Showtime has ordered a second season of Nurse Jackie, a new comedy starring The Sopranos’ Edie Falco as a Percocet-snorting ER nurse. The show’s heavily-promoted June 8 premiere attracted a record number of viewers (a cumulative 1.35 million after two airings) for a Showtime series debut. The comedy followed the fifth-season premiere of Weeds, which attracted 1.65 million after two airings – a 25 percent improvement over its fourth season finale.
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REAL nurses are offended by this show.
Real lawyers are offended by Law & Order. The key word is ‘real’. It’s entertainment. That’s all. Enjoy!!
There is no way “Jackie” would be able to fulfill her nursing duties while abusing oxy. Doesn’t matter how high her tolerance is to its effects.
Interesting point of view, considering the fact that I take percocet every day for severe chronic back pain and am a full time student, wife and mother of 2. I was just invited to the National Society of Collegiate Scholars for my grades. There is no way that I would have been able to do all that I do, and so well, before the meds.
Get over it ….It’s fiction and it’s just a show…a darn good one at that. Seriously if entertainment is supposed to be like real life it’d be dull like when you go to a REAL hospital…who wants to watch that garbage… I love the show and I’m glad they’ve already ordered a second season I will watch it!
1.35 million people disagree with you Nancy. I am a nurse as well and I absolutely love the show, as well as the other nurses on our staff.
Great show worth getting Showtime just to watch it.
Somebody out there is going to be offended by ANYTHING you fictionalize, my little hall monitor. Can the Nancy’s of the world please just let us enjoy the little things in the very short life we are alloted without destroying them because they dont like them.
If only Weeds can get back are characters to Agrestic CA. Season four made my top spot as being my least favorite season of weeds.
I’m so happy for Edie Falco. I haven’t seen the show yet, but I’m sure she is shining as Nurse Jackie. Way to go Edie! I guess you will get another Emmy!!
Edie Falco is in a class by herself. I remember being wowed by her in OZ — way before SOPRANOS. Glad to see she is in a new show.
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TV producers come up with a show that depicts a nurse using drugs to make it thru the day. The general public thinks this is understandable. For a nurse to steal from a patient is against the law and as a nurse there isnt supposed to be any bias opinion when giving patient care. Wether tha person is a criminal or not isnt supposed to make a difference and it dosent give the right to steal of flush body parts down the toilet, but the general public says this is commendable. Question to the public, would you understand if you found out your nurse / health care provider was treating YOU while on high on drugs? & how would you take it if you awoke in the hospital to find your money missing or one of YOUR body parts missing fearing that a dope feind hospital staff member may have flushed it down the toilet or perhaps worse?
If you don’t think that this kind of thing DOES happen on occasion, you have led a very sheltered life, buddy. Of course the majority of people are not flushing body parts, but how many people go to work high on something? And how many do you think go to work high on something that is prescribed to them for a legitimate reason? Just because you need pain meds does not mean you don’t get the same effect as everyone else when you take them. Also, it’s a TV SHOW! The Smurfs isn’t realistic either, but I bet you don’t rant about it.
Ok here we go again. The GENERAL public knows how real nurses are. They are aware of the Duh! on that. Even still we have debbie downers coming on here knocking the show for it’s unrealistic depiction?? Helloooo if there are actual people who watch the show and think “Oh that’s how nurses act!” Then there is something incomprehensibly wrong with them on a mental level. It is JUST ENTERTAINMENT and meant just that! Besides we all know real nurses just hang out at the counter chatting and roll their eyes when you ask them even the smallest of questions. Plus if it was about REAL nurses that I personally have encountered it would of never made it to an actual show it’d be boring and annoying just like REAL nurses. Get over it people it’s a SHOW all you know it all party poopers.
Someone said “there is no way Jackie would be able to fulfill her duties abusing oxy”. Uh….that is not true. Unless you are an addict how would you know? I am a recovering addict who WAS a nurse…I did this same thing every day and then I got caught. C’mon people, don’t be so naive as to think that the medical professinal caring for you is perfect and has no flaws, especially addiction to opiates. Thanks
As a recovering addict, I was abusing about 50 mg.’s of percocet a day for about 2 years. Trust me- it does affect your job performance, family, motor skills, reaction time, and judgement. NOT IN A POSITIVE WAY EITHER.
She’s such a great actress! http://christiansinglesdate.com
“Addict”
im a recovering addict to…give the show a break its freakin great..its just a show everybody handles their drugs differently…you should know that…ReLAX….its a funny show…she doesn’t go and get all high she takes little bites at a time…get over it…when you have some recovery under your belt, you’ll think its funny to…recovery, not clean time…