"Julia McNamara" is the twelfth episode in the second season of the FX medical drama Nip/Tuck. It originally aired on September 7, in 2004.
Synopsis[]
An extraordinary episode sees Julia dreaming of an alternative life in which she became a career woman and married Christian.
Plot[]
After Julia's accident in the previous episode, Julia turns to Sean and Christian to fix her face. Sean resists at first, but eventually decides to do it after Christian lies to him and says the woman that was going to fix her face botched several jobs. Sean tells Julia that he keeps trying to forgive her and wants to try to love her again, but that it wouldn't happen right away.
Julia has an adverse reaction to the anesthesia and dreams during her surgery. Ava shows up in her dream as a different form of life coach, and guides her through this surreal life. Julia is married to Christian, and is a successful plastic surgeon. They run the Troy/Troy partnership firm. When Christian decides to leave the practice, Julia interviews another doctor - Sean, someone she knew from high school. Trying to catch up on old times, Sean invites Julia and Christian to dinner. They meet his wife, Megan O'Hara, and their son Matt, who is on the nerdy side and has a bug collection. Megan is three months pregnant with a girl they plan on calling Annie, named after his grandmother. Julia is upset after a visit to Liz, an OB/GYN in this world, who has two kids. Julia cannot have kids with Christian, who wanted to have a biological child since he was adopted. Kimber, Julia and Christian's three-way partner becomes pregnant, and Christian refuses to get rid of it. We are revisited by several characters, including Mrs. Grubman, Jude, and Julia's friend Suzanne.
When Julia wakes up in recovery, Sean is there waiting for her. She has realized that things would never work out with Christian, and that Sean was always the one she loved.
Cast[]
Starring[]
- Dylan Walsh as Sean McNamara
- Julian McMahon as Christian Troy
- Joely Richardson as Julia McNamara
- John Hensley as Matt McNamara
- Roma Maffia as Liz Cruz
Guest Starring[]
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Trivia[]
- This episode had the production code 177612.
- The episode had 4.15 million U.S. viewers upon release.
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