Edie Falco takes a turn for the Nurse in new series

To be honest, Edie Falco has not always been Carmela Soprano to me. I actually first saw her when she was playing a lesbian on Will and Grace. *snicker* So, naturally, her career choices and my taste in television have crossed paths a few times, and she has absolutely never disappointed me.  I'm definitely going to check this one out!

 

Adversus solem ne loquitor.

This is why I find it hard to get into broadcast TV.  With shows written this well, and characters as broadly drawn as these are (of course this is just after watching the first ep.), I know this will rank right up there with Weeds and Dexter for me.  Hopefully it will have as much success and return for many seasons!

 

It definitely has potential! And yay Anna Deavere Smith!! Looking forward to it!

There are so many new shows about nurses. I watched the first episode and it is great. I love Edie. This show [even with all of her flaws] makes her look strong, smart, AND compassionate. I think the other shows with struggle with that. 

Loved Edie Falco in Sopranos and as Deirdre in Will & Grace..so propably this one is no exception. Definitely going to check it out!

Oh and I like her haircut :)

I'm sick today so I had plenty of time to check this show out, and i really liked it!

 

I agree that the ending is really good. Not to mention I like that Nurse Jackie doesn't fit any of the normal TV nurse cliches.

Maybe I need to watch it again because, honestly, I didn't find the show that compelling.

 

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My big misgiving about the show is Peter Facinelli's character, Dr. Cooper--as someone noted on twitter yesterday, it's like they took his character from Can't Hardly Wait and gave him a medical degree. It's one thing to have an abrupt bedside manner, it's another to say this guy graduated at the top of his med school class and doesn't perform routine examinations. 

Also, I didn't find Jackie to be at all endearing--there wasn't enough patient interaction for me to find her likable enough to counteract all the shady stuff she did. Whether you're talking about Nancy Botwin or Tara Gregson or, even, Tony Soprano...there has to be something redeeming about the character and there just wasn't enough redemption for Jackie in Episode 1. 

That said, I'll probably add this to the DVR schedule, if only because it follows Weeds.  

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Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong. - Theodore Roosevelt

especially if it stays away from the "rough outside hides heart of gold" storylines. Love Edie Falco and Anna Deveare Smith - and the nurse in training, though I don't care much yet for Jackie's  two buddies. I am glad that they moved away from the original "supernatural" bent (I have a feeling that could have been some God talking a la "Joan of Arcadia"). I'd like to see more, but I am definitely not hooked after one episode.

Just watched the pilot ep.  Linster was spot on re: total shock of an ending.

I reckon this show has great potential and of course Edie Falco is fab.

Bob

I can't wait to see more.  Edie Falco is amazing and it's interesting to see this kind of nuanced storytelling with a nurse at the center of it all.

I can't wait to see more.  Edie Falco is amazing and it's interesting to see this kind of nuanced storytelling with a nurse at the center of it all.