Why I Don't like Nip / Tuck: A Charmed Fan's Perspective

This is Julian McMahon, known to those who love him as Cole Turner. Who's Cole Turner you ask? He's the demon Balthazar, Pheobe's Husband, The Source, and he turned Pheobe into the Queen of the Underworld, and his child was pure evil, but then he turned good, but Pheobe still wouldn't be with him. It was very sad in the end...

Still clueless? Cole Turner was a central character on the WB's hit series Charmed. And I really liked him.

And yes, before you say it, I know I'm a nerd. I know that the key demographic for Charmed are 13-year-olds. I know. But everyone needs a guilty pleasure.

Speaking of guilty pleasures. Nip / Tuck is being touted as a guilty pleasure for the 18-35 crowd. And yesterday, while at our friends house eating pizza, we watched the season premiere.

Now I have to tell you, that we typically don't watch the show. I saw a few episodes its first season and it never grabbed me. I liked it okay, but it was just eh. Not anything worth staying home for. But yesterday, and please all you loyal Nip / Tuck fans don't hate me, I just saw the show as complete and utter garbage.

It's just not good. I came away from it feeling bad about even having watched it, like somehow I was as bad a person as those portrayed on television. There was no cussing and it wasn't particularly violent, but - and take the kids away now - there was just a lot of gratuitous sex. I know everyone is not as conservative as me, I appreciate that and realize the world is full of different styles and tastes. However, last nights episode was just raunchy. I don't like raunchy.

And as a rule I don't like the premise of the show because Julian McMahon is just a bad guy. Just not a good person. He hurts people and says bad things and behaves badly. And he was Cole! We loved Cole! And I think that's why I'm biased towards the show in general, because Julian McMahon, someone I really do like, is the bad guy. The immoral friend who has emotional issues and compensates by behaving in terrible ways.

The solution? I won't watch. That works for me. And I don't resent anyone else their guilty pleasure, but I really do wish Julian McMahon could have found a show that wouldn't have turned him into a real demon, versuses the pretend one he played on Charmed.