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...

We pick up exactly where we left off with Kevin (Dominic Fumusa) walking alongside the car and Jackie (Edie Falco) trying to convince him to get back in. The kids are confused and Fiona (Mackenzie Aledjem) asks Kevin if he is having a temper tantrum. Jackie is fed up and answers that, yes, he is having a tantrum and she slams the gas and leaves him in the middle...