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Think she got jail time for smuggling cocaine through the airport?


No, but seriously. That really pissed me off, what Sean and What's-Her-Face did to her character in Nip/Tuck. She didn't even deserve it. Sean and What's-Her-Face were TERRIBLE parents -- the mother just wanted to do what was right. She may have chosen a creepy hot Italian man to be her husband, but her intentions were still just.

Bad bad, Nip/Tuck writers!

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She may have chosen a creepy hot Italian man to be her husband Who happened to be a pedophile and was taking inappropriate photos. Get the kids out immediately.

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He actually only masturbated into the girl's panties. Watch that scene with the mother again -- you'll see he had no intention of ever actually touching the daughter.

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Holy moly please don't justify his actions. Masturbating into her panties is only a sign of things that were to come. Give him a bit of alcohol and he would start banging on bedroom doors to get what he wants.

I'm glad they kicked the grandmother out of the picture. She did the right thing in the end but she was taking advantage over Sean's suicide and Julia's lesbian relationship to get what she wants. She was a cold, manipulative woman. But you are right, neither Julia or Sean should win parent of the year.

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I'm not justifying his actions. I'm saying even though he was twisted, the writers used the moment to bring out truth about both characters -- the pedophile admitted he was hopeless, and the mother, even though she never said so, also realized she wasn't as wonderful as she thought she was.

Of course the Italian had to go, and of course the mother should have given away the kids -- but her heart was in a place Sean and Julia's WASN'T.

Personally I think it was a weakly written arc anyway. But Nip/Tuck had quite a history of those. They find a replacement for Christian? The replacement turns out to be a crazy couch molester. Christian had cancer? Oops, turns out it was just a mistake. Mother was going to win custody of the children? Oops, turns out she married a pedophile. But then they took her punishment a step further (losing the kids was the initial punishment) and had her framed. Why??

Felt very unfair. Sean and Julia were just bad -- relative to them, Redgrave was practically Mother of the Year.

Anyway. Got off topic. Yes, acting on pedophilic thoughts is unconscionable. But losing the custody of the kids should have been punishment enough. Getting framed was just pointless over kill.

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