Episode 2x01 - Erica Noughton [Season Premiere]
      

Sean has just turned 40, and he is already noticing it. His body is aging, and he has developed "the yips", making his performance during surgeries decline. Julia breaks the news to Sean that her mother, Erica, is coming to visit. Erica tells them that she wants a facelift - and she wants Sean to do it. They perform surgery on a woman who was shot in the face nine months earlier.

    Episode 2x02 - Christian Troy
        

Sex gone wrong causes Christian to break his nose, but Christian is worried that Sean's medical condition will keep him from performing the corrective surgery. He consults a rival (female) plastic surgeon across town. Christian, trying to show that the McNamara-Troy partnership is worth something, tells Sean that he wants him to fix his nose. When Sean panics, Christian decides to go through the surgery without anesthesia, so they can do it together. Sean performs the surgery successfully. Meanwhile, Matt learns that Harry has been arrested for raping Cara Fitzgerald, and that Harry has told the authorities about the hit-and-run, and that Matt was involved. While under oath, Matt says that he had no involvement with the car accident.

    Episode 2x03 - Manya Mabika
        

Manya has had a "female circumcision" as a young child, so she wants to have corrective surgery. A man requests hair implants all over the exterior of his body. Sean meets Ava, a life-coach, and enlists her to help out Julia. In addition, Sean has problems with Erica, still staying at the house, and Christian has problems with Gina.

    Episode 2x04 - Mrs. Grubman
        

As Julia and Sean's daughter Annie faces puberty, they must both face the harsh realization of maturity and deal with their own issues about getting older. When Gina tells Christian he can no longer be involved in Wilbur's life, Christian is forced to reach out to an old flame in order to build a case to gain sole custody of Wilbur.

    Episode 2x05 - Joel Gideon
        

After a car accident due to cell phone use, Sean winds up in the hospital. As a result of the accident, Sean develops a phobia of driving and other dangerous things, causing a dent in his career. He thanks the car company because their safety features saved his life. The car company, wanting a point of view from this doctor who has been in a car accident, offers Sean a new car if he agrees to inspect the cadavers they use as crash test dummies after crash tests. Sean tries to take more risks, causing Julia to become upset. Trying to take more risks, Sean decides to go shark diving, and drags Matt along with him. After realizing how much he cares for his son, Sean decides not to follow through. Christian is reminded that his son is no longer in his life, and he turns for comfort in Julia, who reveals to him that Wilber is not his only son.

    Episode 2x06 - Bobbi Broderick
        

Bobbi Broderick comes to McNamara/Troy to have lipo so she could get a job at Saks. During the consult, she doesn't bother to read the contract she signs. After the lipo doesn't turn out to standards, she tries to get revenge against the firm by showing everyone how it "ruined her life" by showing up in restaurants and the lobby of the firm itself.

    Episode 2x07 - Naomi Gaines  
        

When local model Naomi Gaines is raped & disfigured by an attacker named "The Carver", Sean decides to repair her injuries on a pro-bono basis, thrusting McNamara/Troy into the local media spotlight, trying to overcome the slander caused by Bobbie Broderick. After getting caught sneaking into the house late at night, Matt lies by telling his parents he was studying with Ava's son Adrian. Adrian is forced to play along with the subject when Julia invites them all to dinner. Adrian reveals Matt & Ava's relationship, causing Julia to lash out at Ava & Matt. When Matt becomes uncomfortable with his increasingly demanding relationship with Ava, she reveals to him the secret that his mother is keeping from him.

    Episode 2x08 - Agatha Ripp
        

A patient named Agatha Ripp comes in to McNamara/Troy. She reveals to Sean & Christian that she had a stigmata, but she says that it was a lie she said to the church so they would accept her, and that she really cut herself. People of the town turn to Agatha for blessing and renewed faith, despite claiming to be a fraud. When a "stigmata" appears on her legs, the doctors do a blood test to learn that it is not her blood.

    Episode 2x09 - Rose & Raven Rosenberg
        

Sean and Christian face the challenge of separating conjoined twins. The challenge is more complicated when Sean has difficulties working with Christian after learning the truth about Matt. Their constant bickering has been causing them to lose clients.

    Episode 2x10 - Kimber Henry
        

A man visits with Sean and Christian in order to be given breasts because of the fact his wife lost a breast to cancer. They refuse the job at first, but Liz talks them into doing it. After a while, his wife is overwhelmed with them, and the man wants them taken out, which eventually happens. The wife seems to enjoy them too much, which causes her to question her sexuality. Kimber has turned to the porn business after impatience caused her to turn back on her acting aspirations.

    Episode 2x11 - Natasha Charles
        

Natasha Charles, a blind woman, comes into have work on her eyes so she won't appear blind. Christian begins to fall for her, and he learns a great deal about beauty from her. In an attempt to get Sean back, Julia goes to a female plastic surgeon to have breast implants. Erica visits Julia in her new apartment, and has become upset with her new lifestyle. Erica talks to Sean, and he gets mad at her also. Natasha goes out on a blind date (no pun intended) with another blind person. Christian, at the same restaurant, tells him that she is not pretty like the man had hoped, and he leaves. Christian joins Natasha, and they go home together for an intimate night. And a drunken Julia falls through her sliding glass door.

    Episode 2x12 - Julia McNamara  
        

After Julia's accident in the previous episode, Julia turns to Sean and Christian to fix her face. Sean resists at first, but eventually decides to do it after Christian lies to him and says the woman that was going to fix her face botched several jobs. Sean tells Julia that he keeps trying to forgive her and wants to try to love her again, but that it wouldn't happen right away. Julia has an adverse reaction to the anesthesia and dreams during her surgery.

    Episode 2x13 - Oona Wentworth
        

Maids and servants of a wealthy woman have a party while she is out of town, and they hire a cheap plastic surgeon to give them all Botox -- Merrill Bobolit. The women all have adverse reactions to it, and one of them comes in to have it fixed because bulges have formed on her forehead. Bobolit has now partnered with Madam Rose, who owns a chain of beauty salons. He performs unsanitary plastic surgery for lower prices in her basement, and they proudly promote this new invented "Bobotox".

    Episode 2x14 - Trudy Nye
        

Sean and Christian repair the face of a woman abused by her husband; Sean and Julia confront Ava about her relationship with her son Adrian.

    Episode 2x15 - Sean McNamara
        

Beauty is a curse on the world. It keeps us from seeing who the real monsters are. Another victim of the Carver shows up to have his face fixed - this time it is a male, who was both raped and carved. They agree to fix him. A local news station does an interview with Sean about the pro bono work on Carver victims. The Carver finds his way into Sean's home.

    Episode 2x16 - Joan Rivers [Season Finale]
        

Joan Rivers consults with Sean and Christian to have all of her plastic surgeries undone, because she wants her grandson Cooper to learn that you don't have to be perfect. When she ultimately learns what she will turn out like after the work has been finished, she decides to give up on her original plan and asks the doctors to schedule her for a facelift the next morning. Matt is concerned about Ava, who seems obviously depressed.

    Episode 3x01 - Momma Boone [Season Premiere]
      

After Christian's Carver attack, Sean must look for a new partner to keep the practice going. Sean has to surgically separate an obese woman from a couch she has spent the past three years on. Julia realizes that she has to make a decision about the future of her marriage.

    Episode 3x02 - Kiki
        

Sean hires Quentin Costa for six months during Christian's convalescence. The two remove tattoos from a former MS-13 gang banger using cutting edge laser technology. Matt finds Adrian dead in Ava's house when searching for a plane ticket to Paris. The police thinks it's suicide. Julia calls Erica to help Matt deal with questions regarding his sexuality. Christian and Liz operate to repair a scar on the face of a female gorilla, Kiki.

    Episode 3x03 - Derek, Alex, and Gary
        

Matt is getting out of control, and Sean, Julia and Christian are trying to find a solution. Quentin and Christian help two students whose faces are glued to the behind of a third student. Christian starts losing interest in the threesome relationship between Kimber, Kit, and himself. He asks Quentin to get involved with Kit to take her off his hands.

    Episode 3x04 - Rhea Reynolds  
        

A woman wants surgery to make her look like her when she was younger, to jog her Alzheimer-stricken husband's memory. Christian and Sean work on another Carver victim, who does not have the same physical attributes as the other victims.

    Episode 3x05 - Granville Trapp
        

Rhea Reynolds is found dead (apparently murdered by the carver). Christian is the prime suspect. A man with a very hollow face (caused by the HIV medication that he's taking) is this episode's patient.

    Episode 3x06 - Frankenlaura  
        

Sean and Christian visit a mortuary where an employee created a woman from body parts of other women. They operate on a German woman. Sean is at a gathering of people over 65, trying to sell them some procedures. Gina and Julia are in business together.

    Episode 3x07 - Ben White
        

Seeking fulfillment in his life, Sean becomes a surgeon for the Witness Protection Programme. A man suffering from Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID) threatens Christian's life in order to force him to amputate his perfectly healthy leg. Julia, Gina, and Liz develop a new skincare product that uses semen as the main ingredient. They keep the main ingredient a secret though. Joan Rivers is the first to test the product and loves it so much she decides to endorse it..

    Episode 3x08 - Tommy Bolton
        

Sean has feelings for Nikki Moretti. Quentin goes after Julia and she welcomes his attention. Christian has a down-syndrome patient who wants to look like the rest of his family. Christian meets with his birth mother again.

    Episode 3x09 - Hannah Tedesco
        

Christian and Quentin disagree over the ethics of an extremely dangerous operation that would enhance their medical reputations. Sean is thinking about giving up everything and disappearing into the Witness Protection Program with Nikki and her son.

    Episode 3x10 - Madison Berg  
        

Christian still has second doubts about the wedding. Gina tries to convince Kimber to leave him. Matt's new girlfriend compares plastic surgery to the work of the Nazis.

    Episode 3x11 - Abby Mays
        

Sean wants Quentin out of the practice after finding out that he's dating Julia. Christian seems to be ok after Kimber leaving him, but his actions indicate otherwise.

    Episode 3x12 - Sal Perri
        

A plane crashes just after take off in Miami. Julia's mother might be one of the passengers. Christian, Sean, Julia and Liz are all trying to save the lives of the people that survived the plane crash.

    Episode 3x13 - Joy Kringle
        

Sean and Christian are perform a mico-liposuction on Joy Kringle, a woman who acts as Mrs. Claus during the Christmas season. During her lipo they find a seventeen year old fetus inside her. Julia is not feeling well. A blood test performed by Sean reveals why. She is pregnant.

    Episode 3x14 - Cherry Peck
        

Christian finds out that Kimber didn't ditch him at the altar but was abducted by the carver. Quentin is a Carver suspect. Julia has bad dreams about her pregnancy. Sean is threatened into doing pro bono work on the transgender woman who was beat up by Matt.

    Episode 3x15 - Quentin Costa [Season Finale]
        

The Carver strikes at a sorority house. His identity is revealed. Ariel's dad kidnaps Matt and Cherry. Ariel's dad forces Matt to make a life threatening decision, while the carver tries desperately to get his last minute revenge. Julia discovers that there might be something wrong with her baby.

    Episode 4x01 - Cindy Plumb [Season Premiere]
      

Sean and Christian may be celebrating a milestone surgery, but it looks like the future of McNamara/Troy is in jeopardy. Julia tells Sean some devastating news about the baby. Christian decides to redecorate his apartment after a disturbing appointment with his psychiatrist.

    Episode 4x02 - Blu Mondae
        

Sean and Julia make a big decision regarding their unborn baby. Christian and Sean hit troubled waters with their new boss and begin to realize what it really means to have sold their business. Matt's family doesn't quite get his decision to pursue a new path in his life.

    Episode 4x03 - Monica Wilder
        

Sean and Julia are looking for a nanny. Sean wants to turn to Christian for support after his hidden desires are revealed. But Chistian is busy going to the gym because he thinks he's too fat.

    Episode 4x04 - Shari Noble
        

After having a nipple bitten off by her dog, Shari Noble comes in to have it reconstructed before her husband returns from Iraq. Julia meets a breast-feeding expert. Christian and Liz hit a lesbian bar where Christian tries to attract one of the women there but she's attracted to Liz instead. Sean and Christian meet with a kidney specialist for one of their patients.

    Episode 4x05 - Dawn Budge  
        

A lottery winner offers Christian a fortune. Christian certainly needs the money since he's being blackmailed by James. Christian and Sean are trying to get Matt away from Kimber and Scientology. Sean offers something to Julia.

    Episode 4x06 - Faith Wolper, PhD
        

Sean soon discovers that Monica Wilder doesn't intend to leave him alone. Christian's therapist has an obsessive torment to reveal. And Burt Landau proposes an unusual solution upon learning that Christian and Michelle are having an affair.

    Episode 4x07 - Burt Landau
        

Dawn Budge needs an ear transplant. Burt Landau suffered a stroke and asks Christian and Sean to fix his face.

    Episode 4x08 - Conor McNamara
        

Mrs. Grubman is back for more Plastic Surgery this time she wants Christian to preform it after she has passed on. Sean and Julia have conflicts over Conor's Surgery.

    Episode 4x09 - Liz Cruz
        

Liz's new gilfriend, Poppy, wants her to have cosmetic surgery. James makes Christian and Michelle help her steal another kidney. Sean offers consultation to Marlowe, who wants longer legs.

    Episode 4x10 - Merrill Bobolit
        

Dr. Merrill Bobolit, who's out of jail, needs Sean's and Christian's professional services. Escobar Gallardo wants them to perform surgery on his face. And Matt tells his family that he's married and that he and his wife are expecting a baby.

    Episode 4x11 - Conor McNamara, 2026
        

It's the year 2026. Conor is getting the whole family together. In the present, Julia and Sean's marriage is at a crossroads.

    Episode 4x12 - Diana Lubey  
        

Even though he doubts his ability to maintain a long term relationship Christian proposes to Michelle and a lonely Sean takes a pathological case for rationalities that have as much to do with himself as with the patient, and James requires to use McNamara/Troy for her own operations.

    Episode 4x13 - Reefer
        

Sean drinks to a great extent as he spends a depressing Christmas without his family; Christian gets an surprising gift when a 3-year old Wilber comes back into his life; and James pressures Michelle to help as she takes forceful measures to fill her holiday kidney quota.

    Episode 4x14 - Willy Ward
        

Sean contrives to sell his portion of the practice; Michelle's connection with James finally ends, but not with James' boss; Gina is not happy to discover about Michelle's role in Wilbur's life; Matt tries to rekindle the spark with Kimber; and Poppy and Liz break up.

    Episode 4x15 - Gala Gallardo [Season Finale]
        

Sean considers selling his shares of the practice to Christian and Michelle, although Michelle's past starts to threaten her future with Christian. Meanwhile, Escobar's wife needs cosmetic surgery.

Christian and Sean struggle to re-build McNamara/Troy as they settle into their new Beverly Hills practice. New opportunities arise after they meet a slick Hollywood publicist who offers to help build thier reputation through the media rather than thier surgical abilities.

Sean and Christian learn about the glamorous side of fame and the price that many are willing to pay for it. Julia visits Sean, Christian, and Liz in Los Angeles with a surprise announcement.

Sean and Julia learn about thier new family dynamic as Sean resists Eden's advances. Kate reveals a secret compulsion. Matt comes to os Angeles with some troubling news for his fathers.

A series of unfortunate events unfold for an unlucky Dawn Budge, who seeks reparative surgery from Sean and Christian. Annie and Eden from a sisterly bond, which troubles Sean.

A patient inspires Sean to take his relationship with Kate in a new direction. Eden uses extreme measures to persuade Christian to perform surgery on a friend. Kimber reaches out to a former buisness associate when she an Matt fall on hard times.

Jealous over Sean's new-found fame, Christian convinces Sean to tape a reality show based on thier careers as plastic surgeons.

Sean tries to recapture his youth through a relationship with Eden. Meanwhile, Julia questions her relationship with Olivia after a violent and traumatic event. Kimber makes a decision that devastates Matt.

Sean discovers the secret between Christian and Julia. A hospitalized Matt bonds with his rehabilitation counselor. Eden suspiciously makes peace with Julia. Kimber and Ram revel their future plans.

As Julia's health worsens, Christian falls back into his old habits. Sean hires Gina as the new receptionist at McNamara/Troy in order to get back at Christian. Dawn Budge returns to McNamara/Troy seeking surgery after another unfortunate incident.

Christian questions Gina's motives for moving to Los Angeles; and the cause of Julia's illness remains a mystery. Meanwhile, an older woman wants Sean and Christian to undo the effects of earlier electrolysis procedures on her much-younger husband.

Christian attempts to cope in the aftermath of a death; Colleen feels threatened when another talent agency shows an interest in Sean's acting career.

Eden looks to Sean for help after getting into business with Kimber and Ram; a group of socialites hire Christian for their cosmetic-surgery needs; Sean discovers another side of Colleen.

A TV critic shows Sean the ugly side of Hollywood; Matt experiences a special bond with one of Christian's patients; the cause of Julia's heatlh is uncovered.

Julia is attacked by Eden. A visitor from Christian's past brings revealing news. Meanwhile, Sean figures out what happened to the missing CAA agent.

Sean's physical and emotional well-being are greatly impacted after he survives the attack from Colleen. Christian gets some troubling news.

Christian and Liz grow closer when his chemotherapy makes him ill and she becomes his caretaker. Sean reconnects with his broken family.

Sean tries to come to terms with his feelings for Julia. Christian meets someone who understands what he's going through Liz and Christian analyze their relations.

Matt gets jealous when Sean and Raj starts to develop a father / son relationship. Christian and Liz try to make their relationship work. Raj's father makes a surprise appearance.

Sean's hiring of a new anesthesiologist leads to trouble. Kimber goes to extreme measures to make sure Jenna has a good life.

Sean and Teddy explore their relationship. Christian relates to a patient with a unique condition.

Christian makes arrangements to secure his family's future after he's gone. Liz prepares for the wedding.

Christian searches for immortality as he prepares for his wedding. Kimber reacts to the news of Liz and Christian getting married.

Sean and Christian struggle to keep McNamara/Troy thriving in a failing economy. Liz receives life-altering news. Matt and Kimber seek new, separate career paths with mixed results. Sean remains distant from Teddy despite their seemingly flourishing relationship.

Sean makes unusual attempts to battle his insomnia. Christian and Kimber begin a joint business venture to alleviate financial strains. A furious Liz confronts Christian and offers Kimber unsolicited advice about him.

Sean makes an impulsive life change decision without consulting family or friends. Annie visits from New York with a disturbing medical condition. Christian offers advice to Mike on how to satisfy Kimber, and a new patient recognizes Teddy from her past.

Christian struggles to understand a patient with big anger-management issues. Sean and Christian learn how Matt is earning an income, despite his attempts to keep it hidden from his family. Teddy arranges a camping trip with Sean, Annie and Conor in order to ease family tensions.

As Matt's crime spree catches up with him, Julia returns from New York to help in his recovery from surgery. Sean discovers devastating details about his marriage to Teddy. A new patient suffers from extreme separation anxiety.

When a newly married Erica threatens to take custody of Annie and Connor, Sean and Julia present a happy and united front to thwart her efforts. Christian bonds with a new patient as Mike reveals his future plans with Kimber.

Both Matt and Alexis Stone request unusual surgical procedures from Christian. Erica discovers the horrible truth about her new husband. After a lifetime of torment from her mother, Julia seeks revenge upon her.

A medical consultation with Liz's friend leads Christian to contemplate his relationship with Kimber. Sean begins to heal emotionally following an encounter with a perfection-seeking patient.

Christian's colossal financial debt leads him to deception. An unexpected visitor stirs insecurity within Christian and brings joy to Sean. Christian bonds with a young patient when he learns about his adoption.

Sean experiences an ethical and moral dilemma when McNamara/Troy is requested to perform a surgical procedure on a prison inmate. Kimber questions how far she will go to keep Christian when they receive life-changing news.

When Season and Christian win a prestigious award from their alma mater, Sean recalls their college years and endures past pains. A new patient who self-mutilates due to a genetic disorder comes to McNamara/Troy for reconstructive surgery.

Christian refuses to perform surgery on a model who wants to drastically alter her beauty. Awakening after a decades-long coma, a new patient seeks surgery from Sean in order to regain his lost youth. Kimber redecorates Sean's new apartment.

The Christian and Kimber marriage is lacking where it matters most for the two...in the bedroom. In an attempt to steam things up Christian begins a dangerous new sexual act with Kimber. When all fails Christian is forced to make a decision about his marriage. Sean's ever increasing disgust of Christian begins pushing him to leave the practice and pursue a long dreamed job far away from the practice. Kimber's ultimate failure to achieve happiness leads to a possible series changing event for Nip/Tuck.

Kimber's mother pays a visit under sad circumstances. In typical Christian fashion he takes advantage of her visit. Sean's dedication to leaving the practice for Doctors Without Borders hits a wall. Shelia Carlton, the patient of the week, comes in for surgery after being savagely attacked and half her face ripped off by a chimp.

Escobar Gallardo's teen daughter shows up with questions for Sean and Christian about her father, stirring guilty feelings in Sean. Meanwhile, a common cosmetic procedure on an actress goes awry.

Sean and Christian reveal secrets and lay bare past pains as they begin psychotherapy together. Liz and Matt take part as well, and divulge secrets of their own. Guest starring Melonie Diaz.

As Christian's existential crisis surfaces, he and Sean do something unusual to boost their sagging practice. Meanwhile, Liz dates a drug-company saleswoman who is separated from her husband.

Julia visits Sean and Christian to share life-changing news---and rejects the advances of both. Meanwhile, a great love from Matt's past turns up as Matt prepares to make a commitment to someone else; and Liz happily reveals that she's pregnant.

In the final and 100th episode of Nip/Tuck Christian must learn to let go of his best friend. Ava considers whether or not she can have a future with Matt, Sean says goodbye to his family, and Liz gets a promotion.