I think there's a lot to be said for dramatic impact, but surely the gore could've been toned down a smidgeon without drawing away from the shock factor. That being said, the show has a fantastic cast, great writers, and a plotline so intriguing it'd grab anyone's attention, even without the visual spectacle.
By the end of the season, they've played so much on the reverse-reverse psychology that you scarcely believe who the Carver is, even when they serve him up on a platter explicitly. You just think it's another deviation from the plot. By the time it's confirmed beyond the shadow of a doubt, you're hit with the dull thud of an anticlimax completely unbefitting of the drawn-out suspense the show built up over a season and a half.
I already spoilt it for myself by Google-imaging "Carver, Nip/Tuck." The first hit was the Carver. Unmasked. Eesh.
But watch it anyway if you can stomach it. (And I don't mean how much the actor playing Sean's son looks like Michael Jackson.) Unfortunately, you won't be able to fast forward through the operation bits without missing anything because the writers have chosen those moments to inject plenty of plot-crucial dialogue. Furthermore, there's already unavoidable violence (hitting someone with an already-broken nose) and gore (various emboweled Carver victims) outside of the operating room.
After all, if the show were trying to push the envelope, their best bet would've been to make the entire world a veritable operating theatre. Just the thing for a show bent on making plastic surgery a metaphor for all the world's maladies.
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1 - cliff dougherty
Anyone know if there is a CD of the music played during the operating scenes in Nip/Tuck?