Nurse Jackie Recap: Finale of Doom

Recaps

By BlueCanary | Tuesday, June 19, 2012 | 3:29 pm | 16 Comments
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Cruz has a well-deserved headache at this point, and seeing Zoey appear in his doorway isn’t helping things. She’s bot there to yell, though; instead, she pulls out a little pink notebook for him: a map to the people who work for him. It’s literally a collection of personal details about the staff, compiled to help him better deal with his employees without being such a fucking asshole. When he asks why she’s giving this to him, she straight up just tells him that they expect the same good work from him that he expects from them. Wow. I love so much that she said that, and she’s probably the only one who could’ve gotten away with it the way she did. She’s even camouflaged some of the pages to make him work to decipher the information. Love Zoey. Live for Zoey.

Back at the bar, Jackie is recounting her grand exit, when her cell rings again. It’s O’Hara, fully in labor and scared to death, hiding out alone in her office. She doesn’t know what to do–she’s not due for a month, her doctor is out of town, and she doesn’t want to give birth at work. Like the hardcore administrator she is, Akalitus takes the phone and orders O’Hara to get up to the maternity ward.

The redesign of which she personally oversaw, so you know it rocks.

Jackie is on her way, but first she calls Coop, so he can escort O’Hara upstairs. Ha! That bitch is getting in the delivery room, no matter what. Jackie and Eddie stop by O’Hara’s to pack a bag, and they don’t know what the fuck they’re doing, or where anything is, so they just grab a bunch of evening wear and call it a day.

Coop is stepping up like a champ, holding the vomit bin and even offering to stay at O’Hara’s house and help her out until she can get the nanny situation worked out. My god, he’s adorable. When Jackie calls from downstairs, O’Hara asks him to go get her and escort her past Cruz, and the look on his face is just GAAAAH! Heartbreak. He asks if he’s beong traded in, and she looks him right and the eye and says not at all. He lights up, and my damn heart explodes. I’m such an ass.

Jackie sneaks past the desk, but Cruz ambushes her at the elevator and grabs her arm. Oh hell no, son.

Not to worry–Coop is ready for action!

Cruz tells Jackie to GTFO of the hospital, she tells him it’s a free country and she can go to maternity in an unofficial capacity if she damn well wants, but before they can really get into it, Sam interrupts. The ambulance is here; they have an OD patient coming in, someone who’s already had CPR and a defibrillator, but the EMTs have lost the pulse again. Cruz jumps to it, and tells Jackie to leave as soon as the baby gets here.

And oh my god. Before she can get on the elevator, we see the OD patient wheeled in. It’s Charlie. IT’S FUCKING CHARLIE. Charlie, why are you here and not in rehab??

Edie Falco’s face, folks. Her face, as Jackie realizes who it is and what’s about to happen, is a work of art, is it not? Jackie tells Coop to forget the baby and get to trauma, which goes over about as well as an ex-nurse issuing orders goes over with Cruz. Both doctors start in on her, but she just screams at Coop and scares him so badly he listens. Then she starts to push right past Cruz. Who turns around. And sees that kid of his.

Fuck. Holy fuck.

Cruz grabs Jackie, not about to go into that room without her, but we don’t get the big dramatic medical intervention I was expecting. Instead, we see the aftermath. Charlie is stabilized, and Cruz is checking his vitals, completely absorbed and, understandably, barely coherent. “You’ve got a lot of fucking nerve,” he says, and when Jackie apologizes, he says he’s not talking to her. But then. Then.

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BlueCanary is as unorthodox a blend of optimistic and bitter, laid-back and anxious, motivated and straight up lazy tas one is likely to meet outside an unspecified institution. She spent the past decade holding a variety of job titles, including reporter, tech writer, production manager, and administrative assistant (the go-to job in this economy for folks who just HAD to get that English degree). She is currently living under the tiny yet powerful thumb of an awesome, pint-sized little dude, who wets himself and can't form full sentences (read: stay at home mom). Another tyrannical little thumb is gestating in her womb. She is a regular on The Neutral Corner podcast and blogs at www.mamamuzzle.com. 

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16 Comments

  1. 1
    Joslyn
    Posted June 19, 2012 at 3:59 pm

    Slow Zoey hand clap for you and recaping this season! Enjoyed!

  2. 2
    Joslyn
    Posted June 19, 2012 at 3:59 pm

    *recapping

  3. 3
    caligal
    Posted June 19, 2012 at 4:30 pm

    Thanks for a great recap. Zoey has always been my favorite, with O’hara a close second. I’m glad the writers didn’t go with the obvious and make Coop the father. Charlie, wow, didn’t see that one coming.

  4. 4
    kthxbai kthxbai
    Posted June 19, 2012 at 9:50 pm

    in my world, there’s prizes
    @BlueCanary Mine too. And you should get 1 for this!

    Yes in Cruz’s mind she was supposed to let things go to pieces. Because going to pieces wouldn’t mean as big a bite out of the company’s profits as having enough nurses.

    I’m not nice enough to feel sorry for Cruz because Charlie died. Plus I’m too busy feeling sorry for Vituvian Jackie because Charlie died.

    What if Robbie Plunkett turns out to be Coop’s alter ego he had at camp?

  5. 5
    KC
    Posted June 20, 2012 at 6:09 am

    Thanks for the great recaps. I have to wait for Netflix before I can actually watch but I have really enjoyed reading your recaps each week. Please know, there are more than 4 people that eagerly await your post!

  6. 6
    hbgchick
    Posted June 20, 2012 at 8:55 am

    What an excellent show, and an even more excellent recap! BlueCanary, you really capture all of the nuances that make the show great, Edie Falco’s expression when she see’s it’s Charlie is Emmy award calibur. And I didn’t know that Cruz and Charlie were real life father and son!!! What a difficult scene that would have had to be to film. I’m totally on the Coop/O’Hara bandwagon, and absolutely adore Akulitus. My gf and I were both shell-shocked at this episode – we neither one said a word until about a minute after the credits rolled…just both sat there staring at the blank TV till we looked at each other and went “Holy SHIT!”. Lol. Thanks for doing such a great job on the recaps, can’t wait till next season.

  7. 7
    caligal
    Posted June 20, 2012 at 9:48 am

    @kthx…ooohhhh…I didn’t think about Robbie being Coop’s alter ego. But I still kinda hope the writers won’t go there. I’d rather see a relationship evolve on it’s own between the two of them if that is what is going to happen.

  8. 8
    Chips.N.Whips
    Posted June 20, 2012 at 10:24 am

    Okay I’m only on Page 2 but you are HILARIOUS! (You fucked Eddie! … Preach, Sis.)
    But mostly I must thank you for deciphering the bit with O’Hara & Coop. I resound that suit 4-5 times. Still didn’t get it. No wonder my British beau is an ex…sometimes it just goes too fast.

    Ok, back to reading…

  9. 9
    Chips.N.Whips
    Posted June 20, 2012 at 10:32 am

    I cried again reading the recount of Charlie’s death. Man I boo-hooed like I knew those folks! Great finale, season & recaps.

  10. 10
    Chips.N.Whips
    Posted June 20, 2012 at 10:35 am

    Rewound… DYAC!

  11. 11
    samiam
    Posted June 20, 2012 at 11:01 am

    I agree completely with KC…I’m another one that waits for recaps since I no longer have Showtime…Thank you –great job as always!! :)

  12. 12
    chooch850 chooch850
    Posted June 20, 2012 at 1:39 pm

    This was the BEST season! I couldn’t wait for each new episode or your recaps. The finale was amazing. Lots of surprises and enough to keep us wondering until next season. Zoey has really grown and become more than just a character.

    I just don’t understand one thing and that’s how this show is categorized as a comedy when the Emmy’s are determined. This is definitely a drama. Don’t you agree?

  13. 13
    BlueCanary
    Posted June 21, 2012 at 6:22 am

    You guys are awesome! Thanks so much for the great comments. I’m so glad you liked this round of recaps. Hopefully I’ll wrangle next season, too.

    Chooch, I’ve always thought this show was more of a drama, but there is a ton a gallows humor, so I guess that’s the rationale. I can think of a few other shows that ride that line–Shameless most notably comes to mind–and are sort of advertised as comedies, and then when you watch them you go “Wow, that was depressing.” When I asked to recap NJ, Flipit actually said that we don’t usually recap comedies, but there was enough good drama in the show that he’d make an exception. I’m glad he did, because this season was great, and heavy on the drama.

    I love the Coop alter ego theory, especially because there was foreshadowing. When he said “At camp you get to be who you can’t be at home,” I thought that was just a sort of sad window into his childhood self-esteem. BUt wouldn’t it be just like Coop to create an entirely different persona, complete with fake name? It would. Part of me hopes they don’t go there (I also would like to see an organic relationship form with him and O’Hara, if one does), but the fangirl has a grin just thinking about it.

  14. 14
    Ellie66
    Posted June 21, 2012 at 5:18 pm

    Yet again a super-awesome recap!! Ohhh i cannot wait for the next season and ur recaps!

  15. 15
    JELLIEPAIR
    Posted May 21, 2013 at 12:20 pm

    Why are you not recapping this season??? PLEASE SOMEONE PLEASE? This show is so awesome and needs snark and a insightful recapper – comeon people!!

  16. 16
    BlueCanary
    Posted May 21, 2013 at 12:59 pm

    &Jelliepair – I wish I was, hon, but I had a baby right as the season was starting, and am taking a recapping hiatus while I do this Mama thing. I hate to miss it, because this was my favorite show to recap, but right now I’m not even caught up watching the show, unfortunately. Glad you liked last season’s recaps, though. :)

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