One of the better things that came out from my having had no Internet connection was getting into new stuff; and this particular discovery landed on my lap courtesy of my sister B (Thanks B!). I am talking about Nurse Jackie.
Most hospital dramas tell their stories from the doctor's point of view like House or Grey's Anatomy. This one shines the spotlight on nurses, one nurse in particular, who's played by Edie Falco. I love her; she plays Jackie Peyton with a kind of wary sincerity. Because you see, the thing about Nurse Jackie is that apart from being a health care professional, she is also a wife and mother of two kids, who's best friends with a doctor and who's having an affair with the resident pharmacist, maybe because she is a junkie. Her days are full, and as she puts it, she meets people on the worst day of their lives, so suffice it to say that there is always pressure of the life or death kind.
On the outside, Nurse Jackie is confident and commanding but inside, she is just hanging by a thread, barely keeping it together. And I'm pretty sure that most moms can relate to that. Sometimes shit happens, but you just shoulder on. You put on a happy face and make like nothing's wrong because your kids can't very well see you breaking down to pieces.
But Nurse Jackie isn't the only character you'll like here; there are her fellow nurses Momo (who sang this sweet hymn to a comatose boy) and Zoey (who is so hilariously clueless you'll love her), there are the doctors (one of whom is played by Peter Facinelli: yes, the same guy who plays Dr. Cullen in the Twilight movies), and then of course, there are the assortment of patients who bring in their bittersweet stories.
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