“So, tell me what you don’t like about yourself.”
I must admit I’m going to miss hearing that line. Since 2003, FX’s edgy drama that covered the lives of plastic surgeons Sean McNamara and Christian Troy has been providing Americans a look into the often taboo world of permanent (and sometimes painful) cosmetic makeovers. And after its 100th episode, the series came to a rather disappointing end. And even a week later, I’m still having withdrawals. Too many questions were left and as a devoted Nip/tuck viewer, I was quite upset to see such an ugly ending.
First things first, I have to comment on Julia, why the hell does she have to move around so much? What does she even do for a living that allows her to skip across the U.S. and now the damn seven seas? There’s no way her and Sean’s children are living a normal life. She’s really just going to pack up and move to London? Really?
Liz. I loved Liz, she was one of the boys but at the same time still a woman. Now she’s expecting which I think is great. And they finally made her partner in the practice and then she just dips off? I don’t understand. That was just dumb.
And now onto the biggest dummy of the series—Matt. I couldn’t stand his ass. I’ve never liked him. He’s a wimp. Matt always fell into a trap or got caught up in something. He just couldn’t get nothing right. Though I didn’t agree with him marrying Ramona, why would he chase after someone that doesn’t love him. (And after the way she ditched that poor baby, she clearly doesn’t have the capacity to love someone else.) They could’ve killed Matt off in an earlier episode and I wouldn’t have been upset. That’s how much I didn’t like him, he just was there to be there.
It’s clear that Sean raised Matt, because in a sense, Sean is a wimp, too. Letting Julia just take his kids wherever she pleased? Punk. Allowing Christian to dominate his life? Soft. Wanting to be involved in Liz’s child’s life, after he was only supposed to be a sperm donor? Wuss. Sean just couldn’t do what Sean wanted to do. I’m not even sure he wanted to go to Budapest. Christian forced it on him and even forced him out of the practice. And despite all the sucka moves Sean made, I was still sad to see him go. I mean he was one of the main dudes of the show.
I have to say Christian’s end was no real surprise to me. He still hasn’t changed and I love it. He was always the star of the show in my eyes. He kept it real and wasn’t on the bullshit. Sure, he had plenty flaws but those flaws were minor setbacks in his eyes. Christian was and will always be the shit.
I will definitely miss him making low self-esteemed people with extra cash flow “beautiful.”
*image courtesy of flickr*
