Escobar Gallardo
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| Escobar Gallardo | |
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| First appearance | Pilot (episode 1.01) |
| Last appearance | Gala Gallardo (episode 4.15) |
| Created by | Ryan Murphy |
| Portrayed by | Robert LaSardo Ricki Lopez (New face as Armand) |
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| Aliases | Armand Ortiz |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Criminal |
| Spouse(s) | Gala Gallardo |
| Children | Unnamed daughter |
Escobar Gallardo is a fictional character on the television show Nip/Tuck portrayed by Robert LaSardo.
[edit] Character history
Escobar first appeared in the pilot episode, introduced as the boss of McNamara/Troy patient Silvio Perez. Silvio and his brother come to Sean McNamara and Christian Troy to undergo surgery so he can be able to "get some ladies". Sean and Christian later find out that Silvio molested Escobar's 6-year-old daughter and works for a drug dealer. Christian later goes to a "botox party", where he meets Escobar, who reveals that he is the drug dealer Silvio works for, and wants revenge on his underling for harming his daughter. 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 undergoing surgery. Escobar shows up in the operating room with his henchman, only to discover that Silvio's brother, Alejandro, has already performed the murder to protect his own daughter. Afterwards, Sean and Christian tie pieces of ham to the body, and leave it in a swamp for the alligators.
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 removing the implants, Sean realizes they are filled with heroin. Escobar comes in and tells them the patient had agreed to smuggle in millions dollars worth of heroin for him. He orders Sean and Christian to perform breast implant removals on more of his "mules," threatening to reveal their disposal of Silvio Perez's body to the police if they do not comply. In the season finale, one of Escobar's henchmen shoots Liz Cruz in the leg. Sean wants to kill Escobar but the drug lord 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, where he is on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List. They give Escobar a new face — that belonging to someone else on the list, a bank robber who had killed an FBI agent.
Escobar has appeared on multiple occasions as a figment of Sean's imagination, with his original face. He appeared in 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 marijuana brownie-induced hallucination. He played the evil side of Sean's conscience, while Megan O'Hara played the good side; Escobar encouraged Sean to cheat on his wife, Julia, while Megan urged him not to. Escobar again appeared as a hallucination in the sixth episode, urging Sean to kill the night nurse with whom he had a brief affair.
While in prison, Escobar planned an escape which involved McNamara/Troy's former rival surgeon (and his own personal sex slave) Merrill Bobolit. He set himself on fire, and convinced prison authorities his injuries were inflicted by other prisoners, who thought he was 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 Silvio, pose a nurse. Alejandro sneaked a gun to Escobar, who used it to kill several guards and escape. Escobar then met 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, as the truth would set him free. He also told Sean that they were now even, meaning Sean and Christian were free of their "obligation" to him. Before leaving, he told Sean that the last bit of evidence involving the "swamp" was in his living room. Sean then found Alejandro's body, and confessed his affair to Julia.
It has since been revealed that Escobar had been behind the organ trafficking ring in which McNamara/Troy's business partner Michelle Landau and the mysterious James were involved. Following James' suicide, Escobar visits Michelle, demanding she take over the operation. He later bargains with Michelle, telling her that he will let her leave his operation unharmed granted she convinces Christian, to whom she is engaged, to perform reconstructive surgery on his wife. Escobar's wife, Gala, was tortured and mutilated by the family of the woman who Escobar forced to smuggle heroin. Sean and Christian reluctantly agree to perform the operation on her, although Sean exhibits a good deal of animosity toward Michelle, who assists the doctors, eventually causing Sean to leave the room. While in recovery, Liz pulls a gun on Escobar, but she cannot bring herself to kill him. She hands the gun to Gala, who kills her husband and effectively takes control of his empire. Sean, Christian, and Liz then wrapped his body in ham before throwing him into a swamp for the alligators to devour.
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