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Nurse Jackie

Nurse Jackie
★ 7.1/10•2009•30m•TV-MA•Drama•Comedy
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Never go down easy.

Every day is a matter of life and death in a hectic New York City hospital, but for Nurse Jackie that's the easiest part. Between chronic back pain that won't quit, and a personal life on the constant edge of collapse, it's going to take a white lie here, a bent rule there, and a handful of secret strategies to relieve the pain, and stay one step ahead of total disaster.

StatusEnded
Runtime30m
LanguageEN
First Air DateJun 8, 2009

Episodes

Episode 1 - PilotE130m

Pilot

Longtime ER nurse Jackie Peyton bends the rules to bring some good from a patient's senseless death, while concealing her addiction to a pain killer she gets from her boyfriend, the hospital pharmacist.

Jun 8, 2009

Episode 2 - Sweet 'n AllE230m

Sweet 'n All

Jackie and her husband, Kevin, become concerned that their older daughter Grace is suffering from anxiety disorder; hospital administrator Mrs. Akalitus drinks Jackie's Percoset-laced coffee.

Jun 15, 2009

Episode 3 - Chicken SoupE330m

Chicken Soup

An elderly patient checks in who has been treating his heart disease with chicken soup; Jackie discusses her daughter's anxiety with Dr. O'Hara; Eddie learns that he is to be replaced by a pill-dispensing machine.

Jun 22, 2009

Episode 4 - School NurseE430m

School Nurse

Jackie and Kevin consider enrolling Grace in private school; the stoic Dr. O'Hara must endure the emotional thanks of a boy whose twin brother she saved; Zoey loses a patient for the first time.

Jun 29, 2009

Episode 5 - DaffodilE530m

Daffodil

Jackie breaks several rules and regulations to help a 10-year-old girl caring for her lupus-stricken mother; Mrs. Akalitus accidentally tasers herself; O'Hara treats Zoey to a meal at a four-star restaurant.

Jul 6, 2009

Episode 6 - Tiny BubblesE630m

Tiny Bubbles

Jackie is caught off-guard when a nurse (Judith Ivey) she used to work with, who is dying of lung cancer, asks Jackie to help end her life. Meanwhile, Coop's mother (Blythe Danner) is admitted with a gall bladder attack. We learn that he is the only son of lesbians...a fact that delights Jackie and O'Hara.

Jul 13, 2009

Episode 7 - Steak KnifeE730m

Steak Knife

A man is admitted with a steak knife sticking out of his chest. Eddie gives Jackie a Cartier bracelet for their one-year anniversary, but she rejects the gift. A baby is left in the nurses' station and Akalitus takes the infant to her office.

Jul 20, 2009

Episode 8 - PupilE830m

Pupil

Jackie discovers that a new temp nurse is abusing drugs, but when she confronts him, he calls her on hypocrisy; Mrs. Akalitus still has the foundling infant left at the hospital; Coop reveals to Eddie that Jackie has a child.

Jul 27, 2009

Episode 9 - Nose BleedE930m

Nose Bleed

Jackie admits a patient she has treated before. As his condition worsens, Zoey questions whether Jackie did enough to help him on his previous visit. Jackie's drug use starts to cause spontaneous nose bleeds.

Aug 3, 2009

Episode 10 - Ring FingerE1030m

Ring Finger

Jackie and Grace begin mother-daughter tap class. Coop threatens to expose Jackie for falsifying a donor's record. Jackie has forgotten to remove her wedding ring, and needs to get it off before meeting Eddie for a quickie.

Aug 10, 2009

Episode 11 - Pill-O-MatixE1130m

Pill-O-Matix

Kevin decides to buy Jackie a new wedding ring. At work, the automated pill machine replaces Eddie. A movie critic is admitted with a broken elbow.

Aug 17, 2009

Episode 12 - Health Care and CinemaE1230m

Health Care and Cinema

Kevin invites Jackie to a midnight rendezvous in order to give her a new wedding ring; the comatose movie critic wakes up but his tastes have radically changed.

Aug 24, 2009

Actors

Edie Falco

Edie Falco

Jackie Peyton

Merritt Wever

Merritt Wever

Zoey Barkow

Paul Schulze

Paul Schulze

Eddie Walzer

Dominic Fumusa

Dominic Fumusa

Kevin Peyton

Anna Deavere Smith

Anna Deavere Smith

Gloria Akalitus

Stephen Wallem

Stephen Wallem

Thor Lundgren

Betty Gilpin

Betty Gilpin

Dr. Carrie Roman

Ruby Jerins

Ruby Jerins

Grace Peyton

Mackenzie Aladjem

Mackenzie Aladjem

Fiona Peyton

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