Nip/Tuck

Nip/Tuck (2003) 

On March 3, 2010, after seven years, one of the most interesting chapters in the history of an American cable sequel series ended. I want to thank FX which, hand-in-hand with Showtime, is a true creator of no-holds-barred series (where’s the previously very shocking HBO at?). My journey to Nip/Tuck was thorny, but ultimately enduring. To this day, to put it politely, I'm still sitting on my ass from the turn of the second and third seasons. The perfect gradation in the early years of the series was deservedly rewarded with a brilliant storyline with The Carver, which made all the characters involved properly hit rock bottom. After that, I was firmly entrenched in the fandom, so that after the intimate and rather relaxing subsequent season with Larry Hangman, I could properly enjoy the first year, which gave us the full 22 episodes for the first time. To be clear, Nip/Tuck was originally a series meant for summer, and this move was meant to put it among the classic elite airing in the main season from fall to spring. Unfortunately, there was a writers' strike and the result was that we were following one storyline over two full years (!). There was a move from Miami to LA so that the mirror held up to the modern Western world could show more and more painful stories. Season 6 passed by very quickly at the end of 2009, providing an opportunity to (among others) a human parasite played by Rose McGowan, and once again an ancient tragedy led by Julia McNamara took the stage. Hell has opened its arms and revealed the veil of the night's events behind bars. Kimberly's incredible self-sacrifice was countered with genre-natural comedy... The final 9 episodes in Season 7 took the route of many recaps and took it pretty much from scratch. First, there was the return to the basic leitmotif of the triangle, which began in college and continued smoothly through the legacy of Escobar Gallardo and others, only to have the entire elite tastefully rounded out by Ava Moore. The final 100th episode pulled everything together and shouted to the world that everything was over and done. The gradation of the song "Perfect Lie" was great and naturally went beyond the shadow of the bland ending of the friendly series Dirt. Thank you, Ryan Murphy, for an exceptional piece of work. (25/01/2009)