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Season 1

Season 1

Season 1

Season 1

Season 1

Season 1

  • Air date:2009-06-08
  • User score:
    7.5
  • Number of episodes:12

List of Episodes

Pilot
S1E1
6.8

Air date: 2009-06-08

Runtime: 30 min

Longtime ER nurse Jackie Peyton bends the rules to bring some good from a patient's senseless death, while concealing her addiction to a pain killer she gets from her boyfriend, the hospital pharmacist.

Sweet 'n All
S1E2
7.7

Air date: 2009-06-15

Runtime: 30 min

Jackie and her husband, Kevin, become concerned that their older daughter Grace is suffering from anxiety disorder; hospital administrator Mrs. Akalitus drinks Jackie's Percoset-laced coffee.

Chicken Soup
S1E3
7.3

Air date: 2009-06-22

Runtime: 30 min

An elderly patient checks in who has been treating his heart disease with chicken soup; Jackie discusses her daughter's anxiety with Dr. O'Hara; Eddie learns that he is to be replaced by a pill-dispensing machine.

School Nurse
S1E4
6.0

Air date: 2009-06-29

Runtime: 30 min

Jackie and Kevin consider enrolling Grace in private school; the stoic Dr. O'Hara must endure the emotional thanks of a boy whose twin brother she saved; Zoey loses a patient for the first time.

Daffodil
S1E5
7.7

Air date: 2009-07-06

Runtime: 30 min

Jackie breaks several rules and regulations to help a 10-year-old girl caring for her lupus-stricken mother; Mrs. Akalitus accidentally tasers herself; O'Hara treats Zoey to a meal at a four-star restaurant.

Tiny Bubbles
S1E6
8.0

Air date: 2009-07-13

Runtime: 30 min

Jackie is caught off-guard when a nurse (Judith Ivey) she used to work with, who is dying of lung cancer, asks Jackie to help end her life. Meanwhile, Coop’s mother (Blythe Danner) is admitted with a gall bladder attack. We learn that he is the only son of lesbians…a fact that delights Jackie and O’Hara.

Steak Knife
S1E7
8.5

Air date: 2009-07-20

Runtime: 30 min

A man is admitted with a steak knife sticking out of his chest. Eddie gives Jackie a Cartier bracelet for their one-year anniversary, but she rejects the gift. A baby is left in the nurses’ station and Akalitus takes the infant to her office.

Pupil
S1E8
7.5

Air date: 2009-07-27

Runtime: 30 min

Jackie discovers that a new temp nurse is abusing drugs, but when she confronts him, he calls her on hypocrisy; Mrs. Akalitus still has the foundling infant left at the hospital; Coop reveals to Eddie that Jackie has a child.

Nose Bleed
S1E9
7.5

Air date: 2009-08-03

Runtime: 30 min

Jackie admits a patient she has treated before. As his condition worsens, Zoey questions whether Jackie did enough to help him on his previous visit. Jackie’s drug use starts to cause spontaneous nose bleeds.

Ring Finger
S1E10
7.5

Air date: 2009-08-10

Runtime: 30 min

Jackie and Grace begin mother-daughter tap class. Coop threatens to expose Jackie for falsifying a donor’s record. Jackie has forgotten to remove her wedding ring, and needs to get it off before meeting Eddie for a quickie.

Pill-O-Matix
S1E11
7.5

Air date: 2009-08-17

Runtime: 30 min

Kevin decides to buy Jackie a new wedding ring. At work, the automated pill machine replaces Eddie. A movie critic is admitted with a broken elbow.

Health Care And Cinema
S1E12
7.5

Air date: 2009-08-24

Runtime: 30 min

Kevin invites Jackie to a midnight rendezvous in order to give her a new wedding ring; the comatose movie critic wakes up but his tastes have radically changed.

Top Cast

Edie Falco

Edie Falco

Jackie Peyton

Eve Best

Eve Best

Dr. Eleanor O'Hara

Paul Schulze

Paul Schulze

Eddie Walzer

Peter Facinelli

Peter Facinelli

Dr. Fitch Cooper

Haaz Sleiman

Haaz Sleiman

Mohammed 'Mo-Mo' De La Cruz

Lenny Jacobson

Lenny Jacobson

Lenny

Merritt Wever

Merritt Wever

Zoey Barkow

Stephen Wallem

Stephen Wallem

Thor Lundgren

Dominic Fumusa

Dominic Fumusa

Kevin Peyton

Ruby Jerins

Ruby Jerins

Grace Peyton

Anna Deavere Smith

Anna Deavere Smith

Gloria Akalitus

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