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Tonight!! FX's First New NIP/TUCK Since 2005!!

High Hopes by EyeofPolyphemus	Sep 5th, 2006 03:03:08 AM
The Carver storyline ended with a whimper, but if they are getting back to stories like the first and second season, it can recapture some of that weird magic that was so much fun to watch.
"No pro bono for boning a pro" by newc0253	Sep 5th, 2006 03:05:00 AM
good line. i wonder how long they were figuring a way to use that one. and p.s.? first. suck it bitches.
"I by Shermdawg	Sep 5th, 2006 03:57:44 AM
Then why didn't you mention the season finale last week? I'm not complaining though, the last two episodes were horseshit. And if the show is going where I think it may, next season could very well be its last. God, I wish John (Lou) Scurti had finished out the season as writer, because his episode "Twilight" was by far one of the season's, if not the series best. Maybe with him in control the show wouldn't have jumped the shark.
I occasionally watch Nip/Tuck here and there... by Shermdawg	Sep 5th, 2006 04:03:27 AM
and even though I'm 100% straight, I'd totally do Famke Jansenn's character. Is that so wrong? IT'S FAMKE DAMMIT!!!
I also hope for a return to form. by The Selecter	Sep 5th, 2006 04:29:59 AM
The 1st season was fun. The 2nd season was too over the top but still fun. The 3rd season with the Carver was crap, and even the actors know it. But I think the best part of season 4 will be when it ends, and the Shield returns!!!
ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITES ... by JeanLuc Dickhard	Sep 5th, 2006 07:28:29 AM
CAN'T WAIT FOR TONIGHT.....
S1= Great, S2=Shocking, S3=Sloppy by Mr. Profit	Sep 5th, 2006 08:34:17 AM
I would love to see this show get back to the heights of season 2. Season 3 had good episodes thrown in here and there, and the shocks were crazy, but the end wasn't satisfying, especially since FX revealed the Carver's identity and his accomplice online the same day the finale was set to air.
And what other show can get away with... by Mr. Profit	Sep 5th, 2006 08:35:21 AM
The lead character fucking a fat bitch doggystyle and making her wear a bag over her head?
Season 2 was great, 3 not so much. by Billyeveryteen	Sep 5th, 2006 09:55:35 AM
Rescue Me has been circling the toilet too. Here's hoping both will recover.
I read- by Mr. Profit	Sep 5th, 2006 10:14:03 AM
That the actors on Nip/Tuck were not happy with S3 either and that they are glad it's back on track. I don't think that The Carver was supposed to be a big storyline until the fans went ape shit over it. It looks like Ryan Murphy supplied the demand but got stuck and wrote the easiest most cliched way out with it's resolution. Anyhow I am a fan of his since "Popular" and I know he can make the show great again.
hey i ran into the fat girl that dr troy did with ... by JeanLuc Dickhard	Sep 5th, 2006 10:20:53 AM
the one that he did with the bag over her head.... she was in a Stew Leonard's in westchester and i looked in her basket and she had crabcakes, onions and a clam chowder soup 2 milks this bread with baked cheese .... and i was laughing cause they didnt have paper bags at the registers ...
Wow! I'm kind of shocked... by Childe Roland	Sep 5th, 2006 11:04:22 AM
...at the harshness for Rescue Me. Granted, this season wasn't as good as last season, but that's like saying the sex you had with the supermodel last night wasn't as good as the sex you had with two supermodels last year. Resuce Me rushed through some plot points that should've been introduced earlier and given more breathing room (Tommy's coming to grips with his brother's death, Franco losing Keela, Lou's nun love and the Chief's heart attack), but overall this season was still pretty damned good television. Nip/Tuck just got annoying last season with all the heavy handed and predictable Carver crap. I'll still watch it this season based on the strength of the first two, though. Even if it's a disappointment, I'll have The Shield to cleanse my pallette with. It's all good. Now if only they'd bring back Starved.
Ha! Childe... by Mr Nice Gaius	Sep 5th, 2006 11:28:57 AM
"Starved" was terrible. I agree with your points regarding "Rescue Me". I think if Tommy really went through all of those events (plot points) in the short amount of time that he did, I think he would have either been tossed into a psycho-ward or he would have done himself in. But the show has really started to come into its own...and it has some of the best character moments on TV right now. -- As for "Nip/Tuck", I'm definitely looking forward to its return tonight. I do think that Season 3 was a little disappointing...but I blame that on the tepid resolution of the "Carver" plotline. I'm hoping this season is a return to Season 1-2 form with a little more believability.
Oh yeah... by Mr Nice Gaius	Sep 5th, 2006 11:30:38 AM
When it comes to acting with HOT babes, does anyone else think that Julian McMahon is sometimes the luckiest guy in the world?!
I agree.... by Mr. Profit	Sep 5th, 2006 12:35:40 PM
McMahon is a lucky bastard. Kelly Carlson is hot from the front, to bad her ass is kinda flat. But she is still gorgeous.
Can't wait till tonight by JacksParasites	Sep 5th, 2006 02:05:41 PM
Nip/Tuck might have lost some of its steam last season, but it was far from bad and better than almost anything else on TV. So I'm eager to see the new season and find out if Tom Cruise gets out of Matt's closet.
"We're not so different, you and I" by blacklodgebob	Sep 5th, 2006 02:45:25 PM
I swear that line was actually included in an episode. I swore I wasn't going to watch the show again after the season 3 closer, but now....maybe I'll take that back.
It's not okay... by Childe Roland	Sep 5th, 2006 05:53:01 PM
...MNG. ;) I took a while to warm up to "Starved," actually. My younger brother recommended it and, the next time I saw him (after watching one episode), I actually smacked him. But he explained the way he saw it and I developed a whole new appreciation for it: "It's like Seinfeld, but everyone has eating disorders...and Elaine's bisexual." After that, I tuned in pretty regularly and damned if I couldn't see just that dynamic at work. I would never rank it among the greatest shows or even the greatest comedies of all time (Rescue Me, as of now -- even with Season 3's shortcomings -- is my "Greatest Show of All Time"), it was good, sick fun to watch when there was nothing else good stored ont he DVR.
Sad is season 3 Nip/Tuck made me a fan of the show... by Kampbell-Kid	Sep 6th, 2006 01:42:44 AM
I don't watch much TV but my friends got me hooked into the over the top "carver" storyline last year. I actually thought the ending was hilariously clever, dark, and sick. The preview of this upcoming season looks interesting, but nothing stood out to me that will top last season. Too early to tell...
Season 3 by Burgundy82	Sep 6th, 2006 02:59:41 AM
It really did have some damn good episodes, but it really got stupid a couple of times: 1) The Momma Boone episode was great, except for the dream sequence at the beginning ... CHEAP. 2) The morgue guy pulling a Mary Jane's Last Dance with his Frankensister 3) The Kit character (even though she was hot as fuck), and her stupid-ass interrogations and that stupid threesome w/Christian and Kimber, 4) Sean helping out the FBI, 5) The Carver resolution and the plot-holes that followed. But what was good? 1) The surgeries, as always: Momma Boone, the ape, the plane crash, the Alzheimers episode... 2) Matt shaving his head and questioning his sexuality, 3) The tranny/ gangbanger simultaneous beat-down, 4) Crazy Nazi Family, 5)The sewn seeds of the baby-with-deformity plotline... Anyway, I could go on and on. Individual episodes were stellar, but the Carver plotline got stupid, the Kit character was worthless and the resolution was necessary but shittily handled. Look, it had to be Quintin. We all knew that. Murphy wrote himself into a corner and played up the mystery too much. But the no-dick, twin-incestuous sister thing was fucking Re-Todd-Ed.
Season 4 by Burgundy82	Sep 6th, 2006 03:05:41 AM
Tonight's ep was GREAT. Lots of new arcs. Some (friction between Sean and his wife) are old hat, but being handled in a truly different way. The baby deformity angle fits in perfectly with the themes of the show, and is truly unique. The partners selling the practice is a good way to mix that place up a bit. And the single-episode subplots? As long as they stay fresh (big fake balls, voice lifts) the show will stay great.
Guess What? by Frgl_Rockatansky	Sep 6th, 2006 06:15:32 AM
I didn't get into this show until S2, but once I started watching, i couldn't stop. This is easily one of the best shows on TV and FX with its consistent quality of shows (making up for what it lacks in quantity) like THE SHIELD and RESCUE ME make this the station to beat. A billion episodes of AMERICAN WANKERS...ahem... IDOL can't hold a candle to one second of the stuff that's on FX... with maybe the exception of THIEF. I just thought that was kinda dull. As far as the season premiere of NIP/TUCK is concerned, I'm glad that it's turning away from the thriller misfire of last season (although there was some really great stuff last season that fell in between, like the ep where Christian meets his birth mother, and the ep where Christian bangs the homely chick with the paper bag over her head... that was one of the greatest final scenes of that show). Although S3 lacked consistency, it was still better than 95% of the shite out there. And S4 looks VERY VERY FUCKING COOL. And I for one am glad to see the acknowledgement that the real couple with real trust and intimacy is Christian and Sean.
I read that one of the 3 leads will be leaving by Goon Bighead	Sep 6th, 2006 07:33:53 AM
this season. It was great seeing Shields getting it from behind.
Joely Richardson Leaves But Returns.... by Mr. Profit	Sep 6th, 2006 08:20:24 AM
No one is leaving the show though. She leaves for a few episodes in between. And I always thought Nip/Tuck was pretty much a love story between to straight dudes. Funny how they confirmed it last night.
"Why is there a statue of a giant cock in the corner ?" by twitchinmonkey	Sep 6th, 2006 07:40:28 PM
This show is good, dumb, sleazy fun. Desperate Housewives tries to be this kind of show and fails miserably. Sure, it's not on the same level as The Shield and Rescue Me, but very entertaining none the less.

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