(S05E08) "Your promises are sh*t, Matt." - Sean
They really are, aren't they? Matt is pretty much full of it, most of the time. Granted he escaped death here, but when you consider his track record (white supremacists, transvestites, Scientology, foreskin removal), it's pretty safe to assume that he'll get wrapped up in something else before too long. That's why I found it so amusing when Sean apologized and Matt said he just really needed to grow up and stop being Sean's "child." Why? So he can graduate to more adult scheming? He's there already! Last I checked, you don't see too many eleven year olds cooking meth and raising a child with a former porn star. Matt has always led a screwed up life, so it's not as if any of this comes as a surprise. Fortunately, the rest of this Christmas themed episode took the torch from previous Nip/Tuck holiday installments and the results were hilarious.
Where else are you going to find a group of Christmas carolers wearing red, who get the snot beat out of them by a gang of blue clad Crips? Nip/Tuck. Or a career mall Santa Claus who lies about skipping out on his family and gets shot in the face by his son? Nip/Tuck. If you recall, last year there was that bum who had all his organs harvested by James. This is all par for the course.
Two major plots ruled the episode though. First up, the love triangle. It's plagued the show as the fall-back story since the pilot, but when it's done right, it's still good. Sean finally heard the words that he's dreaded forever. Christian and Julia are in love. He figured out they had been sleeping together and proceeded to pout as you'd expect. However, by the end of the episode he shed his Scrooge demeanor and seemed to make peace with the idea -- even though he didn't toast his drink with the love-birds. He says he's OK with it, but I think we all know that this isn't going to die. Sean will get annoyed. Sean will get hurt. Sean will fight back.
The other big story? Eden and Julia's "reconciliation." Not so fast. Eden baked Julia a fruitcake with something special added. But what? We never found out, but Julia must've eaten half that loaf. It made her dizzy and I was hoping she'd faint by episode's end. The obvious question? Is Eden's special ingredient traceable? Julia isn't stupid. She may figure it out and realize what Eden did. It sounds terrible, but if that loaf is just sitting on the kitchen counter, then what's stopping Annie from having a piece? Something bad needs to come from this for it to really pay off.
More thoughts...
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Kimber is a bitch again! Speaking of something terrible happening, Jenna is not safe with Ram and his team of porn star nannies. Something is going to happen to that poor child.
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I love the character of Rachel, the Israeli burn victim who's counseling Matt. She's exactly what Matt needs, someone to prove to him that things could be much worse.
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Wilber, Annie, and Connor! They're alive!
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The snowman got shot by Duke's wife! Again, only on Nip/Tuck.
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So... was there anything in that antique box that Sean tried to give to Matt? Or was the whole point that it was empty? So his "dreams" could fit inside?
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I loved how the Hedda Grubman Cosmetic Surgery Fund still exists! I had completely forgotten about it and I'm glad that someone finally took advantage of it.
Nip/Tuck returns on Tuesday, January 15 with Freddy and Dawn! That's exciting, but all I care about? What's in the fruitcake?
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12-19-2007 @ 9:05AM
Jimmy said...
Jan. 15, huh? That's a long wait for a new episode. Maybe by then last night's Christmas carolers will be a distant memory.
This episode felt very soap opera-ish to me. I'm sick of Julia and Matt. Just give me more Christian, please.
By the way, did Olivia give Liz a thumbs up when she was at the Christmas tree with Julia, or was it just a coincidental hand gesture?
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12-19-2007 @ 10:23AM
eric f. said...
Funny how Julia the skeleton commented on how "fattening" fruitcake is.
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12-19-2007 @ 10:27AM
doug said...
Loved the casting in tonights Christmas episode. The little boy who shot his dad/santa, Christmas Carole was hilarious telling the story of the Crip beatdown, and Rachel was a typical Nip/Tuck casting job. They couldve gone with any old counselor for Matt, but went all the way to the extreme, for Matt and us viewers to see. Another reason why this show is consistently in all top TV shows list. Its about time they addressed the love triangle, but I feel that this story line serves as the "safety net" in some sense. When all else fails, build around the love triangle. Its getting quite old
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12-19-2007 @ 11:13AM
e said...
I give up. Nip/Tuck is just one of those shows I hate - but I can't look away. How can Mat not be an ass, look at Julia! Let's see cheats on her boyfriend with his best friend and gets pregnant but doesn't tell her husband - everyone does that, no biggie, falls in love with the babysitter, who happens to be - what's the PC term - little person? But that didn't work out, did it?, then she decides she's a lesbian, but wait, no she's not. And, finally?, she's in love with the best friend/partner, or is she? As if that wasn't enough she had to mess up the lust affair with the most beautiful "18" year old in the planet! Yes I agree, a 40 (something) year old with the most beautiful 18-going-on-25 (how old is she, really? Anybody) is just, hmmmn, too good to be true, except in Hollywood.
Now let's go on to his father. The only thing his got going for him is that he's a doctor - a great accomplishment that (what, you thought I was going to say his accomplishment is that he's good looking?). Aside from that he's a scumbag, maybe not criminal, maybe not dictator scumbag, but I wouldn't want someone like that being my doctor. Of course you could blame it on his upbringing but, come on, he's an adult now, be a responsible adult already. And doesn't that just add more to Matt's problems? His paternal grandparents are/where effete as well.
Let's not leave the wimpy one out. How someone without a backbone made it through medical school - well, he's just an idiot savant in that. The only good thing that can be said for him is his taste for "18" year olds and she chased him.
What's left for Matt, joining the Mossad or perhaps the burn girl with dump him and he'll become a Jihaddist? Where do you go which is more extreme than being the wanna be meth cook son of doctors, hmmmn, the new Johnny Walker?
Still, I can't look away.
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12-19-2007 @ 12:27PM
Christopher said...
This month hiatus is very disappointing. Another ok episode of Nip/Tuck.
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12-19-2007 @ 12:29PM
Jonathan Toomey said...
I know the one month hiatus sucks, but it's really only one week if you think about it. The next two weeks are Christmas and New Year's. FX never airs new programming during that time. After that, it skips a week on 1/8 and then returns. The main reason for all this beyond the holidays is the strike. There are only six episodes left to air.
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12-19-2007 @ 2:00PM
Christopher said...
I guess but with all the other shows gone it just makes it worse.
I thought there was like 23 episodes this year?
12-19-2007 @ 2:13PM
Jonathan Toomey said...
You're right Chris, there are supposed to be 22 episodes this season. However, because of the strike, only 14 have been completed. Based on FX's history, I didn't expect them to air all 22 at once though. When it came to The Shield's 21 episode fifth season, only 11 episodes aired and the final ten ended up becoming a separate season six.
12-19-2007 @ 1:59PM
CATHY said...
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT RACHAEL'S REAL NAME IS?
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12-19-2007 @ 2:36PM
Jimmy said...
According to imdb, she's one of the babes from Mad Men:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1745019
I'm glad I looked!
12-19-2007 @ 2:00PM
Flaky Skin said...
I thought it was interesting.
What WAS in that vial? It has got to be more than Vanilla. They don't usually bait-n-switch, at least I can't remember an instance.
Oh, and where was Julia's car when Shawn came home while Christian was porking her?
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12-20-2007 @ 9:49AM
Christopher said...
This writer's strike is just ruining my tv experience.
p.s. thanks for the quick response.
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12-20-2007 @ 9:50AM
Kristopher said...
One thing i didn't like about this episode is the fact that Chrismas 'Carole' has already been in Nip/Tuck before as a different character. I hate it when they do that on TV shows. like how on Friends in the 10th season they had Jennifer Coolidge as some british girl and then in Joey Jennifer Coolidge plays his new agent.... just don't like ti when they do it.
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12-27-2007 @ 8:19PM
Elllie said...
this show is for w/trash
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1-05-2008 @ 5:53PM
Owl said...
I think Julia is ugly... Seriously! They should have found a prettier woman to play her, specially since it's 2 hot looking men!
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1-06-2008 @ 4:04PM
Debbie said...
I watched Nip/Tuck on December 18th and at the end they said in 2 weeks the next episode will be on, I was their where were you?
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