"Nip/Tuck": Julia's Got a Gun

December 13, 2007

Published: December 13, 2007 at 12:25 PM GMT
Last Updated: December 13, 2007 at 12:25 PM GMT

Has Nip/Tuck on FX “jumped the shark”? Like that Happy Days episode where Fonzie waterskied over a shark, has this show tried to perk up its declining ratings by coming up with over-the-top storylines?

When was Nip/Tuck NOT over the top? What is there to love about the show if you take away the straight sex, gay sex, this-close-to-underage sex; lust, drugs, fame, egos, vanity, pornography, prostitution, lies, manipulation, threats, gratuitous butt shots; incestuous relationship between Christian, Sean and Julia, and all the psycho clients who sashay through the doors of McNamara and Troy?

Sure, Nip/Tuck is like a daytime soap scarily close to overdosing on steroids, but would you have it any other way? Do you want to see Julia and Sean live happily ever after? Should Christian start dating soccer moms? Maybe Britney Spears should show up for lipo. No, wait, that really would be jumping the shark. But who wouldn’t tune in to see that?

Let’s review what happened this week (Dec. 12 episode):

Eden, Julia’s lover’s teenage daughter, and Sean, Julia’s ex-husband, made love on Ecstasy and middle-aged Sean feared he was having an heart attack.

Kimber decided to return to porn but only after asking Christian, her former lover, to do surgery for free. For her part, she promised to abandon her husband Matt, Christian’s biological son.

Julia and Olivia were kidnapped with sex toys in hand (OK, in bag) outside an ATM by a guy who wanted them to do each other in a lake. Olivia, typically the strong one, turned into a blubbering blob of goo while Julia assumed the male role and scared the bad guy off. Then she bought a gun.

Dr. Joshua Lee shows up claiming aliens implanted a chip in him. No, wait, he is just an old guy with Alzheimer’s. We think his daughter, Wendy, comes to claim him, only to realize later that that wasn’t his daughter. He was right–the aliens are after him!

Kimber leaves Matt and one of his dads (how messed up is that?) gives him tough love. Matt decides to cook up some meth in his sad little hotel room, but sets himself on fire instead and he has to do a flaming leap from the balcony into the pool below. At least the pool had water in it.

Julia confronts Eden after she finds out she and Sean are having an affair. She tells Eden to stay away from Sean and her family or she will have her mother send her to a reform school far away.

Jump the shark, my ass! This is the very stuff that causes us to love Nip/Tuck. It is the stuff that sets Nip/Tuck apart from other shows. The fifth season of this show is just as exciting, if not more so, than previous seasons. If it is too much for you, tune into The Golden Girls and let the true fans continue to enjoy Nip/Tuck as it should be.

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