Nip/Tuck
Liz Cruz
TV Flash files “Liz Cruz” as hour 53 of 100 in the TV Flash guide — Nip/Tuck (2003–2010) on FX, season 4, episode 9, aired 2006-10-31, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E09: listed hour 53 of 100 in the Nip/Tuck guide, hour 9 of 15 in season 4. It aired 2006-10-31 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Conor McNamara” (S04E08). Next is “Merrill Bobolit” (S04E10).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Liz gets surgery to look better for her girlfriend. James uses Christian to lure Michelle into stealing another kidney. Marlowe wants his legs lengthened.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Liz Cruz sit in the Nip/Tuck guide?
S04E09 is listed hour 53 of 100 — hour 9 of 15 in season 4, season 4 episode 9.
When did Nip/Tuck S04E09 air?
Liz Cruz aired 2006-10-31 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is Nip/Tuck a realistic medical drama?
No. It is glossy body-horror soap: scalpel camp, sex as plot, beauty as a contact sport. The consultation catchphrase is the thesis.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Tell me what you don't like about yourself, then watch two Miami surgeons chase perfection into ethical freefall. Ryan Murphy's early FX provocation is glossy body-horror soap: scalpel camp, sex as plot, and a bromance that treats beauty like a contact sport.
Tell me what you don't like about yourself — and then tell the group chat you watched two Miami surgeons chase perfection into ethical freefall with the lights up. (Spoiler-free-ish. The catchphrase is the thesis.) Ryan Murphy's FX series (2003–2010) opened on that consultation and pushed basic-cable content boundaries weekly. Dylan Walsh and Julian McMahon as Sean McNamara and Christian Troy; Joely Richardson, John Hensley, Roma Maffia, Kelly Carlson. Glossy body-horror soap: scalpel camp, sex as plot, a…
Filed against
- Dylan Walsh as Sean McNamara
Dylan Walsh played Sean McNamara on Nip/Tuck — Miami surgeon, ethical freefall, and Ryan Murphy's early FX provocation that treated beauty like a contact sport. Tell me what you don't like about yourself; Walsh made the question a…
- Julian McMahon as Christian Troy
Julian McMahon’s Cole Turner made Charmed a demon with a romance problem — 1990s catalog WB sister-witch soap, then Nip/Tuck stretching the jawline into Miami surgical freefall. TV Flash files him as the half-demon who became a plastic…
- Joely Richardson as Julia McNamara
Joely Richardson’s Julia McNamara walked Nip/Tuck’s Miami scalpel soap — tell me what you don’t like about yourself, then watch two surgeons chase perfection into ethical freefall. Ryan Murphy’s early FX provocation: glossy body-horror,…
- John Hensley as Matt McNamara
John Hensley’s Matt McNamara grew up inside Nip/Tuck’s Miami scalpel camp — two surgeons chasing perfection into ethical freefall, Ryan Murphy’s early FX provocation, glossy body-horror soap. Sex as plot, beauty as a contact sport, a son…
- Roma Maffia as Liz Cruz
Roma Maffia's Liz Cruz kept Nip/Tuck's Miami scalpel from becoming only bromance camp — two surgeons chasing perfection into ethical freefall, Ryan Murphy's early FX provocation, glossy body-horror soap. Tell me what you don't like about…
- Kelly Carlson as Kimber Henry
Kelly Carlson's Kimber Henry walked Nip/Tuck like glossy body-horror soap — Miami surgeons chasing perfection into ethical freefall, Ryan Murphy's early FX provocation, scalpel camp with sex as plot. TV Flash files her as 2000s cable…