Helloooo, Nurse! Watch a Sneak Peek of Nurse Jackie
Posted by KAT in Dexter, Nurse Jackie, WeedsJune 8th, 2009, 04:14 PM
Notable 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.
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