Nurse Jackie (2009–2015): Season 1, Episode 12 - Health Care and Cinema - full transcript

The film critic remains in a coma, and Zoey is in a somber mood. Mrs. Akalitus launches an investigation, but only after she gets stuck in an elevator. Dr. O'Hara flies her sick mother in ...

Previously on Nurse Jackie:

Eddie and your
husband become friends

and the Titanic is sinking,

and only one of
them gets to survive.

Which one?

I like that one.

Me too. We'll take it.

Every interaction is
stored in the Pill-O-Matix.

Your shitty pill
dispenser is replacing me.

Does she have a boyfriend?

Who? Is Jackie seeing anyone?



I was going through
my divorce, and...

He's allergic to codeine.

But I gave him fentanyl.
It's a different opiate.

He had some earlier
and he was fine.

Because he was given the
correct dosage. Can you read?

You're off the
floor. No patients.

You can answer
phones. That's about it.

This is not good.

He's a fucking criminal.

It's her father. Stepfather.

My sister's gonna be destroyed.

Have you heard from your sister?

She got as far as the hospital

and then was turned away
from our mother's bedside



by the wicked stepfather.

So if it resets itself, you
can get anything you need.

Think about it as going-away
present number two.

♪ Na, na, na, na, na ♪

♪ Na, na, na, na, Na, na, na ♪

♪ Na, na, na, na, na, na, na ♪

♪ Na, na, na, na, na, na, na ♪

♪ Hey, hey ♪

She tries to come
across as this, like,

"Oh, welcome to the parish."

Well, I hated her then
and I hate her now.

And you should
have seen her kid.

It's a good thing you didn't
have kids with Ginny Flynn.

Why would I have had
kids with Ginny Flynn?

I know about you guys.

It was two weeks
when we were 16.

And then you met me.

And then I met you.

Muah.

Oh, boy.

I'm so tired, Kev.

I know, babe.

How am I gonna
make this up to Grace?

You know what she's
gonna remember?

Yeah, that her mother got
her kicked out of a tap class.

No, that you were
protecting her.

She's not gonna
end up in therapy?

No, she's probably still
gonna end up in therapy,

but not for this.

I got a little surprise for
you when you get off work.

You do?

I do. Actually, it's a
pretty big surprise.

But you gotta
come here to get it.

To the bar, midnight.

My sister's taking the girls.

How intriguing.

It's supposed to be.

Who is luckier than me?

Not Ginny Flynn.

Hey. You open?
Not for another hour.

But, hey, come on in.

What can I get you?

What kind of beer you got?

I've never been a fan of movies

where idiots talk
to people in comas.

Would you consider
signing something

clearing All Saints of any
neglect or malfeasance?

Just a thought.

We'll talk more
when you wake up.

Tylenol. Blow me.

I'm initiating an investigation

into the Nutterman coma
before I send him to the ICU.

I see.

Well, I'm sure if you need
anything, you'll let me know.

Jackie.

I need an official statement.

I want you and Zoey in
my office in five minutes.

Ohh. Thank you, Jesus.

Unacceptable.

Nurses' station, please hold.

My name is Zoey
Barkow, and I'm really,

really sorry, Mr. Nutterman.

Nurses' station, please hold.

Nurses' station, please hold.

Zoey, can you get
over here, please?

Hello?

Hello?

Pick up the phone, ladies.

Hello?

Nurses' station, hold please.

What's up with your scrubs?

They're gray.

Yes, I can see that.
I don't like them.

I don't like them either.
That's why I'm wearing them.

That's not a good reason.

I'm wearing them
as a sign of remorse.

Yeah, I get it. I get it, Zoey.

Nurses' station,
hold please. This is

Gloria Akalitis.

I am stuck in an elevator.

Do not hang up on me!

Who did you just hang up on?

Mrs. Akalitis.

Or not.

I think she's stuck
in the elevator.

There's gonna
be an investigation

into Mr. Nutterman, isn't there?

Yes.

Should I call the
elevator repair?

No.

Do not...

Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

Well, that went well.

What's that?

Nutterman's neuro consult.

We need to talk.

Not true.

You broke your own finger.

I'm sorry?

I'll be right back.

It took me a second,
but I figured it out.

Uh-huh?

You were trying to cover
your ass with the donor.

Okay.

You panicked, broke your own
finger and came crying to me

so I'd feel sorry for
you and tape it up.

Mm-hm. But, what
you didn't count on

was that you and I
have amazing chemistry.

You kissed me

right here, in this exact room.

Right where we're standing.

So I broke my own finger

so I could have
alone time with you

because we have
amazing chemistry.

You said it, not me.

You are a moron.

Man, I thought we
were getting a Pyxis.

Okay, but how unflattering?

Pretty unflattering.

Donkeys are
gray. Think about it.

What if he wakes up
and the first thing he sees

is me wearing kitty scrubs?

He'll think I don't take
what happened seriously.

Well, what if he
never wakes up? Hey.

What if he wakes up but
he's blind? What about us?

We're stuck watching
you mope around in gray.

Takes a village. That's
not what that means.

Yes, it is. Hm.

America's next top
model, 2 o'clock.

Whoa.

Dibs. But...

Oh, please. She'll
eat you alive.

Hi, how can I help
you? Fucking Dominican.

Um. Norwegian.

Hop off the raft and New
York State gives you a flatiron

and a salon on Essex
Street, no questions asked.

What the fuck? Ay-yay-yay!

Fire in the nightclub?

She got her hair straightened.

My neighbor's
Jewish, very fro-y.

She goes to a place
on Adam Clayton Powell.

I can get the
number if you want.

I want her to be my nurse.

I'd love to, but I've been
stripped of my powers.

Ah.

Is that your wife?

Yeah. Jackie.

Ah. She's beautiful.

Are you married?

Nope.

I'm seeing someone,
but, you know,

she's married, two kids.

That's a rough road.

Brother, you don't
know the half of it.

Oh, no.

Is that gum?

Did I mention that tonight
around about 10-ish

I'm going to break the law?

Well, if you did, I missed it.

Well, I am and I need your help.

I would expect no less.

I'm having my mother
shipped in from London.

Much like a pair of shoes.

If you're waiting for me
to unleash a veil of tears,

you'll be old and gray
without a tooth in your head.

Huh, nice visual.

Oh, look.

Mr. Nutterman, your
reflexes are alive and kicking.

Legally, I can't
touch the paperwork.

So I need you to
admit her as a Jane Doe

found down in Gramercy Park.

I just wanna get a look
at her with my own eyes.

I'm already on the hooks for
one coma. What's one more?

That's the spirit.

Akalitis called from
the elevator again.

Wants to know if the
repair guys are here yet.

Tell her yes.

Are they? Nope.

Looks like
Nutterman's waking up.

Let's see if we can
get that tube out of him.

Think we'll dodge a lawsuit?

God, I fucking hope so. It
was my student who dosed him.

I don't need this shit,
Mohammed. I really don't.

Just keep Akalitis
in the elevator.

Ladies and gentlemen,
the very lovely and talented

Gloria Akalitis.

Applause, applause, applause,
applause, applause, applause.

It is nice to see
you again, Dave.

Yeah, I know.

Well, you know, my very
dear friend Neil Nutterman...

Oh, you know Neil?
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Well, we were
just, uh, remarking

about how momentous
this year has been,

both in healthcare
and in... I-In cinema.

And... Heh.

Me and Neil? No,
we're just friends.

Hey, you've reached
Eddie. Leave it.

Hey, Eddie, it's me.

Listen, I think I'm
doing something wrong.

Can you call when you
get a minute? Thanks. Bye.

Love you.

Fifty-year-old male.

Discharged last week after
laparoscopic hernia repair.

Blew his sutures. How's
your pain, Mr. Jackson?

Good. Nothing.

Sat down to watch the game,
took a bite of pizza, boom!

His intestines are popping out.

Ew.

Mortuary school. Wow. MAN: Yeah.

Tired of people yelling at me
while I'm trying to save them.

Yeah, I hear you.

Hey, Zoey, how you doing?

Good, I guess. Heard
you put a guy in a coma.

That why you're walking
around with the laundry?

They won't let you near
the patients anymore?

Does everybody know?

And I still can
be near patients.

I just can't treat them.

Just keep your head down
and don't get all mea culpa

with the nuns here.
They're the worst.

Smart man.

So you wanna grab a slice
after work or something?

No.

No. No.

That's cool.

Zoey, just go to your locker,

put on your happy-monkey scrubs.

Please, truly.

Nutterman is gonna come
out of this thing, I promise.

So just go.

Even if I don't get fired,

I never wanna
administer meds again.

You fall off that horse,
you get right back on.

I know, but I nearly killed him.

Okay, keep that to yourself.

I should tell him the truth,
even if he never wakes up.

You know what, Zoey?

Clearing your conscience is not
gonna make him feel any better.

It's gonna make you feel better.

It feels like you're doing
the right thing, but you're not.

It's selfish.

Honesty is the best policy.

No. No, it's not.

Stay.

Night shifts.

So, wait, she comes
home in the morning then?

That's gotta suck a little.

You know what she does?

Tell me.

She asks me what
I want for breakfast.

No matter how
fucking tired she is.

Rubs my back, makes me eggs.

Life of Riley.

I haven't heard
that one in a while.

Yeah, well, hang around
me, you'll hear all sorts of shit.

Cheers.

You know what I was thinking?

You deserve better
than an open relationship.

But don't listen to me.
I'm a mess with this stuff.

I used to think
I was good at it.

Not me. No clue.

I'm so messed up right
now. It's embarrassing.

I like her so much
and I-I know I shouldn't.

I keep thinking, if he
knew how much it hurt...

Yeah, me too.

I think I got a handle on it.

Really, no pain?

Nope. I'm good.

You know, my ex-wife
used to bitch that I never talk.

Look at me now. I'm
spilling my guts here.

Think she'll take me back?

Want us to call her for you? No.

Might get a little sympathy.

Blood from a stone.

Know what you need to do?

You need to make
this guy jealous.

What's his thing? What
kind of guys does he like?

Straight guys.

Give me your phone.

What for? Trust me.

How about a...?

How about a shot of Jack?

Yeah? Yeah.

All right. All right.

All right.

Sharing one with me.

Cheers. Cheers.

Can I show you something?

Absolutely.

Wow, that's nice.

It's the ring I could
never afford to give her.

Still can't. But
what the fuck, right?

I'm gonna surprise
her with it tonight.

Ah.

How about that?

How about another? Please.

Not prompt.

I hate this fucking thing.
Not as much as I do.

Wanna bet?

You don't have a Xanax, do you?

Not on my person,
thanks very much.

Doesn't hurt to ask.

It'd be really sad of me
to be squirreling away pills

in my pockets, don't you think?

Yes. Yes, you're right.

We're waiting for your mom?

We are.

Don't make me beg
for moral support.

I'm right here.

Goddamn it, Zoey,
change your scrubs.

They're really grim.

How is that gonna
make Randy jealous?

Come here. Come here.

Okay. Ready?

Nice rebound, Coop.

No, wait, wait. I was
just... Oh, my God. Kidding.

Is that who you're
all messed up about?

Mr. Nutterman?

Are those rabbits?

I was actually wearing gray
scrubs before you woke up.

You know, proper coma attire.

I guess it was a
little depressing,

but I felt like I had
to do something.

Anyway, how are you feeling?

Thirsty. How about you?

Super relieved and very sorry.

I heard you the first time.

"My name is Zoey Barkow

and I'm really, really sorry."

You know, Mr. Nutterman,

I'm not so crazy about
Kevin Costner either.

Do I know him?

Um.

What movie won the Oscar
for Best Picture last year?

When was Showgirls?
That was a good movie.

Okay, bye.

Oh, my God, I broke him.

I heard every word,
but did I touch you?

Don't fucking touch me.

Oh, fuck.

Hey, everybody. How are you?

I wanted to see how the fucking
robot's working out for you.

Jackie, how about
you? How do you like it?

Uh... I don't, as
a matter of fact.

Let's go outside, okay? Yeah.

Eddie Walzer, you are drunk.

Yeah. So what? What are
you gonna do, fire me again?

I'm asking you to leave.

Back off, Akalitis. I
got magic bracelets.

Magic fucking bracelets.

All right, Eddie, that's enough.

How about me and
Eddie go have coffee?

Yeah. How about that?
Think of the possibilities.

Jackie and Eddie, Eddie
and Jackie having coffee.

Please stop. All right,
I'm calling security.

Oh, just save your bullets,
all right? I'm leaving.

Oh, uh...

I met Kevin.

And that's a very
nice boy you got.

Don't touch me, man.
Don't fucking touch me.

Picked up a Jane Doe
at the airport. Kind of sad.

Probably somebody's mother.

Fucking depressing,
that's what that is.

She's all yours.

Look away.

Fucking piece of fucking shit.

Oh, excuse me. Keep
that hand elevated.

Oh.

Hear me when I
say it's gonna be fine.

I'll meet your kid.

I got a little surprise for
you when you get off work.

- Mommy, I can't breathe.
- I think you're a saint.

Think of the possibilities.

Jackie and Eddie,
Eddie and Jackie.

It's been raining a lot lately.

I want the hospital
to burn down.

Don't make me beg
for moral support.

You gotta come here to
get it. To the bar, midnight.

♪ There's a calm
Before the storm ♪

♪ And I know ♪

♪ It's been coming
For some time ♪

♪ I wanna know ♪

♪ Have you ever seen The rain? ♪

♪ I wanna know ♪

♪ Have you ever seen The rain ♪

♪ Coming down on a sunny day? ♪

♪ Till forever On it goes ♪

♪ So I know ♪

♪ It can't stop, I wonder ♪

♪ I wanna know, have you...? ♪

Anyone else see that?

♪ Someone told me long ago ♪

♪ There's a calm
Before the storm ♪

♪ I know ♪

♪ It's been coming
For some time ♪

♪ When it's over, so they say ♪

♪ It'll rain a sunny day ♪

♪ I know ♪

♪ Shining down like water ♪

♪ I want to know ♪

♪ Have you ever seen The rain ♪

♪ Coming down on a sunny day? ♪