![]() ![]() Still, that’s what happened, and Jackie was obviously arrested for driving under the influence. Sadly, the next few minutes of the episode were a complete bummer, not because of the somewhat shocking last scene, but because Zoey stopped being this series’ dependable sunshiny break in the dark storm clouds. number.) In one of this series' most emotional scenes, we finally get to watch Zoey reluctantly remove herself from beneath Jackie’s wing as she watches her mentor stammer her way through more lies. (Zoey knows Jackie used a dying homeless woman to take the blame for stealing Carrie's DEA I.D. She does it several times in “Flight” even, such as when she attempts to use her role as Zoey’s role model to save her own ass. If there’s anything we’ve learned about Jackie over the years, it’s that she has absolutely no trouble exploiting her personal relationships for her own gain. ![]() And with tonight’s Season 6 finale, “Flight,” Jackie has finally reached the point of no return: prison. This pattern is, of course, precisely what makes Nurse Jackie such engaging television, six years into its Showtime run. With endlessly repetitive patterns of oblivious destruction, she is much like a scrubs-wearing tornado only tornados eventually dissipate and cease their violent ways. Jackie Peyton is one of TV’s biggest fuck-ups, plain and simple. ![]()
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