Nip/Tuck: Is Christian the Carver?
By: Mark Runyon | Category: Show Review | 10/19/05 | 06:54 PM
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Grade: A | Genre: Drama
Summary: This week's episode was priceless Nip/Tuck. The drama hit fever pitch with the continuous onslaught of revelations, stacking the already loaded deck of low opinion against Christian, to plant the seed of doubt in our head until you start to think, "maybe Christian is the Carver."
Ever since the waning moments of last season, Nip/Tuck fans have been forced to wrestle with their curiosity, wondering who is the man behind the Carver mask. Is it Sean with his out of control anger issues? Is it bi-Doc from Atlanta who seems to conveniently pop up whenever the Carver attacks? Is it Kimber attempting to model her real life after her visions behind the porn camera? Well quit your aimless speculating because the sizzling sexpot Detective Kit McGraw (Rhona Mitra) has her man, and it's none other than Mr. Christian Troy. Sociopathic tendencies, misogynistic undertones, total self-centered bastard -- Christian is a serial slasher. So whip out those shiny handcuffs and prepare to get your fingers soiled in ink because this week we're throwing the book at our favorite ambassador of cool. |
So bound and gagged to the station, we go. Christian is getting the work over from Kit, with considerably more clothing on than he's used to. She methodically rolls out her trail of evidence. Christian believes this is a sick vendetta she's concocted after he and Kimber kicked her head games out of their bed. She plays off the tryst, saying it was undercover work to get closer to her subject. Let me get this straight. You believe he's a maniacal serial slasher so you join a kinky three-way with he and his girlfriend to flesh out your criminal profile? Uh, that train doesn't go all the way to the station. Christian initially waves his right to a lawyer, thinking he has nothing that needs to be hidden behind a lawyer. To Kit, this is the green flag to let the massive head f#%k commence.
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| Starring: Dylan Walsh, Julian McMahon, John Hensley, Joely Richardson & Kelly Carlson |
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First, she shows him the used condom that was found at the victim's apartment, complete with Christian's swimmers as DNA. Our victim was none other than the Slasher faker from last week, mooching off the generosity of the pro bono work McNamara/Troy was doing to help the victims. So you think the condom was planted, swiped by Kit after one of their sexual forays? Next, Kit marches in Christian's biological mother who he thought was dead. She compounds the jaw dropping revelation telling him he was conceived via an attack at the hands of a Carver-esque rapist. Julian McMahon nailed the scene. All those little boy dreams of what his real mother would be like were shattered in a moment as she believed him to be an incarnation of this monster.
If that weren't enough to cast reasonable doubt, Kit discovers a bottle of tranquilizer at Christian's apartment in full view of Sean (Dylan Walsh) and Julia (Joely Richardson). Sean's shaky resolve to stand by his man hits the breaking point as doubt finally enters, and Christian can see it painted all over his face. Sean and Julia hire him the best lawyer in the biz to combat the charges at the projected cost of 3 to 5 million dollars. The second word leaks out that Christian is being tried as the Carver; McNamara/Troy is as good as finished. Sean knows that everything he's spent a lifetime building may be a lie and leave him financially crippled. Just when things couldn't look bleaker for our lady-killer, all charges are dropped, and he's released. We discover that his arrest has seeped out to the news, and the Carver has struck again, unable to let Christian steal his limelight. On the surface, this was a tremendous letdown. After the salacious buildup, you were expecting this to unravel over many episodes, as most series would, milking it for every clever plot twist they could think to throw at us. Nip/Tuck isn't just any series though.
With his one phone call, Christian alerted the news hounds to the story, knowing the Carver would strike again, securing his freedom. In true Christian fashion, he saw fit to sacrifice a helpless victim to save his own ass. He's such a despicable lout. I love it! So he returns to the office to chew Sean a new one for not believing in his innocence, and we meet the latest Carver victim -- Detective Kit McGraw.
This week's episode was priceless Nip/Tuck. The drama hit fever pitch with the continuous onslaught of revelations, stacking the already loaded deck of low opinion against Christian, to plant the seed of doubt in our head until you start to think, "maybe Christian is the Carver." Then the writers take us on the rating rollercoaster with the letdown, head fake of Christian's release then made up for it ten fold with the one-two punch ending that will echo nicely through future episodes. So I'm overjoyed to announce that Nip/Tuck is finally back and securing its rightful place once again as the best drama on television. After the very weak premiere, Tuck has put its house in order and is red hot in its savvy execution of fascinating storylines, hot dames, and top notch acting of train wreck characters. In the weeks ahead, we have Julia and Gina going into some sort of business together, Christian and Sean's business disintegrating over their ailing friendship, and Kimber releases an army of Kimber dolls causing men worldwide to become completely uninterested in conventional sex. Well two out of three isn't bad. Don't miss a second of this devilish fun.
Original Airdate: October 18, Tuesday 10 E/P
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