Well, so much for theology. Edie Falco is magnificent. Did I just write that? Of course she is. Edie Falco and magnificence are indivisible. The handsome head, the pouncing blue stare, the mouth like an oncoming train … Tiredness becomes her: a hint of celestial white-out in the hospital lighting gives her the look of an angel pulling a double shift.
Honorable mentions, too, to the supporting cast. And the casualties keep coming, leaking and moaning, as if on a baggage carousel of disaster. In the meantime, she will strut and snap and strew her rough blessings upon humanity—at the edge of ethics, at the edge of comedy, at the edge of life. Even if Jackie can finally and fully commit to her sobriety, temptations will always linger, as they do for anyone in recovery. Yet for a woman like Jackie, and the millions of people her difficult, addicted character represents, even fragile uncertain hope may suffice as a happy ending.
Follow her on Twitter at reneeygraham. He sleeps through mornings, and his schedulers know to accommodate this. It was to be the second of many attempts at rehab, his first having been in high school. What makes it special is the way that Kennedy and Fried weave so much more into this riveting book.
The story unfolds against the backdrop of major news events in America, and combines itself with the complex story of parity legislation and the struggle to legitimize brain diseases as worthy of funding, awareness, and destigmatization.
Ultimately, the son achieves an extended period of sobriety in the context of falling in love and starting a family, well into his 40s. Nurse Jackie, despite her drug use and personal woes, is fictional and entertaining. Kudos to Mr. I responded to it immediately!
The comedy came in when [cocreators] Liz Brixius and Linda Wallem got ahold of it, and Showtime was looking for a comedy. They infused that into the script, and we ended up with this unusual piece, tonally.
For her rehab stint, did you visit any rehabs? EF: No. We had a lot of opportunity for mishap, but thankfully that never happened. EF: The reality of showing up to the job every day. EF: They were!
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