So Jackie's addictions continue, with her so desperate for another hit that when she drops her last pill of whatever down the drain, she is focused on digging that pill out using gum on the end of a pen rather than listen to her husband explain that their oldest daughter might have some psychological issues. Good quality family time, yes?
And Jackie's sideline squeeze at the hospital, Eddie "loose with the drugs", might be replaced by a robot dispensing the pills. Jackie's immediate reaction is that it's going to be so much harder to get scrips filled, meaning her own personal supply is affected, and not the fact that her "supposed" lover might be getting the boot.
Wake up call for Eddie? One would think so. But Jackie does eventually ask Dr. Cooper (boobies!) to vote no on the robot thing. So maybe she does care for Eddie. Maybe.
Poor Zoey gets a shiny new stethoscope, which Dr. O'Hara promptly borrows/steals, and Zoey spends the rest of the episode trying to build up the courage to get it back.
Dr. O'Hara thinks this is fun and really enjoys it. Zoey, of course, thinks otherwise and gets yet another notch in her lipstick case of eventual revenge against all these hateful people. I'm envisioning a future episode entitled "Zoey No Longer Makes Muffins for ANYBODY". Because that's about as far as Timid Tessie will go, but I'm sure it will be thrilling for her.
There's a mini-subplot about some guy's cat scratching up his privates in a vicious manner (something about cleaning the bathroom naked and Boo Boo Kitty goes after a new playtoy). This guy wakes up from his semi-coma and utters the line "Oh my god. I'm in stirrups."
A deep and worrisome fear we all have, Mr. Catnip.
Then we have the story of an elderly man in his last hours, refusing all treatment except his wife's chicken soup, so Nurse Jackie has to wing it with the the hospital administrator (who is apparently all better now after the special coffee from the last episode) because the hospital isn't making any money by applying expensive last-minute treatments, and they need the bed for someone with some cash flow.
Now, this is supposed to be a touching series of scenes, and it was, part of the reason I really like this show with its mix of heart, humor and anger. But I must confess I spent an inordinate amount of time going "Hey, that's Eli Wallach! He's like 90-something and still acting!", and "OMG! That's Magda from 'Sex and the City!' Does Miranda know you've left Brady unattended?"
So I didn't quite make it into the Hallmark Zone. More like "slight welling of tears during a commercial about the effects of depression on your family" territory.
Back to Jackie and bland-husband's older daughter. She really does have some issues, plopped in front of the TV watching shows about plagues and death and general unhappiness. Jackie does try reaching out to her, but I guess it's hard for her to remain focused when the handiwork of her latest drug-addiction is racing through her veins, making her want to copulate with co-workers, yell at cab drivers who then have heart attacks, and torment Zoey who just wants to bake and be loved. All at the same time.
And really, with the severe hairstyle that Edie Falco has brought to this character, it's very easy to get distracted from a lot of things. I know, easy jab, focusing on the hair. But damn. You get too tight of a close-up on that 'do and you won't sleep for days. Seriously.
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