Argumentative Essay On Nurse Jackie

In the Television series that I chose, Nurse Jackie quietly established itself as one of the outstanding programs on television. Edie Falco's portrayal of a nurse Jackie with a moral code. It was clear from the first episode that the center could not hold in Jackie's life. Nobody can effectively juggle a two-income marriage, children, a workplace romance and a drug addiction without the whole house of cards coming down, and we first met Jackie Peyton right at the point where the base began to wobble. As confused as Jackie's personal life might have been, her complete control at the hospital was the flip side to that chaos. Watching Jackie rule the nurse's station, we got the feeling that in this aspect of her life she wasn't just in charge, she was superb making it all the
As the series continued, though, it started to look more and more like “General Hospital and less and less like real hospital. I discover that, improbably, Nurse Jackie and Eddie the pharmacists have been having an affair for a year, yet he has no idea that she is married. If this show were just about Jackie, there'd be little hope of it finding a wide audience. Fortunately, Nurse Jackie has a terrific supporting cast. Forget the cycle of guest stars who came and went in quick came are Swoosie Kurtz and Blythe Danner as Coop's lesbian mothers, Victor Garber as a surly movie critic or the actors who play Jackie's family members. The stars here are the hospital staff, all complicated and well-written in their own ways. This was where we got the chance to see what makes Jackie a truly original anti-hero. Rules be damned, Jackie does exactly what she thinks is right. Sometimes the Right Thing is practically saintly, like answering a patient's cell phone so she can break news of his death to his girlfriend, or patiently reminding an abusive mental patient to take his meds while everyone else ignores