The Best Episodes of Nurse Jackie Season 1

#1 Fan Favorite
8.2/10(425 votes)
#1 - Health Care and Cinema
S1:E128/24/2009
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:Unknown
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Director:Scott Ellis
Writer:Unknown
8.1/10(505 votes)
#2 - Tiny Bubbles
S1:E67/13/2009
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
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Director:Craig Zisk
Writer:Rick Cleveland
7.9/10(425 votes)
#3 - Ring Finger
S1:E108/10/2009
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
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Director:Paul Feig
Writer:Liz Brixius
7.9/10(422 votes)
#4 - Pill-O-Matix
S1:E118/17/2009
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
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Director:Scott Ellis
Writer:Rick Cleveland
7.7/10(560 votes)
#5 - Sweet 'n All
S1:E26/15/2009
Jackie and her husband, Kevin, become concerned that their older daughter Grace is suffering from anxiety disorder; hospital administrator Mrs. Akalitus drinks Jackie's Percoset-laced coffee.
Director:Craig Zisk
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Craig Zisk
Writer:Unknown
7.7/10(482 votes)
#6 - Daffodil
S1:E57/6/2009
Jackie breaks several rules and regulations to help a 10-year-old girl caring for her lupus-stricken mother; Mrs. Akalitus accidentally tasers herself; O'Hara treats Zoey to a meal at a four-star restaurant.
Director:Steve Buscemi
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Steve Buscemi
Writer:Unknown

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7.6/10(740 votes)
#7 - Pilot
S1:E16/8/2009
Longtime ER nurse Jackie Peyton bends the rules to bring some good from a patient's senseless death, while concealing her addiction to a pain killer she gets from her boyfriend, the hospital pharmacist.
Director:Allen Coulter
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Allen Coulter
Writer:Unknown
7.6/10(522 votes)
#8 - Chicken Soup
S1:E36/22/2009
An elderly patient checks in who has been treating his heart disease with chicken soup; Jackie discusses her daughter's anxiety with Dr. O'Hara; Eddie learns that he is to be replaced by a pill-dispensing machine.
Director:Craig Zisk
Writer:Mark Hudis
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Director:Craig Zisk
Writer:Mark Hudis
7.6/10(435 votes)
#9 - Pupil
S1:E87/27/2009
Jackie discovers that a new temp nurse is abusing drugs, but when she confronts him, he calls her on hypocrisy; Mrs. Akalitus still has the foundling infant left at the hospital; Coop reveals to Eddie that Jackie has a child.
Director:Steve Buscemi
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Steve Buscemi
Writer:Unknown
7.5/10(492 votes)
#10 - School Nurse
S1:E46/29/2009
Jackie and Kevin consider enrolling Grace in private school; the stoic Dr. O'Hara must endure the emotional thanks of a boy whose twin brother she saved; Zoey loses a patient for the first time.
Director:Steve Buscemi
Writer:Christine Zander
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Director:Steve Buscemi
Writer:Christine Zander
7.5/10(454 votes)
#11 - Steak Knife
S1:E77/20/2009
A man is admitted with a steak knife sticking out of his chest. Eddie gives Jackie a Cartier bracelet for their one-year anniversary, but she rejects the gift. A baby is left in the nurses' station and Akalitus takes the infant to her office.
Director:Steve Buscemi
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Steve Buscemi
Writer:Unknown
7.5/10(429 votes)
#12 - Nose Bleed
S1:E98/3/2009
Jackie admits a patient she has treated before. As his condition worsens, Zoey questions whether Jackie did enough to help him on his previous visit. Jackie's drug use starts to cause spontaneous nose bleeds.
Director:Paul Feig
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Paul Feig
Writer:Unknown