Nurse Jackie (2009–2015): Season 7, Episode 9 - Serviam in Caritate - full transcript

Previously
on "Nurse Jackie"...

All Saints has entered
escrow with the Norwegians.

The good news is
that we here in the ER

are deemed essential
for now.

I would very much
like to expedite

the reinstatement
of your nursing license.

Well, we have a deal, yes?

And at the end of escrow,
I intend to honor it.

I am marrying Eddie,
honey,

but you are
the love of my life.

- Okay.
- I am concerned that you are more upset



about this
than you're letting on.

No, really, it's fine.

All right, sweetie.
Bye.

Are you interviewing
for a position?

- I have a job.
- Which product?

- Pain management.
- Ah.

- Hi.
- Did you test Jackie today?

Four of our nurses are out
on job interviews. I got my hands full.

Just a reminder.

Look at the size
of that thing.

I'm going to that party
and I'm gonna smoke a lot.

Good.

What do you want me
to do with the meds?

Put them in my office.



Oh, fuck.

Okay, take a deep breath.

Imagine you're
someplace beautiful.

A tropical island, maybe.

Chicago, 1995,

Grateful Dead's last hurrah.

Jerry was about to drop,
but he just kept on wailing.

I was so stoned.

I remember eating
a whole apple pie.

We're almost there.
You doing okay?

Mm, you could stick
that fucker in my eyeball

if it'll buy me
another six months.

So, uh, how long
have you known about...

My glioblastoma?

It's not a tumor.

Actually, it is a tumor.

Who am I kidding?

Oh, about a year.

I took a sabbatical,
went back to Stanford

to have the surgery
and the chemo and...

all that jazz.

Nothing worked.

Mm, I'm so sorry.

Yeah, what are you
gonna do?

I figured I'd run my own
little experimental drug trial.

I didn't want to spend
my last few months

just lying in bed
feeling sorry for myself.

I'd rather go out in a blaze of glory
and run a kick-ass ER.

I like your attitude.

Hey, how's Eddie?
I love that guy.

Me, too.

He's picking me up for dinner tonight.
You can say hi.

Thanks for doing this.

I... I know
it's risky for you.

I will hide
the evidence.

Ah.

Whew.

Jackie.

Yeah?

I heard about
your engagement to Eddie.

I'm sorry, is that against
the rules of diversion?

No, it's not.

How's his new job
working out?

Good, he's happy.
Busy.

Ah, Jackie, hi!

Ah, come in.

Come in.

Do you like
my baby condos?

In real life,
they will be much bigger.

I need to talk to you.

Yeah, I have decided
three bathrooms, eh?

So families will not have to
fight over the morning washing.

Any news on
my nursing license?

Oh, that.

Yes, I haven't forgotten
our arrangement,

but we have
to be patient, right?

It's not like ordering a hamburger
from a fast-food café.

Uh, congratulations,
by the way.

- For what?
- I heard you got engaged.

I, uh... I hear
about everything.

I need you to come down
to my office, yeah?

- Returning customer.
- Hey, Lydia, what's going on?

She's got a rapid heart rate,
had a syncopal episode.

I was selling a lottery ticket
and next thing I knew, flat on my back.

Any dizziness,
shortness of breath?

A little dizzy, yeah.

- Oh, thanks.
- Hey, Lydia, how's the bodega?

Oh, it's a nightmare.
You can have it.

I'm just giving you assistance.
I'm not touching anyone.

Sorry, honey.

So you know you need
regular checkups, right?

This is my checkup.

I work 16-hour days.
I got no time for doctors.

Well, you're in luck.
We have a great new doctor for you today.

You'll love him,
I promise.

Nice,
heart rate's slowing.

I know, I can
see the monitor.

My daughter
is calling you?

Excuse me for a moment. Keep that ice
on your head and I'll be right back.

Oh, my God, Zoey,
I need your help.

I'm at a rest stop
on the turnpike

and the damn bus left me.

Grace?

Grace, calm down.

- Just stay where you are...
- Calm down?

...and I will
come and find you.

- Where is she?
- Give me your address.

- Can I talk to her, please?
- Near exit 44,

- Pennsylvania Turnpike.
- Uh-huh, uh-huh.

It's a big rest stop
with a bunch of trucks parked out front.

- Hello?
- Grace, can you hear me?

- What is going on?
- Grace? Shit.

Do not freak out!
Grace is fine!

- Okay, okay.
- She's safe.

She is also
in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania?!

At a service area
off I-95, exit 44.

What the hell
is she doing there?

I don't know.
Her phone just died.

Pennsylvania?!

Fucking Pennsylvania.

Where the heck
are you going?

Uh, Grace
is in Pennsylvania,

so Pennsylvania,
I guess?

I, uh... I don't have
a license and I sold my car.

I will work a double tonight.
I will come in this weekend.

It's fine,
it's a family emergency.

I'll find somebody
to cover you, go.

Thank you.

Also, does anyone
have a car?

Blue Volvo wagon parked
right next to the hot dog stand.

Thank you.

Thank you.

- Why isn't she calling me?
- I told you, her phone is dead.

So, what, she can't find a pay phone?
There's nobody with a charger?

I know you're stressed out!

But I can't answer you
while I'm trying to unparallel park!

Also...

these are poking me!

Oh, please,
just drive.

Zoey, you are going 10 miles
under the speed limit.

I am not
a race car driver.

Grace is alone
and she's scared.

You have got
to let me drive.

I can't, your license
is suspended.

I'll go faster.

Oh, I feel like
I'm on the Autobahn.

Jesus Christ,
where the hell was she going?

- A concert?
- No, no way.

It's gotta be a boy.
There's always some fucking boy.

Did you guys
get into a fight?

Maybe she's just
blowing off some steam?

When I was 14,
I was mad at my mom

because she wouldn't
let me dye my hair purple,

so I ran away
to Coney Island.

An hour later,
I felt so bad,

I came right back home.

This is not
about purple hair.

I told her
I got engaged.

What?
To who... uh, whom?

- Eddie?
- Yes, Eddie.

- Who do you think I've been getting...
- Oh, my goodness.

- But... Zoey, can you please?
- Oh, oops, sorry.

Jesus Christ.

Poor Grace.

Excuse me?

Um, no,
I just mean...

that might
be hard for her.

She's had a tough year.

You know what, Zoey?
Just drive.

Well, I'm trying,

but this situation's
very stressful.

Yeah, I didn't ask you to come,
you volunteered.

Well, I know, but now I'm
in the middle of a big family drama.

If you don't want to be in the middle,
don't answer Grace's phone calls.

If I didn't answer her calls, you wouldn't
know where your daughter is right now.

Congratulations on
your secret engagement.

No, no music, I'm merging.

History of hypothyroidism,
hypertension...

- Look at you go.
- ...diabetes...

- Oh, my.
- ...high cholesterol.

- And...
- Wait for it.

- ...uncontrolled A-fib.
- Nicely done.

I take it you two
know each other.

Lydia knows everybody.
She should run for mayor.

And what medications
are you on, Lydia?

None right now.
I can't afford a regular doctor

and my managed care clinic
is out in Bumfuck, Brooklyn.

Oh, let's give her
15 milligrams of Cardizem.

- Got it.
- Isn't she fantastic?

Cut it out. Tell Lydia
she needs to take her medication.

She's right.
If you don't take better care of yourself,

you're gonna end up
having a stroke.

Shit.

I'll tell you what.

Let's get all your prescriptions
filled today

so you don't have to hike out to Brooklyn
when this place closes.

Wait, this place is closing?

Where am I gonna go
to see a doctor?

Where's everybody
in the neighborhood gonna go?

Don't worry,
I'm sending you home

with a year's supply
of heart meds on the house.

Buy you some time
to find a new clinic.

Oh, my God.
Thank you.

They were right,
I do love you.

Oh, yeah?
Tell all your friends.

I will.

He's a good guy.

You are absolutely sure
you haven't seen this girl?

Her hair's a little shorter,
she's got bangs.

Sorry, I never look at the customers.
You check the bathrooms?

Yes, I checked
the bathrooms.

Where the fuck is she?

Ma'am, I'm gonna need
you to clear the line.

Okay, we'll find her.
She's gotta be here somewhere.

Do you know, this is
what I worry about.

What if she didn't
think we were coming,

she got in the car
with somebody?

Oh, no, no, no, no way.
She's smarter than that.

Oh, for fuck's sake.
Grace!

Grace!

Grace, it's me, Zoey!

When I find her,
I'm gonna fucking kill her.

Don't kill her.
Let her explain.

You'll never get anywhere
if you lose your temper.

Please don't talk to me
about parenting.

You're absolutely sure
this is the place?

Yeah, uh... I mean, yes,
I'm pretty sure she said Exit 44.

Pretty sure?
Zoey, pretty sure is not good enough.

I know, it was
a short conversation

and you were yelling
the whole time.

If you weren't absolutely fucking sure
that this was the place,

you should have
said something.

Jesus Christ, if anything
happens to her...

I'm gonna call 911.
I should've done that already.

Mom?

Oh, my God, Grace.

Grace, oh, my God.

God!

Oh, my God, you scared
the shit out of me.

Grace, are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

What are you doing here?

Who are you here with?

Myself.

I was going to Philadelphia
and the bus stopped

so we could use the bathrooms
and they left without me.

I'm sorry, is...

are you eating
an ice cream cone

while I have been
driving and merging

and worried sick about you
for the last two hours?

Oh, my God, I'm so stressed out,
I can barely breathe!

I'm, like,
choking on the stress

and you're, what, you're hanging out?
You're having fun?

I'm so sick of waking up every morning
wondering if you're gonna be okay,

feeling responsible for you and
never knowing if I can fucking trust you.

What the fuck?

Hey!

Can you get your shit
together, please?

Both of you?

Holy crap.

I'm here to see Dr. Prince.
I need a checkup.

Have you tried
your primary care doctor?

I want to see Dr. Prince.

My friend Lydia
says he's the best.

Lydia sent me, too.

This is Dr. Carrie Roman,
also wonderful.

That's all right.
I'll wait for Dr. Prince.

That's the 10th person
to ask for Dr. Prince.

Why isn't anyone
asking for me?

Do you actually
want more work?

Well, it's like the prom.
It's just nice to be asked.

Full waiting room.
I love it.

Yeah, it's
the Dr. Prince fan club.

Your friend Lydia
sent them.

Wow, when I said, "Tell all your friends,"
I wasn't being literal.

Isn't this great?
Let's do it.

Okay.

I know you meant well,
Zoey,

but if anybody's
gonna scream at my daughter

by the side of the road
in Pennsylvania, it's gonna be me.

Can you please drive back to New York?
I have indigestion.

So you want to tell me why
you were going to Philadelphia?

It's prospective students
weekend at UPenn.

You ran away
to a college?

It's totally safe.
They were gonna put me up in a dorm,

there are chaperones
and a bunch of RAs.

Why didn't
you just tell me?

Please, you guys would have
never let me go. It's too expensive.

- Maybe it is, but, Grace,
- Mom...

- that's beside the point.
- Mom!

Penn has scholarships,
and they give out a ton of financial aid.

I'll get a job.
I'll get two.

- Grace...
- Mom, you guys get to do

whatever you want
with your lives.

Dad's having a baby,
you're marrying Eddie.

You can't tell me not to reach
for something just because it's hard.

Grace,
you are 16 years old.

You cannot just run off
without telling us.

Get in the car.

Welcome.

All right,
and we got one more here.

That'll be good.

Isn't this amazing?

This is not amazing.
This is an emergency room.

- It's for emergencies.
- Gloria, come on.

This is where
the news crew should be.

Forget the protest.
Somebody needs to do a story about this.

About how much All Saints
means to this neighborhood.

Natalie Mendez,
Lee Su Jin,

Jerry Reynolds,
come on back.

Sending up a flare.
SOS, we need more doctors.

All right, I can stay late. I've got
a hot plate and a tent in my office.

I can appreciate that,
but this is a fire hazard.

We need to ask
half of these people to leave.

No, no, no, no.
I'm not turning anyone away.

We need to help as many patients as we can
before we run out of time.

You're like Shelley Winters
in "The Poseidon Adventure."

Thank you.

Gloria, when
this place closes,

I don't want there to be
a drop of medicine left in that pharmacy.

Okay, let's go.

Hey, what's going on?
You handing out free iPhones?

Heart medication.
It costs more.

Oh, has anybody
seen Jackie?

She's in, uh, Pennsylvania.
But she'll be back.

Someone has to come back.
This is madness.

- Fast Eddie!
- Hey.

- Great to see you, man.
- You, too, Bernie.

Listen, can you tell me
why my fiancée's in Pennsylvania?

Oh, went to pick
up her daughter.

Don't worry,
she'll be back.

Listen, we got a situation here.
Could you help us out?

Find these nice people
a place to sit.

Uh, sure, where?

Well, we got
a secondary waiting room

down the hallway.
Can't miss it, right?

- Yeah.
- Just drop 'em off, come back for more.

All right. Listen, if Gloria sees me,
you gotta take the heat.

I'll be your human shield.
Activate!

Okay.
All right, everybody. This way.

Grace, we're here.

- Seriously?
- Seriously.

Okay, here is my charger.

The first thing you're gonna
do is plug in your phone

and call me when you know
the name of your dorm.

I will deal with your dad.

And... use this
for a train, not the bus.

A train will not leave you
by the side of the road.

Text me when you know the schedule.
I will meet you.

Make friends
with the nerdy girls.

They will be there for you
when shit gets real.

Hey, can I at least
get a thank-you?

Thanks, Mom.

We need to go.
I gotta get back for my second shift.

Jesus, it's like
a run on the bank.

How many patients
are there?

A lot.

- Hello.
- What? Oh, hi. What?

- What is going on here?
- Our waiting room is packed.

I'm afraid this is the only place
we had to put patients.

Oh, Mrs. Akalitus, you cannot
keep sick people in my office.

This building
doesn't belong to you yet.

I am very sorry, sir.

I am going to have to
ask you to wait in the hallway.

Don't you
touch my patients.

All Saints has been
a public hospital since 1799,

and I am not gonna stop
treating people

until you kick me out on my ass,
you heartless foreign investor.

Mrs. Akalitus,
get these people out of my office

or I'm going
to call my lawyer.

- Don't you touch me!
- I am not touching you.

You need to get
the fuck out of my face!

And you are needing to be
getting out of my face as well!

Hey, hey!
Watch your hands!

Ah!

That wasn't necessary.

What, he grabbed you!

I had it covered.

But thank you for
your mistaken chivalry.

Oh.

Oh, you punched
the wrong person, my friend.

Oh, yeah?
And who the fuck are you?

Oh, you will find out
soon enough.

You tell your girlfriend
that our deal is off.

What deal?

What the hell
is he talking about?

Why would Jackie
have a deal with that asshole?

I have no idea.

You expect me
to believe that?

No... I don't expect you
to believe anything, Gloria.

Take it up with Jackie.

And you're welcome.

There's no
fucking reception.

Oh, Eddie's picking me up for dinner
and I'm not gonna be there.

How long are we gonna be
in this fucking tunnel?

I don't know!
I'm not the tunnel master.

I'm so sorry.

Yeah, I don't know
what's wrong with me today.

That was not me
back there.

I'm not a hitter.
I don't hit ice cream.

I know you don't.

Oh, my God.
Maybe that was me.

That's who I am now.

I'm a person
who terrorizes teenage girls.

I don't know, Zoey.
I don't know a lot.

But what if that wasn't
about Grace, you know?

Maybe that was about me.

Is it possible that
you're pissed off at me?

Maybe.

I'm not even sure
what I said, to be honest.

Well, if you have anything else to say,
I'm right here.

You were my idol.

I wanted to be
just like you.

Now I'm an abusive
box-checker

and I enforce these stupid rules,
and that's your fault.

You made me love this job
and now you're the reason I hate it,

and I'm just pissed off
at you all the time.

And I miss you
all the time.

And it's
confusing and weird.

So don't tell me
to get my shit together,

you get
your shit together.

You're right, Zoey.

I am so sorry
for what I put you through.

I'm dropping out of grad school.

You're what?
Why?

Just because
I suck at it.

I spend all day
firing people

and doing bullshit paperwork
and fucking pee tests

and fucking worrying
about everybody else.

When I get back
to my apartment,

I just want to hide
under the covers

and listen to
really sad Adele songs.

So basically all of them.

I haven't turned in a paper
for the last three weeks.

I'm just failing.

At everything.

I don't even know
if I want to be a nurse anymore.

Zoey, look at me.

I can't, I'm driving.

We're not moving.

Ahem.

Do not quit.

You are a great
fucking nurse.

You have more
heart and skill

than anybody
at that hospital.

I know you're going through
a rough time right now,

but even if
you can't tell, trust me,

I know that you
still love what you do.

I'm so tired.

Well, then,
get more sleep.

You got to look out
for your own life.

Stop worrying about everybody else,
especially me.

Mm, it's not broken.

You're just gonna look
stupid for the next few days.

Ah, it was worth it.

I got the pleasure of talking
to a gorgeous doctor.

Am I signaling to you
that I'm interested in some way?

Uh, I don't know,
are you?

No.

Ah, very well.
I apologize.

Would you like to go to the ballet
with me tonight?

Oh, my God.
No, I'm not dating right now.

Then you are free.
That is to say available.

Um, I... no.

Wh... wha... let's face it,
even if I was,

you're basically
the face of evil around here.

Yes, but sometimes
it's fun to go dating

with the bad boy, no?

Think it over
and I'll check back with you.

Okay.

Okay.

I'm so sorry, Zoey.

Not, uh, the world's
funnest road trip.

Do you mind parking the car
so I won't be late?

No problem.

♪ No water
in the water fountain ♪

♪ No side on the sidewalk ♪

♪ If you say, "Old Molly Hare,
whatcha doing there?"

♪ Nothing much to do
when you're going nowhere ♪

♪ Whoo-ha, whoo-ha,
gotcha ♪

♪ We're gonna get the water
from your house, your house... ♪

♪ No wood
in the Woodstock ♪

♪ And you say, "Old Molly Hare,
whatcha doing there?" ♪

♪ Nothing much to do
when you're going nowhere ♪

♪ Whoo-ha, whoo-ha,
gotcha ♪

♪ We're gonna get the water
from your house, your house ♪

♪ Nothing feels like dying
like the drying of my skin and lawn... ♪

♪ Why do we just sit here
while they watch us ♪

♪ Wither till we're gone? ♪

♪ I can't seem to feel it ♪

♪ I can't seem
to feel it ♪

♪ I can't seem to feel, I'll kneel,
I'll kneel, I'll kneel, the cold steel ♪

♪ No water
in the water fountain ♪

♪ No phone
in the phone booth ♪

♪ And you say, "Old Molly Hare,
whatcha doing there?" ♪

♪ Jump back, jump back,
Daddy shot a bear ♪

♪ Whoo-ha, whoo-ha,
gotcha, gotcha ♪

♪ We're gonna get the water
from your house, your house ♪

♪ Gonna get the water
from your house, your house. ♪