8.0/10481 votes#1 - Carly Summers
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 11/1/2007
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
7.7/10380 votes#2 - Joyce & Sharon Monroe
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 11/6/2007
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
7.6/10372 votes#3 - Everett Poe
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 11/11/2007
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
Writer: Richard Levine, Lynnie Greene
7.8/10378 votes#4 - Dawn Budge II
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 11/20/2007
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
7.6/10351 votes#5 - Chaz Darling
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 11/27/2007
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: N/A
Writer: Sean Jablonski
7.0/10369 votes#6 - Damien Sands
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 12/4/2007
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: N/A
7.9/10375 votes#7 - Dr. Joshua Lee
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 12/11/2007
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
7.4/10349 votes#8 - Duke Collins
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 12/18/2007
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
Writer: Richard Levine, Lynnie Greene
7.5/10358 votes#9 - Rachel Ben Natan
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 1/15/2008
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
7.9/10369 votes#10 - Magda and Jeff
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 1/22/2008
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: N/A
7.5/10350 votes#11 - Kyle Ainge
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 1/29/2008
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: N/A
Writer: Brad Falchuk
7.6/10350 votes#12 - Lulu Grandiron
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 2/5/2008
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
8.1/10378 votes#13 - August Walden
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 2/12/2008
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: N/A
Writer: Sean Jablonski
8.0/10406 votes#14 - Candy Richards
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 2/19/2008
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
8.0/10378 votes#15 - Ronnie Chase
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 1/6/2009
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
7.4/10321 votes#16 - Gene Shelly
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 1/13/2009
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
Writer: Richard Levine, Lynnie Greene
7.5/10332 votes#17 - Roxy St. James
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 1/27/2009
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: N/A
Writer: Jennifer Salt
7.6/10315 votes#18 - Ricky Wells
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 2/3/2009
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
7.6/10353 votes#19 - Manny Skerrit
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 2/10/2009
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: N/A
Writer: Ryan Murphy
7.3/10328 votes#20 - Budi Sabri
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 2/17/2009
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10312 votes#21 - Allegra Caldarello
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 2/24/2009
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: N/A
Writer: Sean Jablonski
7.8/10336 votes#22 - Giselle Blaylock & Legend Chandler
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 3/3/2009
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
Writer: Lynnie Greene
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!
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 5 Ratings Summary
"Carly Summers" is the best rated episode of "Nip/Tuck" season 5. It scored 8/10 based on 481 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".