Nip Tuck Season 1

Nip/tuck Episodes

Read More Binge-Watching Guides.The series begins its run in Miami, where college buddies-turned-medical partners Sean McNamara (Dylan Walsh) and Christian Troy (Julian McMahon) run one of the city’s most elite plastic surgery practices. Like a hipper, and far more stomach-churning, version of House, the series sees the doctors perform your standard vanity procedures—boob jobs, liposuction, facelifts—but also paints them as innovators in their field, largely due to Sean’s medical expertise. Christian, on the other hand, is in this business for the women; when he’s not in surgery, he’s often out trolling the city’s nightlife scene for new patients. Meanwhile, Sean is a dutiful family man: husband to his college sweetheart, Julia (Joely Richardson), and father to his children Matt (John Hensley) and Annie (Kelsey Batelaan). Though it quickly becomes apparent that no one’s life is as perfect as it seems.In addition to being an immediate hit when it premiered in 2003, Nip/Tuck was also immediately controversial.

The series touches on a number of taboo subjects that would still be considered a bit controversial today—including, on more than one occasion, pedophilia and incest—but at its heart, the series is about accepting people, including ourselves, with all of our flaws. Which makes it sound a lot more touchy-feely than it really is. Over the course of six seasons, viewers faced an onslaught of bizarre storylines that included brushes with drug-dealing, organ-harvesting, porn-making, Scientology, and an unhinged wannabe talent agent who kills a rival with a teddy bear-making machine.You may find yourself rolling your eyes at the ridiculousness of it all, yet you’ll stay tuned in just to see what the show’s creators will think of next—and to be comforted by the fact that the show is absolutely reveling in its own vapidity. Now that Murphy rules the small screen, it's time to binge-watch the show that established him as one of the most unique voices on television—and invited viewers to look below the surface at what makes us all human.

Nip Tuck Season 1 Episode 11

Even if it’s not always pretty. (Spoiler: It’s usually not pretty.) Nip/TuckNumber of Seasons: 6 (100 episodes)Time Requirements: Seven weeks. Like plastic surgery itself, Nip/Tuck is a show that best achieves the desired effect when doled out in small increments over time.

Tackling two episodes per night will have you done in less than two months.Where to Get Your Fix: Amazon, iTunesBest Character to Follow: While the less hedonistic viewer may more immediately associate with Sean McNamara, Christian Troy is undoubtedly the most fun character to watch—even if that means the occasional run-in with a well-organized ring of organ thieves. (Yes, the show really did go there in Season 4.) Even if you’ve never been to a swingers’ party, bedded a mom and her daughter at the same time, or been engaged to a porn star, Christian’s constant struggle to be a better person, despite his tendency to always make the worst possible decisions, is oddly relatable.Seasons/Episodes You Can Skip: Like facelifts, not every season of Nip/Tuck is perfectly executed. But amidst the sometimes messy results, there are moments—and even full hours—of creative brilliance that make watching the series in its entirety worth the time and effort. Case in point: Season 4, which sees the arrival of Burt and Michelle Landau (Larry Hagman and Sanaa Lathan), who buy into the McNamara/Troy business, only to see Michelle be blackmailed by her former pimp/lover, James (Jacqueline Bisset), into turning the office into a den of organ thievery. It’s a storyline and set of characters that are neatly disposed of and forgotten about once the season is over.

Yet the same season features great episodes with Peter Dinklage as Marlowe Sawyer, manny to the McNamara’s newborn son, Conor.That said, there are some clunker episodes throughout the series, including. Season 3: Episode 6, 'Frankenlaura' McNamara/Troy is hurting for business in the wake of Christian being arrested as a possible serial killer. Desperate for cash, the doctors agree to reassemble the bodies of several corpses that have been mutilated to create one female body for necrophilic—and, it turns out, incestuous—purposes.Season 4: Episode 2, 'Blue Mondae' Christian attempts to turn his new patient, a young gay man whose lover is paying to make him look more distinguished, straight. The Takeaway:Nobody’s perfect—despite what one's exterior looks like.If You Like Nip/Tuck, You’ll Love:There’s a very specific cadence to Ryan Murphy's work that makes it easy to discern. For those who relish his over-the-top gore and bevy of pop culture references, Scream Queens offers both in bulk, with plenty of '80s and '90s nostalgia.Though its humor is decidedly more subtle, and its tone much darker, Nip/Tuck could in some ways be considered the much more gregarious cousin to, Alan Ball’s unrelenting—and masterful—character drama surrounding a family-run funeral home.

Hotshot plastic surgeons Dr. Sean McNamara (Dylan Walsh) and Dr. Christian Troy (Julian McMahon) experience full-blown midlife crises as they confront career, family and romance problems over six seasons of this groundbreaking series.

Set first in South Miami Beach and later moving to L.A., these cutting-edge stories range from funny to suspenseful to uncommonly powerful. Surgeries are graphically bold. Sexuality is rampant. Guest stars who go under the knife include Rosie O’Donnell, Joan Rivers, Kathleen Turner and Larry Hagman, among others. From Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy, Nip/Tuck is a prescription for entertainment unlike anything you’ve ever seen.FOR RAREFILE FREE USERS, PLEASE REGISTER FOR A FREE ACCOUNT AT RAREFILE.NET USING THIS LINK – AND YOU CAN DOWNLOAD UP TO 500MB PER FILE. YOUR DOWNLOAD QUOTA IS DOUBLED TO 10GB.