A fictional couple from the hit televison drama, ‘Private Practice’. Fans took Addison and
Sam’s names and created the title: Addisam to show homage to their favorite couple and to have a sense of unity. They represent the couple who has it the hardest, united under very difficult circumstances, have different wants and goals in life when it comes to having a family, yet through it all the one thing that remains strong and never changing is their
love for each other. The coupling is one of the few in Shondaland who didn’t fall in
love after sex. They were bestfriends who fell in
love because they were always there for each when they needed it.
Sam knows how to be gentle with Addison when needed and also how to be tough and let her know someone can be strong for her. Addison knows how to let
Sam feel like a man, as well as check him and be a strong intelligent woman at the same time. They are each other’s “Anyway
friends” because through all the
BS, fights, trials and heartache they survive together and
love each other anyway.
Fans love them for their fight, their journey and the unconditional
love they share. Televisions first leading interracial couple, with a black man and a white woman challenging all the odds of today problems, diversity and acceptance. This couple isn’t perfect, but when it comes to the most realistic, they are as close as it gets.
“We are always good together, when it’s just
us, we’re great together…” –
Sam“For the first time in a very long time, call me
crazy, but I can honestly say I am…
Happy!” – Addison
Sidenote: Addisam is the only ship name ever to be mentioned on a Shonda Rhimes show.
