Escobar Gallardo

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Escobar Gallardo
First appearance	Pilot (episode 1.01)
Last appearance	Merill Bobolit (episode 4.10)
Statistics
Gender	Male
Occupation	Criminal
Portrayed by	Robert LaSardo
Created by	Ryan Murphy

Escobar Gallardo was a drug lord on the television show Nip/Tuck. He was portrayed by actor Robert LaSardo

[edit] Character history

Escobar first appeared in the pilot episode. He was the boss of that episode's patient Silvio Perez. Silvio and his brother come to Sean McNamara and Christian Troy to get a surgery for Silvio so he can be able to "get some ladies". Sean and Christian later find out that Silvio molested Escobar's 7 year old daughter and works for a drug dealer. Christian later goes to a "botox party" which turns out to be a trap because the hostess' boyfriend reveals himself to be Silvio's boss Escobar Gallardo. Escobar wants revenge on Silvio for stealing his daughter's innocence. Escobar then gives Christian botox and injects some into his crotch. Escobar calls Sean from Christian's cell phone and finds out where Silvio is getting his surgery performed. Escobar shows up in the operating room with his henchman, only to discover that Silvio's brother, Alejandro, had already killed Silvio himself, because Silvio's brother had a small daughter himself. Afterwards, Sean and Christian tie pieces of ham to the body, and dispose of it in a swamp for an alligator to dispose of.

Escobar doesn't return until the final two episodes of the first season. He shows up when a patient comes to McNamara/Troy wanting her breast implants removed. Upon removal Sean realizes they are filled with heroin. Escobar comes in and tells them the patient had agreed to smuggle in a millions dollars worth of heroin in her breasts for him. He wants to know how soon she can have another procedure done. Escobar then uses Sean and Christian as part of a drug smuggling operation. In the season finale Liz Cruz is shot in the leg by one of Escobar's people. Sean wants to kill Escobar but Escobar makes a deal with him. He will let Sean and Christian go if they will give him a new face. He explains that he needs the new face so he can escape the country because he is on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List. They give Escobar a new face but when at the airport he is arrested by the FBI because Sean and Christian gave him a face belonging to someone else on the FBI list (Escobar was #8 and was given the face of #1). The new identity was of a child molester that killed an FBI agent who was trying to arrest him.

Escobar has also reappeared on multiple occasions as a figment of Sean's imagination, in pre-facial transplant form. His first appearance in this manner was the season two finale, in which he urges Sean to kill the Carver. Escobar was absent from season three, but finally returned in the fourth episode of the fourth season as Sean's pot-brownie induced hallucination. He played the Devil side of his conscience, while Megan O'Hara played the Angel side, regarding cheating on his wife again. Escobar again appeared as a hallucination in the sixth episode, urging Sean to kill the night nurse with whom he had a brief affair.

After being arrested, he was sent to prison. While in prison he planned an escape which involved Merrill Bobolit. He managed to convince prison authorities, Sean, and Christian that he was burned for being mistaken for a child molester, when in fact he had been planning his escape for 2-1/2 years. His escape plan involved setting himself on fire as a ruse, it was said to be retribution from other prisoners for being a child molester. He then had Merill contact Christian and Sean, forcing them to perform his reconstructive surgery. While recovering from his surgery, he had Alejandro, one of his henchman and the brother of Silvo, pose a nurse. Alejandro was able to sneak a gun to Escobar which he used to escape after killing several guards. Escobar then meet Sean in his home, at first Sean thought Escobar was a figment of his imagination. But then realized he was actually there. Escobar then told Sean that he needed to tell Julia about his affair with Monica, as the truth would set him free. He also told Sean that they were now even, and as a man of his word Sean and Christian were free. Before leaving, he told Sean that the last bit of evidence involving the "swamp" was in his living room. Sean then found the body of Alejandro, and confessed the truth about his affair with Monica to Julia.