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    Nurse Wacky

    Nurse Jackie: "It's Not Like I'm Addicted"

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    Image of NotChoinski NotChoinski
    07/15/09

    In reply to Nurse Wacky
    This show is rapidly jelling into something great. The only beef I have is Anna Devere Smith is totally being wasted with an over-the-top character that is not being developed.
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    Image of BabyJane BabyJane
    07/15/09

    In reply to Nurse Wacky
    I call that hairstyle the reverse-Kate Gosselin?
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    Image of FashionShowAtLunch FashionShowAtLunch
    07/15/09

    In reply to Nurse Wacky
    She just got totally busted making out with Jack Donaghy.
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    Image of Don't Get It Twisted (don't take mah starhhh!) Don't Get It Twisted (don't take mah starhhh!)
    07/15/09

    In reply to Nurse Wacky
    This is a PSA: Jump on the Nurse Jackie train. Now, don't wait.



    Her hair is less Something About Mary on the show....
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    Image of JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing! JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!
    07/15/09

    In reply to Nurse Wacky
    "Is that. . . hair gel?"
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    Image of feather_spin feather_spin
    07/15/09

    @JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!: That's where my mind went, too.
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    Image of wishing upon wishing upon
    06/23/09

    In reply to Nurse Jackie: "It's Not Like I'm Addicted"
    Is this show worth watching? I'm intrigued.
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    Image of shorty63136 shorty63136
    06/23/09

    @hollygolightly: Yes - love Edie Falco and her pill-popping ass in this show.
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    Image of margareita metermaid margareita metermaid
    06/23/09

    In reply to Nurse Jackie: "It's Not Like I'm Addicted"
    also, does anyone know what it is nurse jackie is supposed to be taking? have they specifically named the pills? my guess: oxycontin or methadone.

    (sorry, clearly i enjoy drug drama way more than i should, ha!)
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    Image of hatepaperdoll hatepaperdoll
    06/23/09

    @margareita metermaid: I think it's Vicodin.
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    Image of AtomicBellyButton AtomicBellyButton
    06/23/09

    @margareita metermaid: So far, she's mentioned vicodin, oxycontin, and percocet.
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    Image of Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny. Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
    06/23/09

    @margareita metermaid: She mention's Oxy by name at one point, but the pills she takes definitely look more like Vikes.
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    Image of margareita metermaid margareita metermaid
    06/23/09

    @Thanks all! So she takes a little of everything...interesting!
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    Image of margareita metermaid margareita metermaid
    06/23/09

    @Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: yeah, they look like vicodin in their appearance, but if she's an addict, vicodin is not really realistic. oxy is more like it.
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    Image of PreposterousHypothesis PreposterousHypothesis
    06/23/09

    @margareita metermaid: As someone who lived with a former vicodin addict, I beg to differ.
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    Image of colormeroutine colormeroutine
    06/23/09

    @margareita metermaid: Percocet. she says so as she's putting it in the sugar packets
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    06/23/09

    @PreposterousHypothesis: lightweight!


    (just joking! i understand all opiates can be addictive!)

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    Image of Birthday Girl Birthday Girl
    06/23/09

    In reply to Nurse Jackie: "It's Not Like I'm Addicted"
    I had vicodin when I got my wisdom teeth out and I just slept all the time. Vicodin made me feel like I was having the most perfect day of my life if the most perfect day of my life involved not being able to stay awake for 15 minutes at a time.
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    Image of Trulymadlyme Trulymadlyme
    06/23/09

    @Birthday Girl: Right? I have no clue how this character is ever functioning. At all.
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    Image of dichotomy dichotomy
    06/23/09

    Wow. I just got@Birthday Girl: That seems a bit much for wisdom teeth. I just got Lortab.
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    06/23/09

    @dichotomy: oops.
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    Image of margareita metermaid margareita metermaid
    06/23/09

    @dichotomy: Lortab IS Vicodin. Just a brand name. Vicodin is actually pretty mild in the sphere of opiates.
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    Image of Hooplehead Hooplehead
    06/23/09

    @Birthday Girl: Seriously. I can't function or think or stay awake on them. I do not get the appeal unless you are in constant pain and have nowhere else to be but your bed. Kind of hard to think of someone being on them and still on enough to provide medical care to anyone. Also, kind of a tall order to believe that none of her colleagues, who are trained to spot this sort of thing, would miss it in someone they see every day.
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    Image of margareita metermaid margareita metermaid
    06/23/09

    @Hooplehead: not at all unrealistic. some people are just predisposed to opiates and they actually give you energy and keep you moving. I was an opiate user for years and performed better at work than off them. (no, really, i did :)-- it wasn't just my own observations of myself). It is quite easy to appear lucid and 'normal' if you are an addict and have a tolerance.

    everybody responds differently to stuff-- just cos they make you sleepy doesn't mean that is the way for all.
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    Image of keldo keldo
    06/23/09

    @margareita metermaid: The first Vicodin I take for whatever affliction I have is quite enjoyable. After that they are like Motrin. I don't think I could become addicted without taking fistfuls at a go.
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    Image of PreposterousHypothesis PreposterousHypothesis
    06/23/09

    @Birthday Girl: My ex-roommate had a vicodin addiction (and she was a nurse too). She was up to 20 pills a day. I have no idea how she functioned -- I had vicodin for my wisdom teeth too, and I basically used them so I could sleep with my big jowly post-tooth-removal cheeks.
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    Image of Penny Penny
    06/23/09

    @dichotomy: Lortabs are actually hard-core Vicodin, at least that's what I thought.
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    Image of margareita metermaid margareita metermaid
    06/23/09

    In reply to Nurse Jackie: "It's Not Like I'm Addicted"
    Awesome; i got to tell my mom about this one and get her off general hospital. this is waaaay better than lucky's vicodin problem. she'll be all over this like she was drugstore cowboy and postcards from the edge. couldn't get her into trainspotting though-- even though it shares the junky theme, it was just too different from the 1970s 80s american junky experience.
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    Image of bitingfairy bitingfairy
    06/23/09

    In reply to Nurse Jackie: "It's Not Like I'm Addicted"
    I just realized last night who the student nurse reminds me of: my ex-supervisor. I hated that woman and I don't know how this is going to affect my Nurse Jackie watching. The show is awesome though, so I hope over time I'll lose the association.
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    Image of andBegorrah andBegorrah
    06/23/09

    @bitingfairy needs a job: That actress and character crack me up - she's like "youngness" incarnate.
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    Image of tankearae tankearae
    06/23/09

    In reply to Nurse Jackie: "It's Not Like I'm Addicted"
    I actually had a discussion with someone the other day about the most consistent, strong female character* on TV. And there aren't many since women on screen tend to be written with explanations for their "bad" behavior (emotional trauma, etc). But what looks interesting about this show is that its clear that Jackie has some kind of code she sticks with, even if it may be slightly warped from a viewer's perspective. I'm looking forward to watching more of this unfold and hopefully get some insight as to why she does what she does.


    *Interestingly, the name that came to mind was Marge Simpson. (Say what you want, but for as many times as she's kicked Homer out and taken him back...she's never wavered from the fact that she's going to do what's best for her family first, despite her own flaws. And besides, she's twice foiled Burns. And her daughters are awesome. I don't care that she's a cartoon, it fits!)

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    Image of angelheadedhipster angelheadedhipster
    06/23/09

    @tankearae: This is why I've always preferred The Closer to a show like Saving Grace (these are just examples, since it's the summer and therefore the season of cable dramas), because Kyra Sedgwick's character is kickass and they don't make apologies for it or put her in the position of someone who needs "saving" or needs to be apologizing for any "bad behavior."
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    Image of hatepaperdoll hatepaperdoll
    06/23/09

    In reply to Nurse Jackie: "It's Not Like I'm Addicted"
    I saw this for the first time last night.

    My first thought: I wish it was an hour long.

    Second thought: Who keeps gum in their bathroom cabinet?
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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    06/23/09

    @hatepaperdoll: Apparently, drug addicts?
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    Image of hatepaperdoll hatepaperdoll
    06/23/09

    @Zombie MissSkittles: Just like your favorite Aunt, drug addicts always have gum.
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    Image of SleepoverParty SleepoverParty
    06/23/09

    @hatepaperdoll: I think it may be nicotine gum, which would explain it being in the bathroom.
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    Image of hatepaperdoll hatepaperdoll
    06/23/09

    @SleepoverParty: I think you're right about that.
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    Image of argle-bargle? or fou-ferraw? argle-bargle? or fou-ferraw?
    06/23/09

    In reply to Nurse Jackie: "It's Not Like I'm Addicted"
    okay, kind of off-topic, but those are some of the tightest scrubs i've ever seen. i grew up around doctors and nurses and i've never known anyone to wear them like that.


    hhhhhh. i'm no fun at all today.

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    Image of argle-bargle? or fou-ferraw? argle-bargle? or fou-ferraw?
    06/23/09

    @argle-bargle? or fou-ferraw?: what are they worried about? can't have a lady in sliiightly unflattering garb for the sake of authenticity? please.
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    Image of JerseyGrrrl JerseyGrrrl
    06/23/09

    @argle-bargle? or fou-ferraw?: I was finding myself marginally impressed they put her in sneakers, as opposed to some type of heel (or worse, heeled sneaker). You make an interesting point about the scrubs...I wonder if it has something to do with the super-short hair and no makeup. If she got lost in her clothes, she might lack the All Important Sex Appeal To Straight Men.


    And then what would be the point of having her on TV?*


    **sarcasm

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    Image of MissMoneypenny MissMoneypenny
    06/23/09

    @argle-bargle? or fou-ferraw?: That's also one of the first things I thought. It's pretty normal for TV shows to alter scrubs to flatter the actors, though. They do that on Grey's Anatomy. They just do it to less of an extreme.
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    Image of argle-bargle? or fou-ferraw? argle-bargle? or fou-ferraw?
    06/23/09

    @JerseyGrrrl: ha! they could have put her in heels... or those spice girl platform sneakers. *shudders*


    that's my suspicion exactly re: her character's wardrobe... god forbid we have a marginally butch leading lady!

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    Image of hydrogen_jukebox hydrogen_jukebox
    06/23/09

    @argle-bargle? or fou-ferraw?: I was actually interested in this show (note: I rarely watch TV) when I first saw the posters, because of the fact that I thought the lead was supposed to be a butch character. I was quite excited.


    Then I realized that it wasn't, and that the main plot involved pill addiction. It still seems like a great show, but I can't bring myself to watch it because it hits too close to home for me.

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    Image of argle-bargle? or fou-ferraw? argle-bargle? or fou-ferraw?
    06/23/09

    @MissMoneypenny: i was wondering about that; i don't have a television at the mo, so i really don't have a basis for comparison.
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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    06/23/09

    In reply to Nurse Jackie: "It's Not Like I'm Addicted"
    Okay, this is starting to actually sound like a really good show and less like a House rip-off like everyone's been worried about.
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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    06/23/09

    @Zombie MissSkittles: Maybe this show can go in the direction House SHOULD HAVE gone in, rather than the ridiculous, occasionally funny, soap opera it has become. Seasons 1 and 2 were SO good. After that? Blaaaaaaaaah. I don't care about your hot young interns! Be pathetic and sad and angry some more! Remember when House used to have sex with hookers instructing them simply not to talk? Remember when the show focused on his, Cuddy, and Wilson's complexities instead of ZOMG OMAR EPPS AND 13 ARE DOIN' IT! ZZOMG!!! WILL HOUSE AND CUDDY DO IT?!?!


    Sigh. Maybe the torch can pass...

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    06/23/09

    @Zombie MissSkittles: I dunno, I feel like the hook used to pull you in, the medical professional with a drug problem, has little appeal anymore because of how extensively it's been done on House. I haven't watched this (no time for TV anymore), but I'd be willing to give it a shot. I just think you can only take that scenario / problem so far, you know?
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    Image of Hooplehead Hooplehead
    06/23/09

    @spunkay doesn't have a middle name: And on ER before that-remember Carter shooting up between his toes?
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    Image of Maulleigh Maulleigh
    06/18/09

    In reply to Nurse Jackie: Not Exactly Warm & Fuzzy
    I'm getting a little tired of sassy females. Why can't we have entire shows about nice people like Betty Draper and Melanie Hamilton? Those two are my heroines!
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