I think the best part is at the beginning of the series.. she’s talking to God saying “make me good.. but not yet.” And the final words spoken at her is “you’re good.” Powerful.
And the fact that it came from zoey was huge. Joey came under Jackie’s wing as a ditz and emerged as a nurse as good as Jackie was. Jackie had to trust her judgement.
Rewatching this series for the fifth time. Brilliant writing, great soundtrack and awe-inspiring performances. Best series EVER. The decision to have her walking through a crowd of people who passed away (Charlie, the bike messenger from S1, etc) tells me she passed away too. She was just tired… tired of messing up her kids’ lives, disappointing friends, coworkers & family…tired of watching the world go by as she continued to struggle with addiction. Eddie & Zoey loved her so deeply, and it shows in the final scene. 😢
Sadly the path of most addicts. I enjoyed the series, also. I think I started it when I was doing nursing prerequisites. The ending is still so heartbreaking.
Wow, I've watched the series twice and didn't notice the people Jackie walked passed were dead. Good eye! Thanks for giving me some closure on the ending, I was wrong on what I thought happened.
What a haunting final few minutes. When I saw her lay out the heroin I knew she was about to kill herself. She prided herself on being a nurse knowing exactly how much to take, or not to take. She knew that would do it. She was out of options and enablers. She wouldn’t be in charge of anyone at her new job and she couldn’t get Zoe to come along to be that cover up person for her anymore. She ended it all on her own terms. I guess that was her way of taking back her power since she didn’t have any over her addiction.
@@alexisd6106 She might as well be, the point about the final scene is her whole life is over. Even of she doesn’t die, all saints is gone everything about her identity is taken away. I personally think she wanted to die a “saint”. That’s why she wanted her job back even though the hospital was going to be taken away, all she wanted was to be the “best” version of herself that people saw (even though it wasn’t the truth). Idk thats how I saw it, but it’s a really good show omg the roller coaster of it all 🤧
@@alexisd6106 The writers and director said it was up to the audience to determine whether or not she died. Basically she died but they didn’t want to be the bad guys for killing her off definitively because a lot of the viewers really cared about her. I was one of them but it’s pretty obvious she died. Edie Falco agrees.
@@alexisd6106 she’s having a seizure from the overdose, and notice at the end no one is giving her o2 or doing anything because they know she’s passed. So sad.
This series portrays addiction perfectly how a functional addict spirals out of control and manipulates everyone around them and the inevitable end of life for the addict I’m in recovery and have seen far to many over doses in my 30 years in the program. And this song gets me every time
me too. i was young but my mother would take me to all the movies she saw. i never forgot 'valley of the dolls'(how pretty sharon tate looked ) or this song.
Haunting portrayal of the closing of St Vincents hospital in NYC. It broke me. It broke Jackie. Its not just addiction here, but so many losses in symphony.
It's nurses week. Watching this series makes me realize it takes a special kind of nurse to work trauma/ER . I have been a clinic nurse for too long to go back to ER.
For me personally, I chose to believe that she didn’t die. As for the dude with green hair, I pointed out the Easter egg to people but wasn’t sure if it was intention as a reference to Charlie early on in the show or not.
Either way, die or made it, she was done with nursing. She had been through enough. Sadly, many nurses are going through this. Mistreatment and bullying.
Unless you are an RN, you don't know the manipulation and gas lighting and mistreatment and abuse that they endure. Its a topic not discussed. Its coming to light now as new generation is speaking up.
Not an RN, thank fuck. But I see it. Plus y’all work right next to and under the most arrogant, oppressive, type a group of hospital workers in the building. Doctors. Yikes.
Definitely feel that she died. Since that was what Edie Falco wanted to happen anyway. She wanted Jackie to either die or go to rehab and get clean. She was probably tired from her addiction controlling her and hurting those around her. A sad ending but definitely a realistic one.
One day Jesus will return and fix the world, but he’s waiting until more people turn to him. He can’t remove suffering without removing sin. God became a man living a perfect life, and died a gruesome death to absorb our sin and imperfections. The bible says if we share in his suffering we will share in his Glory. Don’t give up, just hold out until it’s HIS time for you go, it will be worth it. Choose him now because he won’t force you to be with him after we die. Hang in there, Jesus experienced every kind of suffering in his life he will be with you through it until then.
so much foreshadowing in this 5 min clip... she did the whole repentance Jesus washes the feet of the unclean.. inwhich the heroine addict is wanting to get help and is done with his past life... the EMT say "condition terminal" meaning shes dead/ never will recover from her drug addiction. if you want to play the whole 3 strikes your out thing, well this was her third strike. also all saints was closing up and she did not want to leave. she asked God to make her good and zoe said you are good.
She killed herself. I think she just got fed up with cycle of addiction and how many people she kept hurting and lost. At one point where she’s walking in the sea of people on the sidewalk I think In time square you can see the green hair from the boy that also overdosed and died from the other season. Everyone wants a happy ending when it comes to this but sadly their rarely is when it comes to opiate addiction. I’ve been in and out of rehabs, psych wards, outpatient programs, NA meetings and way to many withdrawals to even keep track of. It’s like being stuck in one of Dante’s infernos rings of hell, where you are forced to repeat your mistakes over and over until you lose your mind. Still fighting the good fight though and hopefully going through my last detox rn. But this was definitely a suitable ending since the odds are stacked against you if you are an opiate addict. They wanted to keep the ending a little ambiguous since a clearcut death scene would be to grim for the viewers rooting for Jackie or struggling with addiction themselves.
I'm an alcoholic and you're absolutely right. It's the same with me and alcohol. Psyche wards, detoxes. Jail, rehab, withdrawals, repeat. OVER AND OVER AND OVER. Same shit everytime. She was sick of it. And just wanted people to grieve and move on. Cuz everytime u fuck up as an addict, ur loved ones grieve in a way. And she just wanted her family to move on.
Twenty years ago i walked on the exact same path. Ten years ago i nearly died. For sure. Then i found my way out and am clean and sober since April 2010. Now I am married to a great Man, have my Family and pets and finished College. If I could, everybody can. Believe me! Best wishes from Austria 🇦🇹 Keep you in my prayers❤️
At this point I had been begging her to sweep it off the table, it turn out to be fake, something, anything, and then nothing happened. I’ve been lying in bed and I can’t stop thinking about this ending. Why? Why couldn’t it just be happy? After all of this, no good ending? She was doing so good for this season up until now. I keep telling myself she survived and got better eventually, but I just can’t believe it.
Because it’s not happy, this isn’t a happy story. Some addicts get better. But some end up like this. Reminds me of my dad. They will always chose their addictions over everyone else until it kills them, and if it doesn’t then they’ll keep going until it does
It’s purely speculation to say that she died. The producers wanted the ending to be ambiguous, and I think they achieved that. Death from a heroin overdose is not immediate. She was in a room of healthcare providers, and although medication may not have been accessible, they would’ve been able to provide airway support, ventilation, and CPR if needed. This would’ve provided ample lifesaving measures until she could reach the emergency room at Bellview. In any case, this was a masterful ending. It was unexpected and actually quite accurate from the perspective of those who understand addiction
This is a ending that truly Destroy me emotionally after everything she's been through in her last Wu is what gets her and then you're option makes it if she did or not. Just thinking about it makes me wanna cry
the way she was thrown out of that wedding was so terrible. it probably didn't affect the character compared to everything else she was going through with her addiction. she was treated so badly due to her drug abuse; i can't help imagining after she died if the new wife was even angrier this was just another annoying distraction. the new wife didn't know her well enough at all to judge her.
Charlie, Dr. Mike Cruz's son or a representation of Charlie with green hair passes her at 2:43, that's when I knew she was dead. So sad and it's terrible how addiction can take you this far and hurt everyone you love. It might be destroying your life, but other people's lives as well.
Charlie, bike messenger, and I’m pretty sure that nun as well walk by her. But what’s really telling is that after she passes all of these people who have died she ends up walking through a group doing a yoga warrior sequence and ending up in shavasana - aka corpse pose. The shavasana is pretty profound because the pose is associated with peace and restfulness. Therefore taken symbolically as well as literally, she’s finally at peace because she’s dead. She doesn’t actually seem to do the warrior sequence going into it, so I’m not sure what to read into that - it’s probably a bit more open to interpretation, but she certainly did battle some demons.
This show was so so good the final scene was sad Jackie made the choice to go to let everybody be at peace because all she had out them through the scene was clear even the green haired boy walked by Charlie then buy on the bike had also died Jackie opens her eyes on the yoga Matt because I think that's the moment she died the song everything her taking off her watch badge and scope
i was hoping for divine intervention like when the 'counselor' got run down before her daughter portrayed St. Christina the astonishing. this was so messed up. it could have been put off. that vaping physician waving at her before she goes in was dying. it was like 'see you on the other side.'
I’ve noticed a trend of half the comments in this feed capitalizing the first letter of every word and I don’t understand if it’s just a coincidence or what the reasoning is
Great series absolutley loved it ! Jacky was Awesome she was the greatest. O' Hara and Eddie Thor and Dr. Coop Dr. Prince all my favorites to .The end was sad I felt like I lost a friend 👍
Me and my boyfriend sat and benge watched this im a RN and hes a EMT we both cried like hell at the ending shit broke my heart i wanted to see her at Bellevue Hospital
Cette série est absolument incroyable. J'ai bossé aux urgences étant jeune et ça été la meilleure expérience humaine de toute ma vie. Tout est extrêmement réaliste. Comment ne pas s'attacher aux personnages? On a envie de faire partie de l'équipe. Même si il y a un côté un peu caricatural, tous ont eu leur place dans cette série Tv. Merci ShowTime, merci tous ces brillants acteurs avec un big " up " pour le Dr O'Hara et sa class qui me ferait virer de bord. Merci ❤
Season One Episode One, End - Jackie: "Make me good, God...but, not yet" Season Seven Episode Twelve, Opening - Jackie: "Make me good, God" Season Seven Episode Twelve, End - Zoey: "You're good, Jackie...You're good"
Gotta get off, gonna get Have to get off from this ride Gotta get hold, gonna get Need to get hold of my pride When did I get, where did I How was I caught in this game When will I know, where will I How will I think of my name When did I stop feeling sure, feeling safe And start wondering why, wondering why Is this a dream, am I here, where are you What's in back of the sky, why do we cry Gotta get off, gonna get Out of this merry-go-round Gotta get off, gonna get Need to get on where I'm bound When did I get, where did I Why am I lost as a lamb When will I know, where will I How will I learn who I am Is this a dream, am I here, where are you Tell me, when will I know, how will I know When will I know why
So helpful to see the lyrics typed out! I didn’t pay close enough attention to them when I was watching it. I was so busy looking for hints like the kid with green hair I forgot to listen to what the song was actually saying. Such a perfect fit for the scene.
@@windhammer1237 I personally think she was saved kind of like a full circle thing. Jackie always saved everyone and became vulnerable but her girl, her trainee, Zoe became the new Jackie and saved Jackie and that’s what “you’re good” meant to me. That’s how I took it☺️
She over dosed yes obviously. I believe she meant to end her life that’s why she was taking off her badge and watch. But I also think she was saved. Kind of a full circle thing. She always saved everyone. She was finally vulnerable but this time she got saved. Thats what “you’re good” meant to me. Idk haha I don’t think she died in my interpretation
At the end she has her stethoscope. So she had to have fallen/died before taking her stethoscope and watch off. I think taking off her stethoscope was her giving up her earthly attachments. She was already in the spirit world at that point.
I believe Jackie committed suicide. Throughout the episode, you can see her progressively become more distraught. I noticed this during her conversation with O'Hara, who recognized that Jackie was high and told her she wasn’t moving forward but going in circles, and that she shouldn’t be a nurse anymore. Then there’s the conversation with Zoey, whom Jackie viewed as a daughter. Zoey essentially told her that she couldn’t keep stressing over her, which is why she no longer wanted to be around or work with Jackie-letting her know that her addiction had become unbearable, even for the most loyal people in her life. Finally, there’s Eddie, who turned himself in so Jackie wouldn’t get caught. By the end, I think Jackie finally realized the burden her addiction had placed on the people she loved, and she no longer wanted to live that way. So, she ends her life with the very thing that had already taken away her relationships and her sense of self. It’s, unfortunately, a very realistic portrayal of the life of someone suffering from addiction. Even Jackie herself says in the first season, when Akalitus hired the former drug-addicted nurse, that addicts never change. I think she saw that in herself, and because of this realization, along with the guilt she felt for being a burden, she chose to end her life. Those closest to her often called her selfish or self-absorbed, while her patients saw her as a saint. I think her final act was her way of proving to herself that she was a Saint by releasing the burden of her addiction and freeing her loved ones, and this could be confirmed by Zoey telling her "you're good" in her overdose.
My personal opinion was she survived but she needed severe rehabilitation. Also they are planning a reboot starring her so it seems her fate was she survived. Which tracks with the entire series as Jackie somehow always gets lucky
Addiction Is No Joke It Will Distroy Everything In Your Life And It's So Hard Too Get Sober And Too Stay Sober Some People Can't Ever Get There Then There Are Some People That It Takes A Ton Of Trys Too Get And Stay Sober 😞😞😥😥..
I hate to say it but she died. I’ve been around plenty of od’s at my hospital. Edie Falco portrayed it perfectly. Unfortunate for those dealing with this.
I got clean in August, had to quit my job to do it. Was a functioning addict for 11 years. Ive kept everything a secret and now i cant find a job n everyone thinks i fucked my life up for no reason. Being honest with people at this point would just ruin my relationships. I honestly just want to self exit because is this really what i got sober for? I was happier using. Im not going to because i would have if i was going to but i judt dont wanna be on this planet anymore.
Its been a month since your comment. I hope that you respond to mine. It's okay to feel the way you do. Not everyone can get through life without help of medication. There are levels of medical need. Stay strong please. If you still need someone to talk to I'm here. My email is in my profile. I promise you that life is worth living and with the correct treatment plan in your life you can manage your BODIES need for low levels of opiods. Please reach out if you can. 💙🤍🙏🏽
11 years of being okay. Can you please share why you felt the need to stop using if it had no negative effect on your life and health. Looking forward to hearing from you.
I don’t get how they didn’t narcan her immediately. She’s in a hospital where everyone knows she uses. She shouldn’t have died. Just not believable for me.
The song her trying to have words with those she has hurt over and over again Eddie going to jail because of her she lost her girls her first husband friends her job at one point and life was over her addiction she loved and just didn't want to keep hurting the people she loved odd how she takes off her badge her watch her scope everything yet it shows Jackie with her scope and such when people surround her her mind was gone and she even walked by Charlie who overdosed and died as well as the messenger coop killed rode by she was walking to the center of the yoga as of they were saying come on let's go ... So her daughter took off to go to school her ex got married and was having a baby her friend off to Haiti because she wanted a life without Jackie and Eddie was going to jail her life was gone her drug addiction took all the people she loved away she knew it and said I am done
Addict part says yeah she’s dead. But the logical side says yeah she’s in a hospital full of narcan that can physically revive her at any second… I think mentally and spiritually she died. She wanted to at least. But who’s to say she physically did or not?
Hmmm, did you watch the series? *SPOILER ALERT if you haven't In the series finale, Jackie actually gathers up all of the Narcan tubes in the hospital and gives it to the poor man that she washed his feet. So Jackie knew that there was no medical possibility of anyone saving her.
Yes, I am an alcoholic (addict) as well and Jackie lost absolutely everything and to an addict, rock bottom is either death or recovery, and Jackie already "tried" the recovery route. Which failed because Jackie wasn't ready....
I still remembered the scene in ER when Lucy died and Dr Carter was injured when helping Lucy. Outside the ward the staff having party the music so loud....the end of the ER...they changed Lucy to Abby. Abby with Dr Luka...so disappointed.
I knew she was going to try to OD. People sometimes purposely try to push it, so they can get to a place where they can OD. I could understand why she did what she did, choosing to be painless.
Me too. Spending my hard working dollar to support people who CHOSE to do the drug in he beginning. Pisses me off. I came from a crappy life, I'm a taxpayer. They can all OD
Wasnt that street dope from a street addicts pocket, the guy whose feet she washed? As a former addict i just find it hard to believe he had that much. Junkies are constantly scrounging just to stay well. Same problem i had with House. The idea of all these stashes. Bull, I always knew exactly how much I had and where it was. Even when I has a free RX. Addicts dont accidentally lose or misplace drugs.
Would a mom really overdose on the eve of her younger daughter's confirmation? and if so, I would have liked to see the finale credits done with a 'flat line' running through ie she died. Wasn't really happy with the dance scene.
I really would have liked Mike Cruz come back to help her. The only person that she couldn’t bullshit about her history would have been him. Sadly that didn’t happen. I wanted her to be happy with someone she didn’t lie and manipulate. Mike she respected didn’t always like or agree but respected and she loved his kid. And I think she loved him more than Eddie. Just my opinion
"You didn't even jump in when our ward was impacted by monkey-pox!!" Nurse Jack, saga of a user and abuser: there I was in my final year of nursing school so proud of my accomplishments I was ready to impress not only the teacher but my future patients of my Straight A's and my linguistic abilities I was fluent in French Spanish and obviously English. And then as I was sipping on my second Starbucks coffee holding my delicious breakfast bagel and hand in my brand new Doc Martin shoes white they were to convey my sterility and cleanliness the professor told us that something I take so for granted food is a luxury in some parts of the world three meals a day or something of a myth and Anywhere But Here and it totally shook my frame of reference 🍩🍪..🎂!!!
The hospital was closing down they had nothing , they did not want to close the hospital until there wasn’t a drop of medicine left , sadly that caused jackie to die .
I was outraged and very disappointed with this ending, it was crap, moral of the story an addict will always be an addict, without cure without hope and without confidence 🤦🏻♀️
I think the best part is at the beginning of the series.. she’s talking to God saying “make me good.. but not yet.” And the final words spoken at her is “you’re good.” Powerful.
Nice
St. Augustine.
And the fact that it came from zoey was huge. Joey came under Jackie’s wing as a ditz and emerged as a nurse as good as Jackie was. Jackie had to trust her judgement.
Omg ouch ):
Wow
Rewatching this series for the fifth time. Brilliant writing, great soundtrack and awe-inspiring performances. Best series EVER. The decision to have her walking through a crowd of people who passed away (Charlie, the bike messenger from S1, etc) tells me she passed away too. She was just tired… tired of messing up her kids’ lives, disappointing friends, coworkers & family…tired of watching the world go by as she continued to struggle with addiction. Eddie & Zoey loved her so deeply, and it shows in the final scene. 😢
I thought they took it off Netflix though.
@@TheWaynelds they did. I had to watch it elsewhere this last time (can’t recall, but I think it was a PPV on Prime).
Sadly the path of most addicts. I enjoyed the series, also. I think I started it when I was doing nursing prerequisites. The ending is still so heartbreaking.
Wow, I've watched the series twice and didn't notice the people Jackie walked passed were dead. Good eye! Thanks for giving me some closure on the ending, I was wrong on what I thought happened.
@@LadyGodiva7460are you a nurse now?
zoey is the definition of character growth
Right? I love Zoey but there are many awesome characters in this show. 😊
What a haunting final few minutes. When I saw her lay out the heroin I knew she was about to kill herself. She prided herself on being a nurse knowing exactly how much to take, or not to take. She knew that would do it. She was out of options and enablers. She wouldn’t be in charge of anyone at her new job and she couldn’t get Zoe to come along to be that cover up person for her anymore. She ended it all on her own terms. I guess that was her way of taking back her power since she didn’t have any over her addiction.
The writers and director say she didn't die and that's why her eyes flutter at end.
@@alexisd6106 She might as well be, the point about the final scene is her whole life is over. Even of she doesn’t die, all saints is gone everything about her identity is taken away. I personally think she wanted to die a “saint”. That’s why she wanted her job back even though the hospital was going to be taken away, all she wanted was to be the “best” version of herself that people saw (even though it wasn’t the truth). Idk thats how I saw it, but it’s a really good show omg the roller coaster of it all 🤧
@@alexisd6106 The writers and director said it was up to the audience to determine whether or not she died.
Basically she died but they didn’t want to be the bad guys for killing her off definitively because a lot of the viewers really cared about her. I was one of them but it’s pretty obvious she died. Edie Falco agrees.
@@alexisd6106 she’s having a seizure from the overdose, and notice at the end no one is giving her o2 or doing anything because they know she’s passed. So sad.
Yep
I’ve never cried so hard over a show in all my life .. felt like my family member passed away
This! I was a mess!
I meannn
Literally same. Never cried so hard. Hiccup sobbing.
@@JacK-ze5kf😢
I’m just glad this didn’t end in a diner where the screen goes black
Ah, fellow sopranos fan
This series portrays addiction perfectly how a functional addict spirals out of control and manipulates everyone around them and the inevitable end of life for the addict I’m in recovery and have seen far to many over doses in my 30 years in the program. And this song gets me every time
me too. i was young but my mother would take me to all the movies she saw. i never forgot 'valley of the dolls'(how pretty sharon tate looked ) or this song.
Haunting portrayal of the closing of St Vincents hospital in NYC. It broke me. It broke Jackie. Its not just addiction here, but so many losses in symphony.
It's nurses week. Watching this series makes me realize it takes a special kind of nurse to work trauma/ER . I have been a clinic nurse for too long to go back to ER.
i don’t even watch nurse jackie but my mom does and i walked in on this scene and i started crying me and her.
“make me good god, but not today”
“you’re good jackie. you’re good”
Okay so she for sure died because I didn’t even notice Charlie walk right past her the first time I watched this
oh holy shit, i just saw that
They also didnt give her o2 meaning they knew she passed away.
For me personally, I chose to believe that she didn’t die. As for the dude with green hair, I pointed out the Easter egg to people but wasn’t sure if it was intention as a reference to Charlie early on in the show or not.
You also see the guy on the bike pass in front of her who she told to wear a helmet and he wouldn’t so she popped his tire early in the series
@@offende1425 They clearly ask for O2 when she's on the floor....
Either way, die or made it, she was done with nursing. She had been through enough. Sadly, many nurses are going through this. Mistreatment and bullying.
Jackie was no victim.
Unless you are an RN, you don't know the manipulation and gas lighting and mistreatment and abuse that they endure. Its a topic not discussed. Its coming to light now as new generation is speaking up.
@@Gemmarose9012 are you an RN?
Not an RN, thank fuck. But I see it. Plus y’all work right next to and under the most arrogant, oppressive, type a group of hospital workers in the building. Doctors. Yikes.
Being a nurse is not an excuse to be a drug addict!
Definitely feel that she died. Since that was what Edie Falco wanted to happen anyway. She wanted Jackie to either die or go to rehab and get clean. She was probably tired from her addiction controlling her and hurting those around her. A sad ending but definitely a realistic one.
Absolutely.
Everytime I need to cry I look this up
The scariest part of watching this scene is when I first watched it I was jealous of her having the courage to go all in. I was suicidal at the time.
Are you still here? Love you- let me know if you need a friend.
How you doin, babe? You good?
One day Jesus will return and fix the world, but he’s waiting until more people turn to him. He can’t remove suffering without removing sin. God became a man living a perfect life, and died a gruesome death to absorb our sin and imperfections. The bible says if we share in his suffering we will share in his Glory. Don’t give up, just hold out until it’s HIS time for you go, it will be worth it. Choose him now because he won’t force you to be with him after we die.
Hang in there, Jesus experienced every kind of suffering in his life he will be with you through it until then.
She absolutely died from her addiction. No one could ever tell me different.
Edie wanted Jackie to die . so i would say yes she died.
Well, I heard the director say that the point was it almost doesn’t matter. Either way, her career, her life as she knows it is over.
The actress playing her believes Jackie died. The only reason it’s ambiguous is because $howtime didn’t want to go with that final an ending.
so much foreshadowing in this 5 min clip... she did the whole repentance Jesus washes the feet of the unclean.. inwhich the heroine addict is wanting to get help and is done with his past life... the EMT say "condition terminal" meaning shes dead/ never will recover from her drug addiction. if you want to play the whole 3 strikes your out thing, well this was her third strike. also all saints was closing up and she did not want to leave. she asked God to make her good and zoe said you are good.
You don't die from an opiate OD, in an emergency room.
She killed herself. I think she just got fed up with cycle of addiction and how many people she kept hurting and lost. At one point where she’s walking in the sea of people on the sidewalk I think In time square you can see the green hair from the boy that also overdosed and died from the other season. Everyone wants a happy ending when it comes to this but sadly their rarely is when it comes to opiate addiction. I’ve been in and out of rehabs, psych wards, outpatient programs, NA meetings and way to many withdrawals to even keep track of. It’s like being stuck in one of Dante’s infernos rings of hell, where you are forced to repeat your mistakes over and over until you lose your mind. Still fighting the good fight though and hopefully going through my last detox rn. But this was definitely a suitable ending since the odds are stacked against you if you are an opiate addict. They wanted to keep the ending a little ambiguous since a clearcut death scene would be to grim for the viewers rooting for Jackie or struggling with addiction themselves.
Best of luck Jaime. You can do this
You got this you will over come this battle! In Jesus name amen 🙏🏾
I'm an alcoholic and you're absolutely right. It's the same with me and alcohol. Psyche wards, detoxes. Jail, rehab, withdrawals, repeat. OVER AND OVER AND OVER. Same shit everytime. She was sick of it. And just wanted people to grieve and move on. Cuz everytime u fuck up as an addict, ur loved ones grieve in a way. And she just wanted her family to move on.
She explained in an interview that whether she died or not depended on the person watching it. I like your prospective.
Twenty years ago i walked on the exact same path. Ten years ago i nearly died. For sure. Then i found my way out and am clean and sober since April 2010. Now I am married to a great Man, have my Family and pets and finished College. If I could, everybody can. Believe me!
Best wishes from Austria 🇦🇹
Keep you in my prayers❤️
At this point I had been begging her to sweep it off the table, it turn out to be fake, something, anything, and then nothing happened. I’ve been lying in bed and I can’t stop thinking about this ending. Why? Why couldn’t it just be happy? After all of this, no good ending? She was doing so good for this season up until now. I keep telling myself she survived and got better eventually, but I just can’t believe it.
Because it’s not happy, this isn’t a happy story. Some addicts get better. But some end up like this. Reminds me of my dad. They will always chose their addictions over everyone else until it kills them, and if it doesn’t then they’ll keep going until it does
It ends this way because most addicts die or have completely destroyed lives. It’s the minority that gets and stays sober.
shes dead bro... so many points before the ending that exposed it.
"If you want a happy ending, it depends where you stop the story."
- Orson Welles
That’s addiction for you.
It’s purely speculation to say that she died. The producers wanted the ending to be ambiguous, and I think they achieved that. Death from a heroin overdose is not immediate. She was in a room of healthcare providers, and although medication may not have been accessible, they would’ve been able to provide airway support, ventilation, and CPR if needed. This would’ve provided ample lifesaving measures until she could reach the emergency room at Bellview. In any case, this was a masterful ending. It was unexpected and actually quite accurate from the perspective of those who understand addiction
In an emergency room with instant access to narcan she would have survived.
She died, as she should. GET OVER IT!
@@josephlopez1518 No she's coming Back in a new series
@@ScottslawIn another dimension?
@@dogbert14 No in a sequel series reboot for Showtime whenever the strikes end
This is a ending that truly Destroy me emotionally after everything she's been through in her last Wu is what gets her and then you're option makes it if she did or not. Just thinking about it makes me wanna cry
the way she was thrown out of that wedding was so terrible. it probably didn't affect the character compared to everything else she was going through with her addiction. she was treated so badly due to her drug abuse; i can't help imagining after she died if the new wife was even angrier this was just another annoying distraction. the new wife didn't know her well enough at all to judge her.
Charlie, Dr. Mike Cruz's son or a representation of Charlie with green hair passes her at 2:43, that's when I knew she was dead. So sad and it's terrible how addiction can take you this far and hurt everyone you love. It might be destroying your life, but other people's lives as well.
And the bike messager too!
How can she be dead though, she opens her eyes and moves after that
@@Jayhow90she's dying. Her brain's dying. That's why she was able to see all that in the first place.
Charlie, bike messenger, and I’m pretty sure that nun as well walk by her. But what’s really telling is that after she passes all of these people who have died she ends up walking through a group doing a yoga warrior sequence and ending up in shavasana - aka corpse pose. The shavasana is pretty profound because the pose is associated with peace and restfulness. Therefore taken symbolically as well as literally, she’s finally at peace because she’s dead. She doesn’t actually seem to do the warrior sequence going into it, so I’m not sure what to read into that - it’s probably a bit more open to interpretation, but she certainly did battle some demons.
this was a wild ass amazing show
This show was so so good the final scene was sad Jackie made the choice to go to let everybody be at peace because all she had out them through the scene was clear even the green haired boy walked by Charlie then buy on the bike had also died Jackie opens her eyes on the yoga Matt because I think that's the moment she died the song everything her taking off her watch badge and scope
This Makes Me Cry So Sad She Just Couldn't Stay Sober😥😞😞
i was hoping for divine intervention like when the 'counselor' got run down before her daughter portrayed St. Christina the astonishing. this was so messed up. it could have been put off. that vaping physician waving at her before she goes in was dying. it was like 'see you on the other side.'
ADDICTION IS A BITCH
I’ve noticed a trend of half the comments in this feed capitalizing the first letter of every word and I don’t understand if it’s just a coincidence or what the reasoning is
Great series absolutley loved it ! Jacky was Awesome she was the greatest. O' Hara and Eddie Thor and Dr. Coop Dr. Prince all my favorites to .The end was sad I felt like I lost a friend 👍
I just finished this today and I sobbed
Me and my boyfriend sat and benge watched this im a RN and hes a EMT we both cried like hell at the ending shit broke my heart i wanted to see her at Bellevue Hospital
Crazy that there’s finna be a sequel, pretty much means she lived
I wish they would put this on antenna TV so us poor ppl could watch... Please 😢
Cette série est absolument incroyable.
J'ai bossé aux urgences étant jeune et ça été la meilleure expérience humaine de toute ma vie.
Tout est extrêmement réaliste.
Comment ne pas s'attacher aux personnages? On a envie de faire partie de l'équipe.
Même si il y a un côté un peu caricatural, tous ont eu leur place dans cette série Tv. Merci ShowTime, merci tous ces brillants acteurs avec un big " up " pour le Dr O'Hara et sa class qui me ferait virer de bord.
Merci ❤
Season One Episode One, End - Jackie: "Make me good, God...but, not yet"
Season Seven Episode Twelve, Opening - Jackie: "Make me good, God"
Season Seven Episode Twelve, End - Zoey: "You're good, Jackie...You're good"
Gotta get off, gonna get Have to get off from this ride
Gotta get hold, gonna get Need to get hold of my pride
When did I get, where did I
How was I caught in this game
When will I know, where will I
How will I think of my name
When did I stop feeling sure, feeling safe
And start wondering why, wondering why
Is this a dream, am I here, where are you
What's in back of the sky, why do we cry
Gotta get off, gonna get Out of this merry-go-round
Gotta get off, gonna get Need to get on where I'm bound
When did I get, where did I Why am I lost as a lamb
When will I know, where will I How will I learn who I am
Is this a dream, am I here, where are you
Tell me, when will I know, how will I know
When will I know why
The actual name of this song is Theme Song from Valley of the Dolls by KD Lang
@@josephhernandez1885 yes this song is so beautiful 😭
So helpful to see the lyrics typed out! I didn’t pay close enough attention to them when I was watching it. I was so busy looking for hints like the kid with green hair I forgot to listen to what the song was actually saying.
Such a perfect fit for the scene.
Wow She Did Enough Stuff Too Take Out A Elephant 😳🙄😥😞
and now they’re going to ruin the ending by doing a reboot
i wish there was no reboot
Your good Jackie
This touched me so bad....i cried....hard....
🇦🇹 Greetings from Austria
No, she wasn't good. She was done.
@@windhammer1237 I personally think she was saved kind of like a full circle thing. Jackie always saved everyone and became vulnerable but her girl, her trainee, Zoe became the new Jackie and saved Jackie and that’s what “you’re good” meant to me. That’s how I took it☺️
*You're
@@stephenraynes2148 Thanx 4 the english grammar lesson grandma
I love Edie falco, she’s amazing
She over dosed yes obviously. I believe she meant to end her life that’s why she was taking off her badge and watch. But I also think she was saved. Kind of a full circle thing. She always saved everyone. She was finally vulnerable but this time she got saved. Thats what “you’re good” meant to me. Idk haha I don’t think she died in my interpretation
@Jessica Lychee
Jackie passed by several people who died during the series. She transitioned and died, too.
She Did Not Die and is coming back in a sequel series
At the end she has her stethoscope. So she had to have fallen/died before taking her stethoscope and watch off.
I think taking off her stethoscope was her giving up her earthly attachments. She was already in the spirit world at that point.
RIP Nurse Jackie. Youre good now
I yelled fuck you and was sobbing at the same time. Great ending, but it sucked at the same time
I believe Jackie committed suicide. Throughout the episode, you can see her progressively become more distraught. I noticed this during her conversation with O'Hara, who recognized that Jackie was high and told her she wasn’t moving forward but going in circles, and that she shouldn’t be a nurse anymore. Then there’s the conversation with Zoey, whom Jackie viewed as a daughter. Zoey essentially told her that she couldn’t keep stressing over her, which is why she no longer wanted to be around or work with Jackie-letting her know that her addiction had become unbearable, even for the most loyal people in her life. Finally, there’s Eddie, who turned himself in so Jackie wouldn’t get caught.
By the end, I think Jackie finally realized the burden her addiction had placed on the people she loved, and she no longer wanted to live that way. So, she ends her life with the very thing that had already taken away her relationships and her sense of self. It’s, unfortunately, a very realistic portrayal of the life of someone suffering from addiction. Even Jackie herself says in the first season, when Akalitus hired the former drug-addicted nurse, that addicts never change. I think she saw that in herself, and because of this realization, along with the guilt she felt for being a burden, she chose to end her life. Those closest to her often called her selfish or self-absorbed, while her patients saw her as a saint. I think her final act was her way of proving to herself that she was a Saint by releasing the burden of her addiction and freeing her loved ones, and this could be confirmed by Zoey telling her "you're good" in her overdose.
1:29 The amount she ingested lets me know that she had no intentions of living.
Some addicts do change. The question is why are they using. Some use for health reasons and some use to hide themselves from life. Big difference.
My personal opinion was she survived but she needed severe rehabilitation. Also they are planning a reboot starring her so it seems her fate was she survived. Which tracks with the entire series as Jackie somehow always gets lucky
I think she wanted her luck to run out
Addiction Is No Joke It Will Distroy Everything In Your Life And It's So Hard Too Get Sober And Too Stay Sober Some People Can't Ever Get There Then There Are Some People That It Takes A Ton Of Trys Too Get And Stay Sober 😞😞😥😥..
This episode just destroyed me.
Yeah it's rough. The whole series is such an up and down ride. Then that ending. I was hoping she would have a happy one.
I’ve watched this series twice. It’s too hard to watch it again.
To be honest. I’d choose this way out if I was her. So much, it’d take 100,000mg of IV Naloxone to revive me.
She meant to do it. That hospital was her home, zoey was her anchor, it was all gone so she went with it
I think it was great they wanted to end it in serious manner to address deadly nature of drug addiction!
I hate to say it but she died. I’ve been around plenty of od’s at my hospital. Edie Falco portrayed it perfectly. Unfortunate for those dealing with this.
I got clean in August, had to quit my job to do it. Was a functioning addict for 11 years. Ive kept everything a secret and now i cant find a job n everyone thinks i fucked my life up for no reason. Being honest with people at this point would just ruin my relationships. I honestly just want to self exit because is this really what i got sober for? I was happier using. Im not going to because i would have if i was going to but i judt dont wanna be on this planet anymore.
Its been a month since your comment. I hope that you respond to mine.
It's okay to feel the way you do. Not everyone can get through life without help of medication.
There are levels of medical need.
Stay strong please. If you still need someone to talk to I'm here. My email is in my profile.
I promise you that life is worth living and with the correct treatment plan in your life you can manage your BODIES need for low levels of opiods.
Please reach out if you can.
💙🤍🙏🏽
11 years of being okay. Can you please share why you felt the need to stop using if it had no negative effect on your life and health. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Alright, TONY!
Zoey knew
Love the valley of the dolls song playing as she slips through her spiral
100x better than Euphoria
Passing Charlie in the crowd is very telling
Jackie is dead. Mike Cruz’s deceased son being in the crowd proved it.
where ??
@@hambone950 Look closely.
I don’t get how they didn’t narcan her immediately. She’s in a hospital where everyone knows she uses. She shouldn’t have died. Just not believable for me.
They say earlier in the episode that they are closing the hospital early because they are all out of meds, so no narcan.
Satellite in her eyes
Best part for me is when Dr. Stone Cold Steve Austin was Treating Vince McMahon in the hospital...💀💀💀
Fhe Saint Augustine quote " make me chaste but not today"
Supposedly she isn't dead and it's left up to interpretation but I got to admit, I get a sad atmosphere from this and can only fear the worst
Akalitus with her subtle pettiness
@Zesty Lemon Zach never said she was wrong for how she felt. Just acknowledged it.
Aww the kid with the green hair
What song called while she walking?
Theme from Valley of the Dolls .
The song her trying to have words with those she has hurt over and over again
Eddie going to jail because of her she lost her girls her first husband friends her job at one point and life was over her addiction she loved and just didn't want to keep hurting the people she loved odd how she takes off her badge her watch her scope everything yet it shows Jackie with her scope and such when people surround her her mind was gone and she even walked by Charlie who overdosed and died as well as the messenger coop killed rode by she was walking to the center of the yoga as of they were saying come on let's go ... So her daughter took off to go to school her ex got married and was having a baby her friend off to Haiti because she wanted a life without Jackie and Eddie was going to jail her life was gone her drug addiction took all the people she loved away she knew it and said I am done
She died 😔
No she did not
She did watch the interview she did about her role at the end , and how she wanted to the audience to know about the seriousness of addiction
@Jared on Brave Browser WHAT?!?!
@@begood4786 yes she did. The pose she was doing at yoga was the corpse pose.
Janae Johnson I think she did
I never seen 1 episode. Is it worth watching ?
Sometimes they don’t know when to stop……..
Most of us don't.
She went out the same way River Phoenix did way to much like , John belushi and Janis Joplin
Addict part says yeah she’s dead. But the logical side says yeah she’s in a hospital full of narcan that can physically revive her at any second… I think mentally and spiritually she died. She wanted to at least. But who’s to say she physically did or not?
Hmmm, did you watch the series?
*SPOILER ALERT if you haven't
In the series finale, Jackie actually gathers up all of the Narcan tubes in the hospital and gives it to the poor man that she washed his feet. So Jackie knew that there was no medical possibility of anyone saving her.
Yes, I am an alcoholic (addict) as well and Jackie lost absolutely everything and to an addict, rock bottom is either death or recovery, and Jackie already "tried" the recovery route. Which failed because Jackie wasn't ready....
Also although ending gave impression Jackie died we do not know that for certain the way they ended it!
Didn’t they have Narcan then?
Depends on when they found her
the drug existed but the nasal spray wasn’t FDA approved until 2015.
Even the song "got to get off this ride" she definitely died
I still remembered the scene in ER when Lucy died and Dr Carter was injured when helping Lucy. Outside the ward the staff having party the music so loud....the end of the ER...they changed Lucy to Abby. Abby with Dr Luka...so disappointed.
DON'T STOP-
I knew she was going to try to OD. People sometimes purposely try to push it, so they can get to a place where they can OD. I could understand why she did what she did, choosing to be painless.
Rock bottom was in the rear view mirror for Jackie quite some time ago and she knew it...she was just going through the motions and was on auto pilot
Sometimes you just need to check out! I'm just about there.
Narcan?
The hospital was closing and they didn't have any supplies
Hate how society treats addicts
Me too. Spending my hard working dollar to support people who CHOSE to do the drug in he beginning. Pisses me off. I came from a crappy life, I'm a taxpayer. They can all OD
Too bad, she just couldn't stay sober. It's pretty intense.
Always reminds me of Barbra Streisand walking through the street at the end of Nuts.
She went out like a boss tho don’t cap
Wasnt that street dope from a street addicts pocket, the guy whose feet she washed? As a former addict i just find it hard to believe he had that much. Junkies are constantly scrounging just to stay well.
Same problem i had with House. The idea of all these stashes. Bull, I always knew exactly how much I had and where it was. Even when I has a free RX. Addicts dont accidentally lose or misplace drugs.
They're doing a remake where it's 10 years later and she's lost her license.
Really?
Would a mom really overdose on the eve of her younger daughter's confirmation? and if so, I would have liked to see the finale credits done with a 'flat line' running through ie she died. Wasn't really happy with the dance scene.
I really would have liked Mike Cruz come back to help her. The only person that she couldn’t bullshit about her history would have been him. Sadly that didn’t happen. I wanted her to be happy with someone she didn’t lie and manipulate. Mike she respected didn’t always like or agree but respected and she loved his kid. And I think she loved him more than Eddie. Just my opinion
I believe she was MADE a juvenile diabetic (insulin) dependent.
Lol wtf
What’s the name of the song they’re playing right before she goes and snorts the heroine?
Valley of the dolls. Dionne Warwick. KD lang sang this though.
"You didn't even jump in when our ward was impacted by monkey-pox!!"
Nurse Jack, saga of a user and abuser: there I was in my final year of nursing school so proud of my accomplishments I was ready to impress not only the teacher but my future patients of my Straight A's and my linguistic abilities I was fluent in French Spanish and obviously English. And then as I was sipping on my second Starbucks coffee holding my delicious breakfast bagel and hand in my brand new Doc Martin shoes white they were to convey my sterility and cleanliness the professor told us that something I take so for granted food is a luxury in some parts of the world three meals a day or something of a myth and Anywhere But Here and it totally shook my frame of reference
🍩🍪..🎂!!!
I overdosed from ketamine once , but it doesn't feel like dying , is too much to say lmao
She definitely died.
Rep those Utz chips!
Kevin, they show Mom when she died. They tried to make Mom look Semitic.
I think Jackie definitely died
🎼Ay SteLLa!
Don’t stop……..
why didnt anyone get narcan for her?
The hospital was closing down they had nothing , they did not want to close the hospital until there wasn’t a drop of medicine left , sadly that caused jackie to die .
No more meds
@@fatemaisthatgirl8252 she didn't die. The director and writers said he'd eyes fluttering at the end signified that.
@@alexisd6106no she died it’s ok
@@seasonsbeats5567 The ending’s been left for open interpretation
Damn. Those are what you call railroad lines. Jesus christ.
She knew that she wanted to go away.
Shades of Gandolfino🇨🇦…
I was outraged and very disappointed with this ending, it was crap, moral of the story an addict will always be an addict, without cure without hope and without confidence 🤦🏻♀️
it was a great ending idk what you mean
Valley of the Dolls
imagine coop’s reaction 😢