Nurse Jackie buzz builds, brings new viewers

While members of the nursing community are up in arms over Edie Falco’s flawed heroine in Nurse Jackie, Showtime viewers appear to be enjoying the pill-popping, wallet-stealing adulteress in blue scrubs.

The series upped its viewership by 8% for this week’s episode, charting an audience of 1.1 million, according to THR’s The Live Feed.

Wondering what’s up for episode 3? Here’s the scoop:

• Jackie will ask Coop for a favor that could save Eddie‘s job
• Jackie will keep trying to get Zoey to stop over sharing personal info with patients
• The All Saint’s crew will handle an unfortunate accident involving a cat and the family jewels.

Photos from episode 3 are after the jump!

Photos: Ken Regan/Showtime