# List of Nip/Tuck episodes

Nip/Tuck is an American medical drama created by Ryan Murphy, which aired on FX in the United States between 2003 and 2010. The series focuses on "McNamara/Troy", a plastic surgery practice, and follows its founders, Dr. Sean McNamara and Dr. Christian Troy (portrayed by Dylan Walsh and Julian McMahon respectively). Each episode typically involves the cosmetic procedures of one or more patients, and also features the personal and professional lives of its main cast.
The show began in July 2003 and concluded with the end of the sixth season in March 2010. While the show was initially set in Miami, at the end of the fourth season, the practice was relocated to Los Angeles and many of the characters followed. The fifth season premiered on October 30, 2007, though production was affected by the 2007 Writers Strike. Accordingly, the second half of the fifth season was not screened until January 6, 2009, in the U.S.
The series ran for 100 episodes, concluding with the series finale on March 3, 2010. With the exception of the pilot, each episode is named after the character(s) that are scheduled to have plastic surgery.

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 13 | 13 | July 22, 2003 (2003-07-22) | October 21, 2003 (2003-10-21) |
| 2 | 16 | 16 | June 22, 2004 (2004-06-22) | October 5, 2004 (2004-10-05) |
| 3 | 15 | 15 | September 20, 2005 (2005-09-20) | December 20, 2005 (2005-12-20) |
| 4 | 15 | 15 | September 5, 2006 (2006-09-05) | December 12, 2006 (2006-12-12) |
| 5 | 22 | 14 | October 30, 2007 (2007-10-30) | February 19, 2008 (2008-02-19) |
| 5 | 22 | 8 | January 6, 2009 (2009-01-06) | March 3, 2009 (2009-03-03) |
| 6 | 19 | 19 | October 14, 2009 (2009-10-14) | March 3, 2010 (2010-03-03) |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (2003)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Patient portrayer | Original release date | Prod. code | Viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Ryan Murphy | Ryan Murphy | Geoffrey Rivas | July 22, 2003 (2003-07-22) | 475194 | 3.70 |
| 2 | 2 | "Mandi/Randi" | Ryan Murphy | Ryan Murphy | Caitlin & Melinda Dahl | July 29, 2003 (2003-07-29) | 176451 | 3.34 |
| 3 | 3 | "Nanette Babcock" | Lawrence Trilling | Ryan Murphy | Lindsay Hollister | August 5, 2003 (2003-08-05) | 176452 | 3.55 |
| 4 | 4 | "Sofia Lopez" | Michael M. Robin | Sean Jablonski | Jonathan Del Arco | August 12, 2003 (2003-08-12) | 176453 | 3.35 |
| 5 | 5 | "Kurt Dempsey" | Elodie Keene | Lyn Greene & Richard Levine | Vincent Angell | August 19, 2003 (2003-08-19) | 176454 | 2.96 |
| 6 | 6 | "Megan O'Hara" | Craig Zisk | Jennifer Salt | Julie Warner | September 2, 2003 (2003-09-02) | 176455 | 3.28 |
| 7 | 7 | "Cliff Mantegna" | Scott Brazil | Brad Falchuk | Alex Carter | September 9, 2003 (2003-09-09) | 176456 | 3.32 |
| 8 | 8 | "Cara Fitzgerald" | Jamie Babbit | Ryan Murphy | Keri Lynn Pratt | September 16, 2003 (2003-09-16) | 176457 | 3.52 |
| 9 | 9 | "Sofia Lopez II" | Nelson McCormick | Sean Jablonski | Jonathan Del Arco | September 23, 2003 (2003-09-23) | 176458 | 3.67 |
| 10 | 10 | "Adelle Coffin" | Michael M. Robin | Dell Chandler & Ryan Murphy | Nan Martin | September 30, 2003 (2003-09-30) | 176459 | 3.03 |
| 11 | 11 | "Montana/Sassy/Justice" | Michael M. Robin | Lyn Greene & Richard Levine | Cheryl White | October 7, 2003 (2003-10-07) | 176460 | 2.50 |
| 12 | 12 | "Antonia Ramos" | Elodie Keene | Jennifer Salt & Brad Falchuk | Marisol Nichols | October 14, 2003 (2003-10-14) | 176461 | 2.92 |
| 13 | 13 | "Escobar Gallardo" | Ryan Murphy | Ryan Murphy | Robert LaSardo | October 21, 2003 (2003-10-21) | 176462 | 2.99 |

### Season 2 (2004)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Patient portrayer | Original release date | Prod. code | Viewers (millions) |
| 14 | 1 | "Erica Noughton" | Ryan Murphy | Ryan Murphy | Vanessa Redgrave | June 22, 2004 (2004-06-22) | 177601 | 3.81 |
| 15 | 2 | "Christian Troy" | Jamie Babbit | Sean Jablonski | Julian McMahon | June 29, 2004 (2004-06-29) | 177602 | 3.17 |
| 16 | 3 | "Manya Mabika" | Elodie Keene | Lyn Greene & Richard Levine | Aisha Tyler | July 6, 2004 (2004-07-06) | 177603 | 3.49 |
| 17 | 4 | "Mrs. Grubman" | Jamie Babbit | Jennifer Salt | Ruth Williamson | July 13, 2004 (2004-07-13) | 177604 | 3.04 |
| 18 | 5 | "Joel Gideon" | Nelson McCormick | Brad Falchuk | Doug Savant | July 20, 2004 (2004-07-20) | 177605 | 3.09 |
| 19 | 6 | "Bobbi Broderick" | Michael M. Robin | Lyn Greene & Richard Levine | Jill Clayburgh | July 27, 2004 (2004-07-27) | 177606 | 3.74 |
| 20 | 7 | "Naomi Gaines" | Craig Zisk | Sean Jablonski | Leslie Bibb | August 3, 2004 (2004-08-03) | 177607 | 3.80 |
| 21 | 8 | "Agatha Ripp" | Michael M. Robin | Ryan Murphy | Sarah Paulson | August 10, 2004 (2004-08-10) | 177608 | 3.88 |
| 22 | 9 | "Rose and Raven Rosenberg" | Elodie Keene | Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk | Lori and Reba Schappell | August 17, 2004 (2004-08-17) | 177609 | 3.45 |
| 23 | 10 | "Kimber Henry" | Nelson McCormick | Jennifer Salt | Kelly Carlson | August 24, 2004 (2004-08-24) | 177610 | 3.73 |
| 24 | 11 | "Natasha Charles" | Greer Shephard | Lyn Greene & Richard Levine | Rebecca Gayheart | August 31, 2004 (2004-08-31) | 177611 | 4.30 |
| 25 | 12 | "Julia McNamara" | Michael M. Robin | Ryan Murphy & Hank Chilton | Joely Richardson | September 7, 2004 (2004-09-07) | 177612 | 4.15 |
| 26 | 13 | "Oona Wentworth" | Scott Brazil | Sean Jablonski & Jennifer Salt | Brooks Almy | September 14, 2004 (2004-09-14) | 177613 | 3.75 |
| 27 | 14 | "Trudy Nye" | Elodie Keene | Hank Chilton | Lisa Waltz | September 21, 2004 (2004-09-21) | 177614 | 3.67 |
| 28 | 15 | "Sean McNamara" | Michael M. Robin | Brad Falchuk | Dylan Walsh | September 28, 2004 (2004-09-28) | 177615 | 3.85 |
| 29 | 16 | "Joan Rivers" | Ryan Murphy | Ryan Murphy | Joan Rivers | October 5, 2004 (2004-10-05) | 177616 | 5.22 |

### Season 3 (2005)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Patient portrayer | Original release date | Prod. code | Viewers (millions) |
| 30 | 1 | "Momma Boone" | Elodie Keene | Ryan Murphy | Kathy Lamkin | September 20, 2005 (2005-09-20) | 2T5951 | 5.29 |
| 31 | 2 | "Kiki" | Elodie Keene | Lyn Greene & Richard Levine | Kiki (gorilla) | September 27, 2005 (2005-09-27) | 2T5952 | 3.91 |
| 32 | 3 | "Derek, Alex, and Gary" | Craig Zisk | Brad Falchuk | Adam Henderson, Aaron Moody and Graham Miller | October 4, 2005 (2005-10-04) | 2T5953 | 3.89 |
| 33 | 4 | "Rhea Reynolds" | Greer Shephard | Jennifer Salt | Tara Buck | October 11, 2005 (2005-10-11) | 2T5954 | 3.42 |
| 34 | 5 | "Granville Trapp" | Jeremy Podeswa | Sean Jablonski | Erik Passoja | October 18, 2005 (2005-10-18) | 2T5955 | 3.84 |
| 35 | 6 | "Frankenlaura" | Michael M. Robin | Hank Chilton | Valentin Siroon | October 25, 2005 (2005-10-25) | 2T5956 | 3.54 |
| 36 | 7 | "Ben White" | Jeremy Podeswa | Lyn Greene & Richard Levine | John Billingsley | November 1, 2005 (2005-11-01) | 2T5957 | 3.33 |
| 37 | 8 | "Tommy Bolton" | Guy Ferland | Brad Falchuk | Blair Williamson | November 8, 2005 (2005-11-08) | 2T5958 | 3.42 |
| 38 | 9 | "Hannah Tedesco" | Michael M. Robin | Sean Jablonski | Uncredited | November 15, 2005 (2005-11-15) | 2T5959 | 2.83 |
| 39 | 10 | "Madison Berg" | Greg Yaitanes | Jennifer Salt | Hallee Hirsh | November 22, 2005 (2005-11-22) | 2T5960 | 2.93 |
| 40 | 11 | "Abby Mays" | Michael M. Robin | Hank Chilton | Rebecca Metz | November 29, 2005 (2005-11-29) | 2T5961 | 3.48 |
| 41 | 12 | "Sal Perri" | David Nutter | Lyn Greene & Richard Levine | Louis Mustillo | December 6, 2005 (2005-12-06) | 2T5962 | 3.00 |
| 42 | 13 | "Joy Kringle" | Greer Shephard | Sean Jablonski & Jennifer Salt | Elizabeth Ruscio | December 13, 2005 (2005-12-13) | 2T5963 | 3.30 |
| 43 | 14 | "Cherry Peck" | Craig Zisk | Brad Falchuk & Hank Chilton | Willam Belli | December 20, 2005 (2005-12-20) | 2T5964 | 5.68 |
| 44 | 15 | "Quentin Costa" | Ryan Murphy | Ryan Murphy | Bruno Campos | December 20, 2005 (2005-12-20) | 2T5965 | 5.68 |

### Season 4 (2006)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Patient portrayer | Original release date | Prod. code | Viewers (millions) |
| 45 | 1 | "Cindy Plumb" | Ryan Murphy | Ryan Murphy | Kathleen Turner | September 5, 2006 (2006-09-05) | 3T5001 | 4.86 |
| 46 | 2 | "Blu Mondae" | Michael M. Robin | Lyn Greene & Richard Levine | Angela Little | September 12, 2006 (2006-09-12) | 3T5002 | 3.86 |
| 47 | 3 | "Monica Wilder" | Elodie Keene | Brad Falchuk | Jennifer Hall | September 19, 2006 (2006-09-19) | 3T5003 | 3.45 |
| 48 | 4 | "Shari Noble" | Nelson McCormick | Jennifer Salt | Melissa Gilbert | September 26, 2006 (2006-09-26) | 3T5004 | 3.92 |
| 49 | 5 | "Dawn Budge" | Elodie Keene | Hank Chilton | Rosie O'Donnell | October 3, 2006 (2006-10-03) | 3T5005 | 3.34 |
| 50 | 6 | "Faith Wolper, Ph.D" | Sean Jablonski | Sean Jablonski | Brooke Shields | October 10, 2006 (2006-10-10) | 3T5006 | 3.55 |
| 51 | 7 | "Burt Landau" | Charles Haid | Brad Falchuk | Larry Hagman | October 17, 2006 (2006-10-17) | 3T5007 | 3.98 |
| 52 | 8 | "Conor McNamara" | Patrick McKee | Jennifer Salt & Hank Chilton | Spencer Roberts | October 24, 2006 (2006-10-24) | 3T5008 | 3.26 |
| 53 | 9 | "Liz Cruz" | Richard Levine | Lyn Greene & Richard Levine | Roma Maffia | October 31, 2006 (2006-10-31) | 3T5009 | 3.27 |
| 54 | 10 | "Merrill Bobolit" | Charles Haid | Sean Jablonski & Brad Falchuk | Joey Slotnick | November 7, 2006 (2006-11-07) | 3T5010 | 3.91 |
| 55 | 11 | "Conor McNamara, 2026" | Craig Zisk | Ryan Murphy | Stark Sands | November 14, 2006 (2006-11-14) | 3T5011 | 3.47 |
| 56 | 12 | "Diana Lubey" | Charles Haid | Sean Jablonski | Catherine Deneuve | November 21, 2006 (2006-11-21) | 3T5012 | 3.30 |
| 57 | 13 | "Reefer" | Lyn Greene | Lyn Greene & Richard Levine | Charles Haid | November 28, 2006 (2006-11-28) | 3T5013 | 3.02 |
| 58 | 14 | "Willy Ward" | Michael M. Robin | Jennifer Salt | Ronn Lucas | December 5, 2006 (2006-12-05) | 3T5014 | 2.84 |
| 59 | 15 | "Gala Gallardo" | Ryan Murphy | Ryan Murphy & Hank Chilton | Idalis DeLeon | December 12, 2006 (2006-12-12) | 3T5015 | 3.38 |

### Season 5 (2007–09)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Patient portrayer | Original release date | Prod. code | Viewers (millions) |
| Part 1 |||||||||
| 60 | 1 | "Carly Summers" | Charles Haid | Ryan Murphy | Daphne Zuniga | October 30, 2007 (2007-10-30) | 3T6401 | 4.34 |
| 61 | 2 | "Joyce & Sharon Monroe" | Charles Haid | Ryan Murphy | Susan Griffiths & Merilee Brasch | November 6, 2007 (2007-11-06) | 3T6402 | 3.33 |
| 62 | 3 | "Everett Poe" | Richard Levine | Lyn Greene & Richard Levine | Michael Des Barres | November 13, 2007 (2007-11-13) | 3T6403 | 3.56 |
| 63 | 4 | "Dawn Budge II" | Charles Haid | Jennifer Salt | Rosie O'Donnell | November 20, 2007 (2007-11-20) | 3T6404 | 3.21 |
| 64 | 5 | "Chaz Darling" | Sean Jablonski | Sean Jablonski | Jai Rodriguez | November 27, 2007 (2007-11-27) | 3T6405 | 3.40 |
| 65 | 6 | "Damien Sands" | Charles Haid | Hank Chilton | Ian Buchanan | December 4, 2007 (2007-12-04) | 3T6406 | 2.49 |
| 66 | 7 | "Dr. Joshua Lee" | Brad Falchuk | Brad Falchuk | George Coe | December 11, 2007 (2007-12-11) | 3T6407 | 2.52 |
| 67 | 8 | "Duke Collins" | Elodie Keene | Lyn Greene & Richard Levine | Joel McKinnon Miller | December 18, 2007 (2007-12-18) | 3T6408 | 1.94 |
| 68 | 9 | "Rachel Ben Natan" | Charles Haid | Jennifer Salt | Maggie Siff | January 15, 2008 (2008-01-15) | 3T6409 | 2.19 |
| 69 | 10 | "Magda & Jeff" | Craig Zisk | Hank Chilton | Selma Stern & Robert Gant | January 22, 2008 (2008-01-22) | 3T6410 | 2.84 |
| 70 | 11 | "Kyle Ainge" | Dirk Wallace Craft | Brad Falchuk & Hank Chilton | Jeff Hephner | January 29, 2008 (2008-01-29) | 3T6411 | 2.89 |
| 71 | 12 | "Lulu Grandiron" | Brad Falchuk | Brad Falchuk | Donna Mills | February 5, 2008 (2008-02-05) | 3T6412 | 3.34 |
| 72 | 13 | "August Walden" | Sean Jablonski | Sean Jablonski | Stephen J. Oliver | February 12, 2008 (2008-02-12) | 3T6413 | 2.71 |
| 73 | 14 | "Candy Richards" | Richard Levine | Jennifer Salt | Jennifer Coolidge | February 19, 2008 (2008-02-19) | 3T6414 | 2.98 |
| Part 2 |||||||||
| 74 | 15 | "Ronnie Chase" | Brad Falchuk | Ryan Murphy | Michael Scheckenowitz | January 6, 2009 (2009-01-06) | 3T6415 | 3.12 |
| 75 | 16 | "Gene Shelly" | Richard Levine | Lyn Greene & Richard Levine | John Fleck | January 13, 2009 (2009-01-13) | 3T6416 | 2.53 |
| 76 | 17 | "Roxy St. James" | Lyn Greene | Jennifer Salt | Dina Meyer | January 27, 2009 (2009-01-27) | 3T6417 | 2.68 |
| 77 | 18 | "Ricky Wells" | John Stuart Scott | Brad Falchuk | Brando Eaton | February 3, 2009 (2009-02-03) | 3T6418 | 2.70 |
| 78 | 19 | "Manny Skerritt" | Dirk Wallace Craft | Ryan Murphy | Misha Collins | February 10, 2009 (2009-02-10) | 3T6419 | 2.33 |
| 79 | 20 | "Budi Sabri" | Hank Chilton | Ryan Murphy & Hank Chilton | Chi Muoi Lo | February 17, 2009 (2009-02-17) | 3T6420 | 2.40 |
| 80 | 21 | "Allegra Calderella" | Sean Jablonski | Sean Jablonski | Elaine Hausman | February 24, 2009 (2009-02-24) | 3T6421 | 2.10 |
| 81 | 22 | "Giselle Blaylock & Legend Chandler" | Lyn Greene | Lyn Greene & Richard Levine | Wendy Glenn & Graham Shiels | March 3, 2009 (2009-03-03) | 3T6422 | 2.39 |

### Season 6 (2009–10)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Patient portrayer | Original release date | Prod. code | Viewers (millions) |
| 82 | 1 | "Don Hoberman" | Brad Falchuk | Ryan Murphy | Mark Atteberry | October 14, 2009 (2009-10-14) | 3T7901 | 2.92 |
| 83 | 2 | "Enigma" | John Stuart Scott | Lyn Greene & Richard Levine | Parker Croft | October 21, 2009 (2009-10-21) | 3T7902 | 2.23 |
| 84 | 3 | "Briggitte Reinholt" | Dirk Craft | Sean Jablonski | Lee Garlington | October 28, 2009 (2009-10-28) | 3T7903 | 2.20 |
| 85 | 4 | "Jenny Juggs" | Jesse Bochco | Jennifer Salt | Kiersten Warren | November 4, 2009 (2009-11-04) | 3T7904 | 2.17 |
| 86 | 5 | "Abigail Sullivan" | John Stuart Scott | Brad Falchuk | Amy Farrington | November 11, 2009 (2009-11-11) | 3T7905 | 1.75 |
| 87 | 6 | "Alexis Stone" | Tim Hunter | Hank Chilton | Candis Cayne | November 18, 2009 (2009-11-18) | 3T7906 | 1.89 |
| 88 | 7 | "Alexis Stone II" | John Stuart Scott | Ryan Murphy | Candis Cayne | November 25, 2009 (2009-11-25) | 3T7907 | 1.41 |
| 89 | 8 | "Lola Wlodkowski" | Eric Stoltz | Lyn Greene & Richard Levine | Danica Sheridan | December 2, 2009 (2009-12-02) | 3T7908 | 2.41 |
| 90 | 9 | "Benny Nilsson" | John Stuart Scott | Sean Jablonski | Luke McClure | December 9, 2009 (2009-12-09) | 3T7909 | 1.75 |
| 91 | 10 | "Wesley Clovis" | Tate Donovan | Jennifer Salt | Eric Stonestreet | December 16, 2009 (2009-12-16) | 3T7960 | 2.09 |
| 92 | 11 | "Dan Daly" | Elodie Keene | Ryan Murphy | Wayne Pére | January 6, 2010 (2010-01-06) | 3T7961 | 1.71 |
| 93 | 12 | "Willow Banks" | Tim Hunter | Brad Falchuk | Mini Anden | January 13, 2010 (2010-01-13) | 3T7962 | 1.96 |
| 94 | 13 | "Joel Seabrook" | Tate Donovan | Hank Chilton | Tim Guinee | January 20, 2010 (2010-01-20) | 3T7963 | 1.89 |
| 95 | 14 | "Sheila Carlton" | Craig Zisk | Lyn Greene & Richard Levine | Christine Estabrook | January 27, 2010 (2010-01-27) | 3T7964 | 1.81 |
| 96 | 15 | "Virginia Hayes" | Hank Chilton | Hank Chilton | Kate Norby | February 3, 2010 (2010-02-03) | 3T7965 | 1.54 |
| 97 | 16 | "Dr. Griffin" | Tim Hunter | Jennifer Salt | Daniel Benzali | February 10, 2010 (2010-02-10) | 3T7967 | 1.73 |
| 98 | 17 | "Christian Troy II" | Diana Valentine | Sean Jablonski | Julian McMahon | February 17, 2010 (2010-02-17) | 3T7966 | 1.49 |
| 99 | 18 | "Walter & Edith Krieger" | Dirk Craft | Brad Falchuk | Harold Gould & Hildy Brooks | February 24, 2010 (2010-02-24) | 3T7968 | 1.52 |
| 100 | 19 | "Hiro Yoshimura" | John Stuart Scott | Ryan Murphy | Koji Kataoka | March 3, 2010 (2010-03-03) | 3T7969 | 1.88 |