Thursday, September 1, 2011

Nip/Tuck: Virginia Hayes (6.15)

And the show begins to come full-circle. Escobar Gallardo is always a reliable villain, and I enjoyed the power play between his ghost and Sean. There's always been a connection between the two of them, Escobar representing the rationality and aggression that Sean rarely employs in reality. The subplot with his daughter Aurelia was a little heavy-handed (Rosemary's Baby... really?), but I enjoyed the show exploring old stories at this point.

Kimber's suicide briefly affected Christian in the Virginia Hayes subplot. Seven years after the show began, these young women are still coming to the big city desperate for fame, requesting surgery to make themselves a Hollywood '10'. Obviously, this part of the story was wrapped up pretty quickly, with 'Virginia' revealed as a con artist. Both actresses in the story were pretty convincing, especially Tamara Clutterbuck as the real Virginia. She really nailed that frantic, unbalanced quality.

Being Nip/Tuck, the story spiraled out of control right around the time Marcy was murdered. I think the season is at that point where Sean needs to make some kind of decision. He keeps taking part in irrational incidents and blaming Christian, yet never does anything other than appear wounded and angry. There needs to be some pay-off, and so far we're not getting that. At the same time, I didn't believe at all that Sean and Christian would dispose of Marcy. Surely forging some surgical contracts or whatever would be easier than dumping her body in the desert? And are McNamara/Troy completely unable to invest in some night watchmen? James, Colleen, Teddy and the Ass Bandit are just a couple of wingnuts who committed various acts of indecency and homicide after hours. It's ridiculous.

This was another absorbing episode, but there's still that nagging sense of characters exhibiting really dumb behavior for the sake of creating something soapy and melodramatic. The show really should tone down the crazy before the final curtain. B-

Credits
Guest stars Robert LaSardo (Escobar Gallardo); Kate Norby (Marcy Hamill); Tamara Clutterbuck (Virginia Hayes); Sandra Vergara (Aurelia Gallardo); Ivar Brogger (Agent Reynolds); Marlon Young (Agent Ryan)
Writer Hank Chilton Director Hank Chilton

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