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Nip/Tuck Complete Tv Series 1-4In its debut season, the Nip/Tuck series was the highest-rated new series on
American basic cable, and the highest rated basic cable series of all time for
the 18-49 and 25-54 age demographics. The fourth Nip/Tuck season of the series
premiered on September 5, 2006 on FX Networks. The latest season to be released
on DVD was the fourth on September 4, 2006. The fifth season premiered on
October 30, 2007, and was to consist of 22 episodes, making it the longest
season of the show yet, with Joely Richardson returning for 15 of those
episodes.
The Nip/Tuck Controversy
The Parents Television Council has criticized the show. The Nip/Tuck show is,
however, shown at a late hour with multiple 'Viewer Discretion Advised' warnings
now between every commercial break. A particular scene involving a foursome
pushed the PTC into starting a campaign to get the show taken off the air by
writing to the sponsors of the show and threatening to boycott their products.
Another scene the PTC criticized depicted a funeral home worker removing and
assembling body parts from dead women, including his sister's head, then sewing
them together to make "the ideal woman." The PTC President described it in a
decency hearing as "incestuous necrophilia."
Series Nip/Tucks Real Life
basis
Series creator Ryan Murphy has stated that the medical cases featured on the
show are "100 percent based on fact".
* In Episode 1.13 ("Escobar Gallardo"), the featured surgery involved a
druglord who had his appearance heavily changed. In July 1997, Amado Carrillo
Fuentes, one of the world's most powerful drug traffickers at the time, died
while having plastic surgery to drastically alter his face (and while having 3
1/2 gallons of fat sucked from his body). * In Episode 2.4, ("Mrs.
Grubman"), the featured surgery involves a patient addicted to plastic surgery.
Plastic surgery addiction is a real phenomenon, and is believed to stem from a
psychological condition called Body dysmorphic disorder in many cases. *
In Episode 2.9 ("Rose and Raven Rosenberg"), the featured surgery concerned the
separation of two adult conjoined twins (played by Lori and Reba Schappell).
While there have been many cases of conjoined twin separation, the surgery
featured in this episode shares some details with the 2000 separation of Gracie
and Rosie Attard, which resulted in the death of Rosie. * In Episode 2.10
("Kimber Henry"), a surgery in the show involved a male writer/humorist getting
breast implants as resource material for a new book. This shares some
similarities with the story of Canadian Brian Zembic, who in the year 2000 got
breast implants to win a $100,000 USD (£50,000) bet. Unlike the patient on
Nip/Tuck, Zembic decided to keep his breasts, and later displayed them to the
world on an episode of The Man Show. * In Episode 3.1 ("Momma Boone"),
the featured surgery appears to have been based on a 480-pound Florida resident
Gayle Laverne Grinds, who died after emergency workers tried to separate her
from the couch she had lived on for 3 years. * In Episode 3.13 ("Joy
Kringle"), the featured surgery involves a woman who unknowingly has carried a
petrified fetus inside of her for 17 years. Lithopedions (or "stone babies") are
a real, albeit rare phenomenon that result when a fetus dies during an ectopic
pregnancy. Two recent cases reported in the news include a 49-year-old fetus
found in a 76-year-old woman (2000), and a 39-year-old fetus in a 67-year-old
(1999).
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