8.8/10269 votesLoading...#1 - Handle Your Scandal
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 6/17/2012
While Cruz is in care, Jackie goes over his head to get the ER under control, resulting in her dismissal from All Saints for insubordination. Jackie pulls Grace out of Catholic school. O'Hara goes into labour and Jackie returns to All Saints in spite of Cruz. Charlie arrives at the ER and Cruz asks Jackie to help him save Charlie's life.
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8.7/10219 votesLoading...#2 - Flight
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 6/29/2014
Coop gets a surprise. Jackie hits the road. Season finale.
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8.5/10225 votesLoading...#3 - Soul
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 6/16/2013
It's Jackie's one year anniversary of sobriety and she and Frank fight about their relationship. Zoey acts very professional and rigid around Prentiss after their intimate evening. Carrie's peer review does not go well. Grace has a breakdown about Jackie. Jackie takes something she shouldn't have.
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8.4/10188 votesLoading...#5 - Sisterhood
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 6/22/2014
Jackie reluctantly attends Kevin's wedding. Carrie makes demands on Coop.
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8.3/10193 votesLoading...#6 - Sidecars and Spermicide
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 6/15/2014
Jackie breaks up with Frank and tries to separate herself from the people closest to her so she can keep using drugs. Meanwhile, Carrie forgets Coop's 40th birthday; the DEA investigation intensifies; and Zoey decides to become a nurse practitioner.
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8.3/10223 votesLoading...#7 - Clean
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 4/12/2015
Picking up with her arrest, Jackie suffers through detox.
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8.2/10346 votesLoading...#8 - Health Care And Cinema
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 8/24/2009
Kevin invites Jackie to a midnight rendezvous in order to give her a new wedding ring; the comatose movie critic wakes up but his tastes have radically changed.
Director: Scott Ellis
Writer: N/A
8.2/10202 votesLoading...#9 - Day of the Iguana
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 5/20/2012
Jackie covers for Cruz when he has a panic attack; Zoey surveys her coworkers for the best ways to conduct a breakup; Akalitus enlists the staff in an elaborate charade when her mentor is admitted with dementia.
Director: Miguel Arteta
Writer: N/A
8.2/10198 votesLoading...#10 - Are Those Feathers?
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 6/10/2012
Things get out of control in the emergency room due to the recent firings and an overflow of patients who have been diverted from another hospital, causing Cruz to suffer a pulmonary episode and Jackie to step in. At home, a rebellious Grace refuses to go to class unless Jackie transfers her to public school.
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8.2/10192 votesLoading...#11 - Teachable Moments
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 5/26/2013
Akalitus forgets to hire an escort for a psych patient who then lays waste to the pharmacy; Frank cancels a lunch date with Jackie; Zoey hears Coop and Carrie having sex; Jackie worries about Frank when she learns that a cop has been shot.
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8.2/10179 votesLoading...#12 - Jackie and the Wolf
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 6/14/2015
An unexpected knock at the door puts Jackie and Eddie in jeopardy.
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8.2/10283 votesLoading...#13 - I Say a Little Prayer
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 6/28/2015
Jackie gets offered a job - and wants Zoey to come with her. Series finale.
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8.1/10408 votesLoading...#14 - Tiny Bubbles
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/13/2009
Jackie is caught off-guard when a nurse (Judith Ivey) she used to work with, who is dying of lung cancer, asks Jackie to help end her life. Meanwhile, Coop’s mother (Blythe Danner) is admitted with a gall bladder attack. We learn that he is the only son of lesbians…a fact that delights Jackie and O’Hara.
Director: Craig Zisk
Writer: Rick Cleveland
8.1/10224 votesLoading...#15 - …Deaf Blind Tumor Pee-Test
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 6/20/2011
When HR demands urine samples from all the nurses, Jackie tries to avoid it as long as possible as well as her husband, who seems to have found out about her affair with Eddie.
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8.1/10179 votesLoading...#16 - Nancy Wood
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 5/18/2014
Jackie's fake identity is compromised when it's learned that Carrie's DEA number has been stolen by a woman named Nancy Wood. Meanwhile, Jackie worries about her dwindling bank account and lack of pills; and Prentiss gives Zoey a shocking message.
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8.1/10171 votesLoading...#17 - Vigilante Jones
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 6/21/2015
Jackie is forced to perform a procedure on her own. Zoey learns a secret.
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8.0/10194 votesLoading...#18 - Chaud & Froid
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 6/3/2012
When Cruz learns about Jackie's rehab, he takes revenge on coworkers who have been covering up her drug problems. Meanwhile, Eddie is deposed by Kevin's lawyer; a dumped Lenny decides to take off for Europe; and Coop accompanies O'Hara to her ob-gyn appointment.
Director: Miguel Arteta
Writer: N/A
8.0/10195 votesLoading...#19 - Heart
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 6/9/2013
Jackie and Frank have sex for the first time and he tells her he loves her. Akalitus has an extra spring in her step. Coop wants to take his mentoring of Carrie to the next level. Kevin and Grace show up at the hospital after Kevin finds a bag of pills in Grace's bag.
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8.0/10178 votesLoading...#20 - Rat on a Cheeto
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 5/25/2014
Jackie is ambushed by Antoinette. Coop's dream finally comes true.
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8.0/10188 votesLoading...#21 - Deal
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 4/19/2015
Jackie gets inventive, setting her sights on returning to All Saints.
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8.0/10196 votesLoading...#22 - Coop Out
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 5/10/2015
Jackie stirs up trouble for the developers. Coop preps for his last day.
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8.0/10185 votesLoading...#23 - Serviam in Caritate
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 6/7/2015
Zoey finally confronts Jackie. Dr. Prince attracts a mob to All Saints.
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7.9/10346 votesLoading...#24 - Ring Finger
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 8/10/2009
Jackie and Grace begin mother-daughter tap class. Coop threatens to expose Jackie for falsifying a donor’s record. Jackie has forgotten to remove her wedding ring, and needs to get it off before meeting Eddie for a quickie.
Director: Paul Feig
Writer: Liz Brixius
7.9/10344 votesLoading...#25 - Pill-O-Matix
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 8/17/2009
Kevin decides to buy Jackie a new wedding ring. At work, the automated pill machine replaces Eddie. A movie critic is admitted with a broken elbow.
Director: Scott Ellis
Writer: Rick Cleveland
The Best Episodes of Nurse Jackie
Every episode of Nurse Jackie ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Nurse Jackie!
Every day is a matter of life and death in a hectic New York City hospital, but for Nurse Jackie that's the easiest part. Between...
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Best Episodes Summary
"Handle Your Scandal" is the best rated episode of "Nurse Jackie". It scored 8.8/10 based on 269 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/17/2012. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Flight".
