They used to re-run previous seasons' episodes about a month or so before the new season airs on t.v. Last year they started re-running them and then they stopped midway through.  I've never seen any other network other than FX re-run those shows.  Usually the re-runs (when they do re-run them) are pretty late at night like 11pm-2am range.  I'm pretty sure they're on itunes but of course it'll cost you money.  They've also got seasons 1-3 on dvd and hopefully will have season 4 on dvd soon.

i really think this last season was pretty good.  the finale was definitely a cliff hanger and primed everyone for next season.  but since it's going to be a while before then, i was wondering if any other nip tuck fans are into any of the other shows on fx.  there's some pretty good ones out there.  i really like rescue me and it's always sunny in philadelphia.  what shows do you guys like beside this one? 

i have to admit, i really thought they wrote themselves into a corner last year and was wondering what they could do to make new story lines believable without moving the family to a new location.  i think they did a rather good job of establishing new sub-plots to keep the show interesting.  i hope they keep it up for the rest of the seaon.  thoughts?

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I really don't think he's dead.  I really feel that Sean and Christian's relationship is a symbiot around which the whole show is based.  One probably can't stand without the other.  Other than the obvious ratings ploy of the stabbing itslef, it seems like the writers have set up strong continuing storylines for almost every main character.  Julia doesn't remember anything... (and yes, i do agree with you, she couldn't have been simply coerced into amnesia), Eden appears to get off scot free, and of course Sean's stabbing.  I almost feel that within the story, all the characters have to forge a new identity, which makes it rather interesting.   Probably most interesting of all, there's really no clear indication of where everyone is heading within the story. It's all upside-down now and I'm pretty excited to see where all the pieces will land.  You know one thing that bugged me, there was an episode where an elderly dr. claimed to have alien technology implanted in him.  Sean and Christian removed an unidentifiable device from his body and then someone who claimed to be his daughter picked him up claiming that he wasn't well.  Then at the end of the episode the real daughter comes and asks where he's gone.  And then you never hear anything about it again.  Might seem insignificant, I guess. Just wondered what you thought about it.

this is the first time i've had a chance to get on here since the finale so... as much as i thought initially that the move to hollywood wasn't a good idea, it didn't end up too bad...  albeit that everyone systematically ended up following them to california, i felt that it was fresh enough to put a good spin on the show.  the finale was a good cliffhanger even though it was rather predictable.  one of my speculations (and apparently a lot of you picked up on as well) is that julia's amnesia probably isn't natural.  i don't think the producers would have put the mini-scene where eden tells her mom what happened in there for no reason.  my money says eden and her mom did something at the hospital to make sure that she wouldn't send eden to jail.  although, even though they may have succeeded in wiping her memory, there still is a possible paper trail.  the lab that tested julia's hair probably keeps records.  that's a fact that, no doubt, will eventually come to either christian's or sean's attention; or both.
i thought that it was pretty fitting that sean's chance to step into the limelight went south.  the whole show is based on the "competition" between christian and sean and now that sean had a taste of the machismo that christian has dominated, he sort of came full circle. throught the series it was always obvious that christian's role was that of the domintating, conquering one and sean's was the rational, nurturing role.  and after only a few months of sean playing the "big shot" he was ready to go back to beign who he really is.  that was, of course, right up until he got stabbed in the back.  throughout the season the theme was the "soul-less" nature of hollywood and its effect on the characters. if i remember correctly,  i'm pretty sure there were a few lines peppered in this season that bluntly said as much. 
all in all, i really can't wait to see how all this gets resolved.
what are your thoughts?

i really love this show.  my friend got me hooked on it during the 1st season and i've been hopelessly addicted ever since.  the show "followed suit" and had someone in tommy's family die at the end of the last season but i'm kinda curious about something.  up until now there's always been some sort of unresolved conflict that obviously leads into another season.  aside from his father's death, tommy is kinda doing pretty (unusually) good.  drinking isn't a big storyline anymore.  he's come as close to resolving things with janet as he probably ever will.  there is the fact that new shawn took colleen (sp?) on a date but other than that there's not really any obvious dark story that's really been the meat and bones of the show in the past.  i hope they haven't made tommy "too" happy. as conceited as it sounds, the conflict surrounding tommy is really what makes the show great.  i hope that him being happy doesn't make the next season sub-par.  all though who knows? maybe something new will crawl out of the woodwork.  thoughts please!!!!  can't wait til next season.