At last!

The long awaited season premiere of the most provocative show on television debuted tonight. I've been a huge fan of Nip/Tuck since its first season, so naturally, I've been counting down the days. One thing that made my wait easier was the fact that FX played the old episodes every Saturday night starting in May. This made me very happy, because I somehow managed to miss every episode of season 3, except for one or two here and there. I also missed the season finale, which meant I had to wait nearly a year to find out the identity of the Carver, the serial rapist that was terrorizing the two hottest (fictional) plastic surgeons ever, Drs. Sean McNamara and Christian Troy, as well as the Miami area. I didn't want to find out the Carver's identity without seeing the episodes that I missed, so I avoided all Nip/Tuck related websites. Season 3's finale aired Saturday night, and I was most intrigued with the way the Carver's identity was revealed. It turned out that the Carver was actually a brother/ sister team working together. The brother was the plastic surgeon hired by Sean and Christian to lighten their load, and the sister was actually the lead investigator of the Carver case. The plot would be nearly impossible for me to explain in its entirety here, so I'll leave it at that. Anyhow, tonight's season premiere seemed to be sort of a fresh start, with the beginnings of several plots. The Carver subplot went on for two seasons, so I'm glad the writers decided to start something new. In this first episode, Christian has been dealing with a lot, mostly due to the stress over his situation with Kimber, so he decides to visit a therapist. The therapist asks him to think about the possibility that he could be in love with Sean. Christian initially refuses to even consider this, but then, as he realizes it could be a possibility, he becomes very distant with Sean. Christian's distance from Sean only adds to Sean's already upset emotional state, as he's just found out that his unborn son will be born with a birth defect (that Julia says she can't pronounce, and I can't spell) that causes deformities in the hands. Julia has lunch with a woman that is living with this condition, and she tells Julia that her life has been hard, but she's managed. Julia is already in her second trimester, and she has already decided that she's going to have the baby regardless, but she begins to have second thoughts when she finally gets the final diagnosis. Finally, the client that this episode follows wants larger testicular implants, as he's had his removed due to prostate cancer. After the surgery, he and his young wife decide to purchase the McNamara/Troy practice. When Sean learns that his new son will be handicapped, he decides that selling the practice would be best because he'll have more money and time to care for the child. The first episode was a little slower than I would have liked, but at the end, the previews for this season were shown, and it looks amazing! I can't wait until next Tuesday!