“The only way to know me is to feel my pain.”

Officials in New York are looking into the possibility that currently-imprisoned sex offender Peter Braunstein, a patient in New York’s Bellevue prison, may have modeled some of his attacks after that of Nip/Tuck’s serial rapist, the Carver.

Recently revealed as a combination of brother and sister Dr. Quentin Costa and detective Kit McGraw on the season finale, the Carver was known for drugging his victims, then attacking them with a knife, all while hidden behind a mask and speaking in an electronically-disguised voice. Both The New York Post and The New York Daily News have taken notice of some similarities between Braunstein’s alleged crimes and that of the Carver’s, including the tendency of both to drug their victims and use knives during their attacks. In addition, it’s come to light that in the months leading to Braunstein’s alleged crimes, he purchased season one of Nip/Tuck on DVD. Admittedly, this alone isn’t particularly compelling evidence, but when combined with his bidding of an item on eBay referred to as “the Carver voice box,” a device used to camouflage one’s own sound, it seems a little too close for comfort, don’t you think?

Braunstein is currently awaiting arraignment. The Carver(s) is currently vacationing in Spain.