SofaChip’s Advance Review of Nurse Jackie: “Chicken Soup”

Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton and Merritt Wever as Zoey in Nurse Jackie (Episode 3) - Photo: Ken Regan/Showtime

Being an addict ain’t pretty, people.  Hopefully you’ve never had to learn that fist hand. Jackie has, though. Or rather, does. Am I mixing up my tenses? Ehh! The point is – Jackie has some addiction-related problems in this episode.

Nurse Zoey continues to be naive and adorable while Dr. O’Hara decides to mess with her a bit. Do you think you could stand up to Dr. O’Hara? I personally want to go shopping with her!

On the patient front: A cat causes some injuries for someone, in an unusual way. And another patient has decided that chicken soup is the only cure he needs. One woman ends up giving Jackie some unhealthy advice.

I’m not sure I understand why some people are offended by the portrayal of ‘this kind of nurse’ on TV. No one is saying that these are how all nurses are. It’s just one nurse – a fictional nurse at that. And who wants to watch a show with a boring nurse? Not me. Not anyone. Well, maybe my Grandma. No – you know what? Not even her. She has good taste in TV!

Eve Best as Dr. O'Hara in Nurse Jackie (Episode 3) - Photo: Ken Regan/Showtime

Quotes from Nurse Jackie – Chicken Soup:

“April showers bring May flowers. And if you’re really good, maybe a blow job.”

“Doctor’s take shit. Sandwiches. Stethoscopes. Credit.”

“They’re nice buses, if you have to get hit by a bus.”

“Oh God, I’m in stirrups?”

“He doesn’t have a Doctor. He’s eating soup.”

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