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The Worst 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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  1. Background image for Happy Fucking Birthday
    5.3/10(3 votes)

    #1 - Happy Fucking Birthday

    S5:E1

    Victims of a bus accident are treated; two doctors join the rotation; O'Hara is happy spending time with her son; Akalitus gives Eddie his job back.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Rat Falls
    6.0/10(3 votes)

    #2 - Rat Falls

    S3:E5

    Jackie runs out of drugs and Dr. Cooper decides to compete with Dr. O'Hara for the E.R. chief position.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Pillgrimage
    6.6/10(5 votes)

    #3 - Pillgrimage

    S6:E2

    Jackie steals Dr. Roman's DEA number. Coop is recruited by a 'sperm scout.'

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Sink or Swim
    6.8/10(5 votes)

    #4 - Sink or Swim

    S6:E1

    Jackie's back to using again, but she's doing it differently this time: maintaining a clean and sober cover, going to 12-step meetings - even finding herself a sponsor - all the while getting her drugs from the towel girl at the gym. Meanwhile at All Saints, Zoey finds out that everyone knows about her 'secret' relationship with Prentiss. Season premiere.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Play Me
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #5 - Play Me

    S3:E3

    Kevin's younger sister Tunie visits after a breakup with her boyfriend; Lenny prepares a surprise romantic picnic for Zoey; two street vendors are brought in after a turf war turns violent; Akalitus fights Catholic bureaucrats over the hospital's chapel.

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  6. Background image for Mitten
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #6 - Mitten

    S3:E4

    Jackie finds a new hiding place for her pills and buries the hatchet with O'Hara, who becomes ER chief; Zoey works her first double shift; Kevin invites Eddie to a backyard barbecue; Jackie must tell more lies to retrieve her misplaced stash.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Caregiver
    7.4/10(282 votes)

    #7 - Caregiver

    S2:E5

    Jackie's life gets a little more complicated because of a security guard and O'Hara's longtime affair comes to light.

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    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #8 - Super Greens

    S6:E3

    Coop learns his sperm count is too low for donation; Carrie gets a lucky break; Akalitus' poker habit pays off; Grace drops a bomb on Jackie.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Steak Knife
    7.5/10(375 votes)

    #9 - Steak Knife

    S1:E7

    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.

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    Director:Steve Buscemi
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Nose Bleed
    7.5/10(355 votes)

    #10 - Nose Bleed

    S1:E9

    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.

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    Director:Paul Feig
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for When The Saints Go
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #11 - When The Saints Go

    S3:E6

    Mrs. Akalitus is in a holy uproar as workers from the archdiocese remove her religious statues. Meanwhile, a new temp nurse makes his presence known in the ER, and some people don't appreciate it; Coop deals with personal, professional and podiatric problems; and Jackie tries to deal with Kevin playing matchmaker between Eddie and his sister.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Orchids and Salami
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Orchids and Salami

    S3:E7

    Kelly wins over the All Saints staff; Kevin finds pills in a dental floss dispenser; a patient soothes Coop's depression; Jackie pockets drugs.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for The Lady with the Lamp
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - The Lady with the Lamp

    S6:E8

    Jackie detoxes at home - with help. Frank raises an objection about Grace.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for High Noon
    7.5/10(189 votes)

    #14 - High Noon

    S7:E6

    Zoey leads the ER nurses on a walkout. Jackie battles her cravings.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Pilot
    7.6/10(618 votes)

    #15 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    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.

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    Director:Allen Coulter
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Chicken Soup
    7.6/10(439 votes)

    #16 - Chicken Soup

    S1:E3

    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.

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    Director:Craig Zisk
    Writer:Mark Hudis
  18. Background image for School Nurse
    7.6/10(413 votes)

    #17 - School Nurse

    S1:E4

    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.

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  19. Background image for Comfort Food
    7.6/10(316 votes)

    #18 - Comfort Food

    S2:E1

    After the confrontation with Eddie at the end of season one, it’s now a few months later. Jackie has cut ties with Eddie and is determined to dive back in and spend more time with her family. Back at All Saints, she deflects blame about the narcotic shortage and endures Sam, the altered nurse and his newfound sobriety.

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    7.6/10(313 votes)

    #19 - Twitter

    S2:E2

    Jackie covers for a hung-over O'Hara, while Eddie befriends Kevin and Dr. Coop gets hooked on microblogging.

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    Director:Paul Feig
    Writer:Mark Hudis
  21. Background image for Candyland
    7.6/10(288 votes)

    #20 - Candyland

    S2:E3

    O'Hara offers financial help, but Jackie and Kevin refuse to take it. Eddie and Kevin's secret friendship is revealed.

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  22. Background image for Silly String
    7.6/10(252 votes)

    #21 - Silly String

    S2:E7

    Coop insults the biggest donor of the hospital while Jackie revisits her affair with Eddie.

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    Director:Paul Feig
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for The Wall
    7.6/10(210 votes)

    #22 - The Wall

    S4:E3

    Worried about her daughter, Jackie leaves rehab early against her therapist's advice and finds that returning to work greatly rattles her nerves, forcing her to struggle to maintain her sobriety; Zoey has second thoughts about her relationship with Lenny; Eddie tells Jackie that he confessed their affair to Kevin.

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    Director:Seith Mann
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Sweet 'n All
    7.7/10(470 votes)

    #23 - Sweet 'n All

    S1:E2

    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.

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    Director:Craig Zisk
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Daffodil
    7.7/10(404 votes)

    #24 - Daffodil

    S1:E5

    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.

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    Director:Steve Buscemi
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Pupil
    7.7/10(360 votes)

    #25 - Pupil

    S1:E8

    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.

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    Director:Steve Buscemi
    Writer:Unknown

Worst Episodes Summary

"Happy Fucking Birthday" is the worst rated episode of "Nurse Jackie". It scored 5.3/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/14/2013. This episode scored 0.7 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Rat Falls".