Re: Anybody catch Melissa G on \"Nip/Tuck\"?
Yeah, I saw it. I told you you were going to fall off the couch, Joe!
I know you wrote about this somewhere, which is how I knew she was going to record the episode, but I forgot what you said and can't remember which board or which thread you said it in - so I couldn't follow-up there.
Well, I ddn't fall off the couch, but I
did raise an eyebrow and get a serious chuckle out of it. (Although I also almost lost dinner during the surgery scene - a reminder of why I don't usually watch this show.) The thing is that
Nip/Tuck is
such a freakshow that things that would be shocking on most shows just seem like business as usual, no matter who the guest star is. Also I knew exactly what she had been up to from the "I was breaking up a fight" scene, because the character was so clearly lying about something, so the "twist" ending wasn't that much of a surprise.
I did like the way they went for as much misdirection as they could, letting the dialogue suggest that the husband was a controlling, possibly abusive caricature of a miilitary man. I will admit I had a few seconds doubt about my earlier conclusion, but then I realized how artfully the dialogue was written ("I'm sorry I didn't clean up the house" - the wife setting herself up as victim, but the husband basically
ignoring that reply instead of either buying into it or saying that wasn't what he was mad about. They were having two different conversations. He was confronting her about something, she was trying to make up a story for the doctor's benefit.)
Oh, and I thougth the dog in the duffle bag was a nice touch.
Now I'm
really sorry that I missed Tracy's appearance on the show.
Regards,
Joe
