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'Nip/Tuck: The Complete Series'
(Dylan Walsh, Julian McMahon, Joely Richardson, John Hensley, Roma Maffia, et al / 35-DVD / NR / 2010 /Warner Home Video)

Overview: Hotshot plastic surgeons Dr. Sean McNamara (Dylan Walsh) and Dr. Christian Troy (Julian McMahon) experience full-blown midlife crises as they confront career, family and romance problems over six seasons of this groundbreaking series. Sexuality is also rampant. Guest stars who go under the knife include Rosie O'Donnell, Joan Rivers, Kathleen Turner and Larry Hagman, among others. From Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy, 'Nip/Tuck' is a prescription for entertainment unlike anything you’ve ever seen!

DVD Verdict: The turbulent lives of two handsome and high-priced Miami (to then be switched to LA) plastic surgeons may have been one of the more unusual, risky premises for a television series, but the FX Channel's 'Nip/Tuck' combined sudsy sex and biting wit with the emotional quandaries involved in body modification in a way that made for an engrossing, and occasionally gross, hourlong drama!

For six amazing seasons Julian MacMahon and Dylan Walsh made viewers laugh, cry, and be anxious as we watched week after week the trials and tribulations that Christian and Sean got themselves embroiled in. Never before had television so graphically and intellectually dramatized people's infatuation with looking beautiful by "going under the knife".

With regard each season, well, the first two seasons of 'Nip/Tuck' were simply fantastic! Having tapped into a great concept of presenting people obsessed with image but unable to address the serious psychological and emotional issues underneath, Creator Ryan Murphy (who later went on to another hit TV show, 'Glee') knew what he was doing from the off. When it began, 'Nip/Tuck' was a drama, let's not forget this folks. Actors Dylan Walsh and Julian McMahon were perfectly cast and Joely Richardson was great as the female foil. Basically, it all worked because everything was grounded in relatable human emotions.

But, come the third season, well, we got introduced to the ongoing saga of the Carver - a maniac who was killing people in the world of McNamara/Troy. The whodunit approach to the season did, for sure, give it some next-day chatter within the work places, as people tried to guess the identity of the masked man. The BIG trouble was, that when it finally came to a conclusion, it was a MAJORLY disappointing, flat reveal - which 'Nip/Tuck' (in subsequent seasons, never recovered from.

As for the final three seasons of 'Nip/Tuck' (as they made six seasons and 100 episodes exactly!), well, they were chock full (sadly) of same-old same-old scenarios and dark clouds of acting desperation. The once-profound desire to shock the audience enough to provoke some first-three-seasons stimulus just couldn't be created. Indeed, things got worse for the show, as a fan, as all sense of normalcy was lost as plots became more and more ridiculous!

I'd actually use the word 'insane' to highlight some of the plot points in these final three seasons! Sure, they still had moments in which they were on track, normal (so to speak), and very entertaining, but they were very far and too few between. You see, the first three seasons of the show were always balanced by the humanity of characters like Liz (Roma Maffia) and Julia (Richardson). And so when the show picked up roots for Los Angeles, well, it turned the wacky heat dial up - which, instantly, was a sign that trouble was brewing for the show.

As for the Special Features, well, sure this 'Nip/Tuck: The Complete Series' is a wonderful box to look at, but it is purely a repackaging. In fact, it quite literally just holds the seven individual season sets (season five was split into two releases) with nothing (new) extra; sorry.

In conclusion, the show never shyed away from showing the more gruesome aspects of plastic surgery, but viewers could often see more stomach-churning images on the top-rated 'CSI' shows. But the strength of the performances and the originality of the premise make these rough spots manageable for viewers looking for an interesting spin on the usual "doctor show." This is a Widescreen Presentation (2.35:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs and comes with the Special Features of:

Season 1:
Extended Pilot, Plus 12 one-hour episodes from the 2003 season
"Giving Melodrama a Facelift" - Behind the scenes documentary
"Realistic Expectations: The Practice of Plastic Surgery" - a feauturette on LA's top plastic surgeons
"Are Those Real or Fake?" - the make-up effects of "Nip/Tuck"
Severed Parts - Gag Reel
Cutting Room Floor - Deleted Scenes
'A Perfect Lie' music video
Teaser Trailer for Season 2

Season 2:
16 one-hour episodes
Cutting Room Floor: Over 40 minutes of deleted scenes
Never-before-seen featurette: "Recurring Pain: Three Women and Their Man"

Season 3:
15 one-hour episodes
Severed Parts: unaired scenes
"Chasing the Carver" featurette
"The Perfect Look: Set Design" featurette

Season 4:
15 one-hour episodes
Cutting room floor: unaired scenes
Clever casting: the season's guest stars
Sizzle: the sexuality of Nip/Tuck
The cutting edge: how real-life dramas are incorporated into the show
Severed parts: gag reel

Season 5:
Hollywood Hedonism: The Transition from Miami to Hollywood
Cutting Room Floor: Unaired scenes
Severed parts: gag reel
Nip/Tuck: The Science of Beauty featurette

Season 6:
19 one-hour episodes
Featurette: Tell Me What You Don't Like About Yourself - The Psychology

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