Initial suspicions from Pete and Violet that Katie was not taking her medication proved true when Katie drugged Violet, believing that Violet stole her baby, even though Violet's child is a boy, and her baby was a girl. Violet was left paralyzed from the neck downwards and Katie obtained surgical equipment and a medical textbook to perform a caesarian section on Violet to take "her" baby. Violet began to instruct Katie on what to do to deliver the baby successfully, even though both Katie and Violet knew she would not survive it, and Katie then lifted the scalpel to Violet's abdomen, about to cut.[3]

Leaving Lucas and the Practice

After she had recovered from the attack, Violet tried for a while to take care of Lucas. However, she came to the conclusion that she couldn't take care of him and that she had to take care of herself before she could do that for her son. Violet left Lucas with Pete, his father. Some time after that, she left the practice while on a trip with Cooper. She stayed for a while in Costa Rica and New York. In New York, she sought professional help from a colleague to handle her trauma. Later she returned to LA where she told Pete that she wanted to be a part of Lucas' life. Pete was hesitant at first, but ultimately Violet got to know Lucas.

Lawsuit

Pete's Death

Personality

Violet is very patient and optimistic. She is shown as a great person to talk to and will help when someone is in a bind.

Violet tells her patients that happiness can be attained with focus, but she has trouble finding happiness in her own life, even going so far as to question the usefulness of her profession.

Relationships

Romantic

Allan

Six months prior to when Addison first arrived at their Oceanside Wellness Group, Violet's boyfriend, Allan, had split up with her and she was torn by the break-up. As she started to heal, she ran into Allan in a supermarket to discover that he'd gotten married to a younger woman only a few months after their break-up. Violet was shaken badly and even went as far as "stalking" Allan with constant calls as she tried to deal with him moving on while she kept trying to. She and Allan tried to be friends but Violet realized she was only hurting herself and cut off all contact.[4]

Sheldon Wallace

Pete Wilder

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Pete kisses Violet.

While she was pregnant with her son Lucas she was unaware who the father was. It could have been either Pete Wilder or Sheldon Wallace, although she had expressed an intention of keeping the baby and having Cooper move in with her.

As Pete's relationship grew more serious with Lisa, he told her about Violet's baby. She asked him to figure out what he wanted and eventually he decided to leave her and tell Violet but before he informed Violet, Sheldon proposed to her. Violet didn't answer straight away, Pete instead tells Violet he should have fought for her and loves her, and she chooses Pete over Sheldon.

After Lucas was ripped from her womb by Katie[5], she didn't feel anything toward him and even though Pete (the father) tried and tried to get her to bond with him, she eventually gave him up to Pete. After she slept with Addison's father, Pete gave up on her.

After a few months, Violet returned from her trip from Costa Rica healthy[6] and she sued for partial custody of Lucas.[7]

She and Pete got back together and quickly got married.[8] They fought when she wanted to adopt Betsey.[9]

After her license was suspended, she ran to do a book tour, missing him having a heart attack. She got back from the airport as he was in surgery. It was after months of arguing and remaining together that they decided to separate.

After they had both dated other people and took a small break from their marriage they soon realized that they still had feelings for one another. Violet decided that they needed to go to counseling to find out what the problem was but Pete just wanted to "have fun" and enjoy the fact that they were okay. They went to a few counseling sessions but Pete stormed out of one and refused to go to another one. He began working a lot and he became very reckless even landing himself in jail for taking a patient off of life support to respect his undocumented wishes. After Violet begged him to cooperate with the court for bail Pete was set free but was on trial for what he had done. After being together one night Violet asked him what would happen if he was taken back to jail. The next day Violet receives a text message from Pete saying that he went on a run and that whatever happened he loved her. Pete ends up being absent from his court hearing that morning and Violet had many doubts about his whereabouts assuming that he ran away from it all. Eventually they found Pete's body in the ditch of a canyon dead from a heart attack.[10]

"The Captain" Montgomery

Violet slept with The Captain while he was visiting Addison. While they had sex, she became embarassed about her scar, though The Captain said that it was a reminder that she survived something and she should do whatever she wanted to do for a while.[11]

Scott Becker

When Violet calmed down an angry patient in the emergency room, Scott Becker, a paramedic, asked her out. She turned him down at first but after she saw that Pete was moving on, she agreed to go on a date with him, and it went well.[12]

He spent the night, but Violet said she wasn't able to have sex with him. After Violet was punched by a patient's husband, she found Scott and he said that he was there for her after he treated her.[13] Later, after being confronted by Pete about their relationship, Violet decieded to have sex with Scott.[14]

Scott later wanted for the relationship to progress, which meant to him meeting Lucas and Violet's friends. She told him that her life was complicated and that Scott made her feel good, helping her forget everything else in her life. All she wanted was detached, mind-numbing sex, which Scott agreed to.[15]

After Scott got injured following an attack, he asked for Violet, who came to the hospital and attempted, at first, to reduce his shoulder with Pete. She wasn't able to apply enough pressure until Pete encouraged her to trust him. Scott later told her that he saw how they talked with each other and they deserved to be a family, effectively breaking up with her.[16]

Friendships

Cooper Freedman

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Cooper and Violet, best friends.

When she joined the Oceanside Wellness Group, Cooper became her best friend.

It became a tradition that every year when they received their bonuses, they would take a holiday together. Violet became concerned when Cooper didn't want to go on their annual trip, and their relationship was strained when she figured out that Cooper was sleeping with Charlotte King.

During her pregnancy, she had Cooper to run errands for her, including tying her shoes because she couldn't see her feet. Unexpectedly, Charlotte and Violet began to bond over Cooper and Charlotte did the girly things that Cooper could not, as well as helping Violet with her pregnancy symptoms.

Kara Wei

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Kara and Violet hug.

Violet met Kara in college and the two became best friends. When Violet was raped, Kara helped her through it, but Kara never told her of the abuse she went through as a child.

Kara and Violet met again when Kara was running for congress. She explained to Violet how she was depressed after the abuse she went through as a child, so she went through shock theraphy. She wanted that file destroyed since she was concerned that it would ruin her career if a reporter got a hold of it.

They later had lunch together. and Violet told Kara that she shouldn't hide from her past. She had an opportunity to be good, to embrace what happened to her and go public with the shock therapy. Kara was enraged and said Violet that she didn't go public with her rape and that she was with Violet every step of the way as she buried it. Violet said that it was different and mental illness was nothing to be ashamed of, and that it could help lots of people if they knew that there was no shame in talking about that.

Their friendship ended when Violet gave her an ultimatum: to choose her friendship or her career, and choose the person she was or the person she wanted to be. When Violet gave her the file, Kara immediately started shredding the file with no hesitation, and Violet left.[17]

Naomi Bennett

She was a very good friend to Naomi, but when Addison joined the practice, Naomi forgot about her and started talking to Addison like she did with Violet, instead casting Violet aside.

Career

Violet attended the University of Oregon, and pursued medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Violet Turner is a board certified psychiatrist specializing in general adult and adolescent psychotherapy, diagnosis, evaluation, and management of pharmacological medication. She currently works at Seaside Health and Wellness. She is licensed to screen birth mothers and prospective parents.

She is a member of the American Psychiatric Association and the American College of Psychiatrists. Dr. Turner has presented papers at numerous professional conferences and has published articles in peer-reviewed journals such as American Journal of Psychiatry and Annals of Clinical Psychiatry. She used to counsel rape victims and she ran the suicide hotline.

She got her license suspended due to using details of patients in her book, most notably Katie Kent. It was re-instated a few months later.

Notes and Trivia

  • Out of all characters that have been on Private Practice for all six seasons, Violet is the only one who has never been to Seattle Grace Hospital, nor any of the hospitals that were established there later on.
  • Violet thinks she can dance, but according to others, she really can't.
  • Violet has had two abortions during a "misspent youth".
  • She lost her virginity at the age of 17 and there was no magic about it, as there was a lot of friction.
  • She plays air guitar.
  • Violet does not like grass.
  • Violet drinks tea, not coffee.[18]
  • She hates iced tea.[19]
  • Violet is the last doctor to be seen treating a patient on Private Practice.
  • She's also the one who said the last line on the show, aside from laughter from her colleagues.
  • She wrote a book named "Beautiful Scars"[20], and later another one, tentatively named "Private Practice".[21]

Gallery

A more complete gallery with pictures of Violet Turner can be found here.

Notable Episodes

These episodes are Violet-centric or otherwise very informative about her life.

Memorable Quotes

Appearances


References

  1. Let It Go, 2x05 (PP)
  2. Past Tense, 2x04 (PP)
  3. Yours, Mine & Ours, 2x22 (PP)
  4. In Which Addison Finds a Showerhead, 1x05 (PP)
  5. Yours, Mine & Ours, 2x22 (PP)
  6. Second Choices, 3x20 (PP)
  7. War, 3x21 (PP)
  8. Take Two, 4x01 (PP)
  9. A Better Place to Be, 4x04 (PP)
  10. Aftershock, 6x01 (PP)
  11. The Parent Trap, 3x09 (PP)
  12. The Standing Eight Count, 5x11 (PP)
  13. Losing Battles, 5x12 (PP)
  14. The Time Has Come, 5x13 (PP)
  15. You Break My Heart, 5x15 (PP)
  16. The Letting Go, 5x17 (PP)
  17. Let It Go, 2x05 (PP)
  18. Good Grief, 6x03 (PP)
  19. Good Grief, 6x03 (PP)
  20. A Step Too Far, 4x17 (PP)
  21. In Which We Say Goodbye, 6x13 (PP)