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February 13, 2008
Ewwwwwwwwwww!!!!
Ok, "Nip/Tuck." I have stuck by you through a lot of stuff. I stuck with you when Sean and Christian had a threesome with a prostitute. I was with you when Matt started dating a woman old enough to be his mother...and then it turned out that she was a transsexual.
I was with you through the Carver storyline, the organ-stealing storyline. I stayed with you through every stupid, boring plot involving Sean's imploding marriage to Julia . I was even with you during Sharon Gless's recent turn as a nut who poses as a talent agent, and murders someone by stuffing him like a teddy bear.
But now, you've gone too far. Now, you've journeyed to a dark place from which I don't think you'll be able to return.
I must ask ... was it entirely necessary to incorporate an incest plot into the show?
Let me backup and explain. "Nip/Tuck" -- a drama focusing on a pair of plastic surgeons and their various personal and professional problems -- prides itself on pushing the envelope. Sometimes, this results in an engaging guilty pleasure. But this latest storyline is just plain gross. It involved Matt (John Hensley), the biological son of plastic surgeon Christian Troy (Julian McMahon). Christian's business partner Sean (Dylan Walsh) actually thought Matt was his for a while, and Matt refers to the guys as "my dads."
But I digress.
Anyway, Matt is known for getting himself into detstructive situations and, following his latest ugly breakup, he happens upon a young woman in the recovery room of his dads' plastic surgery clinic. She just had a birthmark removed from her face. She and Matt talk. They go out. They have sex. Then he learns that Christian may be her dad too. Ew!
The two decide that even if it turns out that they share a father, they will continue dating. Eww!
Christian happens on the couple post-coitus and, not knowing the young woman is his illegitimate daughter, gives his approval. Ewww!!!
Now, "Nip/Tuck" has flirted with an incest storyline before. The aforementioned transsexual was also, supposedly, having an affair with her. But, of course, it turned out he wasn't her biological son. Besides, they were just minor characters.
Matt is a member of the show's main cast. And, even if the girl turns out not to be Christian's daughter, I'm still horrified that the couple plans to continue their affair regardless.
Such a storyline isn't shocking or bold or entertaining. It's just gross. Now, I plan to watch the show's finale, airing next week, but after that I'm not sure I'll be back.
Because, well, EWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!
Posted by amanda on February 13, 2008 10:28 AM
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