Nurse Jackie (Seasons 1–7)

Nurse Jackie (2009) is a Showtime original series — stream all seasons online on iFILM. Jackie Peyton works the ER at an all-hours New York hospital and she is very good at it. She is also quietly addicted to painkillers, keeping a secret affair with the hospital pharmacist, and managing a husband and two daughters at home who have no idea.

The show runs on the gap between how competent Jackie is and how badly she is lying to everyone around her — including herself. Edie Falco took the Emmy for the role, and the performance earns every bit of that: she makes Jackie's choices feel inevitable right up until the moment they aren't. Peter Facihnelli as the oblivious Dr. Cooper, Eve Best as the brittle surgeon O'Hara — the supporting cast is sharp enough to carry entire episodes on their own.

Seven seasons aired on Showtime between 2009 and 2015. The series never softens its subject into a redemption arc you can feel comfortable with, which is exactly why it holds up. Watch every episode of Nurse Jackie online on iFILM.