Nurse Jackie series finale *spoilers* - S7E12 - "I say a little prayer"

I thought it was a very appropriate ending.
Honestly, it doesn't matter if she recovers or she doesn't, so I don't feel like anything was left up in the air.

On the other hand - I doubt she would have snorted unknown heroin from an unknown source and not in such large quantities. That seemed contrived.

 

I'm with you, unixadm, I don't like endings that leave it up to the interpretation of the viewer, so I was a little disappointed too. Of course, Edie Falco was involved in another somewhat controversial series ending too...

That said, I wasn't expecting a happy ending, and Jackie Peyton's death by OD (if that's how you interpret the ending) is deserved but unfortunate.

It was never my must watch first show, but I will miss it.

LH

 

It made sense to me. She pretty much lost her family. Her best friend (Eve best) walks away again. Zoey says she want to move on without her. Her husband to be is now going to jail for a year. And finally her job is toast and she is going to work at a new place where she probably does not know anybody.

I can see all that being a trigger for a big relapse. She may not have expected to kill her self but she had no idea what was in his drugs or how tainted they were. She just needed a high to escape the pain. I believe as a reflection of real life it was an OD.

 

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Even worse; she's not going to get her new job, either, because that's where they were going to send her for the OD.

I agree, this ending was completely satisfying to me; alive or dead her life is over! And for all "Nurse Jackie" fans that thought this show was unrealistic, you're adorable and I envy you all.

 

They said from the beginning that Nurse Jackie was going to show the real effects of addiction.

It's rare to have a happy ending.

 

lol!

 

agree with this 100%.

It got me thinking how I watched 95% of Rescue Me, but never finished. I suppose I should watch the last episode at least. But quitting a show is not something I do very often. So I'm glad Nurse Jackie ended. It had already gotten repetitious. And agreed about seasons 4,5,6 being pretty bad and Tony Shaloub being a nice addition.

Eddie is a dope.

I wonder if they leave it vague for a possible movie down the line. I could see, even if it's a remote possibility, wanting to keep that option.

 

Dropped this show after season 4 (just horrible, imo). Glad to see they wrapped it up this way, maybe I will catch the final season in the future to catch her downfall.

 

Showrunners explanation: http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/nurse-jackie-finale-edie-falco-alternate-ending-1201530273/

 

I'm with you there. I'm fairly bright, but I'm not getting paid the big bucks to write the show. I am only paying for cable tv, so I expect things to end up with some level of completion, given the opportunity.

I didn't expect or want a 'happily ever after' ending either. That would be juvenile and ridiculous.

So I guess it's 'maybe she died and maybe she didn't', meanwhile everybody else went on to whatever they went on to. ok, whatever.

Too bad they didn't snag Shalhoub much earlier on, though.

 

Seemed like suicide to me.

My interpretation, based on the camera rising during the last shot, is that she's dead. As someone said though, either way her life is over.

 

I spent the last week watching this show from start to finish. What a depressing show overall