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Posted Jul 28th 2009 4:16AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Nurse Jackie
(S01E08) "Honey, I know I'm pretty, but you just wasted 30 seconds staring at me." - Mo-Mo, to a male nurse who needs to get back to workWell, there are certain things about
Nurse Jackie that you just know are going to come into play. Like the assisted suicide story we had recently, and tonight's chilling opening scene where Jackie's daughter accidentally gets Jackie's drugs mixed into the sprinkles on her doughnut (loved that slo-mo camera work, though).
Sooner or later, Jackie's not going to catch stuff like that, and it'll be disastrous. I know we've talked about this before, but you have to wonder how she can function so well doing all those drugs. And what would happen if she suddenly didn't have access to them.
Continue reading Nurse Jackie: Pupil
Posted Jul 21st 2009 3:51AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Nurse Jackie
(S01E07) "I am God, and you are an asshole." - GodOh, the times I've wanted to say that in my life. I'm sort of living vicariously through
Nurse Jackie these days. She does stuff that everyone else wants to do, but doesn't because they don't have the guts. Like:
- Yanking the catheter out of the repeat sex-offender, then telling Mo-Mo, "He's a fucking pedophile!"
- Giving the Cartier bracelet that Eddie gave her to the morphine-drugged, steak-knife guy to give to the girl who's really just looking for a nice guy.
- Telling God to get back on his meds.
Yes, I want to be Nurse Jackie when I grow up.
Continue reading Nurse Jackie: Steak Knife
Posted Jul 14th 2009 7:21AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Nurse Jackie
(S01E06) "Nonsense. Nothing is better if I leave." - O'Hara to Nurse JackieCome on, people! I'm not getting much comment love on my
Nurse Jackie reviews. Is no one watching the show? Because I'm sort of loving it at this point.
Well, I guess it had to happen. It was a sure bet that we'd get a storyline where Jackie plays Dr. Kevorkian and helps a patient end their life. I have to think there's no way that crusty old Nurse Korsenowski would have done well in palliative care. Why not let her go out in dignity?
Jackie is all about breaking the rules for the good of the patient, but was this really for the good of the patient? I think it was, and the "do no harm" thing would have been if she
hadn't helped her die. It would have done more harm for her to go into hospice. Thoughts, please!
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