Nip/Tuck - 08/17/04
 

"Rose and Raven Rosenberg"



Cast: Dylan Walsh, Julian McMahon, John Hensley, Joely Richardson.

Original Airdate: August 17, 2004.

After last week's Emmy-worthy episode, I'm really looking forward to this one. Nip/Tuck is one of the best TV shows on, IMO. FX is giving HBO a good run for it's money, as far as high-quality original programming goes.

Preview looks good.

What happens 43 minutes in should be considered soft-core porn. :down:

... or a rip-off of what we thought we saw in Denis Leary's sex scene last week on Rescue Me.

I hope they both get a disease! ;)

Edit to add:

Spoiler:

Next week it looks J. Jonah Jameson's going to get himself a nice set of boobs! :lol:

Wow. Simply wow. One of the best episodes of this phenomenal show. Seriously I'm reeling. This show is back in a BIG way.

Watch it as soon as you can. This might be the best episode of them all.

I love this show more each week!



I missed the trailer for next week, so I'm rewatching the episode right now.

Sonic

Criminey, people: USE SPOILER TAGS WHEN DISCUSSING NEXT WEEK'S PREVIEW!!!

Alright already Groucho... I went back and added the tags, but its not like FX isn't go to show that same promo over and over again for the next week.

But I went the extra mile and re-read the 'stuck' thread about using spoilers and I guess you're right about promos. So I'll concede. I am now one of the learned few. It won't happen again.

I even went back to last weeks and added spoiler tags there... ;)

Just watched it. Whoa. Didn't know this show was this racy. My goodness I can't believe they actually showed what they did...that was...wow...

Yah, you had to love the way the writers parallelled Sean and Christian's impending separation with their "last" case together, and how truly symbiotic they had become in the past 17+ years.

Now, that "menege a whoa" definitely pushed the limits of cable TV... :)

The conversation on the airplane was shot in a way that made you feel that you were actually there listening in...wonderful.

Damn fine episode. The symbolism between Sean and Christian's possible breakup and the surgery performed was quite clever. I also liked the cafeteria scene, with the two of them having mental flashbacks to their youth.

My reaction as well. What a powerful episode.


Probably the most sexually explicit scene I've seen on American television outside of the pay cable networks.

Also, the makeup/special effects on the conjoined twins was simply amazing.

The metaphors in this episode were so heavy-handed, they even made my old "Creative Writing 101" teacher cringe.

My feelings exactly. I enjoyed the episode, but I just didn't like getting beat over the head with all of the symbolism. This episode provides yet another reason why Dylan Walsh and Julian McMahon are the two best leads in tv today. Next weeks ep looks to be out there, but that's where Nip/Tuck excels. Looking forward to seeing JJJ himself with man-boobs.

What's a promo? :)
Those of us with ReplayTV or Tivo don't see commercials or promos very often.

Great episode. This is one of the few shows that delivers on every single episode.

PalmerJoss, you'd better duck if Groucho comes back in here... ;)

Groucho won't be coming back. After reading PalmerJoss's post, his head exploded. And I just cleaned the floors yesterday!

-Groucho's Wife

I could have done without the two students who were supposed to be younger versions of Sean and Julian... way too trite.

I thought it was pretty creepy the way the hooker kept turning into Julia - what was that supposed to mean?

The hooker was a "stand-in" for Julia.

Im under the impression that they were actual conjoined twins, just dummy's after the seperation...which looked fake

Yeah, the symbolism for this episode definitely made it's point by beating us with it. There were just a few too many for my liking, but it was still a great episode. Now there are going to be some really screwed up relationships among all the main characters. I wonder if they told the daughter what was going on, or is she just an innocent bystander left by the wayside.

That's what I thought as well.

Well that would explain it then. :)

rotfl

Still the best show on TV.

They are. They have a special on their lives (on Discovery, or HBO) that is very moving. They are truly special people with amazing outlooks on life. It's very moving and you don't feel sorry for them at all, you feel happy for them at the end.

As I said a week ago, they got the Schappell twins (Lori and Reba) to play the Rosenbergs.

http://phreeque.tripod.com/schappell_sisters3.jpg

They should have gotten conjoined twins that were better actors... ;)

does someone have last weeks episode on tape? i missed it.

I don't know any bittorrent websites, but try and find it over bittorrent.

I've got it on my replay. How did you want it? Do you have broadband?

I know this is not the prevailing opinion but I think the last two episodes have been the worst in the history of the show. I hope we are about to get back to what is more normal for the series.

The worst in the history of the show???

Where else can you get orgys with two guys and pot?
I am surprised Christian and Sean didnt go at it alone with the way they were showing affection towards each other.

I enjoyed the episode although the reattaching the girls at the end was a bit schmaltzy.

And what would that be? The show has always been a Soap opera with Plastic Surgery as a backdrop and tonight's episode was no different. Neither was last week.
What would make you like it more?

What I got from it is that the three of them were always going to be together as a sort of "Special Family."

More normal? Where have you been? This series isn't "normal." If you want normal television, watch Everybody Loves Raymond.

Although they certainly beat us over the head with metaphors this week, it was still a pretty great episode. I kinda wish the whole "is the practice going to break up?" sub-plot was spread over a two-parter, however. They were back together before the possibility of splitting up even sank in.

I would guess you haven't seen S1. The last two eps have been consistent with the flavor of S1. All S2 previous episodes are the ones that haven't been "normal".

And if you didn't like the last two eps, honestly, you don't like the series. That's what it's about.

I said "normal for the series," not "normal." I despise that Raymond show.

I love how when someone disagrees with some people they do the "then you should be watching something really stupid or simple-minded (fill in the blank)" thing.

The last two shows have been far more more heavyhanded, awkwardly constructed and contrived than usual. These two shows have seemed like they are two hours long each. In my humble opinion.

yes i do?