Edie Falco deserves a ton of credit for this fact alone:

Within 90 seconds of last night's Nurse Jackie premiere, we totally forgot about Carmella Soprano.

It may have been the short hair, but it was also definitely Falco's performance that instantly introduced us to Jackie Peyton, a personally troubled (but professionally successful) nurse at a New York City hospital.

Throughout the first half hour of this series, we learned a great deal about Jackie and those around her.

Get to know everyone for yourself via this Nurse Jackie recap.

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