List of Nurse Jackie episodes

Veteran emergency room nurse Jackie Peyton navigates the traffic of Manhattan's All-Saints Hospital, embracing a subtle drug addiction and making tough and sometimes unethical and even illegal decisions for the "good" of her patients. Clashing with cocky young surgeon Dr. Fitch "Coop" Cooper and begrudgingly training naïve and perky new Nurse Zoey, Jackie maintains an extramarital romantic relationship with pharmacist Eddie to assure her ready access to prescription medication. Jackie forges an organ donor authorization to make some good of a bike messenger's death, and punishes a violent sociopath with diplomatic immunity by flushing his severed ear down the toilet.

With Sweet 'n All packets full of ground-up Percocet to get her through the day, Jackie shifts blame for the resurfaced flushed ear on rookie Zoey, and must swallow her pride and tell Coop that he had been right about diagnosing a patient's unlikely aneurysm.

Kevin shares his concern regarding Grace's mounting anxiety with Jackie. At work, Jackie must deal with a dying man (Eli Wallach) who refuses further treatment, while Eddie faces the possibility of being replaced by an automated dispensory. Meanwhile, Zoey must work up the courage to ask for her new stethoscope back after Dr. O'Hara takes it.

Jackie and Kevin are rattled by concerns raised at a school meeting regarding Grace's psychological development. Zoey, lamenting a day of "unexciting" cases being assigned to her, ends up dealing with a key, tragic "first" every nurse must overcome. Meanwhile, Dr. O'Hara, in Jackie's absence, humorously struggles with the gushing, innocent gratitude of her young patient's twin brother.

It's a topsy-turvy night shift for the All-Saints staff. Jackie bucks the system to assist a 10-year-old girl caring for her lupus-stricken mother, while male bonding between Eddie and Dr. Cooper puts a damper on Jackie's usual mid-shift tryst in the pharmacy back-room. Mo-Mo spends the night simultaneously deflecting Thor's advances and enjoying the fringe benefits of Thor's crush on him. Zoey fills in for Jackie as Dr. O'Hara's dinner date while Mrs. Akalitus—exasperated by the staff's seeming-disregard for order and professionalism—finds herself in an unfortunate encounter with the wrong end of a wayward taser.

A fellow nurse (Judith Ivey) and old friend of Jackie's checks into the hospital with terminal lung cancer, and asks Jackie to help end her life; Dr. Cooper's mother (Blythe Danner) is admitted with a gall bladder attack and reveals a family secret about her son's upbringing.

A man is admitted to the ER with a steak knife in his chest, after an attack by the ex-husband of a woman he was dating for the first time; Mrs. Akalitus takes charge of a foundling abandoned at the nurses' station; O'Hara has a personal crisis

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 finds out that Jackie has a child. Coop reveals to Eddie that Jackie has a child.

Jackie admits a dying patient she has treated before, learns that O'Hara has betrayed her secrets to a sister in Paris, suffers a drug-induced nosebleed, and forges an organ donation form in Coop's name; the parents of the baby that Akalitus is raising come forward to reclaim their child.

Jackie makes an unusual ploy to get Coop off her back about the fake organ donor card; O'Hara helps Jackie remove her wedding ring before a quickie with Eddie; Jackie begins mother-daughter dance lessons with Grace.

Eddie is replaced by an automatic pill dispensing machine; Zoey administers the wrong dose of a painkiller to a movie critic (Victor Garber), who lapses into a coma. Jackie gets tossed out of the mother-daughter dance lessons after a clash with a mother whom she knew from her high school days.

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; Eddie learns the truth about Jackie's family; O'Hara's dead mother is admitted secretly for a post mortem.

After breaking up with Eddie, Jackie tries to reconnect with her family. However, Jackie is soon on the verge of losing it when Coop files a formal complaint against her, Eddie overdoses and she runs dry of drugs.

Jackie cuts through red tape to speed up a boy’s diagnosis, irritating Dr. Cooper, who has taken to Twitter as a way to vent. Mourning her mother’s death, O’Hara shows up after a night of clubbing, and Jackie covers for her while she comes down from Ecstasy. Eddie visits the bar and continues his friendship with Kevin.

Coop makes New York Magazine's Top 25 Doctors list, giving him reason to gloat and flabbergasting most of the staff. Jackie faces new challenges at home and at work with Grace's escalating anxiety and Jackie's increasingly conspicuous drug abuse. Eddie breaks boundaries and gets too close for comfort.

Jackie—in the midst of dealing with Eddie's intrusion into her home life—recommends an alternative remedy for a cancer patient (Patrick Breen), who isn't responding well to chemotherapy. Dr. O'Hara covers for Zoey after she breaks the rules to save a young boy's life, and gives Sam an outlet to channel his addiction without turning to drugs.

Jackie's hard stance towards Eddie softens after an argument with Kevin. Akalitus posts a security guard by the Pill-O-Matix and approaches Dr. Cooper about being the public face of All Saints. Details about O'Hara's famous girlfriend (Julia Ormond) and Zoey's possible pregnancy come to light.

Unhappy about Eddie and Kevin's friendship, Jackie asks Eddie to stop spending time with Kevin. A pharmaceutical company rep provides Jackie with drugs.

The hospital's biggest donor (Barbara Barrie) is insulted by Coop; Jackie reconsiders her affair with Eddie again when she sees the philandering behavior of O'Hara's lover.

Coop sets up his friend Georgia on a date with Eddie, who takes her to Kevin's bar; Grace attends her first session with a psychiatrist; a determined man (Harvey Fierstein) refuses to leave the emergency room until he says goodbye to his dying husband.

In order to keep her credit card a secret, Jackie sets up a P.O. box for the credit card bills. In the meantime, Mrs. Akalitus invites Eddie to come back as the hospital's pharmacist. Jackie realizes the seriousness of Grace's condition.

In order to get a phony prescription, Jackie falsifies an MRI. In the meantime the campaign's end has its effects on Coop, and Eddie is back as the hospital's pharmacist.

Jackie manages to evade O'Hara's questions about her fake MRI. Jackie, Kevin and the girls have an unsuccessful trip. On the journey back, Kevin finds out that Jackie took O'Hara's financial gift but thinks it is for the girls' education.

In the second-season finale, Jackie's back at work after an aborted family vacation, and her indiscretions have put her at odds with her family, friends and coworkers. Complicating matters for her, she is being pursued by the drug dealer she ripped off.

Season 3 picks up immediately where Season 2 left off. Jackie and Kevin have an altercation over his recent discovery but Jackie denies being an addict. Jackie returns to work where O'Hara gives her the cold shoulder. Zoey has since slept with Lenny and animosity is still rife between Coop and Sam. Kevin falls for Jackie's emotional blackmail and enrolls Fiona at the same school as Grace.

Fiona starts at her new school, O'Hara continues to give Jackie the cold shoulder, and Eddie asks Jackie to make his friendship with Kevin a little easier.

Kevin's younger sister Tunie crashes at the Peyton household and Jackie has another encounter with the drug dealer she ripped off.

Kevin invites Eddie over for a barbecue to set him up with Tunie, Coop 'competes' for Chief of the ER.

A rat eats Jackie's stash in the hospital basement and Coop's moms get a divorce. O'Hara takes a page out of Jackie's book and bends the rules to help a patient.

The statues of the saints are finally removed from the chapels. Meanwhile, Jackie clashes with the new nurse named Kelly Slater, Eddie considers going out with Tunie, and a patient consoles Dr. Cooper, who is depressed about the split of his parents.

The new nurse Kelly charms the hospital's staff except Jackie, meanwhile another patient consoles Dr. Cooper, who is depressed about the split of his parents. Kevin discovers a secret stash in a dental floss dispenser while Jackie steals drugs from the oncology ward.

Jackie criticizes Kelly's interaction with two flirty high school girls while Mrs. Akalitus seeks Thor's help with a new phone system. Jackie can't arrive in time at her daughter's pageant.

Just when Jackie has run out of pills, she runs into a confrontation about the drugs from Oncology that disappeared. Coop tracks down an old girlfriend on Facebook when he decides to start his own family. Heart problems make Zoey revisit her relationship with Lenny.

Jackie lands on probation because of the drugs she swiped from the Oncology Department. Meanwhile, in a case of like mother, like daughter, Grace requests that her psychologist put her on medication. And Coop steps up his wedding plans and books the chapel.

O'Hara steps in to help Jackie dose down. Elsewhere, an edgy Kevin appears to be holding something back from both his wife and Eddie; Mrs. Akalitus gets bad news about the impending visit by the First Lady; Zoey throws a party for her fellow nurses; and Kelly makes a confession to Jackie - he took 6 Fentanyl patches and he's never been to AA, after making up elaborate stories about helping people there.

In addition to sweating out a mandatory urine test demanded by HR, Jackie tries to avoid an inevitable confrontation with Kevin. Meanwhile, Coop's combined birthday and wedding day plans go off with a major hitch; a runaway bride. Mrs. Akalitus is overjoyed to have her religious statuary back and in the hospital chapel. Fiona starts a fire in school. Kevin tells Jackie that he cheated on her. Knowing that the results would be positive for banned substances (and reluctant to lose an excellent nurse) Mrs. Akalitus throws Jackie's urine sample in to the trash.

Mike Cruz, a physician with Quantum Bay, a corporation taking over the hospital, arrives with some bad news for Akalitus. After a sudden death in her home, Jackie realizes she needs to go to rehab; O'Hara gives Jackie some surprising news.

In treatment, Jackie's reluctant to open up about the start of her addiction. Cruz wants to make the hospital over into a trauma center with a helipad. Akalitus tries to readjust to being back on the floor as a nurse, while the other nurses feel torn about Quantum Bay's corporate swag. Jackie finds a possible confidant at rehab in Charlie, a teen.

Jackie leaves rehab after two weeks. Back at work, she finds that sobriety has made her soft, though she manages to find some of her old hard self when she deals with Kelly. When she gets home, she finds a list of things Grace wants written on Grace's bedroom wall.

Grace tells Fiona and Zoey that Jackie went to rehab. Jackie goes to an AA meeting with Charlie only to find out he's using again. Kevin has Eddie list what Jackie took before telling Eddie to let Jackie know she should "Kiss her kids goodbye." Jackie almost relapses. Charlie is revealed to be Dr. Cruz's son

Jackie is surprised when what she thinks is a simple lunch with Kevin turns out to be the start of a divorce. The staff get new uniforms and Jackie asks Zoey to move in with her.

Jackie has a strange dream about relapsing. Zoey has good news about her romantic future, while Jackie's marriage has disintegrated into a custody battle. Coop sees himself as a father-figure for O'Hara's baby.

Jackie meets with a divorce lawyer, bails Charlie out of jail and finds out that he is Dr. Cruz's son. Zoey breaks up with Lenny.

Cruz promises Charlie he won't fire Jackie, but he quickly punishes her coworkers for covering up her addiction.

Coop learns the identity of O'Hara's baby's father and Jackie takes control of the ER after Cruz suffers a panic attack.

While Cruz is in care, Jackie goes over his head to get the ER under control, resulting in her dismissal from All Saints for insubordination. Jackie pulls Grace out of Catholic school. O'Hara goes into labour and Jackie returns to All Saints in spite of Cruz. Charlie arrives at the ER and Cruz asks Jackie to help him save Charlie's life.

The day before her birthday, Jackie asks Kevin to let her have the kids for the celebration. At work, she has to deal with one new doctor skating by on looks and another who's super-professional. O'Hara gives her some tough news.

On her birthday, Jackie and Kevin remain at odds over custody of the girls. Coop's thrown off when Dr. Prentiss is named the new ER chief; Akalitus' memory lapses continue.

Her divorce just finalized, Jackie finds herself in an All Saints bed after accidentally rear-ending Kevin's car. The investigating officer becomes interested in her. Meanwhile, Zoey gets an apartment of her own.

Jackie finds her daughters acting up and looks for a Jane Doe gone missing in the hospital.

Jackie's nervous before her date; Akalitus, despite memory lapses as an administrator, proves her worth on the hospital floor; Zoey handles a trauma case expertly. During her date, Jackie gets a call from Charlie Cruz's phone.

There's awkwardness when Mike Cruz shows up for his exit interview. Jackie's skirmish with a patient leads to Dr. Prentiss' cracking a mystery; Dr. Roman discovers her kink.

Jackie tells Coop he has to start teaching Dr. Roman, not screwing her. Zoey shows Dr. Prentiss the importance of being amiable. Trying to solve the mystery of Akalitus' memory problem, Jackie slyly mandates a blood test for her.

Kevin interrupts Jackie's dinner with Frank; Jackie, suspicious, interrupts Grace's lunch. Dr. Roman learns to trust herself. Jackie and Eddie solve Akalitus' memory problem.

Frank offers some surprising words after he and Jackie sleep together for the first time. After Grace gets caught with drugs, Jackie puts her on a scare-straight tour of All Saints. Akalitus reprimands Zoey and Prentiss. Jackie comes to a hard decision about her custody of the kids.

Jackie has been living drug-free for one year, but Grace, Frank, and Eddie may not be coming to the celebration. Dr. Roman comes up for review.

Jackie has relapsed and is back on pills that she's getting from a dealer at her gym; Grace is still doing lines of Adderall. At All Saints, Jackie's charged with shadowing Dr. Roman, fresh off her three-month probation. Dr. Prentiss talks to Akalitus about his relationship with Zoey. Jackie suddenly finds herself saddled with a sponsor.

Akalitus wins big and Frank takes Jackie out on the town, where she finds a new dealer.

Grace is picked up for shoplifting, and spoils Kevin's secret. Zoey helps out the gay community and Dr. Prentiss cops some flack.

Jackie goes a little too far in her protection of Grace and Dr. Roman thanks Coop for his care of a patient. With Zoey's help, Dr Prentiss breaks some bad news to a friend. Jackie also finds out why Frank's marriage ended.

Jackie finds out that Kevin and Mia have a surprise, Frank finds some of Jackie's stash, Zoey meets a patient from Prentiss' past.

Jackie's fake identity is compromised and Prentiss plans a date with Zoey.

Coop finally gets made Chief of the ER, Zoey buries herself in work when Prentiss leaves, and Grace gets an award at school.

Jackie detoxes at home with a little help, and Frank raises an objection about Grace.

Zoey throws a memorial for a member of staff who passes away, Coop and Carrie have sex on the hospital roof and Eddie takes Antoinette out for coffee. Jackie dodges a drug screening at work, yet again.

Jackie and Frank break up, Carrie forgets Coop's 40th Birthday, Zoey decides she wants to become a Nurse Practitioner, and the DEA investigation continues. Jackie realizes that the only way she can keep using is to separate herself from those closest to her.

Jackie brings her drug dealer as a guest to Kevin and Mia's wedding causing an embarrassing scene when Grace confronts her, and Carrie places new demands on Coop.

Zoey reveals to Akalitus that she believes Jackie is using again, prompting a demand by Akalitus for a drug test. Seeing no other alternative Jackie attempts to flee New York but a car crash on her way to the airport prevents her from making her get away. Shortly after attending to the injured car crash victim Jackie inadvertently crashes into a stationary ambulance resulting in her arrest. Dr. Roman informs Coop she is pregnant, and that he's the father.

Jackie is released from jail, but can't seem to get anyone to trust her anymore; The hospital adapts to life without Jackie; Coop and Dr. Roman try to keep their good news a secret.

In order to pay for her lawyer, Jackie begins pawning off valued possessions, and resorts to dealing drugs; Zoey wants Jackie back in the hospital, unlike Akalitus.

Jackie is back to work at All Saints, but must adjust to her new role; Zoey is made Jackie's monitor; Coop and Dr. Roman get some bad news.

Jackie continues to struggle under the diversion program, and can't get anyone to trust her when she reveals big news about the hospital; Coop makes a life changing decision.

It's Dr. Cooper's last day at the hospital and Carrie might not be ready to say goodbye; The developers try to make a deal with Jackie; All Saints says hello to the new E.R. chief, Dr. Bernie Prince.

Zoey and the rest of the nurses protest the selling of the hospital, leaving only doctors (and Jackie) to run the E.R.

Jackie and Eddie decide to sell all their drugs at a "pill mill"; Zoey and Carrie bond after the death of a patient; Dr. Prince finds out the true reason why Akalitus shows no compassion towards Jackie.

All Saints enters escrow with the Norwegian developers; Jackie learns something about Dr. Prince; Zoey and Carrie help Thor celebrate his wedding day.

Jackie and Zoey go on a road trip to save Grace, who is stranded in Pennsylvania; Dr. Prince sets out to help as many patients as possible before the hospital closes.

After inadvertently using, Jackie finds herself avoiding a drug test as she learns her nursing licence reinstatement hearing has been moved up to today; Dr. Prince begins to show symptoms of his condition; Eddie is questioned by his drug company about his conduct.

Following her contentious nursing license hearing, Jackie celebrates her return to her blue scrubs and continues her drug use. Akalitus takes off from work. Dr. Roman attempts to get even with Karlsen.

The hospital prepares to shut down. Jackie receives word that she secured a job at Bellevue and she wants Zoey to come with her. O'Hara returns and suspects that Jackie is using again. Elsewhere, Eddie is caught on tape drug dealing from Dr. Wu's pill mill. Eddie reveals to Jackie that their wedding has to be postponed because Eddie has to do one year in prison. Zoey turns down Jackie's offer. For its final night, the hospital throws a goodbye party. Jackie goes to the bathroom and snorts three lines of street-grade heroin that she found in a patient's bag. Jackie overdoses on the drugs on the hospital floor as her fate is left ambiguous.