Series four
Episode 1/15 Cindy Plumb
As Sean and Christian celebrate their 5,000th surgical procedure, psychiatrist Faith Wolper (Brooke Shields) suggests Christian's feelings for his partner may be more than platonic. Julia and Sean are back together and soon to be parents again, but there's bad news on the horizon. Meanwhile, the surgeons make an old man (Larry Hagman) and his young wife Michelle (Sanaa Lathan) very happy, and give a phone-sex operator (Kathleen Turner) a "voice lift."
Episode 2/15 Blu Mondae
A young client is confused about his sexuality but Christian's attempts to convince him he's straight don't exactly have the desired effect. At the gym, Matt meets Kimber, who convinces him to embrace Scientology. Unamused, Christian and Sean cut off Matt's allowance, but Julia has other ideas. Meanwhile, why is Michelle, the new owner of the practice, giving money to a mysterious woman (Jacqueline Bisset)?
Episode 3/15 Monica Wilder
Nurses Liz and Linda are delighted to discover a sex video involving Christian on YouTube. Christian wouldn't mind if only he looked in better shape, and decides surgery is the solution. Ahead of the birth of their baby Sean and Julia advertise for a night nurse, but after Sean sleeps with the main candidate it seems a male nurse is more appropriate. Michelle has a run-in with Liz who is convinced her boss is experiencing "gay shame."
Episode 4/15 Shari Noble
As Christian operates on a woman whose nipple was bitten off by her dog, he and Liz bond over their mutual attraction to Michelle. They head out to a bar, and Liz is picked up by a stunning woman. But their night together comes at a shockingly high cost. Meanwhile, Sean suspects Julia is suffering from post-natal depression and Michelle is under pressure from the mystery woman, "James", who wants a debt repaid.
Episode 5/15 Dawn Budge
James blackmails Christian and forces Michelle to return to work for her. But what is the sinister business she's engaged in? Matt is drawn deeper into the world of Scientology, prompting Christian and Sean to resort to desperate measures to get him back. Meanwhile, lottery winner Dawn Budge (Rosie O'Donnell) wants surgery for her entire family and Christian is soon providing her with a range of other very personal services.
Episode 6/15 Faith Wolper, PhD
Sex addict and psychiatrist Faith Wolper makes it clear she's still interested in Christian, but he's having impure thoughts about Sean. He's also still infatuated with Michelle, and her ageing husband Burt knows it - and has a surprising proposition for the two. Meanwhile, as Sean and Julia prepare for their honeymoon, an unsuspecting Julia has hired Sean's former lover Monica to look after the baby.
Episode 7/15 Burt Landau
When Liz collapses with kidney failure, Christian and Sean agree to get tested as potential donors. Although Christian's promiscuity rules him out, Sean is a match - but will he tell Liz that? When Matt reveals his feelings for Kimber her response is not what he'd hoped for, but thanks to Christian he gets a second chance. Meanwhile, Christian's suspicious of Michelle after her elderly husband Burt (Larry Hagman) has a stroke.
Episode 8/15 Conor McNamara
Plastic surgery obsessive Mrs Grubman is back. Having suffered a stroke and now riddled with cancer she enlists Christian to perform her last ever surgery - for her funeral. As Sean prepares to operate on baby Conor, tensions are running high and a sudden flash of violence leaves him facing a lawsuit. Sean's memories of his childhood explain his motivations and shed light on his fears for his son.
Episode 9/15 Liz Cruz
Liz is the latest patient on Christian and Sean's operating table - she wants to be more beautiful for her new girlfriend Poppy (Alanis Morissette). Motivated by his feelings for Julia, Marlowe approaches Sean seeking leg extension surgery to counter his dwarfism. Meanwhile, James has a terrifying encounter with her creditors. They want another kidney. Then Christian phones. Good timing for James, bad timing for Christian.
Episode 10/15 Merrill Bobolit
Junkie surgeon Merrill Bobolit's out of prison after a year as a fellow inmate's "wife" - another old acquaintance, drug baron Escobar Gallardo. Escobar's face has been burned and he's allowed out of prison for Sean and Christian to perform surgery on him. With Merrill out for revenge and Escobar aiming to escape, blackmail, murder and mayhem ensue. Meanwhile, Christian and Matt contest the paternity of Kimber's unborn child.
Episode 11/15 Conor McNamara, 2026
As a hurricane approaches Miami, Sean and Julia's relationship is as stormy as ever. He knows about her affair with Marlowe and she knows about his with Monica. As Julia decides to leave Sean, taking both Conor and Annie with her, 20 years in the future Conor McNamara talks about his tumultuous childhood with his psychiatrist, who recommends organising a family reunion.
Episode 12/15 Diana Lubey
When a woman asks to have her late husband's ashes added to her breast implants, Christian denies her the surgery without consulting Sean, who's furious. Realising that Sean's anger stems from Julia's departure, Christian recommends a psychiatrist - Faith Wolper - who reveals Christian's former confusion over his sexuality to a surprised Sean. Meanwhile, as Christian prepares to move in with Michelle, he must lay to rest the ghosts of lovers past.
RT Choice (Ruth Margolis, 31 March 2007)
The darkly comic plastic-surgery drama continues with a soul-searching episode. Sean gets some therapy and asks, has Christian "gone Brokeback"? It makes for some awkward but enjoyable moments.
Episode 13/15 Reefer
Annie's ill and Matt and Kimber are off on a Scientology cruise, so a depressed Sean is alone for Christmas. Liz's girlfriend Poppy talks him into playing Santa at the local shopping mall but Sean causes mayhem by turning up drunk. Meanwhile, Christian and Michelle are living together. Could an unexpected arrival turn them into a fully-fledged family? Not if the FBI get wind of James and Michelle's organ-harvesting racket.
RT Choice (Ruth Margolis, 14 April 2007)
It's time for the obligatory Christmas episode and, although there's a squirt of sap from the Christian-inherits-a-kid storyline, this is tempered by a much darker thread when Sean befriends a vagrant. It's a well-paced episode with a brilliantly devised balance of the funny, absurd and tragic.
Episode 14/15 Willy Ward
Kimber and Matt's sex life isn't working. After receiving some graphic advice from Sean, Matt decides that Kimber needs to relive her life as a porn star and makes some arrangements. Meanwhile, Sean operates on an obsessive ventriloquist who wants a facelift to make him look more like his dummy. And just as it seems Christian, Michelle and Wilbur are about to become a happy family, Wilbur goes missing. But who's taken him?
RT Choice (Ruth Margolis, 21 April 2007)
An episode of non-stop confrontation, sex and violence that will leave you twitching in the ad breaks.
Episode 15/15 Gala Gallardo
Escobar's wife Gala needs cosmetic surgery after being savagely attacked by one of his enemies. With Julia, Annie and Conor living in New York and Matt and Kimber expecting a baby, Sean considers selling his half of the practice to Christian and Michelle. But as Michelle's dark past catches up with her, does she have a future with Christian? Guest starring Alec Baldwin.
RT Choice (Ruth Margolis, 28 April 2007)
This scorching season finale, with its scalpel-sharp script, will remind you that Nip/Tuck is more than just a pretty face. All those unsightly loose ends are expertly tied off, creating a blank storyboard for season five.