After ratting out the woman who ran the plastic surgery office Merrill worked at after he lost his license, Merrill finds himself out of jail, but not before the inmates have had their way with him, leaving his passed around butt looser than a forty-year-old pornstar. So, Merrill wants his butthole tightened (can't make this up) and for his prison husband/owner/I own your butt (literally) to be worked on as well - Escobar. It seems the man Sean and Christian had made him up to look like was a child molester and so he had his face lit on fire. Escobar wants to look like his old self, and he holds the gator-eaten murder over their heads to make them perform the surgery. Turns out both Merrill and Escobar have other plans, as Merrill had planned to slice Escobar's throat for what he used him for in jail, but ultimately he fails and Escobar escapes from the recovery center after he and a disguised nurse kill all the guards on standby.
The only really great stuff involved Marlo, as we come to find out that he was fired from his position, and Sean decides to paint over the mural he did; a really good scene filled with emotion. However, the best Marlo moment came when Sean heads to his place to confront him, and after taking some lip from Sean, Marlo stands up on his stepping stairs to make himself larger than Sean, and then asked him if he wants to swing now; it was a moment that made you want to clap at the screen. Hopefully this isn't the end of Marlo, because Peter Dinklage has been one of the only few constant shining parts of this season, and there is so much more potential in his story with Julia, it'd be sad if this was the end. If it is though, at least he goes out on top like a champ.
Matt (a.k.a. Mr. Whipped) and Kimber are now married and expecting a child. Ugh, who cares? Matt hasn't been a great character since his storyline with Ava, and what could've been an interesting Scientology editorial has quickly delved into a one-note story. As for Kimber, she has become nothing more than masturbatory filler, and though she has always been used for titillation, at least she had some depth and substance to back up the T&A back then.
Show continuity should not make you yearn for the days where that continuity came from, but rather it should be used to fully heighten the world of the present. When we experience something in the now that reminds us of the past, we shouldn't say to ourselves, "Man, I wish I was still in high school," but rather, "Man, high school was some good times." If anything, this week's episode of Nip/Tuck made us wish for our letter jackets and prom dates.