Nip/Tuck season 5 was premiered on 10-30-2007 and the season opener was entitled ‘Carly Summers’. It opened with Sean and Christian as they relocated their practice from Miami to Los Angeles and got jobs as the medical consultants on a night soap opera called ‘Hearts ‘n’ Scalpels’. Next episode was entitled ‘Joyce & Sharon Monroe’. Here, we met Julia when she visited New York and introduced her boyfriend to Sean and Christian.

Then came the episode entitled ‘Everett Poe’- Eden, Olivia’s 18 year old daughter came to McNamara/Troy for a hymen reconstruction and Sean is very disturbed by her. Matt visited Los Angeles with baby Jenna and announced that he had left Kimber. Sean came to know about Kate’s secrets; meanwhile, Liz questioned Julia-Olivia relationship. Next episode was entitled ‘Dawn Budge II’. We met Dawn Budge who required the professional services of Sean and Christian after an eagle attacked her face. Christian treated a nun who has a desire to reduce the size of her breasts and also another disturbed woman. Sisterly bond between Annie and Eden unnerved Sean.

In ‘Chaz Darling’, Eden tried his best to persuade Christian to perform a surgery on her friend. Sean got an inspiration from one of his patients and thought to re-new the things with Kate. Kimber reached out to a former business associate for help when she and Matt fall on rough sledding.Next episode was entitled ‘Damien Sands’, Christian has a brilliant idea and he suggested Sean to film a reality show based on their careers as plastic surgeons but soon they discovered that people are more interested to know about their personal lives as compared to their surgical cases.

‘Dr. Joshua Lee’ brought Sean who tried to recover his youth through his relationship with Eden and his friendly relationship with Aidan Stone. A carjacker kidnapped Julia and Olivia and it caused Julia to question her relationship with Olivia. Kimber made a decision which devastated Matt. Next episode was ‘Duke Collins’- Sean discovered the secrets between Christian and Julia and Kimber and Ram revealed their future plans. Meanwhile, Eden and Julia’s peace agreement seemed suspicious. Next, came the episode, ‘Rachel Ben Natan’,Dawn Budge, ‘Hearts ‘n’ Scalpels’ producer didn’t want the show to join a gay-pride parade. Christian fell into his old habits and Sean hired a Receptionist Gina, in order to get back at Christian. An unfortunate incident led Dawn Budge to McNamara/Troy. Next episode of series was entitled ‘Magda and Jeff’- Sean’s role on ‘Hearts ‘n’ Scalpels’ is elaborated after he hired a talent agent. Julia’s illness is still a mystery and Christian rejected Gina’s initiatives when she led him through a new form of sex. An older woman appeared and she wants to have surgery done on her young hubby. Then came the episode entitled ‘Kyle Ainge’.

Next episode was ‘Lulu Grandiron’. Eden joined Kimber and Ram in business and Sean helped her. Christian is hired by a group of society woman to fulfill all their cosmetic surgery requests. Kimber and Ram invited Eden into their marriage. ‘August Walden’ leads the season finale ‘Candy Richards’. In the season finale, the reason behind Julia’s poor heath is revealed. Julia comes to know about it and as a result a tragedy strikes the McNamara/Troy family.A visitor from Christian’s past revealed some news. A deceived starlet visited McNamara/ Troy in order to fix her botched makeover, and Sean discovered the price of fame to be more expensive than its worth.