Nurse Jackie - Season 5eps10 May 2026

: Following an intimate evening together in the previous episode, Zoey acts incredibly professional and rigid around Dr. Ike Prentiss, putting up defensive walls . 🎭 Character Breakdown in the Finale

: Despite standing in front of her friends and declaring, "I am an addict and today, I am sober for one year," the episode ends with a shocking twist . Right before the party, Jackie takes a single OxyContin pill that she had secretly hidden inside her wedding band, ending her year of sobriety in a heartbreaking moment of relapse . Patient Care Above All

: Jackie is ready to accept her cake and celebrate being clean for a full year . Nurse Jackie - Season 5Eps10

: The people closest to her are bailing on her celebration ceremony . Her daughter Grace is distant, her ex-husband Kevin is skeptical, and her former lover/enabler Eddie is fed up with how she treats him .

: Acts as the emotional anchor, even going so far as to "kidnap" a struggling Grace to ensure she attends her mother's milestone party . : Following an intimate evening together in the

" Soul " is the dramatic Season 5 finale of Showtime’s dark comedy-drama Nurse Jackie , which originally aired on June 16, 2013 . The episode centers on the massive milestone of Jackie Peyton's (played by Edie Falco) one-year anniversary of sobriety . While the hospital staff prepares to celebrate her success, her personal life is simultaneously fracturing under intense emotional weight . ⭐ Key Plot Points The Battle for Sobriety

: Emphasizing Jackie's redeeming qualities as a caregiver, she takes on the case of Wally (played by guest star John Cullum), an 80-year-old gay man dying of liver cancer who has been sober for 22 years . Right before the party, Jackie takes a single

: Showing the cruel reality of addiction, her external victory lap is undercut by internal defeat .