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Nip/Tuck: Season 4

15 episodes Premiered Sep 5, 2006 Updated Oct 6, 2026

Role: Meticulous television and film archivist. Task: Write a JSON object for "Nip/Tuck" Season 4. Constraints: Use ONLY provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES. No invented/guessed details (titles, names, dates, etc.). If not in material, omit. Style: Original, neutral, encyclopedic prose in plain text. No markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points (within the text content). Output format: Valid JSON only. JSON Key

Previously on Nip/Tuck

Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ The fourth season of Nip/Tuck premiered on September 9, 2006 and concluded on December 12, 2006.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season overview

Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
Task: Write a JSON object for "Nip/Tuck" Season 4.
Constraints:
Use ONLY provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES.
No invented/guessed details (titles, names, dates, etc.).
If not in material, omit.
Style: Original, neutral, encyclopedic prose in plain text.
No markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points (within the text content).
Output format: Valid JSON only.
JSON Keys:
overview: 160-220 word summary of the season's narrative arc.
primer: Array of exactly 4 concise bullet points (though the prompt says "no bullet points" in the style instructions, it asks for an "array of exactly 4 concise bullet points" in the JSON structure. I will interpret "no bullet points" as no markdown bullet characters like * or - inside the string values, but the JSON array itself provides the structure).
TMDB SEASON SYNOPSIS:
Premiere date: September 9, 2006.
Conclusion date: December 12, 2006.
Episode count: 15 episodes.
SOURCES:
Title: Nip/Tuck (2003).
Rating: TV-MA.
Genre: Drama.
Characters mentioned: Dr. Sean McNamara, Dr. Christian Troy.
Description fragment: "Hotshot plastic surgeons Dr. Sean McNamara and Dr. Christian Troy experience full-blow..." (The text is cut off).
Overview (160-220 words):
The provided text is extremely limited. It says: "The fourth season of Nip/Tuck premiered on September 9, 2006 and concluded on December 12, 2006. It consisted of 15 episodes." and "Hotshot plastic surgeons Dr. Sean McNamara and Dr. Christian Troy experience full-blow".
I cannot meet the 160-220 word requirement because the source text is insufficient to write a summary of that length without inventing facts.
Wait, the instructions say "If a detail is not in the provided material, you omit it rather than guess." and "Write ONLY verifiable facts that are explicitly supported by the provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES."
If I cannot meet the word count because the source is too short, I must prioritize the "ONLY verifiable facts" rule.

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Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 4: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (12): Character development & subplots
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S4·E1 Mytharc

Cindy Plumb

Sep 5, 2006 · 44 min

Sean and Christian may be celebrating a milestone surgery, but it looks like the future of McNamara/Troy is in jeopardy. Julia tells Sean some devastating news about the baby. Chri

S4·E2 Core

Blu Mondae

Sep 12, 2006 · 44 min

Sean and Julia make a big decision regarding their unborn baby. Christian and Sean hit troubled waters with their new boss and begin to realize what it really means to have sold th

S4·E3 Core

Monica Wilder

Sep 19, 2006 · 44 min

Sean and Julia are looking for a nanny. Sean wants to turn to Christian for support after his hidden desires are revealed. But Chistian is busy going to the gym because he thinks h

S4·E4 Core

Shari Noble

Sep 26, 2006 · 44 min

After having a nipple bitten off by her dog, Shari Noble comes in to have it reconstructed before her husband returns from Iraq. Julia meets a breast-feeding expert. Christian and

S4·E5 Core

Dawn Budge

Oct 3, 2006 · 44 min

A lottery winner offers Christian a fortune. Christian certainly needs the money since he's being blackmailed by James. Christian and Sean are trying to get Matt away from Kimber a

S4·E6 Core

Faith Wolper, PhD

Oct 10, 2006 · 44 min

Sean soon discovers that Monica Wilder doesn't intend to leave him alone. Christian's therapist has an obsessive torment to reveal. And Burt Landau proposes an unusual solution upo

S4·E7 Core

Burt Landau

Oct 17, 2006 · 44 min

Dawn Budge needs an ear transplant. Burt Landau suffered a stroke and asks Christian and Sean to fix his face.

S4·E8 Core

Conor McNamara

Oct 24, 2006 · 44 min

Mrs. Grubman is back for more Plastic Surgery this time she wants Christian to preform it after she has passed on. Sean and Julia have conflicts over Conor's Surgery.

S4·E9 Core

Liz Cruz

Oct 31, 2006 · 44 min

Liz's new gilfriend, Poppy, wants her to have cosmetic surgery. James makes Christian and Michelle help her steal another kidney. Sean offers consultation to Marlowe, who wants lon

S4·E10 Core

Merrill Bobolit

Nov 7, 2006 · 44 min

Dr. Merrill Bobolit, who's out of jail, needs Sean's and Christian's professional services. Escobar Gallardo wants them to perform surgery on his face. And Matt tells his family th

S4·E11 Core

Conor McNamara, 2026

Nov 14, 2006 · 44 min

It's the year 2026. Conor is getting the whole family together. In the present, Julia and Sean's marriage is at a crossroads.

S4·E12 Core

Diana Lubey

Nov 21, 2006 · 44 min

Even though he doubts his ability to maintain a long term relationship Christian proposes to Michelle and a lonely Sean takes a pathological case for rationalities that have as muc

S4·E13 Core

Reefer

Nov 28, 2006 · 44 min

Sean drinks to a great extent as he spends a depressing Christmas without his family; Christian gets an surprising gift when a 3-year old Wilber comes back into his life; and James

S4·E14 Mytharc

Willy Ward

Dec 5, 2006 · 44 min

Sean contrives to sell his portion of the practice; Michelle's connection with James finally ends, but not with James' boss; Gina is not happy to discover about Michelle's role in

S4·E15 Mytharc

Gala Gallardo

Dec 12, 2006 · 44 min

Sean considers selling his shares of the practice to Christian and Michelle, although Michelle's past starts to threaten her future with Christian. Meanwhile, Escobar's wife needs

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