The fourth season of ''

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'' premiered on September 5, 2006 and concluded on December 12, 2006. It consisted of 15 episodes.

Cast and characters

Main cast

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as Dr. Sean McNamara * Julian McMahon as Dr. Christian Troy * John Hensley as Matt McNamara *

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as Liz Cruz *

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as Kimber Henry *

Joely Richardson Joely Kim Richardson (born 9 January 1965) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Julia McNamara in the FX drama series ''Nip/Tuck'' (2003–10) and Katherine Parr in the Showtime series ''The Tudors'' (2010). She has also appea ...

as Julia McNamara

Special guest stars

Recurring cast

Episodes

U.S television ratings

Reception

The fourth season received positive reviews from critics, holding a 71% fresh rating on

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. Maria Elena Fernandez of the ''

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'' wrote "Perhaps the show's continued success can be attributed to its restless energy and how in one hour it offers a taste of several different genres, mixing the real with the outrageous", whilst Brian Lowry wrote for ''

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'', "As always, the series manages to glorify surface beauty while subjecting society's obsession with it to a harsh glare, holding up the strange cases that waltz in as a mirror to the Sean-Julia-Christian triangle. The dialogue remains biting as well." Maureen Ryan of the ''

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'' praised the character development, writing "That sense of saucy transgression married to surprisingly effective character development – the magic formula of the first two seasons – is a bit wobbly this year, but Nip/Tuck is more or less back on track." Some reviews were less favorable, with Joe Reid of ''

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'' writing "This stretch of Nip/Tuck was just uninspired ...

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its own urban-legend charm, but all the main characters were seriously spinning their wheels", whilst other critics argued the show did not live up to the quality of previous seasons and criticized many imbued scenes.

References

{{Nip/Tuck Box Nip/Tuck 2006 American television seasons