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The Best Episodes of Nip/Tuck Season 5

Every episode of Nip/Tuck Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Nip/Tuck Season 5!

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Hotshot plastic surgeons Dr. Sean McNamara and Dr. Christian Troy experience full-blown midlife crises as they confront career, family and romance problems.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Nip/Tuck Season 5 Episode 1 - Carly Summers
    7.9/10(496 votes)

    #1 - Carly Summers

    S5:E1

    Sean and Christian have relocated their practice from Miami to Los Angeles. Being new to the city they find themselves having to start from scratch business wise. What they thought would naturally fall into place turns out to require some foot work. So Christian and Sean hit the town and begin discovering a whole new world.

    Director:Charles Haid
    Writer:Ryan Murphy

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  2. Nip/Tuck Season 5 Episode 2 - Joyce & Sharon Monroe
    7.6/10(393 votes)

    #2 - Joyce & Sharon Monroe

    S5:E2

    Sean and Christian learn about the glamorous side of fame and the price that many are willing to pay for it. Julia visits Sean, Christian and Liz in Los Angeles with a surprise announcement.

    Director:Charles Haid
    Writer:Ryan Murphy

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  3. Nip/Tuck Season 5 Episode 3 - Everett Poe
    7.6/10(384 votes)

    #3 - Everett Poe

    S5:E3

    Sean and Julia learn more about their new family dynamic as Sean resists Eden's advances. Kate reveals a secret compulsion. Matt comes to Los Angeles with some troubling news for his fathers.

    Director:Richard Levine
    Writers:Richard Levine, Lynnie Greene

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  4. Nip/Tuck Season 5 Episode 4 - Dawn Budge II
    7.8/10(392 votes)

    #4 - Dawn Budge II

    S5:E4

    A series of unfortunate events unfold for an unlucky Dawn Budge, who seeks reparative surgery from Sean and Christian. Annie and Eden start to form a sisterly bond, which unnerves Sean.

    Director:Charles Haid
    Writer:Jennifer Salt

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  5. Nip/Tuck Season 5 Episode 5 - Chaz Darling
    7.6/10(366 votes)

    #5 - Chaz Darling

    S5:E5

    A patient inspires Sean to take his relationship with Kate in a new direction. Eden uses extreme methods to persuade Christian to perform surgery on a friend. Kimber reaches out to an former business associate when she and Matt fall on hard times.

    Director:Sean Jablonski
    Writer:Sean Jablonski

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  6. Nip/Tuck Season 5 Episode 6 - Damien Sands
    6.9/10(387 votes)

    #6 - Damien Sands

    S5:E6

    Jealous over Sean's new-found fame, Christian convinces Sean to tape a reality show based on their careers as plastic surgeons.

    Director:Charles Haid
    Writer:Hank Chilton

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  7. Nip/Tuck Season 5 Episode 7 - Dr. Joshua Lee
    7.9/10(387 votes)

    #7 - Dr. Joshua Lee

    S5:E7

    Sean tries to regain his youth through his relationship with Eden. A violent and traumatic event causes Julia to question her relationship with Olivia. In an effort to better her life, Kimber makes a decision that devastates Matt.

    Director:Brad Falchuk
    Writer:Brad Falchuk

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  8. Nip/Tuck Season 5 Episode 8 - Duke Collins
    7.4/10(359 votes)

    #8 - Duke Collins

    S5:E8

    Sean discovers the secret between Christian and Julia. A hospitalized Matt bonds with his rehabilitation counselor. Eden suspiciously makes peace with Julia. Kimber and Ram reveal their future plans.

    Director:Elodie Keene
    Writers:Richard Levine, Lynnie Greene

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  9. Nip/Tuck Season 5 Episode 9 - Rachel Ben Natan
    7.4/10(369 votes)

    #9 - Rachel Ben Natan

    S5:E9

    As Julia's health worsens, Christian falls back into old habits. Sean hires Gina as the new receptionist at McNamara/Troy in order to get back at Christian. Dawn Budge returns to McNamara/Troy after another unfortunate incident which requires cosmetic surgery.

    Director:Charles Haid
    Writer:Jennifer Salt

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  10. Nip/Tuck Season 5 Episode 10 - Magda and Jeff
    7.8/10(382 votes)

    #10 - Magda and Jeff

    S5:E10

    Sean's role on Hearts & Scalpels is expanded after he takes on an agent. A suspicious Christian questions Gina's motives for moving to Los Angeles and working at McNamara/Troy.

    Director:Craig Zisk
    Writer:Hank Chilton

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  11. Nip/Tuck Season 5 Episode 11 - Kyle Ainge
    7.5/10(363 votes)

    #11 - Kyle Ainge

    S5:E11

    Christian attempts to cope in the aftermath of a death. Colleen feels threatened when another talent agency shows an interest in Sean's acting career.

    Director:Dirk Craft
    Writers:Brad Falchuk, Hank Chilton

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  12. Nip/Tuck Season 5 Episode 12 - Lulu Grandiron
    7.6/10(363 votes)

    #12 - Lulu Grandiron

    S5:E12

    Eden looks to Sean for help after getting into business with Kimber and Ram. A group of wealthy socialites hire Christian for all of their cosmetic surgery needs. Sean discovers another side of Colleen.

    Director:Brad Falchuk
    Writer:Brad Falchuk

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  13. Nip/Tuck Season 5 Episode 13 - August Walden
    8.1/10(389 votes)

    #13 - August Walden

    S5:E13

    Sean experiences the ugly side of Hollywood in the form of a television critic. Matt experiences a special bond with one of Christian's patients. The cause of Julia's ailing health is discovered.

    Director:Sean Jablonski
    Writer:Sean Jablonski

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  14. Nip/Tuck Season 5 Episode 14 - Candy Richards
    8.0/10(417 votes)

    #14 - Candy Richards

    S5:E14

    Tragedy strikes the McNamara/Troy family after Julia learns what has caused her ill health. A visitor from Christian's past brings revealing news. Sean finds the price of fame to be more expensive than it's worth.

    Director:Richard Levine
    Writer:Jennifer Salt

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  15. Nip/Tuck Season 5 Episode 15 - Ronnie Chase
    8.0/10(388 votes)

    #15 - Ronnie Chase

    S5:E15

    After surviving the attack by Colleen, Sean's physical and emotional well-being are still feeling the effects. Meanwhile, Christian receives some disturbing news after lending Liz some moral support with her breast cancer scare.

    Director:Brad Falchuk
    Writer:Ryan Murphy

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  16. Nip/Tuck Season 5 Episode 16 - Gene Shelly
    7.4/10(331 votes)

    #16 - Gene Shelly

    S5:E16

    After being rejected by Kimber on account of his post-surgery scars and with his chemotherapy making him sick, Christian seeks support from Liz, which leads to a surprising sexual encounter between them. Sean discovers his new lover (Jaime Ray Newman) has a disturbing fetish, and further alienates Julia and Matt when they learn that he has been faking his need for a wheelchair. Raj has a life-altering sexual encounter with the wife (Beth Gargan) of McNamara/Troy's latest patient.

    Director:Richard Levine
    Writers:Richard Levine, Lynnie Greene

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  17. Nip/Tuck Season 5 Episode 17 - Roxy St. James
    7.5/10(340 votes)

    #17 - Roxy St. James

    S5:E17

    Sean tries to deal with his feelings for Julia, while Liz and Christian analyze their relationship and Christian meets someone who understands what he is experiencing with his breast cancer.

    Director:Lynnie Greene
    Writer:Jennifer Salt

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  18. Nip/Tuck Season 5 Episode 18 - Ricky Wells
    7.6/10(324 votes)

    #18 - Ricky Wells

    S5:E18

    Matt becomes envious of Sean and Raj bonding together. Christian and Liz give their relationship another chance. Raj's father pays a visit to see his son.

    Director:John Scott
    Writer:Brad Falchuk

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  19. Nip/Tuck Season 5 Episode 19 - Manny Skerrit
    7.6/10(363 votes)

    #19 - Manny Skerrit

    S5:E19

    Aidan Stone, a down-on-his- luck writer who has written a biopic about Sean, wants to use it to relaunch his career. Christian is asked by Kimber to give a Botox injection to her daughter so she has a better chance at becoming a baby model. Sean and Christian have been asked by a yoga instructor to perform a procedure in which neither have ever done before.

    Director:Dirk Craft
    Writer:Ryan Murphy

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  20. Nip/Tuck Season 5 Episode 20 - Budi Sabri
    7.3/10(337 votes)

    #20 - Budi Sabri

    S5:E20

    A horribly disfigured man is worked on by Christian and Sean. Meanwhile, Sean hopes to strike up a relationship with the new anesthesiologist Teddy Rowe, and Christian goes for a check up with his oncologist.

    Director:Hank Chilton
    Writer:Hank Chilton

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  21. Nip/Tuck Season 5 Episode 21 - Allegra Caldarello
    7.3/10(322 votes)

    #21 - Allegra Caldarello

    S5:E21

    Christian decides to employ Dr. Logan Taper for the practice, while Sean is revisited by a former client from Miami to have plastic surgery so she can attract suitors once her husband dies.

    Director:Sean Jablonski
    Writer:Sean Jablonski

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  22. Nip/Tuck Season 5 Episode 22 - Giselle Blaylock & Legend Chandler
    7.7/10(345 votes)

    #22 - Giselle Blaylock & Legend Chandler

    S5:E22

    As Christian and Liz make their wedding plans, he also looks for a new cancer treatment. Meanwhile, Ram Peters drops Kimber for a newer model, while Teddy informs Sean that someone close to her is gone, and Sean and Christian repair a couples neck wounds which look strikingly similar at McNamara/Troy.

    Director:Lynnie Greene
    Writers:Richard Levine, Lynnie Greene

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Carly Summers" is the best rated episode of "Nip/Tuck" season 5. It scored 7.9/10 based on 496 votes. Directed by Charles Haid and written by Ryan Murphy, it aired on 11/1/2007. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Joyce & Sharon Monroe".