The last couple of episodes guest-starred Rosie O'Donnell in a hysterical turn as a $315 million Power Ball winner who gets full body lipo and, of course, the de rigeur romp with Christian, for which she paid him $400,000. He needed the money to pay off Jacqueline Bissett - it's a long story. But her character, Dawn Budge, finds out it's lonely at the top. Her trailer trash family — consisting of her second husband and her daughter -- desert Dawn, stating she was more fun before she had money.
Personally, with that bank account, I wouldn't care what she was like, but some people prefer deep-fried Oreos, what can I tell you? While in Palm Beach, she was ear-jacked, i.e., she wore a pair of expensive diamond earrings on the street and some crooks swept by on motorbikes and took one ear and the accompanying earring. So in another episode, she's back in the offices of McNamara and Troy demanding a new ear so she can be ready for the dating scene.
After she allows a nude mouse, Vincent, who has genetically grown her a new ear, to be sacrificed during surgery, Dawn, a ferret lover, asks herself where it all went wrong. She then re-finds herself by donating a kidney to Liz (Roma Maffia), the lesbian anesthetist of McNamara and Troy, whose kidney was stolen while she was having a one-night stand.
These things happen. You really shouldn't go home with somebody you don't know very well. Of all people for it to happen to, it's a shame it had to happen to the wonderful, caring but lonely Liz. Dawn and O'Donnell are in good shape, though - O'Donnell is getting her own TV series based on Dawn.
Despite the craziness described above, Nip/Tuck has provided audiences with some of the most poignant stories ever written for television: a Siamese twin separation, a hugely obese woman who had to be removed from her home, a woman with stigmata, an elderly woman who wants a face-lift so her Alzheimer's-afflicted husband will remember her.
Article comments
1 - Eric Olsen
Fascinating Maria - you pulled me in to a show from which I would normally run away screaming. Super job, thanks!
2 - Silas Kain
I have to say I'm with you on the Twin Peaks comparison. That show was one of the best shows ever to air on television. Nip/Tuck is right up there as well. FX and its parent company (FOX) should be commended for the quality shows they're pumping out. Rescue Me, Nip/Tuck, Arrested Development, Prison Break and House are 5 of the best television shows to ever air.
3 - Janine Howard
Just for the record, Matt didn't try to cut off his penis. He tried to circumcise himself. Also, the last two years of the show centered heavily on the storyline involving "the carver". We were left with a cliffhanger last year showing that he is in fact still alive. This year has been a letdown so far (compared to the previous seasons). Hopefully, the writers will hook us with a great (cohesive) storyline soon. I mean, how many times can they repeat the same old "Christian is promiscuous" one....
4 - Maria
Thanks, Janine, for your clarification. I had my hands over my face during that whole Matt incident and then I guess I blocked it out. I deliberately didn't go into the carver thing in lieu of covering some of the newer storylines this season, though I almost added a picture of that mask. I am waiting for the carver to resurface. To be honest, I thought that whole business with their partner Dr. Quentin Costa was a little silly.
5 - David Christian Hamblin
Thank you Maria!
A fabulous review from a fabulous critic!
6 - L.J
Wow... i'aam an avid viewer of Nip/Tuck, but recently i havent been able to watch any of the shows...so reading this is so shocking...i've seen some of the commercials for this episode but...my God, i just really need to catch up...so if anyone can tell me where i can get this season or anything, i'm really desperate!!
7 - Maria
L.J., you can probably download them on one of the sites, but you'll have to do a google search as I'm not quite sure how to do that. I have a friend in Europe who does it all the time. Good luck. Maria