8.4/10845 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/22/2003
Old friends Sean (the family man) and Christian (the playboy) are partners in a plastic surgery office. Their relationship is under fire after Christian operates on a Colombian drug lord who pays him in drug money. Sean's family life is also in upheaval, and he is headed for a mid-life crisis.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: Ryan Murphy
7.8/10579 votes#2 - Mandi/Randi
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/29/2003
Twin sisters want plastic surgery done to look different from each other. Sean moves out so he can experience life as a single man. Matt decides to try and perform a circumcision on himself after his girlfriend sees his penis. Christian is plagued with thoughts of Julia.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: Ryan Murphy
8.0/10567 votes#3 - Nanette Babcock
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/5/2003
Sean and Julia discover Matt has tried to circumcise himself. The business is sued by a faithful client after Sean accidentally leaves a surgical tool inside of her body. Meanwhile, Christian and Grace struggle with a mentally unstable patient.
Director: Lawrence Trilling
Writer: Ryan Murphy
7.7/10524 votes#4 - Sophia Lopez
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/12/2003
Two recurring characters are introduced in an episode that teaches the odd-couple plastic surgeons a few lessons about moral boundaries. Patti D'Arbanville plays Wallis Forsythe, a pornography mogul who meets Christian at a party and agrees to send some business his way. And Joey Slotnick plays Merrill Bobolit, a hack surgeon who's more successful than Sean and Christian because of his willingness to take on any client. Forsythe's easy money and Bobolit's sleazy competition inject a dose of conflict into Sean and Christian's partnership--as if it needed any more of it!
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: Sean Jablonski
7.5/10498 votes#5 - Kurt Dempsey
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/19/2003
An ex-lover returns and leads Christian to a sexaholics meeting while Sean and Julia deal with an unexpected pregnancy.
Director: Elodie Keene
Writer: N/A
7.8/10520 votes#6 - Megan O'Hara
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/2/2003
Someone is vandalizing Christian's possessions, and he attempts to find the culprit. A chemotherapy patient who is considering breast implants brings excitement to Sean's life, and Matt finds himself in a threesome with Vanessa and Riley.
Director: Craig Zisk
Writer: Jennifer Salt
7.8/10494 votes#7 - Cliff Mantegna
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/9/2003
Christian's difficulties with Kristin are exacerbated when his feelings for Julia are revealed. Jude is hired as an intern, to sexy and disastrous results. Matt is caught mid-threesome by Julia.
Director: Scott Brazil
Writer: Brad Falchuk
8.2/10514 votes#8 - Cara Fitzgerald
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/16/2003
Matt accidentally hits Cara with Henry's car, and calls Sean in to help when Cara's mother, for religious reasons, refuses drugs and surgery to treat her injuries. Christian discovers that a patient used plastic surgery to hide a revolting crime and it brings up terrible memories of his own childhood.
Director: Jamie Babbit
Writer: Ryan Murphy
7.9/10472 votes#9 - Sophia Lopez II
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/23/2003
Sean and Jude's respective secrets are revealed, and Merril offers Christian an interesting trade: Kimber for a Lamborghini. Christian accepts, but Kimber discovers the truth and exacts a small revenge.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Sean Jablonski
8.5/10536 votes#10 - Adelle Coffin
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/30/2003
Sean and Christian learn that they have to take a test in order to continue practicing. Sean and Megan visit a doctor to learn that there is nothing they can do for her. Mrs. Grubman returns to get an operation on her and her fiancé. Christian passes his test, but Sean walks out. Megan commits suicide. Julia finds out about Sean's affair with Megan.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: Ryan Murphy, Dell Chandler
7.6/10468 votes#11 - Montana / Sassy / Justice
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/7/2003
Ms. Caine wants an operation to get rid of her "cankles". Sean and Julia are still on the outs. Christian learns he's going to be a father. Julia steals Christian's brush to determine if he's the father of Matt. Sean and Grace learn that Ms. Caine has multiple personalities. Cara recovers and gets close with Matt and Henry. Henry develops feelings for her. Cara asks Matt to the prom. Henry tells Matt that he is going to confess to Cara what happened.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: Richard Levine, Lynnie Greene
8.1/10467 votes#12 - Antonia Ramos
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/14/2003
Sean and Christian are reunited with an old friend, Julia bonds with Sofia Lopez, and Christian and Gina clash over their differences in opinion concerning Gina's pregnancy.
Director: Elodie Keene
Writer: Jennifer Salt, Brad Falchuk
8.8/10583 votes#13 - Escobar Gallardo
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/21/2003
Christian learns that Kimber and Merril are engaged. Escobar continues to have the surgeons do things for him. Liz is sent to Bermuda after being shot in the leg by one of Escobar's people. Sean goes to kill Escobar. Escobar makes a deal with Sean; a new face for their freedom. Christian learns, in the delivery room, that he is not the father of Gina's baby. Julia returns to get the paternity test she had done a while ago. The doctors do surgery on Escobar, and give him the face of a criminal even higher than Gallardo on the Most Wanted List - Armand Ortiz. Ortiz is arrested at the airport for bank robbing and killing a federal agent.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: Ryan Murphy
The Best Episodes of Nip/Tuck Season 1
Every episode of Nip/Tuck Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Nip/Tuck Season 1!
Hotshot plastic surgeons Dr. Sean McNamara and Dr. Christian Troy experience full-blown midlife crises as they confront career, family and romance problems.
Genre:Drama
Network:FX
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Nip/Tuck" season 1. It scored 8.4/10 based on 845 votes. Directed by Ryan Murphy and written by Ryan Murphy, it aired on 7/22/2003. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Mandi/Randi".