To put it simply, Private Practice's KaDee Strickland never saw it coming.
Yet here her stern Charlotte King is, falling into something ever-so-slightly resembling (gulp) love with Paul Adelstein's Cooper.
What's beneath the good doc's exterior? Strickland shared a peek at Charlotte's inner demons in an interview with TV Guide ...
TVGuide.com: First things first: Can you set the record straight on the Private Practice publicity stills? You're standing in front a wall of rocks, right? And not a wall of potatoes?
KaDee Strickland: That is true. [Laughs] But that's hilarious, it does look like a bunch of potatoes. You're not a liar.
TVGuide.com: It never dawned on me until we ran Chris Lowell's photo the other day and one of our readers pointed it out. "Why is he standing in front of potatoes?" (below)

KaDee Strickland: Because we're in hard times over there at Oceanside Wellness.... It was actually pretty beautiful, the set-up. Our pictures came out great, but I want you to know that you just ruined it for me. I'll never be the same again.
TVGuide.com: Charlotte seems a wee less shrill this season.
KaDee Strickland: Well, one can hope! After all, she's got somebody trying to steal her heart. And it's kinda looking like it's working some!
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