Nurse Jackie (2009–2015): Season 4, Episode 9 - Are Those Feathers? - full transcript

Previously on Nurse Jackie...

You tell your nurses
that Mike Cruz

just hired a crew to expand
the elevator shaft for a helipad.

I kind of wanna go to public
school. It's closer to Dad's.

Okay, well, that's certainly
something we can talk about.

That's God.

Vermin!

And he's crazy.

You were supposed to be here.

You okay?

Allergies.



When I get nervous, I act out
with inappropriate sexual touches.

It's like Tourette's.

Where did you get the drugs?

I don't work at a hospital
fucking a pharmacist.

Promise me you're
not gonna fire her.

I promise.

I'm fired?

I'm gonna need your badge. And
you'll have to leave immediately today.

Zoey, can you set the table?

On it.

Wow. You guys look great.

Exit interviews.

I'm starving.

Tomorrow, I'm
going to the dentist.



And I'm gonna pick up a
dog. I've been wanting a dog.

If you're trying to
make me feel better,

you're just gonna
make me feel worse.

I'm not trying to make you feel
better. I just lost my fucking job.

I'm telling you, I'm getting a
dog to make my life whole again.

Okay, and you know
what? I feel guilty.

So now you feel guilty.

Let me get this out of your way.

Actually, I'm still
working. Thanks, honey.

You cannot take this on, Jackie.

I lost my job the day
Mike Cruz showed up.

And if it weren't Mike Cruz, it
would have been someone else.

She's right. Amen.

It's not like it used to be.

Everything I loved about
being a nurse is gone.

You would have loved it.

No calling upstairs to ask
permission for every goddamn thing,

no filling out the
same form three times.

Sometimes it's four.

Actually, you're the one who
made us fill out things four times.

Or not. It was okay. Either way.

Is this quiche?

It's store-bought.

Fucking Cruz. It's gonna turn
around and bite him in the ass.

Stay out of it, Jackie.

Sorry, it's just hard.

I know you did what you
did so I could keep my job.

And now I expect you
to make sure you keep it.

I'm gonna miss
being in the trenches.

Which is why we think breakfast
should be a regular thing.

Why I think. Berries.

Hey, Fi. Hi, sweetie.

Hi. Hi.

I need my lunch.

Well, who's picking
you up from school?

We're going to Dad's. Remember?

Where's your sister?

Grace is on strike.

I love you. See you later.

Excuse me.

So, I can totally text you guys
highlights from the trenches every day,

sometimes even pictures.

Does my phone get pictures?

Dressed, now.

Don't throw things at me.

Put your clothes on, Grace.

I told you I wanted
to go to public school.

I wasn't kidding.

Please, not today.

Dad said yes. He
filled out all the forms.

All you had to do was
go meet with my principal.

I will meet with your principal.

When? Today?

Look, Grace, I know
things take a little bit longer

'cause your dad and I
are not in the same house.

I promise you, I
will take care of it.

You don't know what it's like

to have to go to a place
that you hate every day.

As a matter of fact,
Grace, yes, I do.

Two of my friends got fired. Do
you think I want to go to work?

No, I don't.

Well, Dr. O'Hara is
still there, though, right?

Yeah, and you know what? She
doesn't want to go to work either.

But we get up, we get
dressed and we keep going,

because that's what we do.

Please come on
downstairs. You can be late.

Come have some
waffles with my sad friends.

What's with the armbands?

We're in mourning.
Yours is on your desk.

Wow, depressing.

And we're also fundraising.

That's awful, but sweet.

Here.

Should you be doing that
with two kids and a divorce?

Yes, I should.

It's early. Why are
we already packed?

St. Luke's is diverting again.

We're the closest, so we're
the ones getting slammed.

I'd rather be busy
so I don't get sad.

Or mad.

So what did they do?

It's hard to get fired
here, believe me.

Is he cleaning house?

Is he going to say anything
to anyone about anything?

About me?

Just leave it alone.

Boooo.

You know what this
place doesn't need?

A tip jar.

We're raising funds for our friends
who no longer have an income.

Do you have an income?

I do.

All right, we'll put it
in the supply room.

No, you'll get rid of it.

Okay.

Nothing crazy today.

I've got Quantum Bay board
members in town for a meeting.

You're gonna bring them here?

Why don't you pretend like I am?

And I'll pretend like
I know your name.

And lose the armbands.

No one died.

Um, people die here all
the time. It's a hospital.

I'm keeping mine on.

Take it off. Really?

I can't handle anyone else
being fired right now. Please?

Oh, my God.

This is hilarious.

What? They went
to college, right?

I can't watch this.

Coop, you have a
minute? Come here.

I need you to take
this in and not freak out.

Gloria and Eddie
were fired last night.

Fuck. Cruz?

No, Zoey decided to let them go.

How could...

So that's it? They're
done? I mean, why?

I don't know. I don't
know the details.

But I need your
help today, Coop.

I can't have anyone else in
his crosshairs. We just got to...

Keep calm and carry on.

Wow. Yes, exactly.

Saw it on a poster.

Okay, you need a minute?

No, I'm fine.

Okay. Shit.

Yeah, maybe I need a minute.

30-year-old male
found down on the curb.

Totally intoxicated. Punched me
even though he was passed out.

Woke himself up to tell us he's
from Buffalo and that I'm a bitch.

Why am I the only physician
on the floor right now?

I don't know. Did you
fire anyone else today?

No, but it's only 10:00.

Nothing but time.

I can taste my fucking fillings.

What are you doing?
His pants are still dry.

I'd like to get a catheter in
there before he pees all over us.

BP and heart rate first.

Get him out of the jacket
and onto the monitor, please.

We only have a tiny window. I really
don't want to be cleaning up urine.

I asked nicely. Do it now.

Fine.

Oh, that's beautiful.
What are you...

You two, out.

You did that on purpose. You
wanted him out of the jacket.

I did what you told me to do.

You're being insubordinate. How?

You want to fire me? Go
ahead. Nobody's looking.

No, I made a promise to my kid.

Besides, I don't need to
fire you. You're a drug addict.

I live with one, remember?

Only a matter of time before
you fuck up again. I'm in no rush.

Neither am I.

Get his vitals, finish the
catheter, hang a banana bag

and put him out in the hall.

We're out of bays.

Someone call housekeeping.

Get the feathers out of trauma.

Oh, my God, it
looks like Narnia.

He's not done.

Well, he can't
fire anybody else.

Look at this place.

You all right?

My lower back's a disaster.

I can't get comfortable.

And I hate complaining.

I've waited all my
life to have this baby.

Yes, which is why
he must be born.

Her first migraine. Yeah.

Ah. Hello, Tosha.

Can you tell me
how you're feeling?

Awful.

People get these all the time?

I can barely keep my
eyes open. I'm sorry.

It's all right. Any
other discomfort?

No, it's just...

It's like now I have a headache

that goes from here
to the back of my neck.

You a smoker?

Yeah. Off and on.

Then my mom got
sick, so, you know,

I got back together with
my Parliaments for comfort.

How's your mom?

She died last week.

Oh, I'm sorry.

So, you know, she's
all right, but I'm a mess.

Stress can trigger
migraines quite easily.

That's what I thought.

Fuck.

Are they always this bad?

BP is high.

Um, CT just to be safe.

I'm gonna have a sit-down.

Go. I got it. Okay.

What are you doing
in my office, Coop?

I've been pretty on board
with all your changes,

but this one, this
one's a misfire.

You know I'm not
discussing this with you, right?

I know, but if we were copilots

and you fired this
shot, I'd be like,

"Whoa, that's not a bogey.
That's one of ours, man.

"Stop shooting, Goose."

Right, and then I would say,

"Keep your eye on the
sky while I run the guns."

I know what I'm doing here.

They're good people.

No one said they're not.

Look, I've got to get
down to the pharmacy.

I'm installing a Pill-O-Matix
while we get our act together.

That's not gonna go over well.

Look, I don't have
time for feelings today.

That robot takes over
the pharmacy in an hour,

and then I'm putting in some face
time with the Quantum Bay guys.

That's how it is.

Requesting a flyby?

Request denied. Move.

What?

Are you going to do anything? It's
like the ship is sinking here and...

Nope. Really?

Because I told everyone that you
were definitely going to do something.

You know what I'm going to do?

I am going to keep working.

I'm gonna wait for it.

What's up, God?

I hope you have
a permit for this.

This is New York City, man.

Everything you
see belongs to me.

I don't know why I asked you
that. I don't work here anymore.

Habit.

Washington Crossing
the Delaware.

Not my favorite, but it's nice.

Hey, don't look yet.

I was gonna put you
in the back of the boat,

but now I'm
putting you up front.

Thanks, man.

Oh!

Hey! What is that?

A nail.

Construction site on the
roof. Helipad. I'd forgotten.

You know what? Nails fall
from the sky, don't look up.

Come on, let's go. HR.

Be careful, God.

Can I get you anything?

No, I'm all right.

Don't run. Are you crazy?

I'm scurrying.

Tosha, we've got
to get you upstairs.

You have a
subarachnoid hemorrhage.

I don't want to alarm you,

but I'd like to move you
faster than the hemorrhage.

Are you sure it's not a
migraine? It's been a terrible week.

Yes, well, I promise you
the week will get worse

unless we get you
upstairs immediately.

OR is ready in 10.

You're gonna be fine.

Oh, God, it's my dad.

I'm sorry. We don't allow
phone calls back here, honey.

Please, he's not used to
being alone. I'll be quick.

Go ahead. Take the call.

Hi, Daddy.

Wait, slow down.

She just lost her mom.

Her dad's on the phone.
She's going into surgery.

Nobody's trying to piss you off.

If she needs
anything, let me know.

What?

Just, Dad... Dad...

Hold on and I'll be right there.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Can you take this
out? I have to leave.

No, you can't leave.

No, he fell on a walk
and he didn't even call me.

Now he's at Bellevue
and he wants me

to pick him up
and take him home.

Can you have someone
take me over there?

You are being
admitted for surgery.

No, it's just 10 blocks away.

There's nobody else
who can get him?

No, he can't be by himself.

They were married for 40 years

and now he's all alone in
a hospital. I can't... I can't...

All right, let me
see what I can do.

Her dad just got
released from Bellevue.

There is no one to pick him up.

Can we send somebody over?

We're not social services.

She's going up to surgery.

You asked me to tell you
if she needed anything.

Look, she's your
patient, not her father.

You're either on the floor or
you're gone. Take your pick.

Never mind.

They just took her up.
Her dad's name is Morris.

She gave me her
phone, so I have a picture.

I can't leave.

No, don't look at me like I just
dropped your dreams on the floor.

You know what he looks
like. You know where he is.

You want things to be
different, you handle it.

Like you're me.

I think I was too honest.

See? And I think I
wasn't honest enough.

These Quantum Bay guys,
they know what they're doing.

I've never seen
a cute girl in HR.

Then all of a sudden,
I'm at my exit interview,

I'm talking to Jessica
fucking Rabbit.

You want to look at
your severance check?

Do you?

Oh, my God!

You guys got to get fired.

Oh, goddamn it. Now I'm sad.

You ready?

Not yet.

What's wrong? Are you in labor?

No, I just need a
moment to myself.

Oh.

Me, too.

It's horrible out there.

Oh, yep.

Ekebwe and Cruz got it covered.

Oh.

You know, you haven't told
me the name of the baby.

I know.

I'm worried that if I do and you
love it, then I shall start to hate it.

What if I keep my face neutral?

Oh, my God! Who went
to Camp Tonka Bear?

I went there.
What cabin is this?

I loved this place. Lake
Minnewasha and all the canoes.

What year is this? Maybe I know.

No! I don't want to know if
you know someone there.

It's anonymous. No, it's not.

Camp is where you can be the
person you can't be at school.

No, my donor is anonymous.

You have a donor! And
he went to my camp!

♪ We're here at Tonka
Bear The camp of our dreams

♪ Where the water just ripples
And sparkles and gleams ♪

Just out!

You want me to take
that so you can rest? No.

Please don't be a gent.
It's really disorienting.

Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa. Where are you going?

The Quantum Bay
guys are in town.

So who am I supposed to talk to

about getting half a dozen
temp nurses in here to help out?

We're not there yet.

Look around. We've
been there for an hour.

Mike Cruz.

We got to shut down the roof.

There's a reason this
place never had a helipad.

What's the problem? I
mean, besides your hand.

This isn't that bad,
but we're getting

surges up there left and right.

Nail gun goes off, no one's
holding it. Look, the wiring is a mess.

All my guys are getting burned.

The electrical is
probably from the 1800s.

Not true. Everything
passed inspection.

I'm so sorry about the
hallway. There are no bays.

We're going to get an X-ray,
make sure it didn't pierce the bone.

"Pierce the bone."

Oh!

I'm gonna get
security to rope it off.

No roof access.
So, shut it down?

Yeah. Fuck. Shut it down
for now. God damn it.

Sorry about your
hand. Don't fuck it up.

Hey, whoa, whoa, wait.

Your boss is a real dick smack.

Oh, we know.

Hey, you can take
that guy, right?

Any day of the week.

What are you, 6'3"?

6'4".

Whoa, big nurse.

Yeah.

6'5" in boots. Uh-oh.

Hey, hey, hey. You
can't do that here.

Hey, walk around. Hey, God.

You know this guy?
What? Yes, that's God.

Well, move him or I'm
gonna have him moved.

He's blocking my entrance.

Okay, listen to me. We're not...

Oh.

Hey, get your
stuff. Come with me.

Wow, is that Gloria?

Mmm.

We're going up? We are.

All right, how's
this for a canvas?

I can work with this.

Just be careful.

Thank you.

Don't touch anything. Just draw.

And I'm sorry you
had to start again.

I made the world in
six days. No big deal.

Could be.

Morris? Yes.

Hi, I'm here to bring you
to your daughter Tosha.

Is she all right?

She's fine. She's, um...

I sprained my knee.
Sorry I'm a slowpoke.

Should we get in a cab? No.

I never take taxis. Never.
Terrible drivers. Terrible.

Uh.

I'm fine.

Wow, you are a bad liar.

Oh, honey, I'm so sorry.

It was a meticulous search.

Journalist, mountain
climber, Peace Corps,

6-foot-tall, green
eyes, athletic.

Fantastic essay.

He went to the
same camp as Coop.

Okay, so who are
we talking about?

My donor.

Coop went to my donor's camp.

He knows a song
about gleaming lakes.

That's not so
bad. Of course it is.

I went to enormous lengths
not to know who the donor is.

And now he went to
the same camp, Jackie.

Well, was he there
at the same time?

No.

But what if he
connects the dots?

Oh, please. He's got much better
things to do with his time than...

I need to be in
charge of my own dots.

And I feel fat.

And my back hurts.

And I just want to be holding
my baby on the outside.

See, this is exactly what I
wanted to talk to you about.

Hey, Jackie. I'm tired
of being depressed.

So I was thinking. What is that?

A bag of candles, but
I changed my mind.

Oh, God.

I was thinking we could
do a candlelight vigil,

kind of get everyone together.
But then you see it on the news

and it's so depressing.

So then I thought, lemons into
lemonade. Drum roll, please.

Baby shower.

No.

You could have it at my house.

Don't encourage him.

We get everyone together,
you open up presents.

Little baby outfits. Tiny baby
pants. They'll cheer people up.

How can you not smile
at tiny baby pants?

Anyway, think about it.
I've got to get back out there.

Me, too.

Lemons, lemonade. It's nice.

I wonder if he
learned that at camp.

The crosstown traffic's a bitch.

Shouldn't be more
than 10 minutes late.

Make that 20.

I'm getting out here.

And then some days
it's not exciting at all.

How are you doing,
Morris? Pretty damn good.

Hey, hey, hey, hey!

What the hell's going on?

Oh, no.

Don't worry. He's not from our
hospital. He's from another hospital.

What? They released him.

I just met him on the street.

Yeah, you tried pushing
one of these? It's insane.

So where are we going?

Hit the road, dress shirt.
You don't want to see this.

Oh, Jesus. Are we
getting anybody upstairs?

I've got to go
eat. Five minutes.

Three, please. I know, we've
got to try to clear that hallway.

It's like I'm hosting the
worst cocktail party ever.

Who wants juice?

You sent her to another hospital

to pick up a patient and
then push him in the street?

That wasn't the plan. I
didn't even have a plan.

Zoey, stop talking. Look,
what is she supposed to do?

Leave the guy on the
curb? He just lost his wife.

His daughter's going
up for brain surgery.

Please, please
let her do her job.

Hey, look, if the last 24 hours
have demonstrated anything,

I think it would be that I'm
not afraid to cut you loose.

That goes for all of you.

Mutiny at your own risk.

Are you okay? You're wheezing.

It's a panic attack.

It's asthma. I want a chair, a
nebulizer, and some levalbuterol now.

I'm gonna sit right here,
and keep my eye on all of you.

I'll get it.

Don't fucking help me.

Okay, I know you've been
waiting a long time, everybody.

I'm sorry. We will
get to everybody.

You know what? I
don't want to talk to you.

I want to talk to your boss.

Actually, you can. He's
sitting right back here.

Bay Number 5. His name is Mike.

What the fuck? Why'd
she get to go inside?

She wanted to talk to my boss.

I've been here for six hours.
I'll fucking talk to your boss.

Okay, be my guest, sir.
His name is Mike Cruz.

He's the guy trying to
catch his breath down here,

Bay Number 5. Make a left.

Anybody else?

I understand your frustration.

Look at you, sitting
there, getting some relief.

Must be nice.

Peyton, a little help over here.

You don't need my help.

Look, I need you all to wait
in the other room, please.

We'll wait right here.
Keep breathing, asshole.

You want him there?

I want him gone.

How's the pulse ox?

It's 95, give or take.

We've got to get you up to
pulmonary. You know I'm right.

Look, I'm feeling light-headed.

I don't want to be
wheeled out of here.

Thor! Will you escort
Dr. Cruz up to pulmonary?

And if he faints, will
you please carry him?

You know I will.

Get out of here.

See? You like me.

Bays are full. Let's
start doubling up.

Let's get some of these
gurneys out of the hallway.

Also, no more pillows and
we're almost out of bedding.

Called housekeeping twice.

Let's just keep moving.

Don't you die on
me, man. Not today.

I'm trying to confirm
coverage here.

All right. Give it five
seconds, then bail.

Five, four, three, two,
one. Oop, you tried. Dude!

Go around. See who needs what.

Where the hell did you
go? Cruz, pulmonary.

FYI, heart rate
through the roof.

Christ, they're loud.

People on gurneys are admits.
Didn't anyone call upstairs?

Nobody's answering the phone.

Fine. We'll take
them up ourselves.

I'm out of here in 15.

The hell you are.
Start moving gurneys.

What do you need?

You can jump in. I
mean it, he's not here.

Someone in that corner threw up.

Thor. On it.

Excuse me. I've been here since
3:00. When am I gonna see a doctor?

What?

My girlfriend has been waiting
for her test results for six hours.

Mmm-hmm, I'm gonna
stand here until you get them.

I don't have a job,
so I can do it all day.

Sir, stop staring at me. We're
working as fast as we can.

No, we're not. It's nowhere
near as fast as we can.

Gloria, what do you say we
show them how we used to do this?

Some of those were mine.

They were not.

The patients are yours, the charts
are not. Take care of the patients.

Start by calling the
agency. I want six nurses,

one in admitting,
five on the floor.

Cruz won't authorize that.

Just do it. I will take the hit.

Really? Six? You
know what? Seven.

Make it seven. Let's give
these bastards some relief.

Who the fuck is in
charge of this place?

I am.

I'm in charge.