Nip/Tuck

NIP/TUCK premieres tonight on FX at 10pm, don’t forget to get your DVRs ready. I decided to take a look at the premiere and find out what I’ve been missing the last few seasons. O my god i am really so exited about this serial.


Ever since it began, I've run hot and cold on FX's "Nip/Tuck" (10 p.m. tonight). The sexual escapades of plastic surgeons Sean McNamara (Dylan Walsh) and especially Christian Troy (Julian McMahon) are often ridiculously over the top, but the series sometimes makes up for its excesses by tackling social issues or executing a shocking brilliant plot twist - I'm thinking of Ava (Famke Janssen), the "she" who turned out to be a "he" in season two.

By season four, "Nip/Tuck" seemed to run out of steam and story, and then it ended with a surprise: The docs pulled up stakes from Miami and moved to Hollywood, the mecca of plastic surgery. It seemed like a last-ditch effort to breathe new life into an aging show. Having watched the first two episodes, I'm pleasantly surprised to say: It worked.

"Nip/Tuck" is thriving in its new locale, even if the McNamara/Troy practice is not. The two best buds are living together, but they have few patients to suture. That begins to change when they meet a publicist (Lauren Hutton) who starts pushing clients their way, including an actress (Daphne Zuniga), whom Hollywood suits have deemed too old for the lead in big-screen romantic comedies, including one she's desperate for that would have her play a "single-mother coal miner with an autistic child."











Murphy said that notion of temptation and retaining one's identity will be the thematic thrust of the show's fifth season.

"Nip/Tuck" supporting characters - including Liz (Roma Maffia), Matt (John Hensley), Kimber (Kelly Carlson) and Julia (Joely Richardson) - will also make the move to the West Coast. Julia, in particular, will have some surprising news for Sean and Christian. For Richardson, the chance to act in a different environment - all-new sets were built for the new season - was welcome. "Certainly with Dylan and me, we were done with that kitchen," she said, referring to the set of the home Sean and Julia shared in Miami. "There was nothing left that we could do in that kitchen."