Helloooo, Nurse! Watch a Sneak Peek of Nurse Jackie

Posted by KAT in Dexter, Nurse Jackie, Weeds

June 8th, 2009, 04:14 PM

Nurse Jackie: Jackie PeytonNotable new show alert!  Tonight marks the series premiere of the much buzzed-about dark comedy Nurse Jackie on Showtime, immediately following Weeds at 10:30 p.m.

However, through the magic of the Internets, the pilot episode is already available online.  If you’re a U.S. reader, watch it in full here, it actually looks quite good.

Dig this synopsis: Nurse Jackie follows Jackie Peyton, a strong-willed, dedicated nurse at the fictional All Saints Hospital in New York City.  Juggling patients and patronizing doctors whilst working 80-hour weeks with a bad back have given her a penchant for poppin’ Vicodin pills and snortin’ up lines of Adderall in the ladies’ room.  Zing!

A tough-but-fair, hard-working, pill-popping nurse, eh?  I think I’m pickin’ up what you’re puttin’ down, Showtime… Nurse Jackie’s a sinner and a saint!  S-Time eats those types up for breakfast!

In all seriousness, the channel does do an amazing job of creating lovable-but-deeply-flawed characters.  See vigilante serial killer Dexter Morgan (Dexter) and drug-dealing suburban mom Nancy Botwin (Weeds) for further reference.  So complex!

But anyway.  The series also heralds the return of Edie Falco (Carmela on The Sopranos!) to television, which I know many a-folk are extremely excited about.

Now go on and get out of here so I can watch the show.  I don’t need you peekin’ over my shoulder.

2 Responses to “Helloooo, Nurse! Watch a Sneak Peek of Nurse Jackie”

  1. 葛晶晶 Says:

    貌似挺有意思的哦!!!呵呵……

  2. Donna Marie Says:

    I am anxiously awaiting Season 2, anyone know when it premiers? Can’t wait……Edie Falco rocks, and so does her character, although I have to say, somethings I certainly don’t agree with, however, it is great tv watching and I love that it’s “Gritty”…and to Eve Best - you go girl, you play an amazingly complex lady to the tee!

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