Dr. Cooper Freedman is a fictional character on the Grey's Anatomy spin-off, Private Practice.
[1] Cooper Freedman (Coop) was the only child, adopted, raised in Akron, Ohio.
As a teen, he worked on summer camps in Indiana, where he realized he liked children and decided to become a pediatrician.
For example, in the episode "The Other Side of This Life, Part 1", Cooper's car is stolen by a woman he met online.
For example, in one episode, he noticed several symptoms of abuse in a girl with a broken arm whose mother is Sam's patient.
Despite Sam's objections, Cooper reports his suspicions and later testifies in court to help the child.
In the beginning of season 1 it is suggested that Cooper is in love with Violet Turner, his best friend and a psychiatrist at Oceanside Wellness.
In the episode "In Which Cooper Finds a Port in His Storm," he meets Dr. Charlotte King, chief of staff at the local hospital and someone he knows professionally, through an on-line dating site.
She is completely embarrassed by this and walks away from the date, and attempts to avoid Cooper thereafter, but the end of the episode, she agrees to have a drink with Cooper, but instead, the two end up having sex and enter into a strictly sexual relationship in later episodes.
The two begin to care for each other; however, the relationship breaks apart after Cooper finds out Charlotte has secretly been making and executing plans to rent out the fourth floor of the practice.
At the end, he tells Charlotte that he hasn't been himself and the people he loves are important and asks her out to dinner.
Charlotte and Cooper's relationship hits a bit of a rough patch after she is raped, however they overcome their issues and marry.