So… I watched the first four episodes of “Nurse Jackie” on Netflix and now I’m sad.
I’d never seen the show because I’ve always been poor and a subscription to Showtime was not a luxury I was willing to expense. Though somehow–through witchcraft perhaps–I did manage to watch “Dexter” and “Weeds” while they were airing. Still, I’d heard things about “Nurse Jackie,” which is why I got a little excited when I turned on Netflix and there it was.
OMG, the show gives me so many feelings and I don’t know if they’re good. Sure, it’s melodrama and dark human emotion, but it’s also pretty real. I’ve been there, worrying about a kid, not sure if there’s something really wrong or if it’s something they’re going to grow out of.
Ugh. The show is good. There’s so much juiciness to it that it’s impossible not to be sucked in.
Yet I don’t think it’s a show that I can watch regularly. I might binge-watch it one night to get it out of the way, but to tune in night after night to catch every episode? No thank you.
If you have any kind of personality disorder or blanket darkness of the soul, “Nurse Jackie” might not be the show for you.
But if you have a love for the awesome Edie Falco and for dark dramedy dealing with real life and prescription drug addiction, this might be your next Netflix show. There’s 7 seasons with 80 episodes, and the show ran from June 8, 2009 to June 28, 2015 on Showtime.
Beware, from what I understand the ending is left ambiguous, which may result in you punching walls.
