Meet new temp nurse Kelly (Gbenga Akinnagbe) the latest addition to All Saints’ ER.  After being warned by Akalitus (Anna Deavere Smith) not to “eat him up”, Jackie (Edie Falco) actually surprises her staff by being very nice to him. She said nothing when he was overzealous with a patient. She said nothing when he sat in her chair without...

Jackie (Edie Falco) is triggered by a conversation with Eddie (Paul Schulze) that doesn’t go the way she had hoped.  Going into his office like a jealous girlfriend concerned about why he’s texting Tunie (Jaimie Alexander) completely amuses him. He rolls back in his chair to look at her and when asked what he’s doing, he replies “trying...

Usually Jackie (Edie Falco) surprises us with her various hiding place in each episode.  However, this one opens with viewers being privy to her thought process while she goes through the house and placing various baggies in the most peculiar places.  A bag in a winter coat pocket. A bag buried at the bottom of the powdered laundry detergent  box. And the...

Some may question whether or not Jackie (Edie Falco) is a true addict, as she is extremely functional on and off the drugs. However, the thought is not there as she starts the show with serious calculated manipulation.  Breakfast (waffles, bacon and eggs) is cooking and lunch is already made for Kevin (Dominic Fumusa) from last night’s chicken dinner. Not...

There’s no doubt that Jackie (Edie Falco) has a strong desire to repair the relationships with those she cares about – her husband, her kids, her best friend, her former jump-off.  She obviously has trouble admitting her wrong doing verbally, but Edie Falco is brilliant in conveying the silent turmoil Jackie feels for hurting the ones she loves with her...

The third season of Nurse Jackie is opened where it seems to be the exact place that we were left off – with Jackie (Edie Falco) is staring at herself in the bathroom mirror.  Director of episode one, Steve Buschemi, immediately draws us in by giving us a close up of Jackie’s face as she sobers up with fear settling in as she realizes the magnitude of...