Nip/Tuck: Megan O'Hara (1.6)

Kimber has always been my favorite Nip/Tuck character, and this episode is the first to give her a lot of material. It also gives her a lot more depth than she had previously been given, as well as a chance for Kelly Carlson to show what a talented actress she is.

While later episodes prove otherwise, Kimber and Christian do make a really sweet couple. In one respect, Christian becomes "humanized" when he's around her, and becomes what some may say is a decent human being. While Kimber is clearly in love with him, maybe even attacking all his possessions to help him out by making him realize what he has become.

I really loved Megan O'Hara, who has genuine chemistry with Sean. Before watching this episode, I never knew that they just tattoo nipples onto the reformed breast, which sounds really bad. Megan's reaction was really truthful, since I doubt a huge amount of people even knew that. You really felt for her and her situation, especially where her husband was concerned. She didn't owe him anything, and the fact that she felt she needed to give him a gift to make up for the months of treatment was really heartbreaking. Thankfully Sean set her right in the end.

This episode also saw the first of many appearances of alumni of Ryan Murphy's first series Popular. Guest starring as this week's patient was Leslie Grossman, aka crazed Texan Mary Cherry. She was hilarious as the internet dating girl who, after losing a ton of weight and getting her "wings" and excess back fat removed, discovered the dream guy she's met online is not so much the hunky Jewish man she thought he was. Her look of complete disgust just before the credits rolled was a major comedy highlight of the episode.

A truly excellent episode where it's clear that everything is coming together as a show. We know these characters really well now, so it's intriguing to see what their motivations are when they make big decisions in their lives. Another masterpiece. A+

Credits
Guest stars Sophia Bush (Ridley Lange); Jessalyn Gilsig (Gina Russo); Leslie Grossman (Bliss Berger); Kate Mara (Vanessa Bartholomew); Julie Warner (Megan O'Hara), David Barrera (Policeman); Kelly Carlson (Kimber Henry); Rick Kelly (Jim O'Hara); Luis Antonio Ramos (Nico Scaramel)
Writer Jennifer Salt Director Craig Zisk