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On this weeks Nip Tuck episode, everybody is screwing everybody! literally and figuratively, this is week it all came to fruition, and in predictable fashion. We also beared witness to the resurgence of Escobar the Mexican drug lord who is currently incarcerated; and or Merrill Bobolitt, the rival surgeon from season two who was last seen trying to carve the skin off of Christian’s face (Who said this show is about shock value?).

Merrill only got 32 months in prison as a result of a plea bargain for cooperating with authorities, which entailed testifying against someone called the madame. As a result he was constantly sexually abused during those 32 months and ended up having to “marry” another inmate for protection. In this case, Merrill married Escobar. Which is the equivalent to forfeiting whatever rights one may have in prison.

Escobar wants Christian and Sean to repair his face after he lit it on fire in solitary confinement. He had Merrill arrange it before he was escorted in by a gaggle of correctional officers. Amazingly enough, Escobar staged the entire thing by bribing the guards, the warden and managing to set his own face on fire after two years in the hole, just so he could escape with Sylvio, the guy who murdered his child molesting brother in the series premiere three or four years ago, on Sean and Christians operating table. Sean and Christian threw his body in the everglades and the crocodiles made quick work of him. Escobar knows this so he can blackmail the two of them into performing the surgery.

This wasn’t accomplished until Merrill woke Escobar up during his surgery (turned the sedative down) and held a scalpel to his neck. Sean shoves him and the guards drag Merrill off screaming. Christian adds, “You should have lett Merrill kill him, it would have solved all our problems”. Escobar murders five guards to escape with Sylvio, before going to Sean’s house and murdering Sylvio in his den as compensation for the pro-bono surgery.

Matt already managed to get Kimber pregnant, and they are married. Kimber is hell bent on the scientology influenced silent labor, because, hey, whats one more questionable decision? I mean, she is already married to the son of her ex-fiance. Sean is convinced the kid is his, he steal DNA from her while she is having her breast implants removed. Much to his chagrin, it isn’t his. So Matt has effectively ruined his own life. Are congratulations in order?

Sean confronts Marlo, the midget nanny, because he has a premonition that he slept with Julia. He admits to having an “intimate relationship” but it never turned physical. Minutes later Julia confesses it to him. As usual, she resorts to hysterics, he pins her up against the wall and they make out while mumbling about trust. Its probably at least the 157th conversation these two have had like this, so its not terribly gripping.

After seeing Sylvio’s body, Sean phones in the murder while walking into his bedroom. This prompts Julia turns around in surprise because of the subject matter: “I’d like to report a murder… This address… No, we are not still in any danger.” When he hangs up, Julia queries, “What’s going on?” Sean replies, “I had an affair with Monica.” And her face drops. Umm, he just reported a murder that you are unaware of in your house and you are more surprised that he slept with the nanny? Really? It seems like at this point, any and all extra-marital affairs between these two should just be shrugged off.

Next weeks episode takes place fifteen years in the future. I am serious. Apparently Nip Tuck is running so thin with ideas that they are turning into The Simpsons. And as bad as I thought this was, it is beating Studio 60 by a mile. One more week before I decide, though the future episode is really going to be a setback for the series. It’ll be close.