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[[File:nurse-1_4392.jpg|frame]]''Nurse Jackie'', fondly referred to by some fans as "Nurse [[House (TV series)|House]]", is a [[Showtime]] half-hour drama/comedy about Jackie Peyton (Edie Falco), a nurse in an inner-city hospital in [[New York City]] who manages to be both a mega-bitch (with a heart!) and a life-saving Jesus in a skirt. Or scrubs, whatever.
It attracted some overstated initial hype in the USA about how [[Darker and Edgier|Dark and Edgy]] it is, although that is true only by comparison to more sentimental hospital dramas. The strength of the show are the way it combines (often dark) humour with subtle drama, it's rounded characters and how it avoids being preachy. Jackie is bitchy, cheats on her husband and is addicted to all sorts of medication, but is still a sympathetic character.
Some other characters include Jackie's [[Gentleman Snarker]] English friend Dr. O'Hara; Gloria Akalitus, Jackie's mostly no-nonsense boss, Dr. "Coop" Cooper, a parody of the traditional supercool heroic young doctor who ''always'' seeks attention; Jackie's [[Naive Newcomer]] protege, Zoe; Eddie, the hospital pharmacist who was once her [[Hopeless Suitor]] drug supplier and [[Friends
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* [[Expy]]: Zoey is an expy of Alice Chantrey from ''[[Casualty]]''.
* [[Friendly Rival]]: Coop considered he was one with O'Hara as she's the only other doctor on the floor. It's made the plot point of a season 3 episode.
* [[Friends
* [[Gentleman Snarker]]: O'Hara is a rare female example
* [[Has Two Mommies]]: Coop
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* [[I Cannot Self-Terminate]]
* [[It's Not You, It's Me]]: Inverted At the end of season 3 when {{spoiler|Kevin confesses to Jackie that he had an affair (despite her having one as well) and she tells him to leave her}}
* [[Jerk
* [[Karma Houdini]]: Inverted, with a Protagonist who does questionable things. Executive producer Liz Brixius even used the name Houdini to describe her. Understandable as Jackie is the main character, but ''every'' season ends with her getting off scott free. In season two {{spoiler|Keven and O'Hara find out she's an addict, but she's given near free rein in season three until her new supplier bites the dust. She then becomes sober, but not by choice}}. Season 3 has her {{spoiler|Keven reveals he had an affair because he felt distant from her (she was cheating on him at the time, ironically) and she plans to divorce him. Simultaneously (and unknown to Jackie) Her boss did not give HR her urine sample, essentially getting her out of hot water at work}}.
** The tables are turned in the recent season when Kevin discovers about Jackie's affair and her drug use and sues for child custody.
* [[Karmic Jackpot]]: Arguably Jackie. She saves lives, is considered a good person by most of her co-workers, and as a result is able to hide her secrets almost flawlessly.
* [[Married to
* [[Moral Dissonance]]: Jackie, who's considered a good nurse and mother, but who's actions potentially harm that reputation.
* [[MD Envy]]: Inverted, most of the nurses and paramedics are happy in their jobs but Coop often feels the need to gloat that he is a doctor, especially over Sam, the only recurring nurse who is both straight and male. Barring Kelly, but Kelly is [[The Ace]] so gets a pass from Coop.
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* [[One of Our Own]]: In season 3 {{spoiler|Lenny, Zoey's boyfriend}} a EMT who delivers Patients into All Staint's becomes a patient for an episode.
* [[Real Life Relative]]: Suzie Brixius, sister of creator Liz Brixius, makes a cameo as a deranged woman.
* [[Recycled in Space]]: ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', but with a nurse
* [[Sarcastic Confession]]: when Zoe asks Jackie what happened to her finger.
* [[Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right]]: Jackie all the time, and to a lesser extent O'Hara
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