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Nip/Tuck Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2003 - 2003
Two hotshot Miami based plastic surgeons, Dr. Sean McNamara (Dylan Walsh) and Dr. Christian Troy (Julian McMahon), run a practice together as they struggle with ethical and legal quandaries, as one accepts a bribe to give an organized crime kingpin a new face, and the other becomes the unwitting third point in a love triangle.
Episode 1
Pilot Episode
Tue, Jul 22, 2003 90 mins
The doctors operate on a man they suspect is a drug dealer trying to alter his appearance. Silvio Perez: Geoffrey Rivas. Alejandro Perez: Raymond Cruz. Julio Esperanza: Sal Lopez.
Episode 2
Mandi/Randi
Tue, Jul 29, 2003 60 mins
Christian and Sean operate on identical twins who want to look different from each other. In other events, Sean leaves Julia; Frisky's fate is discovered by a plumber; Christian experiences sexual dysfunction; and Matt researches circumcision.
Episode 3
Nanette Babcock
Tue, Aug 5, 2003 60 mins
Sean leaves an instrument inside a patient, and Christian must clean up the mess. Matt resorts to desperate measures to get the circumcision he wants, and Julia has to go to anger-management class for flushing her daughter's gerbil.
Episode 4
Sofia Lopez
Tue, Aug 12, 2003 60 mins
Christian meets a porn mogul (Patti D'Arbanville) who agrees to send the surgeons some business, much to Sean's chagrin. Also, a hack rival (Joey Slotnick) causes problems for the doctors.
Episode 5
Kurt Dempsey
Tue, Aug 19, 2003 60 mins
Running into an ex-lover leads Christian to a sexaholics meeting, while Sean and Julia deal with an unexpected pregnancy.
Episode 6
Megan O'Hara
Tue, Sep 2, 2003 60 mins
A woman (Leslie Grossman) who has lost 143 lbs. wants excess skin removed; Matt finds a way to woo Vanessa; Christian rethinks his womanizing ways; and a double-mastectomy patient (Julie Warner) considers reconstructive breast surgery.
Episode 7
Cliff Mantegna
Tue, Sep 9, 2003 60 mins
Matt's relationship with Ridley and Vanessa has unimaginable consequences. Julia's friend Jude is hired by Sean and Christian as an intern. Jude: Phillip Rhys. Vanessa: Kata Mara. Ridley: Sofia Bush.
Episode 8
Cara Fitzgerald
Tue, Sep 16, 2003 60 mins
Matt is involved in a hit-and-run accident that injures a schoolmate; and the doctors face a crisis of ethics after removing a birthmark from a patient who isn't what he claims to be.
Episode 9
Sofia Lopez Part II
Tue, Sep 23, 2003 60 mins
Dr. Bobolit (Joey Slotnick) makes Christian an offer he can't refuse, and Christian reevaluates his relationship with Kimber. Also: Julia and Jude get personal, as do Sean and Megan.
Episode 10
Adelle Coffin
Tue, Sep 30, 2003 60 mins
Sean and Christian are forced to go through recertification. Also: Megan O'Hara's health takes a turn for the worse.
Episode 11
Montana/Sassy/Justice
Tue, Oct 7, 2003 60 mins
The doctors treat a patient who has multiple-personality disorder, Matt and Henry befriend Cara Fitzgerald and Christian gets some unexpected news from an ex-lover.
Episode 12
Antonia Ramos
Tue, Oct 14, 2003 60 mins
The doctors remove a woman's breast implants only to find that they contain a drug smuggler's stash. Also: Sofia Lopez joins Julia's pilates group. Jonathon Del Arco.
Episode 13
Escobar Gallardo
Tue, Oct 21, 2003 60 mins
In the season finale, the doctors are desperate for a way out from under the thumb of drug runner Gallardo (Robert LaSardo), and Bobolit takes on a patient turned away by Sean and Christian.
