7.6/10602 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/8/2009
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: N/A
7.7/10459 votes#2 - Sweet 'n All
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/15/2009
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: N/A
7.6/10431 votes#3 - Chicken Soup
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/22/2009
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
7.6/10404 votes#4 - School Nurse
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/29/2009
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
7.7/10395 votes#5 - Daffodil
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/6/2009
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: N/A
8.1/10408 votes#6 - 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
7.5/10367 votes#7 - Steak Knife
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 7/20/2009
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: N/A
7.7/10353 votes#8 - Pupil
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 7/27/2009
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: N/A
7.5/10348 votes#9 - Nose Bleed
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 8/3/2009
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: N/A
7.9/10346 votes#10 - 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 votes#11 - 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
8.2/10346 votes#12 - 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
The Best Episodes of Nurse Jackie Season 1
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Nurse Jackie" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 602 votes. Directed by Allen Coulter and written by N/A, it aired on 6/8/2009. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Sweet 'n All".