Nurse Jackie: Recap - S1E10 "Ring Finger":
It's getting ever more difficult for Jackie to pretend that all is well in her life. On the way to one of her trysts with Eddie she almost forgot to take off her wedding band until prompted by O'Hara who earlier had apologized for her gaff (in Jackie's over-reactionary opinion) and given Jackie a peace offering of magazines, candy and gum. Jackie and Coop also had a stand-off in regard to her signing off on a donor whilst he was "unavailable" to do so. He threatened to take her to the mat but with some confidence building from Dr. O'Hara, Jackie bullied Coop into one of his "Tourette's-like" moments--only this time she held his hand to her breast and kissed him all the while speaking encouragingly to him. Coop quickly put his problem with Jackie aside but has Jackie brought on more than she intended?
Still unable to remove her wedding band, Jackie convinced Dr. O'Hara to cut it off which led to Jackie having to come up with a story to tell spouse, Kevin. Not wanting to appear so careless as to lose it, she instead took a hammer to her own ring finger. Having gotten the ring off, Jackie engaged in her daily tryst with a self-medicating, about-to-be-fired Eddie, only to have Zoey walk in on them in flagrante. I thought this was an average episode of the show. Obviously we are setting the stage for something bigger to happen as there are many nasty secrets and lies that if came to light would land Jackie in a whole mess of trouble. Somehow Edie Falco manages to make a woman who,
on paper, seems pretty awful, quite compelling to watch. 
Nurse Jackie: S1 E11 - PILL-O-MATIX
Kevin decides to buy Jackie a new wedding ring. At work, the automated pill machine replaces Eddie. A movie critic (played by Victor Garber) is admitted with a broken elbow. Zoey gives him the wrong dose of painkiller, resulting in a coma. Coop dumps his new girlfriend. The parents of the baby Akalitus has been taking care of come forward to resume custody. We learn that O’Hara’s mother has slid into a coma – she believes that her stepfather is responsible. Eddie follows Jackie home, and sees her with Kevin and the girls.
Written By: Rick Cleveland Directed By: Scott Ellis
'She Likes Gum' - Newly infatuated, Coop asks Zoey about what Jackie likes.
'Same Machine. Half the Price.' The Pill-O-Matix is getting installed and Eddie is about to be out of a job.
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