Nurse Jackie

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Jacob Clifton: A+ | 1519 USERS: B-
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Which, of course, means that Coop has his pick of two really useful options: grab Jackie's boob, or rat her out in some way to Eddie. These are like his only coping mechanisms, because he's scared to death of her, because she's always right. And even if he's right in this case, she's still a little more right in the larger sense. So, knowing that, Jackie of course grabs a hammer, strolling nervously through the ER, and crushes up another pill. Out in the hallway she's got a spring in her step and the wide eyes of somebody tripping balls, and Eddie sort of floats pink-elephantishly into her vision and bugs her again about coming to see him. He notes the gloves and when she says she's on urine sample duty he asks if she can't just delegate, and she grins like the most adorable druggie of all time, which is what she is: "But it's the highlight of my day!"

And breaks into a run, just around the corner, the better to find Eleanor on the phone and jokingly snarking at her to knock first. "Favor?" Only if she's not angry anymore, Eleanor says. I love how her feelings about Jackie are so simple and clear and obvious, it's one of the most admirable things about her. She loves Jackie, it really is that simple, and not in some kind of shallow "I choose the surface way": she's a force of nature in her way as well. She likes things to be easy and lovely, and she likes Jackie, and those are the Things Eleanor Likes. So she can say, "Stop being mad at me," and there's no manipulation or anything behind it: she would like you to stop being mad at her right now, and that is the sum total of what she means by that statement.

Nurse Jackie

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