NURSE JACKIE Season Finale Sneak Peek

NURSE JACKIE has been one of the best television treats of this summer.  Tonight we bid farewell to the first season of the show, and say a (hopefully) short goodbye to the team of superb actors who brought a show that on paper, might be bland and cliched, spectacularly to life.

Tonight’s season finale shines a spotlight on some of the missteps Jackie Peyton has taken as of late. A secret life, a drug addiction, her ability to lie so convincingly and easily – who is the real Jackie Peyton, and is she in too deep to even know?

If you can’t wait until 10:30pm tonight, here are a few clips to tide you over. (Then again, if you are a Comcast customer who has Showtime OnDemand you can hop on right now and watch tonight’s episode. It’s been available on OnDemand for almost a week now.)

In this clip, Jackie faces the repercussions of how she chose to “handle” Coop.  Peter Facinelli has played this role to perfection with the right blend of arrogance and naivete. The insecure Coop up against the rock solid Jackie is a beautiful juxtaposition of personalities that is ripe with comedy.

With all do respect to this uber-talented cast, for me the real star of NURSE JACKIE is Merrit Wever. Her portrayal of Zoey Barkow is my single favorite thing about this show. I’ve gone back and forth as to whether or not I would like to see NURSE JACKIE compete in the drama category or comedy category in future award seasons, but when I think of what Wever brings to the show, it’s hard to think that anyone could beat her in the Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Category. Zoey, my dear, I j’adore you!.

In this scene, the always bubbly Zoey takes to wearing grey scrubs to reflect her somber mood after giving the wrong dosage of medication to a patient which has left him in a coma. But no matter what the color of her scrubs, Zoey is destined to be one hell of a nurse.

Watch NURSE JACKIE at 10:30pm tonight on Showtime.