Nurse Jackie "Daffodil"

This episode was an excuse to make a midnight shift one. It's not like it was a poor excuse though. It was quite funny.

It starts with Grace asking Jackie why she always has to work. She gives Grace a very nonchalant response and continues to prepare a dinner of burgers and fries. Grace gets upset when she can't open a bottle of Gummy Vites. She gets upset again and leaves the table. The other daughter starts sticking fries up her nose. Yum.

Jackie gets to work with Zoey managing things in the ER. She tells her how to file patients. Mrs. Akalitus comes over and also tries to help, but Jackie explains nicely that Zoey is not stupid. A hooker comes in asking for a pregnancy test. Jackie tells her to fuck off because this is the fourth time she's tried this. The hooker complains that she doesn't have fifteen dollars lying around so Jackie gives it to her. She walks away with a disgruntled look.

A little girl with her mother who is in a wheelchair and is having trouble breathing. Jackie immediately helps her. The little girl explains that her mother has lupus. The girl shows Jackie a chart of her mother's blood pressures, all of which are normal. Mrs. Akalitus snaps at Jackie for bringing the ten year old girl into the ICU which is apparently forbidden. The girl says that her grandmother will be there to get her anyway and goes into the waiting room.

Jackie tends to a man who has had a severe stroke. The family surrounding his is distasteful. Jackie (and the viewer) immediately hates them. He asks the man a few simple questions, but he can't answer any of them because he's having trouble talking.

Jackie gets a call from her husband about Grace. She tells him that she still doesn't want any medication for her. The call ends and she agrees to go on a date later with Eddie. Downstairs, Eddie meets Dr. Cooper. The two become quite friendly and Dr. Cooper offers to take Eddie to Quiznos.

Outside, Jackie socializes with Momo who is smoking a cigarette. He's drinking a hot coffee in the middle of winter. He tells Jackie that he prefers the coffee of George Clooney's cock. Jackie cautions him that Clooney has a house in Lake Como. It's not too long before Mrs. Akalitus comes outside and yells at Momo for smoking. Jackie points out that there's a whole crowd of doctors smoking across the street. Jackie heads back inside. She sees the little girl studying her spelling words on flashcards. Jackie decides to break the rules again and brings the girl into the ICU. Jackie comes back and tells Thor that Momo asked for pizza and a sugared donut which is really just a lie because its for her. Later, to her dismay, Thor has eaten the snacks.

Jackie walks into Eddie's office and finds him and Dr. Cooper eating Quiznos. Eddie offers her a seat, but she's a bit uncomfortable around Dr. Cooper. She takes some painkillers and leaves. Dr. Cooper mentions that he groped Jackie once which pisses Eddie off.

While Mrs. Akalitus is walking in the hallway, she finds a taser lying the middle of the floor. She walks into an elevator to bring it to security and accidentally tasers herself. Thor finds her and tells her she'll be fine in fifteen minutes.

Jackie clears the little girl's mother. When she's walking back to her desk, she sees Mrs. Akalitus in a bed who is embarrassed about her incident. Jackie takes the little girl's ideas on her flashcards and uses it. She makes flashcards for the stroke patient's family that say fuck off on them.

Dr. O'Hara tells Jackie that she's ready for a meal. Jackie cancels which makes Dr. O'Hara upset. Zoey volunteers to go instead. The two share an interesting meal and don't exactly bond.

Jackie finally arrives at home in the morning. The little girl calls her cellphone. She says that her mother has so much pain in her arm that she can barely lift it. Jackie tells her how to use painkillers and how to administer them to her mother.

"Daffodil" Grade: A-