| Nip/Tuck - Episode Guide Season: 1 All Nip/Tuck Season 1 1. Pilot Sean and Cristian, long time friends and partners in a plastic surgery office,, are put to the test when `cristian (the self-destructive playboy plastic surgeon).Unbeknownst to Sean(the family man going threw a crisis of conscious). Accepts drug money to perform a surgery on a colombian drug lord who is on the run. Sean issues at work are further complicated by his problems at home and his tenuous relationship with his wife, Julia,sending him into full blown mid-life crisis. b: 22-Jul-2003 w: Ryan Murphy d: Ryan Murphy NOTE: Julian's character was originally named Christian Vega but was changed to Christian Troy. Also, Joely Richardson's character, Claire McNamara, was changed to Julia McNamara. Roma and Julian co-starred together on the show "Profiler." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Mandi/Randi As Cristian is haunted by the images ao Julia and his ability to perform sexually, his duties as a docter ar put to the test when identical twins come to him for surgery to look differebt from one another. After Sean encounters a sexy female psychologist grace/ he decides to move out and experience life as a single man while his marriage with Julia cintinues to worsen. Matt's insecurities about his penis grow when his girlfriend finally sees it. b: 29-Jul-2003 NOTE: Was originally entitled "Cocksure." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 3. Nanette Babcock gs: Lindsay Hollister (Nanette Babcock) Ruth Williamson (Mrs. Grubman) Sophia Bush () Kate Mara (Vanessa) Edward Moss (Mr. Diamond) Michael Raysses () Roma Maffia (Liz Winters) Christian has just declined a operation with Mr. Diamond, a Michael Jackson idolizer who has already had operations to look like him, when Liz tells Christian that Sean will be late because of a family emergency. Sean sits in his bathroom and inspects Matt's self operation. He determins that he will have to correct the proceedure and sets up an appointment for him later as long as Matt will be more open with him. While doing a consult with Nanette Babcock Christian meets Grace Santiago, the newly hired psycologist. She joins in the consult and Nanette explains what she wants and that she is going to her highschool reunion. The McNamara's(except Annie, who is mentioned but not shown)finish breakfast when a cop knocks on the door and offers Julia the option of attending an anger management class or paying a $5,000 fine for flushing her daughter's gerbil. Sean and Christian argue over the hiring of Grace before operating on Matt. Christian sees that Sean is to nervous so he takes over while Sean does Mrs. Grubman's tummy tuck. Afterwards, Sean and Grace advise Christian to not operate on Nanette. He calls her and she gets upset upon hearing that she won't be operated on. Later that night Christian finds his car totaled. While with a mechanic, Christian recieves a call from Sean about Mrs. Grubman. Christian then calls her at the airport and cuts her off from the office. She then goes through the metal detector and continues walking causing her to get tackled by security. At the office, Mrs. Grubman's attorney explains that because a surgical instrument was left in her she was tackled and hurt her neck. Also that she is suing them for ten million dollars. Grace visits Nanette at her home and tries to get her to see a psycologist, but she won't listen. At the office Sean blames Liz, but soon realizes that he is at fault. After Matt is completely healed he goes to Vanessa's place to see her. There, he finds her making out with another cheerleader. Christian spends the night with Mrs. Grubman and the next day he is informed that all her operations in the future will be free. Sean calls in Nanette and gives her the number of a psycologist. When she returns home, she kills herself. b: 05-Aug-2003 w: Ryan Murphy d: Lawrence Trilling |
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| 4. Sofia Lopez Two recurring characters are introduced in an episode that teaches the odd-couple plastic surgeons a few lessons about moral boundaries. Patti D'Arbanville plays Wallis Forsythe, a pornography mogul who meets Christian at a party and agrees to send some business his way. And Joey Slotnick plays Merrill Bobolit, a hack surgeon who's more successful than Sean and Christian because of his willingness to take on any client. Forsythe's easy money and Bobolit's sleazy competition inject a dose of conflict into Sean and Christian's partnership--as if it needed any more of it! b: 12-Aug-2003 |