Nurse Jackie  Season 1, episode 4

“School Nurse”

Air date: June 29, 2009 on Showtime

Tonight on Nurse Jackie we get a deeper look into Jackie’s addiction, in a subtle way:

• After a meeting with their daughter’s teacher, a school nurse and a school psychologist results in a recommendation for counseling and anti-depressant medication, Jackie curses the nurse for wanting to give Grace meds. She then urges Kevin to consider enrolling Grace in private school.
• Dr. O’Hara, never the most kid-friendly of women, must endure the emotional thanks of a boy whose twin brother she saves.
• Zoey, frustrated that she’s getting the “boring” cases, loses a patient for the first time and learns that caring for people is never easy.
• Jackie finds a new way to communicate with Eddie and keep their affair going.

Since this episode focuses so much on Ruby Jerins, the young actress who plays Grace, I thought y’all would appreciate these behind-the-scenes photos of director Steve Buscemi coaching her through her performance:

Photos: Ken Regan/Showtime