Sean has just turned 40, and he is already noticing it. His body is aging, and he has developed "the yips", making his performance during surgeries decline. Julia breaks the news to Sean that her mother, Erica, is coming to visit. Erica tells them that she wants a facelift - and she wants Sean to do it. Sean would prefer that Christian do it instead. Meanwhile, Christian is having problems with picky Gina, who is trying to keep Christian away from baby Wilbur, because it isn't his baby. Having his own problems with age, he is rejected by a 25-year old at a bar. Christian decides to hire a nanny, who he ends up having sex with, and later learns that she is giving the baby drugs to keep it from crying. Christian tries to convince Sean to have botox, but he refuses (at first). They perform surgery on a woman who was shot in the face nine months earlier. She is brought along by her gay friend. The two are having problems because the woman loves Chad, but Chad doesn't love her in that way, because he's in love with his boyfriend. We learn that Chad and the woman were planning on shooting each other, but she couldn't pull the trigger, so Chad was left unharmed.



During Erica's facelift, Sean panics and can't do it. Christian is having some trouble too - he's slept with Erica, the night of Sean and Julia's wedding. The surgery continues. Later that day, Christian is having problems with Wilbur, so he calls Julia to come help him. She gets upset on how Christian can't handle his own responsibilities, and snaps at him for sleeping with her mother.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 2 Episode 1 of Nip/Tuck resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Nip/Tuck Season 2 Episodes...

• s02e01 - Erica Noughton
• s02e02 - Christian Troy
• s02e03 - Manya Mabika
• s02e04 - Mrs. Grubman
• s02e05 - Joel Gideon
• s02e06 - Bobbi Broderick
• s02e07 - Naomi Gaines
• s02e08 - Agatha Ripp
• s02e09 - Rose & Raven Rosenberg
• s02e10 - Kimber Henry
• s02e11 - Natasha Charles
• s02e12 - Julia McNamara
• s02e13 - Oona Wentworth
• s02e14 - Trudy Nye
• s02e15 - Sean McNamara
• s02e16 - Joan Rivers

Nip/Tuck Show Summary

Beauty, the saying goes, is only skin deep. The beauty of Nip/Tuck is that it goes deeper, laying bare the complexities and fragile natures often found in patients seeking cosmetic surgery.

Dylan Walsh and Julian McMahon portray hotshot Miami South Beach plastic surgeons who are themselves in full-blown midlife crises as they confront career, family and romance problems. The series' cutting-edge stories range from funny to suspenseful to uncommonly powerful. The surgeries are graphically bold. The sexuality is rampant.