"Nip/Tuck"

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

A series following the personal and professional lives of the two plastic surgeons at McNamara/Troy, played by Walsh/McMahon respectively. Joely Richardson's character is one of the biggest contradictory characters of all-time, as the wife of Walsh. The series begins interestingly, with an almost day-in-the-life feel of two friends in the exact same profession, except their characters are on the total opposite ends of the spectrum from each other. Season 1 does an excellent job of flexing its muscles of creativity, while Season 2 successfully upstages the first season by proving itself to be the peak of the series. Season 3 turned even the traditional viewers into fans by focusing mainly on the unforgettable anonymous rapist The Carver. The fall of the show after Season 3 is amazingly quick, like a plummet off a cliff with no downhill to break any falls, when Season 4 attempts to go back to its roots but fails miserably. The remainder of the series is nothing more than soap-operatic plots, one being less believable than the last; it appears that Ryan Murphy began to embrace the fact that the show had jumped the shark long before the effort level of creativity disappeared. The series ends with no catharsis, however the creators would like to think differently; but the truth of the matter is, unlike "King of the Hill" which also had a not-too-little-not-too-much series finale, the show concluded with closing doors that had already been closed before but reopened. After Season 3, the show resorted to either completely dropping story lines, reopening story lines that were concluded, or creating a new storyline that's strikingly familiar to one already done on the show before. Not the worst of shows, but an embarrassing one to admit you like. Many fans will blame The Carver for the show's plummet; but the truth of the matter is, the show couldn't top The Carver hype. The Carver is the only true reason to recommend this show to anyone.