A patient named Agatha Ripp comes in to McNamara/Troy. She reveals to Sean & Christian that she had a stigmata, but she says that it was a lie she said to the church so they would accept her, and that she really cut herself. People of the town turn to Agatha for blessing and renewed faith, despite claiming to be a fraud. When a "stigmata" appears on her legs, the doctors do a blood test to learn that it is not her blood.



Meanwhile, Julia is experiencing shingles, which Sean attributes to guilt or pressure, and associates it with the Matt-Ava relationship. She breaks the news to Sean that the reason she is under so much stress - he is not Matt's biological father. Sean goes insane and aggressively hurts Julia. He rampages into the office where he beats Christian to the ground. He turns to the church, where he meets Agatha. She reveals everything was fake, and that a sister from the church snuck in and punctured her, and left her own blood so the church would not cut her program.



Meanwhile, Liz reveals she is pregnant, but shuts Christian out, who wants to care for the baby. She experiences bruising and spotting, causing her to worry about 'the unknown'. Despite being impacted by Agatha, Liz has an abortion without telling Christian, who is upset that she got rid of the baby because she felt it would be handicapped.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 2 Episode 8 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.