Quentin Costa

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Quentin Costa

First appearance	Sean McNamara (episode 2.15)
Last appearance	Quentin Costa (episode 3.15)
Statistics
Gender	Male
Occupation	Plastic Surgeon
Relatives	Kit McGraw (sister)
Portrayed by	Bruno Campos
Created by	Ryan Murphy

Quentin Costa is a character in the American television series Nip/Tuck. He is a plastic surgeon who has worked for McNamara/Troy and De La Mer. Costa is portrayed by actor Bruno Campos.

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[edit] Character history

Quentin Costa is a plastic surgeon from Atlanta who was brought in to assist Christian Troy in fixing Sean McNamara's face (a slash to the right side of his face) after an attack by The Carver, a masked serial killer preying on Sean and Christian's patients.

Later, Costa was offered a limited partnership by Sean after Christian neglects to return to work after being attacked by the Carver. Initially, Christian refused to accept having Quentin as an associate, but later changes his mind and supports the decision. A couple of episodes later he and Sean go clubbing together and are being given fellatio by two college girls and Quentin winks at Sean. This bothers Sean and he leaves the room. In the same episode Christian asks Quentin to help take Kit McGraw off his hands because he is tired of the three-way relationship with her and Kimber Henry. While in bed with Kit on one side and Christian and Kimber on the other he reaches over and touches Christian's buttocks. Quentin later explains that he is bisexual, and assumed Christian was as well. After Sean briefly leaves the practice Quentin remains to assist Christian with surgeries. Later Christian believes that Quentin is on drugs and calls Sean to assist with the facial transplant surgery they are working on. Sean later returns to the practice.

Following Sean's return to the practice, both Quentin and Sean admit their hatred for each other after Quentin enters a relationship with Sean's ex-wife Julia. After catching Quentin having sex with a married male patient, Sean blackmails him in an attempt to force him to quit the practice and/or lose his license. Quentin allows McNamara/Troy to buy out the rest of his contract at half price, only to then reveal he is staying in Miami to become the resident plastic surgeon at De La Mer, under the employment of Julia McNamara. He was later fired from De La Mer after an argument with Julia.

When Julia discovered she was pregnant, Costa was briefly suspected by Sean and Christian to be the father. This was later proven false, as Costa (never knowing Julia was pregnant) admitted to Christian that they never had sex. The child is now assumed to be Sean's.

The third season's finale (Episode 3.15, "Quentin Costa") revealed Quentin Costa to be The Carver, with assistance from his sister, Kit McGraw.

[edit] Character traits

It was revealed that Costa uses cocaine, though he says that he only used it during a brief period
He is bisexual.
Costa also seems to be a formidable physical opponent, as evidenced to his handily taking care of a trained soldier who was about to assault him, though the soldier may have been on a medication dulling his fighting skill.
At the end of episode 3.14 ("Cherry Peck"), it is revealed that Costa does not have a penis. Early in the next episode he attributes this to a genetic disorder known as 5-alpha-reductase deficiency that he suffers as a product of incest.
In the first half-hour of episode 3.15 ("Quentin Costa"), it is revealed that Costa is The Carver. In this episode it is also revealed that he was working with Kit, who is also his sister and of whom he is fiercely protective.
Quentin once mentioned having a younger brother. Presumably this is another deception.