Nurse Jackie s07e09 Episode Script

Previously on "Nurse Jackie" All Saints has entered escrow with the Norwegians.
The good news is that we here in the ER are deemed essential for now.
I would very much like to expedite the reinstatement of your nursing license.
Well, we have a deal, yes? And at the end of escrow, I intend to honor it.
I am marrying Eddie, honey, but you are the love of my life.
- Okay.
- I am concerned that you are more upset about this than you're letting on.
No, really, it's fine.
All right, sweetie.
Bye.
Are you interviewing for a position? - I have a job.
- Which product? - Pain management.
- Ah.
- Hi.
- Did you test Jackie today? Four of our nurses are out on job interviews.
I got my hands full.
Just a reminder.
Look at the size of that thing.
I'm going to that party and I'm gonna smoke a lot.
Good.
What do you want me to do with the meds? Put them in my office.
Oh, fuck.
Okay, take a deep breath.
Imagine you're someplace beautiful.
A tropical island, maybe.
Chicago, 1995, Grateful Dead's last hurrah.
Jerry was about to drop, but he just kept on wailing.
I was so stoned.
I remember eating a whole apple pie.
We're almost there.
You doing okay? Mm, you could stick that fucker in my eyeball if it'll buy me another six months.
So, uh, how long have you known about My glioblastoma? It's not a tumor.
Actually, it is a tumor.
Who am I kidding? Oh, about a year.
I took a sabbatical, went back to Stanford to have the surgery and the chemo and all that jazz.
Nothing worked.
Mm, I'm so sorry.
Yeah, what are you gonna do? I figured I'd run my own little experimental drug trial.
I didn't want to spend my last few months just lying in bed feeling sorry for myself.
I'd rather go out in a blaze of glory and run a kick-ass ER.
I like your attitude.
Hey, how's Eddie? I love that guy.
Me, too.
He's picking me up for dinner tonight.
You can say hi.
Thanks for doing this.
I I know it's risky for you.
I will hide the evidence.
Ah.
Whew.
Jackie.
Yeah? I heard about your engagement to Eddie.
I'm sorry, is that against the rules of diversion? No, it's not.
How's his new job working out? Good, he's happy.
Busy.
Ah, Jackie, hi! Ah, come in.
Come in.
Do you like my baby condos? In real life, they will be much bigger.
I need to talk to you.
Yeah, I have decided three bathrooms, eh? So families will not have to fight over the morning washing.
Any news on my nursing license? Oh, that.
Yes, I haven't forgotten our arrangement, but we have to be patient, right? It's not like ordering a hamburger from a fast-food café.
Uh, congratulations, by the way.
- For what? - I heard you got engaged.
I, uh I hear about everything.
I need you to come down to my office, yeah? - Returning customer.
- Hey, Lydia, what's going on? She's got a rapid heart rate, had a syncopal episode.
I was selling a lottery ticket and next thing I knew, flat on my back.
Any dizziness, shortness of breath? A little dizzy, yeah.
- Oh, thanks.
- Hey, Lydia, how's the bodega? Oh, it's a nightmare.
You can have it.
I'm just giving you assistance.
I'm not touching anyone.
Sorry, honey.
So you know you need regular checkups, right? This is my checkup.
I work 16-hour days.
I got no time for doctors.
Well, you're in luck.
We have a great new doctor for you today.
You'll love him, I promise.
Nice, heart rate's slowing.
I know, I can see the monitor.
My daughter is calling you? Excuse me for a moment.
Keep that ice on your head and I'll be right back.
Oh, my God, Zoey, I need your help.
I'm at a rest stop on the turnpike and the damn bus left me.
Grace? Grace, calm down.
- Just stay where you are - Calm down? and I will come and find you.
- Where is she? - Give me your address.
- Can I talk to her, please? - Near exit 44, - Pennsylvania Turnpike.
- Uh-huh, uh-huh.
It's a big rest stop with a bunch of trucks parked out front.
- Hello? - Grace, can you hear me? - What is going on? - Grace? Shit.
Do not freak out! Grace is fine! - Okay, okay.
- She's safe.
She is also in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania?! At a service area off I-95, exit 44.
What the hell is she doing there? I don't know.
Her phone just died.
Pennsylvania?! Fucking Pennsylvania.
Where the heck are you going? Uh, Grace is in Pennsylvania, so Pennsylvania, I guess? I, uh I don't have a license and I sold my car.
I will work a double tonight.
I will come in this weekend.
It's fine, it's a family emergency.
I'll find somebody to cover you, go.
Thank you.
Also, does anyone have a car? Blue Volvo wagon parked right next to the hot dog stand.
Thank you.
Thank you.
- Why isn't she calling me? - I told you, her phone is dead.
So, what, she can't find a pay phone? There's nobody with a charger? I know you're stressed out! But I can't answer you while I'm trying to unparallel park! Also these are poking me! Oh, please, just drive.
Zoey, you are going 10 miles under the speed limit.
I am not a race car driver.
Grace is alone and she's scared.
You have got to let me drive.
I can't, your license is suspended.
I'll go faster.
Oh, I feel like I'm on the Autobahn.
Jesus Christ, where the hell was she going? - A concert? - No, no way.
It's gotta be a boy.
There's always some fucking boy.
Did you guys get into a fight? Maybe she's just blowing off some steam? When I was 14, I was mad at my mom because she wouldn't let me dye my hair purple, so I ran away to Coney Island.
An hour later, I felt so bad, I came right back home.
This is not about purple hair.
I told her I got engaged.
What? To who uh, whom? - Eddie? - Yes, Eddie.
- Who do you think I've been getting - Oh, my goodness.
- But Zoey, can you please? - Oh, oops, sorry.
Jesus Christ.
Poor Grace.
Excuse me? Um, no, I just mean that might be hard for her.
She's had a tough year.
You know what, Zoey? Just drive.
Well, I'm trying, but this situation's very stressful.
Yeah, I didn't ask you to come, you volunteered.
Well, I know, but now I'm in the middle of a big family drama.
If you don't want to be in the middle, don't answer Grace's phone calls.
If I didn't answer her calls, you wouldn't know where your daughter is right now.
Congratulations on your secret engagement.
No, no music, I'm merging.
History of hypothyroidism, hypertension - Look at you go.
- diabetes - Oh, my.
- high cholesterol.
- And - Wait for it.
- uncontrolled A-fib.
- Nicely done.
I take it you two know each other.
Lydia knows everybody.
She should run for mayor.
And what medications are you on, Lydia? None right now.
I can't afford a regular doctor and my managed care clinic is out in Bumfuck, Brooklyn.
Oh, let's give her - Got it.
- Isn't she fantastic? Cut it out.
Tell Lydia she needs to take her medication.
She's right.
If you don't take better care of yourself, you're gonna end up having a stroke.
Shit.
I'll tell you what.
Let's get all your prescriptions filled today so you don't have to hike out to Brooklyn when this place closes.
Wait, this place is closing? Where am I gonna go to see a doctor? Where's everybody in the neighborhood gonna go? Don't worry, I'm sending you home with a year's supply of heart meds on the house.
Buy you some time to find a new clinic.
Oh, my God.
Thank you.
They were right, I do love you.
Oh, yeah? Tell all your friends.
I will.
He's a good guy.
You are absolutely sure you haven't seen this girl? Her hair's a little shorter, she's got bangs.
Sorry, I never look at the customers.
You check the bathrooms? Yes, I checked the bathrooms.
Where the fuck is she? Ma'am, I'm gonna need you to clear the line.
Okay, we'll find her.
She's gotta be here somewhere.
Do you know, this is what I worry about.
What if she didn't think we were coming, she got in the car with somebody? Oh, no, no, no, no way.
She's smarter than that.
Oh, for fuck's sake.
Grace! Grace! Grace, it's me, Zoey! When I find her, I'm gonna fucking kill her.
Don't kill her.
Let her explain.
You'll never get anywhere if you lose your temper.
Please don't talk to me about parenting.
You're absolutely sure this is the place? Yeah, uh I mean, yes, I'm pretty sure she said Exit 44.
Pretty sure? Zoey, pretty sure is not good enough.
I know, it was a short conversation and you were yelling the whole time.
If you weren't absolutely fucking sure that this was the place, you should have said something.
Jesus Christ, if anything happens to her I'm gonna call 911.
I should've done that already.
Mom? Oh, my God, Grace.
Grace, oh, my God.
God! Oh, my God, you scared the shit out of me.
Grace, are you okay? Yeah, I'm fine.
What are you doing here? Who are you here with? Myself.
I was going to Philadelphia and the bus stopped so we could use the bathrooms and they left without me.
I'm sorry, is are you eating an ice cream cone while I have been driving and merging and worried sick about you for the last two hours? Oh, my God, I'm so stressed out, I can barely breathe! I'm, like, choking on the stress and you're, what, you're hanging out? You're having fun? I'm so sick of waking up every morning wondering if you're gonna be okay, feeling responsible for you and never knowing if I can fucking trust you.
What the fuck? Hey! Can you get your shit together, please? Both of you? Holy crap.
I'm here to see Dr.
Prince.
I need a checkup.
Have you tried your primary care doctor? I want to see Dr.
Prince.
My friend Lydia says he's the best.
Lydia sent me, too.
This is Dr.
Carrie Roman, also wonderful.
That's all right.
I'll wait for Dr.
Prince.
That's the 10th person to ask for Dr.
Prince.
Why isn't anyone asking for me? Do you actually want more work? Well, it's like the prom.
It's just nice to be asked.
Full waiting room.
I love it.
Yeah, it's the Dr.
Prince fan club.
Your friend Lydia sent them.
Wow, when I said, "Tell all your friends," I wasn't being literal.
Isn't this great? Let's do it.
Okay.
I know you meant well, Zoey, but if anybody's gonna scream at my daughter by the side of the road in Pennsylvania, it's gonna be me.
Can you please drive back to New York? I have indigestion.
So you want to tell me why you were going to Philadelphia? It's prospective students weekend at UPenn.
You ran away to a college? It's totally safe.
They were gonna put me up in a dorm, there are chaperones and a bunch of RAs.
Why didn't you just tell me? Please, you guys would have never let me go.
It's too expensive.
- Maybe it is, but, Grace, - Mom - that's beside the point.
- Mom! Penn has scholarships, and they give out a ton of financial aid.
I'll get a job.
I'll get two.
- Grace - Mom, you guys get to do whatever you want with your lives.
Dad's having a baby, you're marrying Eddie.
You can't tell me not to reach for something just because it's hard.
Grace, you are 16 years old.
You cannot just run off without telling us.
Get in the car.
Welcome.
All right, and we got one more here.
That'll be good.
Isn't this amazing? This is not amazing.
This is an emergency room.
- It's for emergencies.
- Gloria, come on.
This is where the news crew should be.
Forget the protest.
Somebody needs to do a story about this.
About how much All Saints means to this neighborhood.
Natalie Mendez, Lee Su Jin, Jerry Reynolds, come on back.
Sending up a flare.
SOS, we need more doctors.
All right, I can stay late.
I've got a hot plate and a tent in my office.
I can appreciate that, but this is a fire hazard.
We need to ask half of these people to leave.
No, no, no, no.
I'm not turning anyone away.
We need to help as many patients as we can before we run out of time.
You're like Shelley Winters in "The Poseidon Adventure.
" Thank you.
Gloria, when this place closes, I don't want there to be a drop of medicine left in that pharmacy.
Okay, let's go.
Hey, what's going on? You handing out free iPhones? Heart medication.
It costs more.
Oh, has anybody seen Jackie? She's in, uh, Pennsylvania.
But she'll be back.
Someone has to come back.
This is madness.
- Fast Eddie! - Hey.
- Great to see you, man.
- You, too, Bernie.
Listen, can you tell me why my fiancée's in Pennsylvania? Oh, went to pick up her daughter.
Don't worry, she'll be back.
Listen, we got a situation here.
Could you help us out? Find these nice people a place to sit.
Uh, sure, where? Well, we got a secondary waiting room down the hallway.
Can't miss it, right? - Yeah.
- Just drop 'em off, come back for more.
All right.
Listen, if Gloria sees me, you gotta take the heat.
I'll be your human shield.
Activate! Okay.
All right, everybody.
This way.
Grace, we're here.
- Seriously? - Seriously.
Okay, here is my charger.
The first thing you're gonna do is plug in your phone and call me when you know the name of your dorm.
I will deal with your dad.
And use this for a train, not the bus.
A train will not leave you by the side of the road.
Text me when you know the schedule.
I will meet you.
Make friends with the nerdy girls.
They will be there for you when shit gets real.
Hey, can I at least get a thank-you? Thanks, Mom.
We need to go.
I gotta get back for my second shift.
Jesus, it's like a run on the bank.
How many patients are there? A lot.
- Hello.
- What? Oh, hi.
What? - What is going on here? - Our waiting room is packed.
I'm afraid this is the only place we had to put patients.
Oh, Mrs.
Akalitus, you cannot keep sick people in my office.
This building doesn't belong to you yet.
I am very sorry, sir.
I am going to have to ask you to wait in the hallway.
Don't you touch my patients.
All Saints has been a public hospital since 1799, and I am not gonna stop treating people until you kick me out on my ass, you heartless foreign investor.
Mrs.
Akalitus, get these people out of my office or I'm going to call my lawyer.
- Don't you touch me! - I am not touching you.
You need to get the fuck out of my face! And you are needing to be getting out of my face as well! Hey, hey! Watch your hands! Ah! That wasn't necessary.
What, he grabbed you! I had it covered.
But thank you for your mistaken chivalry.
Oh.
Oh, you punched the wrong person, my friend.
Oh, yeah? And who the fuck are you? Oh, you will find out soon enough.
You tell your girlfriend that our deal is off.
What deal? What the hell is he talking about? Why would Jackie have a deal with that asshole? I have no idea.
You expect me to believe that? No I don't expect you to believe anything, Gloria.
Take it up with Jackie.
And you're welcome.
There's no fucking reception.
Oh, Eddie's picking me up for dinner and I'm not gonna be there.
How long are we gonna be in this fucking tunnel? I don't know! I'm not the tunnel master.
I'm so sorry.
Yeah, I don't know what's wrong with me today.
That was not me back there.
I'm not a hitter.
I don't hit ice cream.
I know you don't.
Oh, my God.
Maybe that was me.
That's who I am now.
I'm a person who terrorizes teenage girls.
I don't know, Zoey.
I don't know a lot.
But what if that wasn't about Grace, you know? Maybe that was about me.
Is it possible that you're pissed off at me? Maybe.
I'm not even sure what I said, to be honest.
Well, if you have anything else to say, I'm right here.
You were my idol.
I wanted to be just like you.
Now I'm an abusive box-checker and I enforce these stupid rules, and that's your fault.
You made me love this job and now you're the reason I hate it, and I'm just pissed off at you all the time.
And I miss you all the time.
And it's confusing and weird.
So don't tell me to get my shit together, you get your shit together.
You're right, Zoey.
I am so sorry for what I put you through.
I'm dropping out of grad school.
You're what? Why? Just because I suck at it.
I spend all day firing people and doing bullshit paperwork and fucking pee tests and fucking worrying about everybody else.
When I get back to my apartment, I just want to hide under the covers and listen to really sad Adele songs.
So basically all of them.
I haven't turned in a paper for the last three weeks.
I'm just failing.
At everything.
I don't even know if I want to be a nurse anymore.
Zoey, look at me.
I can't, I'm driving.
We're not moving.
Ahem.
Do not quit.
You are a great fucking nurse.
You have more heart and skill than anybody at that hospital.
I know you're going through a rough time right now, but even if you can't tell, trust me, I know that you still love what you do.
I'm so tired.
Well, then, get more sleep.
You got to look out for your own life.
Stop worrying about everybody else, especially me.
Mm, it's not broken.
You're just gonna look stupid for the next few days.
Ah, it was worth it.
I got the pleasure of talking to a gorgeous doctor.
Am I signaling to you that I'm interested in some way? Uh, I don't know, are you? No.
Ah, very well.
I apologize.
Would you like to go to the ballet with me tonight? Oh, my God.
No, I'm not dating right now.
Then you are free.
That is to say available.
Um, I no.
Wh wha let's face it, even if I was, you're basically the face of evil around here.
Yes, but sometimes it's fun to go dating with the bad boy, no? Think it over and I'll check back with you.
Okay.
Okay.
I'm so sorry, Zoey.
Not, uh, the world's funnest road trip.
Do you mind parking the car so I won't be late? No problem.
No water in the water fountain No side on the sidewalk If you say, "Old Molly Hare, whatcha doing there?" Nothing much to do when you're going nowhere Whoo-ha, whoo-ha, gotcha We're gonna get the water from your house, your house No wood in the Woodstock And you say, "Old Molly Hare, whatcha doing there?" Nothing much to do when you're going nowhere Whoo-ha, whoo-ha, gotcha We're gonna get the water from your house, your house Nothing feels like dying like the drying of my skin and lawn Why do we just sit here while they watch us Wither till we're gone? I can't seem to feel it I can't seem to feel it I can't seem to feel, I'll kneel, I'll kneel, I'll kneel, the cold steel No water in the water fountain No phone in the phone booth And you say, "Old Molly Hare, whatcha doing there?" Jump back, jump back, Daddy shot a bear Whoo-ha, whoo-ha, gotcha, gotcha We're gonna get the water from your house, your house Gonna get the water from your house, your house.