Nip/Tuck/Thoughts: A Swingin' Good Episode

And I thought last week's episode was freaky-deaky.

Well it was, but Tuesday's episode "Chaz Darling" was almost as out-there.

It started with an appearance from "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"s (remember THAT show?) "culture guy" Jai Rodriguez, as Chaz, a Hollywood stylist and a friend of Eden's. That part wasn't too weird. What WAS odd (and completely unacceptable to image-conscious Chaz) was his over-sized left nipple. After Eden threatened to tell Sean about Christian banging Julia, he was forced to operate on Chaz for free.

I liked the scene early on with Christian vowing to set Eden straight telling her that, unlike his partner, he can handle little cock teases like Eden. And it was refreshing to see him actually do it. When Eden tried to blackmail some free (and completely unnecessary) lipo out of Christian by threatening to release a sex tape of Olivia and Julia, he framed her for stealing drugs from his office and convinced Olivia to send her to rehab. Although, I've enjoyed the Eden character, her little temptress act was running the risk of becoming slightly tiresome, so it's good that it seems like we'll get a bit of a break from her.

After getting a bit of a break from them, Matt and Kimber were a surprisingly large focus of last night's episode. And although I'm not the biggest Matt fan in the world, I like that we sorta found out how they got hooked on crystal meth. Kimber started doing it to lose the baby weight and after the Scientologists took her money, but that still doesn't exactly explain why Matt was so hooked.

I enjoyed Kimber ripping off the carpet from their dingy apartment's floor because she swore she could feel quarters (for more meth) on her bare feet. What I liked even better was Matt's temporary foray into the adult film world after Kimber unsuccessfully tried to make a comeback. You gotta love being introduced to characters named Ram (the "Dukes of Hazzard"s and "Smallville"s charming John Schneider) and his wife busty. Even better was the name of the gay porno ("First-Time Fairies) Matt was going to star in for a mere $5,000. Eventually, Kimber showed up to stop him from whoring himself, so that she could whore herself to their meth dealer instead. Alrighty.

Like I said, I enjoyed their subplot last night (and I would've enjoyed it even more if annoying Matt had actually had to go through with it), but next time we see these two, let's tie them together to the rest of the show, because last night it seemed like I was watching 2/3 of Nip/Tuck and 1/3 of Requiem for a Dream: The TV Series.

So if Christian's story was one of the 2/3 of Nip/Tuck, the other part was Sean (pictured) and his sex life with Kate. Yeah, that's still not going so well, and Kate tried to get it kick started by asking him his fantasy. It was the ol' reliable schoolboy fantasy (wonder where he got that one), which led to, possibly, the first good sex between the two, and two solid shots of Sean's ass (which has CLEARLY displaced Christian's ass as the go-to ass this year)

Meanwhile, Sean learned one of his patients (guest star Boris Kodjoe) hosted swingers parties where young black guys had sex with soccer moms and other desperate housewives while their husbands watched. Sean seemed a bit turned on, but when he told Kate, she seemed to get REALLY turned on.

It turned out it was a little TOO turned on for Sean's taste. The scene at the swingers party was simultaneously cheesy (the host's silk robe), creepy, sexy and funny (Sean frantically shouting "big wheel", his safe word for when he felt uncomfortable). In the end, Sean finally said what we were all thinking — their sex life was crappy because he was still grossed out by Kate crapping in the hot tub and the two broke up, but not before taking cheap shots at each other. I remember the phrases "fat ass" and "you're probably gonna get fat again" being thrown out there. Oh well.

So what'd you think of this episode? I know Eden is not right in the head, but who the hell wants to tape their own mom having sex? Will Sean still be on "Hearts 'N Scalpels" given his breakup with Kate (and that reality show previewed next week)? I thought Julia and Olivia were just visiting, so why are they still around? (Not that I mind having Olivia around, it's stupid Julia that needs to go) Finally, are you looking forward to next week's reality show gimmick? I think, given shows like "Dr. 90210", it could be a fun little romp.