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Has anyone else noticed that these two appear in a lot of shows together? I guess they have been friends for over 30 years and met in acting school in NY. They were first in an Indie film together called Laws of Gravity and then in a vampire film called The Addiction. They were also both in Oz and The Sopranos with Paul playing the priest who kept mooching Italian food off of Carmela and his other female parishioners. They were in episodes of L&O:SVU with Paul playing various characters and Edie often playing his defense attorney. Paul had a pretty big role in Nurse Jackie as Eddie, the pharmacist who helped feed her addiction and was also her ‘side piece.‘ He was in a few episodes of a show Edie did called Tommy that only lasted one season, he was in amother movie Edie starred in just a few years ago called I’ll be Right There, etc. I wonder if they will be in more future films/TV shows together. They act well together, but I was surprised that Paul pops up in so many things with her.

>!I have read in a few places that there may be a sequel set 10 years after the end of the original series. The series ended over 11 years ago, so that would be about right. Rumors are that Jackie survives the overdose and basically fakes her death and goes on to have a ‘fresh start.’ I have no idea how accurate it is.

The info out there on this is that the official Nurse Jackie sequel series—reportedly titled Jackie—is currently in active development at Amazon MGM Studios for a streaming release on Prime Video. 

The Story Breakdown

• The Time Jump: The new series picks up exactly 10 years after the events of the 2015 series finale.
• The Plot: The official logline confirms that Jackie Peyton survived her ambiguous finale overdose. She is back on her feet, but she has completely lost her nursing license. The show will follow her facing new dilemmas as she tries to "be good in a world where being bad is often not only easier, but a lot more fun."
• The Name Change: Because she is no longer legally allowed to practice medicine, the sequel drops "Nurse" from the title and focuses strictly on her life outside the ER.

I have absolutely no idea if a sequel will actually happen or not. I just posted this as I have come across info from various sources about it.

Also, there was a planned alternate ending to the series that had All Saints Hospital catching fire and burning down. Jackie uses the chaos to fake her death and escape.

Showrunner Clyde Phillips revealed that the writers completely mapped out this climax before changing their minds ahead of filming.

The Alternate Fire Sequence

• The Blaze: A massive fire breaks out inside the emergency room during the final shift.
• The Heroic Act: Jackie sprints into the burning building to save a fellow addict patient who is handcuffed to a hospital bed in the basement.
• The Collapse: The hospital ceiling collapses on top of Jackie, leaving the staff and viewers to believe she died in the flames.
• The Escape: The camera cuts to Jackie squeezing herself out of a tiny basement window—a visual the creators described as being "like a birth".
• Running Away: Jackie walks into the alley, notices the crowd gathered outside watching the fire, turns around, and runs away in the opposite direction. She realizes she is finally free to start over with a completely clean slate.!<