Nurse Jackie Season 4 Episode 1 cast and characters: Here's who brought the Showtime medical drama to life

Nurse Jackie is Showtime's beloved medical drama that ran for seven seasons on the platform, from 2009 to 2015. The series was set in New York and followed the day-to-day life of Jackie Peyton (Edie Falco), an ER nurse in the fictional All Saints' Hospital. While Jackie is talented, she is deeply troubled as she constantly faces problems in her profession due to her dr*g addiction.

In Season 4, the show changed its tide and Jackie realized that it's time for her to seek professional help. Elsewhere, All Saints Hospital got shocking news when a new and ruthless Director of Medicine arrived with harrowing personnel changes.

Nurse Jackie Season 4 Episode 1 was titled "Kettle-Kettle-Black-Black". The official synopsis of the episode read as follows:

Jackie realizes she needs professional help, while All Saints is taken over by a corporation whose new director makes a shocking personnel change. Kevin does not react well when he learns the truth about Jackie and Eddie.

This was the beginning of Jackie's second chance at life and her profession and she was supported by her loyal friends at every step.

Here's the cast who brought "Kettle-Kettle-Black-Black" to life.

Nurse Jackie Season 4 Episode 1 cast: Meet the main players

Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton: Like every other episode in the series, Nurse Jackie Season 4 Episode 1 was also led by Falco's Jackie Peyton, the titular talented but deeply troubled ER nurse. After exploring Jackie's addiction across three seasons, the fourth chapter finally saw her attending a rehab to turn her life around for the better. The first episode in Season 4 saw Jackie start her rehab journey.

Eve Best as Eleanor O'Hara: Best's Dr. Eleanor O'Hara is the ER's top doctor and Jackie's most loyal confidante and supporter. In this particular episode, she reveals her pregnancy and also helps Jackie dispose of the body of her latest hookup.

Merritt Wever as Zoey Barkow: Wever's Zoey Barkow is the next addition in the Nurse Jackie Season 4 Episode 1 cast, who evolved from a nervous newcomer to one of Jackie's friends and also her moral compass at times.

Paul Schulze as Eddie Walzer: The charming ER pharmacist is the next addition to the episode's cast, who also has a complicated on-and-off relationship with the titular nurse. In "Kettle-Kettle-Black-Black", Eddie confided about his affair with Jackie to Kevin.

Peter Facinelli as Fitch "Coop" Cooper: Peter Facinelli's ER physician was a main character throughout seven seasons of Nurse Jackie. He often acts as the comedic relief, bringing his awkward humour in tense situations.

Dominic Fumusaas Kevin Peyton: Fumusa's Kevin is another addition to the Nurse Jackie Season 4 Episode 1 cast, who had a rocky relationship with his wife, Jackie. While Jackie and Kevin's marriage was already complicated due to his infidelity and her addiction, Eddie revealed the truth about his affair, making things tougher.

Nurse Jackie Season 4 Episode 1 cast: Meet the supporting and guest characters

In addition to this main cast, the first episode of Season 4 also featured many supporting characters, who are as follows:

Anna Deavere Smith as Gloria Akalitus: Smith joined the series' cast in Season 2 as Gloria, the ER administrator who struggles with her recent hospital takeover

Ruby Jerins as Grace Peyton and Mackenzie Aladje as Fiona Peyton: Grace and Fiona are Jackie and Kevin's elder and younger daughters, respectively, who joined the series in Season 2

Bobby Cannavale as Miguel Cruz: Cannavale briefly joined the show's cast in Nurse Jackie Season 4 Episode 1 as the newly appointed Director of Medicine

Guest stars

1) Billie Joe Armstrong as Jackie's pickup

2) Laura Silverman as Laura

3) Brad Fleischer as Dustin

4) Arjun Gupta as Dr. Sam