This, as far as The Duke is concerned, is about to become the latest addition to a shelf already bulging with American TV box-sets. Right next to Buffy and The Tony Soprano Family and Six Feet Under, there's gonna have to be room made for this here, is the crux of my decision.
Nip / Tuck is also bulging with contradictions. One minute it delights in how shallow it can be, and then two minutes later it wants to make some kind of statement or other about "the humanity".
Shallow? The hell you talkin' bout, The Duke, that was a suicide just there. Shallow? This is the motherfucking Marianas Trench, is what, you son of a bitch.
So yeah, this Nip / Tuck is something of a treasure, and further proof that American television, so far as the drama and whatnot is concerned, is the best in the world right now. We British folks can still kick the shit out of the comedy imports, but there ain't a damn thing on Eastenders to match the sight of a bloke pissing blood post-circumcision.
And I still ain't seen a damn episode of A Day In The Life Of Detective Keifer Sutherland, neither. Also, I hear there's a show about The Shield or something, about a police who's crooked as a motherfucker selling pirate copies of Van Helsing for to pay for the smack, and this show is apparently very good. I think he beats folks to death with a giant shield, like He-Man with more paperwork.
Good work, Americans.
The Duke resides at Mondo Irlando
Article comments
1 - Padhraic
Try "The Wire", Also a tad addicting.
2 - Jim Carruthers
I haven't seen Nip/Tuck, but I do recommend a series on FX, "Rescue Me", which is written, produced and stars Denis Leary as a NYC fire fighter. It is profanely funny, and while it does get a bit speechy, so far, four eps is fairly consistent, and manages to manage the mawkishness. Leary has conversations with dead people, including his cousin who died at the WTC, ala Six Feet Under, and since it is from a cable net, they can use real language and stuph.
I also second "The Wire" which is brilliant, but hard to describe (cops in Baltimore are trying to convict a drug dealer using wiretaps, but that just doesn't do it justice)
Also recommended on DVD is "Oz" which is about a buncha fellas in prison (and Mrs. Soprano, too).
3 - Douglas Mays
Nip/Tuck is an awesome show!!!! Intense, humorous, dramatic. Say the episode having to remove heroin from breast implants of a 'mule' at gun point of the movers, in the operating room! etc......
I can't miss it. Wife and I are addicted.
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4 - Douglas Mays
OH MAN!!!! Did anyone see tonight's season ending episode (10/5/04)???? Intense. Tonights show lended itself great craft in the art of television. I am blown away. If you have been following the show enuf to know what is going on, you'll be amazed....
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