Nip/Tuck (season 4)

Nip/Tuck Season 4
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Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	15
Release
Original network	FX
Original release	September 5, 2006 (2006-09-05) – December 12, 2006 (2006-12-12)

The fourth season of Nip/Tuck premiered on September 9, 2006 and concluded on December 12, 2006. It consisted of 15 episodes.

Cast and characters

Main cast

• Dylan Walsh as Dr. Sean McNamara
• Julian McMahon as Dr. Christian Troy
• John Hensley as Matt McNamara
• Roma Maffia as Liz Cruz
• Kelly Carlson as Kimber Henry
• Joely Richardson as Julia McNamara

Recurring cast

• Larry Hagman as Burt Landau
• Sanaa Lathan as Michelle Landau
• Brooke Shields as Dr. Faith Wolper
• Jacqueline Bisset as James
• Peter Dinklage as Marlowe Sawyer
• Rosie O'Donnell as Dawn Budge
• Jennifer Hall as Monica Wilder
• Ruth Williamson as Mrs. Hedda Grubman
• Alanis Morissette as Poppy
• Joey Slotnick as Merrill Bobolit
• Robert LaSardo as Escobar Gallardo
• Rebecca Metz as Abby Mays
• Josiah Henry as Wilber Troy

Episodes

See also: List of Nip/Tuck episodes

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Patient Portrayer	Original air date	Production code
45	1	"Cindy Plumb"	Ryan Murphy	Ryan Murphy	Kathleen Turner	September 5, 2006 (2006-09-05)	3T5001
Plastic surgeons, best friends and business partners Dr. Sean McNamara and Dr. Christian Troy run McNamara/Troy, a prominent South Beach, Florida, practice. A seemingly conservative family man, Sean has come to realize that his financial success can't mask his family problems, including his relationship with his disillusioned wife, Julia, and troubled son, Matt. Likewise, single and promiscuous Christian is discovering that his lucrative career and good looks no longer bring him enough emotional satisfaction, as evidenced by his failed engagement to sexy and confident Kimber Henry. Opinionated Dr. Liz Cruz serves as the team's anesthesiologist. In the fourth season premiere, Sean and Christian celebrate a milestone surgery and receive an interesting proposition from patient Burt Landau, a wealthy medical venture capitalist who wants bigger testicular implants, and his much younger wife, Michelle. Meanwhile, Julia reveals devastating news about her unborn child to Sean, leaving him full of fear and doubt. Phone sex operator Cindy Plumb requests that the surgeons make her voice more youthful. And tortured Christian redecorates his apartment after a troubling appointment with his psychiatrist, Dr. Faith Wolper.
46	2	"Blu Mondae"	Michael M. Robin	Lyn Greene & Richard Levine	Angela Little	September 12, 2006 (2006-09-12)	3T5002
Sean and Julia make an important decision about their unborn baby. After getting into trouble with their new boss, Sean and Christian discover the drawbacks of no longer owning their practice. Matt's decision to go down a new path in life is met with uncertainty by his family. Meanwhile, an aristocratic gay man, Arthur Stiles, wants his younger lover to look as distinguished as he does. And James, a woman who has a mysterious past with Michelle, arrives.
47	3	"Monica Wilder"	Elodie Keene	Brad Falchuk	Jennifer Hall	September 19, 2006 (2006-09-19)	3T5003
While Sean searches for a night nurse for his newborn baby, Conor, Sean's hidden desires are revealed. He turns to Christian for support, but Christian's vanity causes him to be unavailable at the most crucial time. Sean and Julia eventually hire Marlowe Sawyer to help care for Conor. Meanwhile, Liz witnesses an event that changes her relationship with Michelle.
48	4	"Shari Noble"	Nelson McCormick	Jennifer Salt	Melissa Gilbert	September 26, 2006 (2006-09-26)	3T5004
The more Michelle resists Christian, the more he wants her - but if Michelle's past is any indication, she has a lot to lose. Meanwhile, Sean's worries about Julia and the baby lead him into a compromising situation. A patient named Shari Noble needs her nipple reattached after an accident. And when Christian accompanies Liz to a lesbian bar, it becomes a night she will regret for the rest of her life.
49	5	"Dawn Budge"	Elodie Keene	Hank Chilton	Rosie O'Donnell	October 3, 2006 (2006-10-03)	3T5005
Christian earns a fortune from a rags-to-riches client, Dawn Budge, outside of McNamara/Troy, when she requests surgical makeovers for her entire family. Nonetheless, Christian continues longing for what he does not have: an honest and loving relationship. Meanwhile, James blackmails Christian while forcing a terrified Michelle to remember her past actions. Sean makes Julia a very romantic offer. And Kimber convinces Matt to move out of his parents' house.
50	6	"Faith Wolper, Ph.D"	Sean Jablonski	Sean Jablonski	Brooke Shields	October 10, 2006 (2006-10-10)	3T5006
While trying to arrange a second honeymoon for himself and Julia, Sean learns that a nanny the couple had hired, Monica Wilder, has no intention of leaving. Christian's therapist, Dr. Faith Wolper, reveals her obsessive, secret torment as Christian wrestles with his relationship woes. Burt Landau discovers the affair going on between Michelle and Christian - and proposes an unorthodox solution.
51	7	"Burt Landau"	Charles Haid	Brad Falchuk	Larry Hagman	October 17, 2006 (2006-10-17)	3T5007
Christian has enough of sex with Michelle (Sanaa Lathan) in front of the incapacitated Burt (Larry Hagman), who later suffers a stroke. Desperate for companionship, Christian manipulates a fragile Kimber into sleeping with him. Liz is told she requires a kidney transplant, but Sean has concerns over donating one of his own despite being a match. Matt comes on to Kimber. Newly divorced Dawn Budge (guest star Rosie O'Donnell) has an ear torn off by thieves, and requires a replacement. Guest starring Stephen Spinella.
52	8	"Conor McNamara"	Patrick McKee	Jennifer Salt & Hank Chilton	Spencer Roberts	October 24, 2006 (2006-10-24)	3T5008
Sean prepares for Conor's surgery, while having flashbacks to his own painful childhood scarred by a physical deformity. Julia has last-minute fears of having her son undergo surgery, and finally acts on her unexpected attraction to Marlowe (Peter Dinklage). Mrs Grubman (guest star Ruth Williamson) is dying, and requests surgery in order to leave a good-looking corpse. Guest starring Mo'Nique and Burt Bacharach.
53	9	"Liz Cruz"	Richard Levine	Lyn Greene & Richard Levine	Roma Maffia	October 31, 2006 (2006-10-31)	3T5009
Liz requests liposuction after feeling out of shape next to her new fitness-obsessed girlfriend Poppy (guest star Alanis Morissette). Julia and Marlowe (Peter Dinklage) act on their feelings for one another, and Marlowe later requests a leg-lengthening procedure in order to make them look more like an ordinary couple. James (Jacqueline Bisset) is threatened by her bosses into getting hold of another kidney, and sets her sights on Christian. Guest starring Sanaa Lathan.
54	10	"Merrill Bobolit"	Charles Haid	Sean Jablonski & Brad Falchuk	Joey Slotnick	November 7, 2006 (2006-11-07)	3T5010
Sean tries to remove any trace of Marlowe (Peter Dinklage) from the McNamara home after discovering Julia's affair. Matt and Kimber reveal that they are married and expecting a baby. Christian doesn't trust Kimber, so secretly performs a DNA test to prove the baby is his. Merrill Bobolit returns, requesting anal surgery after being repeatedly raped in prison by his cellmate "husband": Escobar Gallardo (Robert LaSardo). Later, Escobar requests Sean and Christian give him back his old face.
55	11	"Conor McNamara, 2026"	Craig Zisk	Ryan Murphy	Stark Sands	November 14, 2006 (2006-11-14)	3T5011
In the year 2026, the adult Conor attempts to mend his emotional wounds via a gathering of his entire family. Meanwhile, the adult Annie remains tormented by her own upbringing. In the present day, Julia accepts the fact that happiness means being on her own as she departs Miami for New York with her two children, leaving Sean and Christian behind for good.
56	12	"Diana Lubey"	Charles Haid	Sean Jablonski	Catherine Deneuve	November 21, 2006 (2006-11-21)	3T5012
Suffering from loneliness himself, Sean sympathizes with a forlorn client, Diana Lubey, and agrees to her perverse plastic surgery request. Meanwhile, Christian proposes marriage to Michelle, but his promiscuous past causes him to question his ability to make a long-term commitment to any woman. And James concocts a plan to use McNamara/Troy's operating room for her own benefit.
57	13	"Reefer"	Lyn Greene	Lyn Greene & Richard Levine	Charles Haid	November 28, 2006 (2006-11-28)	3T5013
As Sean celebrates Christmas without his family, his loneliness leads him to seek solace in alcohol - resulting in possible legal action from a patient. Meanwhile, Christian receives an unexpected gift when Wilber, who is now 3 years old, comes back into his life. And taking drastic measures to fill her holiday kidney quota, James forces Michelle to help.
58	14	"Willy Ward"	Michael M. Robin	Jennifer Salt	Ronn Lucas	December 5, 2006 (2006-12-05)	3T5014
Searching his soul and exasperated by living in Christian's shadow, Sean sells his share of McNamara/Troy to Christian and Michelle. Meanwhile, Gina Russo re-enters Christian's life when she learns that Michelle will become Wilber's adoptive mother. James ends her association with Escobar Gallardo and his organ-heisting ring - and Michelle's nightmare begins. And as Matt attempts to rekindle the fire in his marriage to Kimber, Liz and Poppy come to a relationship crossroads.
59	15	"Gala Gallardo"	Ryan Murphy	Ryan Murphy & Hank Chilton	Idalis DeLeon	December 12, 2006 (2006-12-12)	3T5015
Escobar Gallardo seeks a cosmetic procedure from Sean and Christian for his wife, Gala, who was brutally attacked by her husband's enemies. Christian and Michelle's future together is threatened when Michelle's violent, dark past is finally exposed. With Julia and her two younger children living in New York, and Matt and Kimber expecting a baby, Sean makes a life-changing decision about his partnership in McNamara/Troy.