7.8/10441 votes#1 - Cindy Plumb
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/5/2006
Sean and Christian may be celebrating a milestone surgery, but it looks like the future of McNamara/Troy is in jeopardy. Julia tells Sean some devastating news about the baby. Christian decides to redecorate his apartment after a disturbing appointment with his psychiatrist.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: Ryan Murphy
7.6/10410 votes#2 - Blu Mondae
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/12/2006
Sean and Julia make a big decision regarding their unborn baby. Christian and Sean hit troubled waters with their new boss and begin to realize what it really means to have sold their business. Matt's family doesn't quite get his decision to pursue a new path in his life.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: N/A
7.8/10377 votes#3 - Monica Wilder
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/19/2006
Sean and Julia are looking for a nanny. Sean wants to turn to Christian for support after his hidden desires are revealed. But Chistian is busy going to the gym because he thinks he's too fat.
Director: Elodie Keene
Writer: Brad Falchuk
7.8/10366 votes#4 - Shari Noble
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 9/26/2006
After having a nipple bitten off by her dog, Shari Noble comes in to have it reconstructed before her husband returns from Iraq. Julia meets a breast-feeding expert. Christian and Liz hit a lesbian bar where Christian tries to attract one of the women there but she's attracted to Liz instead. Sean and Christian meet with a kidney specialist for one of their patients.
Director: Elodie Keene, Nelson McCormick
Writer: Jennifer Salt
7.8/10381 votes#5 - Dawn Budge
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/3/2006
A lottery winner offers Christian a fortune. Christian certainly needs the money since he's being blackmailed by James. Christian and Sean are trying to get Matt away from Kimber and Scientology. Sean offers something to Julia.
Director: Elodie Keene
Writer: N/A
7.8/10378 votes#6 - Faith Wolper, PhD
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/10/2006
Sean soon discovers that Monica Wilder doesn't intend to leave him alone. Christian's therapist has an obsessive torment to reveal. And Burt Landau proposes an unusual solution upon learning that Christian and Michelle are having an affair.
Director: N/A
Writer: Sean Jablonski
7.7/10350 votes#7 - Burt Landau
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 10/17/2006
Dawn Budge needs an ear transplant. Burt Landau suffered a stroke and asks Christian and Sean to fix his face.
Director: Charles Haid
Writer: Brad Falchuk
8.0/10387 votes#8 - Conor McNamara
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 10/24/2006
Mrs. Grubman is back for more Plastic Surgery this time she wants Christian to preform it after she has passed on. Sean and Julia have conflicts over Conor's Surgery.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jennifer Salt
7.5/10354 votes#9 - Liz Cruz
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 10/31/2006
Liz's new gilfriend, Poppy, wants her to have cosmetic surgery. James makes Christian and Michelle help her steal another kidney. Sean offers consultation to Marlowe, who wants longer legs.
Director: Richard Levine
Writer: N/A
8.2/10374 votes#10 - Merrill Bobolit
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/7/2006
Dr. Merrill Bobolit, who's out of jail, needs Sean's and Christian's professional services. Escobar Gallardo wants them to perform surgery on his face. And Matt tells his family that he's married and that he and his wife are expecting a baby.
Director: Charles Haid
Writer: N/A
7.0/10464 votes#11 - Conor McNamara, 2026
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 11/14/2006
It's the year 2026. Conor is getting the whole family together. In the present, Julia and Sean's marriage is at a crossroads.
Director: Craig Zisk
Writer: Ryan Murphy
7.9/10390 votes#12 - Diana Lubey
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 11/21/2006
Even though he doubts his ability to maintain a long term relationship Christian proposes to Michelle and a lonely Sean takes a pathological case for rationalities that have as much to do with himself as with the patient, and James requires to use McNamara/Troy for her own operations.
Director: Charles Haid
Writer: Sean Jablonski
8.1/10528 votes#13 - Reefer
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 11/28/2006
Sean drinks to a great extent as he spends a depressing Christmas without his family; Christian gets an surprising gift when a 3-year old Wilber comes back into his life; and James pressures Michelle to help as she takes forceful measures to fill her holiday kidney quota.
Director: Lynnie Greene
Writer: N/A
7.8/10366 votes#14 - Willy Ward
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 12/5/2006
Sean contrives to sell his portion of the practice; Michelle's connection with James finally ends, but not with James' boss; Gina is not happy to discover about Michelle's role in Wilbur's life; Matt tries to rekindle the spark with Kimber; and Poppy and Liz break up.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: Jennifer Salt
8.2/10410 votes#15 - Gala Gallardo
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 12/12/2006
Sean considers selling his shares of the practice to Christian and Michelle, although Michelle's past starts to threaten her future with Christian. Meanwhile, Escobar's wife needs cosmetic surgery.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Nip/Tuck Season 4
Every episode of Nip/Tuck Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Nip/Tuck Season 4!
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 4 Ratings Summary
"Cindy Plumb" is the best rated episode of "Nip/Tuck" season 4. It scored 7.8/10 based on 441 votes. Directed by Ryan Murphy and written by Ryan Murphy, it aired on 9/5/2006. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Blu Mondae".