Nip/Tuck: Season 3

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FX | Season Premiere Date: September 20, 2005

Starring: Jessalyn Gilsig, Julian McMahon, Bruno Campos

Summary: Nip/Tuck - A disturbingly perfect drama. Be aware that the show description below, synopses of episodes, and the forum are likely to contain spoilers.

This drama is set in a south Florida plastic surgery center, McNamara-Troy, centering around the two doctors who own it. Sean McNamara (Dylan Walsh) is having problems at home, trying toNip/Tuck - A disturbingly perfect drama. Be aware that the show description below, synopses of episodes, and the forum are likely to contain spoilers.

This drama is set in a south Florida plastic surgery center, McNamara-Troy, centering around the two doctors who own it. Sean McNamara (Dylan Walsh) is having problems at home, trying to keep his family together, trying to patch up the rocky road him and his wife Julia (Joely Richardson) are experiencing. On the other hand, sex-craved Christian Troy (Julian McMahon) uses his charm to bring in potential female candidates and conducts shady business deals, often for the love of money. While Sean takes his job seriously, he often has to fix Christian's mistakes. During the first season, Sean and Christian got mixed up with Escobar Gallardo, a Colombian drug lord who forced the two to do free surgery whenever he wanted them to. Sean's marriage with Julia began to wear thin, and Sean had an affair with a patient named Megan O'Hara. Julia went back to school, but it was interrupted by a miscarriage of a child Sean and Julia were trying to have. Christian learned he is the father of a baby with a woman named Gina, who he met at Sexaholics Anonymous. When the baby was born, we learn that the baby is African-American, and therefore not his. Julia questions Matt's paternity.

The second season begins with Sean and Christian both turning 40, and Christian playing father for Wilbur, who Gina is letting him take care of, until Wilbur's real father fights him for custody. Sean and Julia are quite happy together again until Christian's loneliness after Wilbur was taken away from him causes her to reveal that Matt is really his son. The secret ripples and eventually Sean finds out, causing a separation between Sean and Julia. He and Christian find a way to stay friends. A serial rapist named the Carver has been raping victims around Miami, and slices their face, and Sean makes a commitment to fixing their faces. Ava, a life coach for Sean and Julia, forms a sexual relationship with Matt, which is doomed from the beginning due to a wide age gap and Ava's screwed up son Adrian.

Seasons three and four have been ordered by FX at 15 episodes each. Season 3 will begin production in June for a September premiere date. Chronological repeats of the show air Sundays at 10pm. Nip/Tuck Theme Song - A Perfect Lie by The Engine Room. (Note: the song does include the words a perfect life, but the song is called A Perfect Lie.… Expand

Creator: Ryan Murphy

Genre(s): Drama

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Season 3 Episodes

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S3:E15. Quentin Costa
Air Date: December 20, 2005
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S3:E14. Cherry Peck
Air Date: December 20, 2005
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S3:E13. Joy Kringle
Air Date: December 13, 2005

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Matthew Gilbert

Jan 21, 2014

Nip/ Tuck also remains gorgeously sick...The makers of Nip/ Tuck never keep it simple, which is simply excellent. [20 Sept 2005, p.C6]

Brian Lowry

Jan 21, 2014

There’s always the risk that series creator Ryan Murphy and his team will slip and hit an artery, but so far, things look beautiful. Read full review

Melanie McFarland

Jan 21, 2014

Beneath this skin is one-of-a-kind daring television that explores the complexities of human relationships with an unparalleled intelligence, sensitivity, appropriate level of fun - Joan Rivers dropped by last season, for example - and, when it is warranted, menace. [20 Sept 2005, p.E1]

Mark A. Perigard

Jan 21, 2014

Believe the hype: In its third season, Nip/Tuc' finds new ways to be shocking, brazen and gross-out wrenching. [20 Sept 2005, p.37]

Gillian Flynn

Jan 21, 2014

Almost every creative choice has been poorly reasoned. Read full review

Alan Sepinwall

Jan 21, 2014

For a show that's so scornful of our national obsession with beauty, Nip/Tuck seems awfully comfortable staying skin deep. Its wild collage of sexual and surgical plot twists creates the appearance of meaning, but very rarely does the show hold up to close scrutiny. In the moment, it's dazzling, but when you step away from the set, it's oddly forgettable. [20 Sept 2005, p.33]

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Series Overview
Season 7

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- Season 7 Overview
  Air Date: January 6, 2010
Season 6

64
- Season 6 Overview
  Air Date: October 14, 2009
Season 5

79
- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: October 30, 2007
Season 4

74
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: September 5, 2006
Season 3

72
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 20, 2005
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  S3:E15. Quentin Costa
  Air Date: December 20, 2005
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  S3:E14. Cherry Peck
  Air Date: December 20, 2005
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  S3:E13. Joy Kringle
  Air Date: December 13, 2005
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  S3:E12. Sal Perri
  Air Date: December 6, 2005
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  S3:E11. Abby Mays
  Air Date: November 29, 2005
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  S3:E10. Madison Berg
  Air Date: November 22, 2005
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  S3:E9. Hannah Tedesco
  Air Date: November 15, 2005
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  S3:E8. Tommy Bolton
  Air Date: November 8, 2005
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  S3:E7. Ben White
  Air Date: November 1, 2005
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  S3:E6. Frankenlaura
  Air Date: October 25, 2005
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  S3:E5. Granville Trapp
  Air Date: October 18, 2005
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  S3:E4. Rhea Reynolds
  Air Date: October 11, 2005
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  S3:E3. Derek, Alex, and Gary
  Air Date: October 4, 2005
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  S3:E2. Kiki
  Air Date: September 27, 2005
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  S3:E1. Momma Boone
  Air Date: September 20, 2005
Season 2

74
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: June 22, 2004
Season 1

70
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: July 22, 2003