List of Nurse Jackie episodes

Nurse Jackie, an American medical comedy-drama series created by Evan Dunsky, Liz Brixius, and Linda Wallem, premiered on Showtime on June 8, 2009.^[1] The series stars Edie Falco as title character Jackie Peyton, a nurse addicted to painkillers while working in the emergency ward at All Saints' Hospital in New York City. The series concluded on June 28, 2015, after 80 episodes over seven seasons.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	12	June 8, 2009	August 24, 2009
	2	12	March 22, 2010	June 7, 2010
	3	12	March 28, 2011	June 20, 2011
	4	10	April 8, 2012	June 17, 2012
	5	10	April 14, 2013	June 16, 2013
	6	12	April 13, 2014	June 29, 2014
	7	12	April 12, 2015	June 28, 2015

Episodes

Season 1 (2009)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Pilot"	Allen Coulter	Liz Brixius & Linda Wallem and Evan Dunsky	June 8, 2009	1.01[2]
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 begrudging 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.
2	2	"Sweet 'n All"	Craig Zisk	Liz Brixius & Linda Wallem	June 15, 2009	1.10[3]
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.
3	3	"Chicken Soup"	Craig Zisk	Mark Hudis	June 22, 2009	N/A
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.
4	4	"School Nurse"	Steve Buscemi	Christine Zander	June 29, 2009	N/A
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.
5	5	"Daffodil"	Steve Buscemi	Taii K. Austin	July 6, 2009	N/A
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.
6	6	"Tiny Bubbles"	Craig Zisk	Rick Cleveland	July 13, 2009	N/A
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.
7	7	"Steak Knife"	Steve Buscemi	Nancy Fichman & Jennifer Hoppe	July 20, 2009	N/A
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 Coop finds out that Jackie has a child.
8	8	"Pupil"	Steve Buscemi	Liz Flahive	July 27, 2009	N/A
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 reveals to Eddie that Jackie has a child.
9	9	"Nosebleed"	Paul Feig	John Hilary Shepherd	August 3, 2009	1.36[4]
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.
10	10	"Ring Finger"	Paul Feig	Liz Brixius	August 10, 2009	N/A
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.
11	11	"Pill O-Matix"	Scott Ellis	Rick Cleveland	August 17, 2009	1.07[5]
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.
12	12	"Health Care and Cinema"	Scott Ellis	Liz Brixius & Linda Wallem	August 24, 2009	0.992[6]
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.

Season 2 (2010)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
13	1	"Comfort Food"	Paul Feig	Linda Wallem & Liz Brixius	March 22, 2010	1.08[7]
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.
14	2	"Twitter"	Paul Feig	Mark Hudis	March 29, 2010	0.686[8]
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.
15	3	"Candyland"	Alan Taylor	Rick Cleveland	April 5, 2010	0.525[9]
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.
16	4	"Apple Bong"	Alan Taylor	Christine Zander	April 12, 2010	0.682[10]
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.
17	5	"Caregiver"	Adam Bernstein	Liz Brixius	April 19, 2010	0.584[11]
Jackie's hard stance towards Eddie softens after an argument with Kevin. Gloria 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.
18	6	"Bleeding"	Adam Bernstein	Nancy Fichman & Jennifer Hoppe-House	April 26, 2010	0.917[12]
Unhappy about Eddie and Kevin's friendship, Jackie asks Eddie to stop spending time with Kevin. A pharmaceutical company rep provides Jackie with drugs.
19	7	"Silly String"	Paul Feig	Liz Flahive	May 3, 2010	0.739[13]
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.
20	8	"Monkey Bits"	Paul Feig	Liz Brixius	May 10, 2010	0.675[14]
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.
21	9	"P.O. Box"	Paul Feig	Mark Hudis	May 17, 2010	0.729[15]
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.
22	10	"Sleeping Dogs"	Paul Feig	Liz Brixius	May 24, 2010	0.670[16]
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.
23	11	"What the Day Brings"	Paul Feig	Rick Cleveland	May 31, 2010	N/A
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.
24	12	"Years of Service"	Paul Feig	Liz Brixius & Linda Wallem	June 7, 2010	0.858[17]
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 (2011)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
25	1	"Game On"	Steve Buscemi	Liz Brixius & Linda Wallem	March 28, 2011	0.611[18]
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.
26	2	"Enough Rope"	Steve Buscemi	Liz Brixius	April 4, 2011	0.490[19]
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.
27	3	"Play Me"	Michael Lehmann	Linda Wallem	April 11, 2011	0.574[20]
Kevin's younger sister Tunie crashes at the Peyton household and Jackie has another encounter with the drug dealer she ripped off.
28	4	"Mitten"	Michael Lehmann	Liz Flahive	April 18, 2011	0.595[21]
Kevin invites Eddie over for a barbecue to set him up with Tunie, Coop 'competes' for Chief of the ER.
29	5	"Rat Falls"	Tristram Shapeero	Alison McDonald	April 25, 2011	0.650[22]
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.
30	6	"When the Saints Go"	Tristram Shapeero	Liz Brixius	May 2, 2011	0.531[23]
The statues of the saints are finally removed from the chapels. Meanwhile, Jackie clashes with the new nurse named Kelly Slater and Eddie considers going out with Tunie.
31	7	"Orchids and Salami"	Bob Balaban	Ellen Fairey	May 9, 2011	0.467[24]
The new nurse Kelly charms the hospital's staff except Jackie, meanwhile a 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.
32	8	"The Astonishing"	Bob Balaban	Rajiv Joseph	May 16, 2011	0.431[25]
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.
33	9	"Have You Met Ms. Jones?"	Daisy von Scherler Mayer	Liz Brixius & Wyndham Lewis	May 23, 2011	0.601[26]
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.
34	10	"Fuck the Lemurs"	Daisy von Scherler Mayer	Liz Brixius	June 6, 2011	0.556[27]
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.
35	11	"Batting Practice"	Linda Wallem	Liz Flahive	June 13, 2011	0.582[28]
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 Haiti, after making up elaborate stories about helping people there.
36	12	"...Deaf Blind Tumor Pee-Test"	Linda Wallem	Liz Brixius	June 20, 2011	0.832[29]
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.

Season 4 (2012)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
37	1	"Kettle-Kettle-Black-Black"	Linda Wallem	Liz Brixius	April 8, 2012	0.653[30]
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. Eddie tells Kevin that he wasn't the only one cheating in his marriage.
38	2	"Disneyland Sucks"	Linda Wallem	Liz Brixius	April 15, 2012	0.579[31]
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.
39	3	"The Wall"	Seith Mann	Liz Flahive	April 22, 2012	0.531[32]
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.
40	4	"Slow Growing Monsters"	Seith Mann	Ellen Fairey	April 29, 2012	0.474[33]
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
41	5	"One-Armed Jacks"	Bob Balaban	Rajiv Joseph	May 6, 2012	0.542[34]
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.
42	6	"No-Kimono-Zone"	Bob Balaban	Liz Brixius	May 13, 2012	0.497[35]
Jackie has a strange dream about relapsing. Zoey has good news about her romantic future, while Jackie's ex-marriage has disintegrated into a custody battle. Coop sees himself as a father-figure for O'Hara's baby.
43	7	"Day of the Iguana"	Miguel Arteta	Wyndham Lewis	May 20, 2012	0.554[36]
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.
44	8	"Chaud & Froid"	Miguel Arteta	Liz Flahive	June 3, 2012	0.627[37]
Cruz promises Charlie he won't fire Jackie, but he quickly punishes her coworkers for covering up her addiction.
45	9	"Are Those Feathers?"	Randall Einhorn	Liz Brixius & Liz Flahive	June 10, 2012	0.602[38]
Coop learns the identity of O'Hara's baby's father and Jackie takes control of the ER after Cruz suffers a panic attack.
46	10	"Handle Your Scandal"	Randall Einhorn	Liz Brixius	June 17, 2012	0.535[39]
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.

Season 5 (2013)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
47	1	"Happy Fucking Birthday"	Randall Einhorn	Clyde Phillips	April 14, 2013	0.770[40]
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.
48	2	"Luck of the Drawing"	John Cameron Mitchell	Tom Straw	April 21, 2013	0.759[41]
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.
49	3	"Smile"	Randall Einhorn	Liz Flahive	April 28, 2013	0.688[42]
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.
50	4	"Lost Girls"	Romeo Tirone	Michael Davidoff & Bill Rosenthal	May 5, 2013	0.725[43]
Jackie finds her daughters acting up and looks for a Jane Doe gone missing in the hospital.
51	5	"Good Thing"	Randall Einhorn	Cindy Caponera	May 12, 2013	0.840[44]
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.
52	6	"Walk of Shame"	Seith Mann	Abe Sylvia	May 19, 2013	0.835[45]
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.
53	7	"Teachable Moments"	Jesse Peretz	Daniele Nathanson	May 26, 2013	0.563[46]
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.
54	8	"Forget It"	Randall Einhorn	Gina Gold & Aurorea Khoo	June 2, 2013	0.784[47]
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.
55	9	"Heart"	Jesse Peretz	Liz Flahive	June 9, 2013	0.821[48]
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.
56	10	"Soul"	Randall Einhorn	Story by: Abe Sylvia Teleplay by: Clyde Phillips & Tom Straw	June 16, 2013	0.751[49]
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.

Season 6 (2014)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
57	1	"Sink or Swim"	Jesse Peretz	Clyde Phillips	April 13, 2014	0.751[50]
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.
58	2	"Pillgrimage"	Brendan Walsh	Tom Straw	April 20, 2014	0.625[51]
Akalitus wins big and Frank takes Jackie out on the town, where she finds a new dealer.
59	3	"Super Greens"	Jesse Peretz & Abe Sylvia	Liz Flahive	April 27, 2014	TBA
Grace is picked up for shoplifting, and spoils Kevin's secret. Zoey helps out the gay community and Dr. Prentiss cops some flack.
60	4	"Love Jungle"	Adam Arkin	Abe Sylvia	May 4, 2014	0.660[52]
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.
61	5	"Rag and Bone"	Jesse Peretz	Ellen Fairey	May 11, 2014	TBA
Jackie finds out that Kevin and Mia have a surprise, Frank finds some of Jackie's stash, Zoey meets a patient from Prentiss' past.
62	6	"Nancy Wood"	Keith Gordon	Carly Mensch	May 18, 2014	TBA
Jackie's fake identity is compromised and Prentiss plans a date with Zoey.
63	7	"Rat on a Cheeto"	Jesse Peretz	Heidi Schreck	May 25, 2014	TBA
Coop finally gets made Chief of the ER, Zoey buries herself in work when Prentiss leaves, and Grace gets an award at school.
64	8	"The Lady with the Lamp"	Seith Mann	Abe Sylvia	June 1, 2014	TBA
Jackie detoxes at home with a little help, and Frank raises an objection about Grace.
65	9	"Candyman"	Jesse Peretz	Liz Flahive & Ellen Fairey	June 8, 2014	0.722[53]
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.
66	10	"Sidecars and Spermicide"	Seith Mann	Story by: Carly Mensch Teleplay by: Carly Mensch & Heidi Schreck	June 15, 2014	0.641[54]
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.
67	11	"Sisterhood"	Brendan Walsh	Liz Flahive	June 22, 2014	TBA
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.
68	12	"Flight"	Jesse Peretz	Story by: Abe Sylvia Teleplay by: Clyde Phillips & Tom Straw	June 29, 2014	0.674[55]
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.

Season 7 (2015)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
69	1	"Clean"	Brendan Walsh	Story by: Clyde Phillips & Tony Saltzman Teleplay by: Clyde Phillips	April 12, 2015	0.532[56]
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.
70	2	"Deal"	Julie Anne Robinson	Tom Straw	April 19, 2015	0.810[57]
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.
71	3	"Godfathering"	Brendan Walsh	Liz Flahive	April 26, 2015	0.651[58]
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.
72	4	"Nice Ladies"	Keith Gordon	Abe Sylvia	May 3, 2015	0.742[59]
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.
73	5	"Coop Out"	Brendan Walsh	Ellen Fairey	May 10, 2015	0.743[60]
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.
74	6	"High Noon"	Adam Bernstein	Carly Mensch	May 17, 2015	0.783[61]
Zoey and the rest of the nurses protest the selling of the hospital, leaving only doctors (and Jackie) to run the E.R.
75	7	"Are You with Me, Doctor Wu?"	Brendan Walsh	Tom Straw	May 24, 2015	0.697[62]
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.
76	8	"Managed Care"	Jesse Peretz	Abe Sylvia	May 31, 2015	0.593[63]
All Saints enters escrow with the Norwegian developers; Jackie learns something about Dr. Prince; Zoey and Carrie help Thor celebrate his wedding day.
77	9	"Serviam in Caritate"	Brendan Walsh	Heidi Schreck	June 7, 2015	0.723[64]
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.
78	10	"Jackie and the Wolf"	Jesse Peretz	Ellen Fairey & Carly Mensch	June 14, 2015	0.728[65]
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.
79	11	"Vigilante Jones"	Brendan Walsh	Liz Flahive	June 21, 2015	0.612[66]
Jackie is back in her blue scrubs but day 1 back sees Dr. Prince deteriorating before her eyes; Akalitus, after the hearing, takes a week off work; Eddie continues his dubious damage control; Carrie is further revolted by Karlsen.
80	12	"I Say a Little Prayer"	Abe Sylvia	Story by: Liz Flahive Teleplay by: Clyde Phillips & Tom Straw	June 28, 2015	0.835[67]
Final episode in the series. Jackie is surprised by the return of Dr. O'Hara, as Jackie is expecting a job from Bellevue Hospital. Meanwhile, All Saints begins wrapping up its work on its final day. Jackie gets the job and asks Zoey to come with her. O'Hara begins to suspect 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.

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External links

• Official website
• List of Nurse Jackie episodes at the Internet Movie Database
• List of Nurse Jackie episodes at TV.com