Grid Effect

Let’s consider this the last post we ever do on this series. We’ve made the suggestion before, but it does absolutely nothing for us and we end up loathing coming into work on Tuesdays because of it, so it’s probably about time to follow through. The only reason we’ve been recapping it this long is because of the strike, and really, that’s a piss poor reason. Like reading a terrible magazine because your daily newspaper folded. We assume Breaking Bad will occupy its space, should we ever get around to watching the premiere.

It’s not that last week’s episode was particularly bad. It featured Matt’s social worker, a character we actually find refreshing to this series, and Dawn Budge, who even though we’re down on this season we enjoyed her in the fourth. The downside is essentially everything else. The ridiculous Sean and Christian rivalry was highlighted, in which Sean gets shit on every time by him and his ex-wife, then is somehow convinced that he is in the wrong. Also, Rachel’s terrorist bomber showing up in hologram form was pretty heavy-handed, we can get the subtext and the themes of forgiveness and revenge without the optical illusion.

Wait a second. I know why this clown is dead. His insides are filled with….CANDY!

Still, for all its sensationalism and divergence from reality, Nip Tuck provided us with some memorable moments. Virtually all of them are soft-core sex scenes. But, a moment is a moment, that’s what we always say. More importantly it jump-started FX’s string of original series. If this had been a total flop, odds of us getting two of this websites favorites It’s Always Sunny and Rescue Me, and critically acclaimed series such as Damages and The Riches are slim to none. So we can appreciate and remember the series for that.

Still, with such a great premise and a relocation, we figured Nip Tuck would come back stronger than ever. Instead they just moved the entire cast across the country for remarkably frivolous and contrived reasons, then instead of jokes about models we got jokes about actresses, Mexicans replaced Cubans, and absolutely no changes were made in plot structure or character dynamics. Why? Because it was all the same characters with all the same pent up hostility towards each other, essentially what the series was founded on, literally from day one.

If anything, Nip Tuck should be a crash course in how to ruin a television series should you want to get out of a contract. Thing is, they still pull a decent audience, and the series shows no signs of letting up because I’m not sure how much of a future the majority of the actors have when this all ends. Many people still enjoy it, we do not, so we’re retiring it from this website. At least mandatory recaps anyways. Keep up posted if it ever picks up steam, or, you know, anything actually changes.