“Nurse Jackie” is my favorite thing airing this summer. A large part of this is because Edie Flaco is amazing in practically every way. She could blink at the screen for twenty minutes and I would be riveted. She was brilliant in “The Sopranos,” and it’s wonderful to see her acting again in this convoluted role as a nurse who isn’t nearly as saint like as she sometimes gets painted out to be. (Unlike “HawthoRNe,” where Jada Pinkett Smith plays the Virgin Mary reborn every week.) The other half of why this show is so good is because it’s subtle enough to let the audience draw their own conclusions and it’s complex enough to tackle dark humor in conjunction with genuine tragedy and loss.
