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Season 1 – Nurse Jackie

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Jun 2009

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Emergency room nurse Jackie Peyton does everything she can to provide her patients with the best care possible while navigating the waters of a crumbling health-care system. But she has a secret that is increasingly difficult to keep from people -- she relies on Vicodin and Adderall to get her through high-stress shifts at a New York hospital, where she isn't above bending the rules to keep things running smoothly in the face of indifferent doctors, penny-pinching bean counters and miles of bureaucratic red tape.

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Critics Consensus

Edie Falco's subtle and grounded performance mixed with whimsical comedy make for some sweet medicine on Nurse Jackie .

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Rebecca Nicholson

Guardian

12/22/2018

Its episodes are only half an hour long; it's bleak as a comedy and silly as a drama; and it's got a fairly despicable female lead. All of which, of course, makes for fantastically entertaining TV.

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Suzanne Gordon

The Atlantic

12/22/2018

A series like Nurse Jackie is a rare gem because it manages to entertain, instruct, and debunk traditional stereotypes about nursing all at the same time.

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Caryn James

The Daily Beast

12/22/2018

Falco is piercingly good, enough to make you wish the writing was as sharp as her performance; Jackie's character is a walking emotional landmine, roaming through too many hackneyed medical-show dilemmas.

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Tom Gliatto

People Magazine

12/26/2018

The series isn't breaking any new ground, but Falco gives us a Jackie with no fuss or apologies: just direct, bedrock believability.

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Eric Goldman

IGN Movies

12/22/2018

9/10

A top-notch supporting cast, a funny, wry tone and some really solid writing rounded out this satisfying season

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Michael Sullivan

Collider

12/22/2018

Maybe it's simply Edie Falco's pitch-perfect performance, or a strong, multi-faceted, impeccably realized female role crafted by writers Liz Brixius, Evan Dunsky and Linda Wallem. Either way, Nurse Jackie makes for a fascinating character study.

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Paola L

@RT15662198 Jul 24

definitely TOP 5 Series from Showtime. The attention to detail, and how realistic the hospital scenes felt 10/10. The way addiction was portrayed 100/100. There’s a huge gap for you to threaten me this morning. The cast could not of been better. The writers and producers DID THEIR BIG ONE WITH NURSE JACKIE.

Cindy P.

@cindyp Nov 6

Most realistic portrayal of the impact of narcotics addiction I’ve seen. This show makes you feel like you know the characters personally.

Kayla S.

@milkjug21 Nov 3

I loved Nurse Jackie! Such a great and investing show. Please keep it going or make that reboot!!!

11/02/2016

Edie Falco as a addictive nurse in the ICU. Living a problematic life at all fronts. Swept in chaos and darkness, she somewhat escapes the black hole.

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Liz Brixius

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Linda Wallem

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Edie Falco

Jackie Peyton

Eve Best

Dr. Eleanor O'Hara

Peter Facinelli

Dr. Cooper

Episode 1

Aired Jun 8, 2009

Pilot

A veteran nurse bends the rules to create something good from a patient's death, while hiding an addiction to painkillers.

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Episode 2

Aired Jun 15, 2009

Sweet 'n All

Jackie and her husband are concerned about their daughter; the hospital administrator drinks Jackie's spiked coffee.

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Episode 3

Aired Jun 22, 2009

Chicken Soup

An elderly patient treats heart disease with chicken soup; Jackie discusses her daughter's anxiety with Dr. O'Hara; Eddie learns he is being replaced.

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Episode 4

Aired Jun 29, 2009

School Nurse

Jackie and Kevin consider enrolling Grace in private school; Dr. O'Hara must endure a boy's emotional thanks; Zoey loses a patient.

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Episode 5

Aired Jul 6, 2009

Daffodil

Jackie breaks rules to help a girl, caring for her mother; Mrs. Akalitus tasers herself; O'Hara treats Zoey to a meal.

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Episode 6

Aired Jul 13, 2009

Tiny Bubbles

An old friend of Jackie's checks into the hospital with terminal lung cancer; Dr. Cooper's mother has a gall bladder attack and reveals a family secret.

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Episode 7

Aired Jul 20, 2009

Steak Knife

A man is attacked by his date's ex-husband; Mrs. Akalitus takes charge of a foundling; O'Hara has a personal crisis.

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Episode 8

Aired Jul 27, 2009

Pupil

Jackie discovers a new temp nurse is abusing drugs; Mrs. Akalitus continues to care for the foundling; Coop tells Eddie that Jackie has a child.

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Episode 9

Aired Aug 3, 2009

Nose Bleed

Jackie admits a dying patient she previously treated; O'Hara tells a sister Jackie's secrets; an organ donation form is forged.

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Episode 10

Aired Aug 10, 2009

Ring Finger

Jackie uses an unusual ploy to get Coop off her back; O'Hara helps Jackie remove her wedding ring; Jackie begins mother-daughter dance lessons with Grace.

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Episode 11

Aired Aug 17, 2009

Pill-O-Matix

Eddie is replaced by a machine; Zoey administers the wrong dose of a painkiller; parents come forward to claim the baby that Akalitus is caring for.

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Episode 12

Aired Aug 24, 2009

Health Care and Cinema

Kevin invites Jackie to a midnight rendezvous; the movie critic wakes; Eddie learns the truth about Jackie's family; O'Hara's mother is admitted.

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