- Merrill Bobolit
Infobox character | name = Dr. Merrill Bobolit
real_name = Merrill Bobolit
portrayer =Joey Slotnick
creator =Ryan Murphy
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gender = Male
first = Sophia Lopez "(episode 1.04)"
last = Merrill Bobolit "(episode 4.10)"
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occupation = Plastic surgeon
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footnotes =Merrill Bobolit is a recurring character on the
television drama "Nip/Tuck ", portrayed byJoey Slotnick .eason 1
When the show opens, and throughout most of Season 1, Merrill is on top of the world thanks to billboards he has put up all over
Miami , despite the fact that he was the worst in the graduating class he was part of withChristian Troy andSean McNamara . He's so famous and wealthy that he almost succeeds in stealing Christian from McNamara/Troy. Later on in the season, he gives Christian aLamborghini in exchange for his girlfriend,Kimber Henry .Even though Sean and Christian are
blackmail ed into performing surgeries onEscobar Gallardo 'sdrug mule s, they still have the sense to pass up a surgery on ashow dog , even though the owner offers to pay them $150,000. Merrill performs this surgery during the final episode of the first season, but the dog dies on the operating table. He is sued and loses hismedical license .eason 2
Merrill is found during Season 2 to be doing cheap, illegal surgeries in the back of a
Korea n nail salon. Not only is he performing these surgeries in a non-sterile environment, he's addicted to the anesthetic gas. Christian gets him to go toNarcotics Anonymous , even volunteering to be hissponsor . When Christian can't make it to a meeting, Merrill loses his mind and accidentally kills a woman who Sean and Christian refuse to perform unnecessaryliposuction on. The salon owner and Merrill then cut the girl into pieces to dispose of her. Christian shows up and Merrill and the shop owner attack him, and Merrill, obviously very high, tries to perform aface transplant . Christian, however, tricks Merrill into removing his own face first; he passes out from the agonizing pain, allowing Christian to escape.eason 4
Merrill was not seen for some time after that Season 2 episode. Merrill had cut a deal to avoid manslaughter charges and spent three years in prison. However, being an informant, he was treated badly and raped repeatedly, tearing his anus. He later became Gallardo's
sex slave . Escobar threatened to tell the cops on Sean and Christian if they did not perform surgery on both him and Merrill. Merrill received surgery on his torn anus, and then supervised as Escobar received his surgery. Merrill turned down theanesthesia and attempted to kill Escobar while he was being operated on, but was stopped when Sean punched him. His last scene in the show thus far is being carried away by jail security kicking and screaming.
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