Previously on Nurse Jackie...
The money you owe me, you're lucky I even showed up today.
If I don't get that money by tomorrow,
you're gonna need a new attorney for your nursing license hearing.
Any news on my nursing license?
I haven't forgotten our arrangement, but we have to be patient.
Look at the size of that thing.
How long have you known about...
- My glioblastoma? About a year. - I'm so sorry.
You were my idol.
You made me love this job and now you're the reason I hate it.
I know that you still love what you do.
You got to look out for your own life.
Stop worrying about everybody else, especially me.
Get these people out of my office.
Don't you touch me!
Hey, watch your hands!
You tell your girlfriend that our deal is off.
Why would Jackie have a deal with that asshole?
Take it up with Jackie.
Mr. Walters, is it?
That's right.
I understand you solicited to sell narcotics.
I've got about 500 Illyria.
Illyria? Let's talk, come on.
You know you almost blew that deal.
Kissing away 22 grand is a pretty bold choice.
- Are you kidding me? - You just paid all your lawyer bills.
Did you hear Dr. Wu?
He yelled, "That wife of yours."
What if it was true?
You really want to get married, don't you?
All the time.
You are always there for me when nobody else is.
Let's get married.
All right.
What is this?
What?
- That's private. - Are you writing songs now?
No, they're my vows.
Am I allowed to hear them?
After you laughed, I don't think so.
All right.
You're a very sensitive man.
I'm not sensitive. I punched a guy with this hand.
I'll be more careful.
Edward Walzer?
Did I win something?
Gary Roberts, Straw Pharmaceuticals.
We've had some discrepancies come up with your Illyria account
and I'm the guy that gets to do the follow-up.
You mind if I come in for a few minutes?
Of course not. Come on.
This is my fiancée, Jackie. Jackie, this is Gary.
- Hi. - Hello.
There seems to be a sizeable difference between the number of
physican signatures you've acquired and the number of samples you've requested.
Well, I've always sucked at paperwork.
You should see me with a tax form.
Yeah, 200 samples are unaccounted for.
Well, that's impossible.
I'm sure we'll figure it out.
Can I get you a coffee, tea, something?
No, thank you, though.
You know how it is, man.
You get bogged down in this form, in that form.
Before you know it, you're not getting the samples into the doctors' hands, you know?
I mean, it's all about numbers, right?
Yeah. I hear ya.
Still, I'm gonna have to ask you to turn over all your remaining samples.
Just until we get all these numbers sorted out.
Not a problem.
Here you go.
Have you removed any of the samples from the packaging?
Nope.
Because that would constitute a major violation.
Then we don't have a problem.
Great. Then you won't mind if we take a closer look?
Don't you guys need some kind of permit or warrant or something?
Read your employment contract.
The higher-ups take missing pills very seriously.
Yeah. Well.
Can you train that dog to do my paperwork?
You can train them to do just about anything.
Yeah. I hear ya.
Let me run something by you.
These are my wedding vows.
Yea or nay on the first one.
She's a nurse, all right?
"I promise that when I'm old and sick, I won't ask you to be my nurse.
"But when you get old and more beautiful,
"it would be my honor to take care of you."
Anyway.
Okay. I think we're good.
- All right. - Hopefully just a technicality.
You're gonna want to stay out of the field for a couple of days
while the company sorts this out.
- Get that paperwork done. - Copy that.
Absolutely. Thanks, guys.
Jesus Christ.
- What the hell did you do? - I spit it out!
The fucking dog was coming right at me. What was I supposed to do?
Oh, my God.
And I've got my pee test.
Oh, my God. All right, well, you didn't swallow it, right?
And it's got a coating.
It's half dissolved.
If there's even a trace of this shit in my system, I'm screwed.
- I got to eat something. - Yeah.
Why was there a loose pill on the floor, Eddie?
I don't know. It must have fallen out. You don't deal drugs in the packaging.
What the fuck, Eddie? You're not covering your tracks?
I sign a few extra boxes of pills out every time I get a doctor's signature.
It's gonna take a few weeks for the numbers to be right.
Play hooky. Call in sick.
That's a good idea. I can do that.
My God.
My lawyer called three times.
How the fuck did my hearing get moved up to today?
Because I pulled every string to get you back on the floor before this place closes.
A "thank you" would be nice.
Yeah, I need to tell you something, confidentially as my lawyer,
and I need you to not freak out.
Okay.
There is a small chance that I might have some drugs in my system.
I have not used.
I had a pill in my mouth, less than an hour ago for...
All right, this sounds terrible.
Yes, it does. Stop talking.
Can we postpone this?
Three members from the state nursing board are flying in from Albany as we speak.
So, no, we can't postpone.
What do I do?
Just go inside, act normal, be extra nice to your supervisor and your monitor,
and whatever you do, do not take a fucking pee test.
P.S., relax. I'm the best.
Look who signed up for more classes.
Thank you for encouraging me to stay in school.
Zoey, that's great. Good for you.
Zoey Barkow.
Jackie's lawyer.
Why is your lawyer here?
My hearing got moved up. Actually, it's today.
- Really? - Yeah.
That's great!
We get to be coworkers again. Not that we're not now.
Are you nervous, excited? Talk to me.
I'm everything.
I'm going in. You coming?
- Go, go, I'll get coffees. - Okay.
Just relax.
You're a diversion superstar,
and I'm gonna get up on that stand and I'm gonna tell them that.
I don't think there is a stand, but thank you, Zoey.
So, today's the day.
I'm looking forward to closing this chapter.
Yeah, that makes two of us.
I heard a curious rumor, that you have some kind of a deal
in place with our Norwegian friend?
He's no friend of mine.
I got to go prep with my lawyer.
You two look chummy.
All I know is Jackie's done everything right.
I got all my reports and urine screens ready to go.
Clean screens, every day.
I hope your paperwork is perfectly in order for the nursing board,
because these people do not fuck around.
Your fingers radiate energy.
I have gloves on, so that's not possible.
Do you see any new bruising?
Perhaps on the bridge?
No, no, I told you it'll go away in a few days, 'cause you barely got punched.
A man in my position must always look impeccable.
Here, this is how America deals with punches to the face.
Yes, by covering up the problem instead of fixing it.
Well, don't you have an orphanage to shut down?
Such fire.
Would you like to come with me to an opening at the Metropolitan Museum?
Near Eastern antiquities.
Almost just fell asleep.
- Wonderful. - Yeah.
Also, aren't you married?
In Norway I am.
We need this bed for real patients.
How are you feeling?
Fantastic. Like Louis the Sun King.
Okay, that's great.
Can I borrow your office and can you leave, Your Highness?
I need somewhere to prepare for my nursing license hearing.
It's today?
Holy shit, what terrific news.
Of course you can have my office. Anything to get you back on the floor again.
There's smoked fish and vodka in the middle drawer. You got this.
Okay.
So, do I need to make a statement, or...
Yes, at the top.
But it's not 12 Angry Men, okay?
No one wants some big, dramatic plea. Just keep it short, simple, and honest.
No crying.
So, what, I go up there and tell them what a great nurse I was when I was high?
I'm sorry. I am nervous.
Who am I making this big, nondramatic plea to?
A bunch of tight-asses from the nursing board.
Don't be fooled.
They have some crazy idea their job is to protect the public, not nurses.
How are things with your monitor and your supervisor?
They're gonna want to hear from them, too.
Zoey's great.
Akalitus is not my biggest fan, as you may remember.
Yeah, well, don't worry about Gloria Akalitus.
I did some investigating. She's got skeletons.
I'll bury her to her neck with this.
Nobody has to get buried. I just want to get my nursing license back.
Yeah, well, then, you got to be prepared to do anything to get it.
Okay, no folder.
Client's choice, client's choice.
Do I need to change?
No, we need you looking like the little match girl today.
Knock, knock. Duty calls.
Yeah, I'm sorry, Zoey. We're right in the middle of preparing an affidavit.
Okay, well, that sounds official.
We can take care of this official business when you're done.
- Okay. - Great, thank you.
I'm really excited for you, Jackie.
Thank you.
Fuck.
The waiting room is not thinning out.
Good. No man, woman, or child left behind.
Thor, let us empty our coffers before we go.
I have to admit, I wasn't expecting to be inspired at the end,
by a doctor, no less, but thank you, Dr. Prince.
I'm glad you're here.
Here's that otoscope you asked for.
Dr. Prince, are you okay?
Yeah.
Head rush.
Sorry about that.
Hey, how you doing over there?
I'm just sitting here turning threes into eights.
How about you? How are you doing?
Scared about this fucking trial.
You want me to come down there? I don't care about Akalitus.
No, no, no, don't come down. It helps me just to talk to you.
Well, just keep chugging a lot of water and don't take that fucking pee test.
If anyone can do it, you can.
And if I don't, I will never be a nurse again.
This fucking day, I just want it to be over.
Hi, you are a hard person to find.
I'm on the phone. I just need a minute.
Okay, the hearing starts in 10 minutes. I need to get today's pee test on record.
- It's Eddie, it's important. - I'll wait.
All right, I got to go. We'll talk later.
All right, bye.
Jackie?
Why are we in the lab?
I'm not doing this.
You're not doing what, the hearing?
- No, I'm not doing the fucking pee test. - It's your last one.
Look, Zoey, I'm about to fight for my life in there.
I don't have time to sit on the fucking toilet.
You don't like to check boxes. I don't like to check boxes.
This whole thing's been fucking humiliating.
I need you to take the test.
I'm not gonna do it.
Fuck.
Okay, bye.
- Everything good? - Yeah, we're good.
Okay, let's do this.
- What's wrong with you? - Jackie wouldn't take her pee test.
- Why not? - I don't know. I don't know.
We're here to rule on the reinstatement of Jacqueline Peyton's nursing license.
Ms. Peyton has been in the diversion program for two and a half months
under the supervision of Gloria Akalitus and the daily monitoring of Zoey Barkow.
- Is everyone here? - Yes.
Yes, all here.
Mr. Wolfe, I see you're back.
Well, you know how passionate I am about nurses, Ellen.
Okay.
Thank you.
Thank you for coming all this way.
I'm grateful for the diversion program, that it gives nurses like me a second chance.
I love being a nurse more than anything. It's who I am.
And I love helping people.
I hope today will prove that to you.
Okay, let's begin.
- Shit, are we late? - Hi. Sorry, hi.
Can we help you?
We just want to add our two cents.
How much we love Jackie.
Hi, Jackie.
And you are?
Dr. Bernard Prince, Chief of ER.
Thor Lundgren, nurse.
Go ahead.
She worked three traumas.
All in the last couple of weeks.
She fucking kicked ass and we saved those people, didn't we?
- I'm sure what Dr. Prince means... - I mean she saved their lives.
She jumped in, got her hands dirty.
It was... It was like MASH.
What a show, am I right?
Not at all like the movie.
Both were great, don't get me wrong.
I love that Hawkeye, yeah. "Martinis and surgery."
He's my kind of guy.
Dr. Prince is correct.
My client touched three patients.
All three were documented, all three were emergencies, and all three lived
specifically because Jackie intervened.
Would anyone else like to make a statement?
Nursing monitor?
No.
Supervisor?
I'm just wondering why we haven't been able to get a urine screen today.
Let's take a short recess.
Okay.
Zoey, look at me.
I am not high.
Then why won't you be tested?
Because something happened this morning.
I had a pill in my mouth.
I know how that sounds.
- I was protecting Eddie. - From what?
From a situation with his work.
I can tell you more, if you want.
So the pill was just in your mouth?
Yes, it was not planned.
I just had to get rid of it. I put it in my mouth.
I did not swallow it and I spit it out.
- You sound crazy. - I know how I sound.
If this hospital closes while I'm still in diversion, I will never work again.
There is no way on this planet that I would risk that.
If you know one thing, you know that.
I don't even understand how you keep getting in these situations.
Because, Zoey, I'm an addict. This is my life.
It has cost me everything.
Every relationship I've ever had, including with you.
This is not something that just goes away.
And I will likely have these cravings for my whole life.
But right now I am clean.
It's just you're a really good liar.
I am. And that's not what I'm doing.
Zoey, this is not about some hearing. This is about you and me.
That is just what it comes down to.
Do you trust me?
Okay, give me the cup. I'll do it.
Thank you.
All urine screens are negative. Reports look good.
I think we're ready to wrap things up here.
I have serious questions about Jackie's future sobriety.
- She's engaged to a pharmaceutical rep. - Really, Gloria?
Irrelevant. The man's entitled to make a living.
It is relevant. I fired him from this very hospital.
You fired him because you couldn't fire me.
I fired him because he was involved in numerous suspicious drug-related
activities which I'm still trying to get to the bottom of.
Hearsay and unfounded suspicions about someone who, frankly, isn't even my client.
Your client lies.
Your client makes bad choices.
Choices that have cost her, her career, her husband...
You're gonna bring Kevin into this, really?
- And her daughters. - I have not lost my daughters.
Here, do this.
- Yeah? - Yes, go ahead.
Okay. Mrs. Akalitus, you mentioned choices and family.
Why don't we talk about Michael?
- Really? - Really.
Mrs. Akalitus' son, Michael, is an addict.
A young man with a string of arrests across the country.
A son whom she abandoned.
A son who, I don't know if you know this,
is currently wanted on suspicion of grand larceny.
Mr. Wolfe, is this going anywhere?
Yes, ma'am, I promise you it is.
I think what my lawyer's trying to say is that my supervisor cannot separate
her personal life from my diversion program.
"Misplaced vendetta" is the term I would use.
Please, I have been nothing but fair with you.
That is absolute bullshit.
Day after day, my client has borne the brunt of Mrs. Akalitus' family drama,
receiving unmerited distrust and defamation from her supervisor,
putting not only my client at risk, but the entire diversion program.
You know, I'd like to make a statement. Am I allowed to make a statement?
Just give me a second. Mrs. Akalitus, you're a nurse, yes?
- I am. - And as a nurse, you treat patients.
- Sometimes. - Have you treated any recently?
Yeah, when necessary, yeah...
That's interesting, because according to my files,
your nursing license expired a month and a half ago.
We've all gotten our paperwork in late. This is not my hearing.
Two months ago, this woman was sitting in a holding cell in Queens.
You just keep going, Gloria, don't you?
I want you away from patients.
I have done absolutely everything you've asked.
It is time for me to get back on the fucking floor.
Enough.
Today's conduct has been deeply disappointing.
None of this speaks well for anybody.
We're going to need some time.
Let's go.
Jackie, hello.
How is your fiancé?
That's none of your business.
And I am also not in the business of being assaulted,
which is what I told my friend at Straw Pharmaceuticals.
- You have a lot of friends. - And now I have a new one.
It so happens your fiancé's name was already flagged for other transgressions.
You sent that fucking dog?
As we say in Norway...
Which means roughly,
"Sometimes it just takes one punch to get things rolling."
The verdict is in. Let's go.
I'll take the next one.
Okay.
Our decision is final. We are adjourned.