"Nurse Jackie" Creator Says Show Still Gay; Harvey Fierstein to Guest Star

Oh, please, does anyone believe a word of what this woman is saying?

I would bet a bundle that this is just a steaming pile of b*ullsh*t to try to prevent the gay viewership from abandoning the show before the new season even starts, due to the pointless and insulting disappearance of the only major gay character. She is tap dancing as fast a she can, but please, this is just pathetic. And, no, I don't think that she deserves the benefit of the doubt, or that anyone should believe a word she says.

I won't be bothering with this show next season.

When an actor's story runs its course, it is because the writers and creators aren't willing to create the course for the character to run on. All they seem to be doing is replacing Mo-mo with Thor. Since Thor was more of a minor character than Mo-mo, what is it about Thor that makes his story more necessary to tell than Mo-mo's? Why not make Mo-mo diabetic? Why not Mo-mo be involved in a gay love triangle? The only reason I can tell Thor is there and not Mo-mo is because the actor playing Thor is the co-creator's brother. Nepotism much?

Again, shallow, trite, infantile, asinine and ridiculous.

Nurse Jackie just lost a viewer. With divas like Edie Falco, Anna Deveare-Smith, and Eve Best, who watches this show outside of the gay commmunity? They're screwed.

There is no doubt that this move is going to come back and bite the creators on the ass when the new season begins. There is already outrage among the fans that mo mo is gone.

I agree with those that believe there is more to this story that is not being told. They could have found a new direction to take the character but decided to cut the character.

What's that word...Nepotism?  Yep that's it.  As I stated in the other thread, this mo was the only interesting character on the show.

A gay muslim's character has run it's course? Is it just me or should that have been a longer course?

Either way, still excited for the new season, Mo-Mo or not.

Mo mo was interesting-- as a fine piece of ass. He wasn't an outstanding character at all, so don't get your panties in a bunch. The series is great, with or without Mo-Mo.

 

What upsets me is the gay they choose to stay with. Thor is insufferable. He's obnoxious. He had no story.

 What story did Momo have that ran its course? Nothing. None of his interactions, especially with Jackie, were resolved.

 

Why did they pick Thor over Mo-Mo? Their explanation is pure bullshit. More went on that led to their cutting Mo-Mo loose.

 

Now, I won't stop watching the show, but I will certainly be less enthusiastic, especially knowing that Thor-- a character I despised on the first season even with his monimal screen time-- is getting bigger emphasis.

 

What would've done it for me is if they had cut O'Hara. I love that woman to death; she's my favorite character.

Wow, Linda Wallem sounds a lot like Shonda Rhimes making excuses for her show after Erica Hahn was sent out to the parking lot of no return.

The idea that they ran out of storylines for the gay, Muslim nurse who was the only peer with whom Jackie shared a rapport (O'Hara doesn't count) means that their writing staff is just LAZY. Plus, based on what Michael Ausiello reported MoMo's absence isn't even noted in the season's opening episodes. He just disappears like Judy Winslow from Family Matters, never to be heard of again. Another sign of BAD WRITING.

I've had misgivings about this show--particularly the way Anna Deavere Smith has been woefully underused--and this latest move doesn't help. If I tune in at all, at this point, it'll be to enjoy Zoey's comic relief (which, I imagine, won't be nearly as funny without Mo there). 

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Jackie and Mo-Mo's friendship was the best thing about this series! It was what made me watch. It was a crucial part of the series too. I don't get why they would just dump such an important person in Jackie's life? And because of what? He has "run" his course? That is complete and utter BS and like everyone else have said before me, just plain bad writing. They could have done so much with Mo-Mo. He was such an intriguing character. How often do you have a muslim gay nurse on a show? Why not show him with his family? Maybe he could get sick? Or maybe they could actually show some of his love life on screen? Like I said, this character had so much potential and it's lazy of the writers to just dump him like that. And the fact that they are replacing him with the insufferable character Thor doesn't make it a whole lot better!

 

Harvey Milk: You gotta give 'em hope.

With Sleazeman gone and Thor getting more screentime that is 2 good things in one. Now I´m looking forward to the next season even more.

And while it´s true that you often hear "oh, this new season of show X is gonna be totally gay, just wait and see" and then it turns out to be nothing but pseudo-lesbian seconds for sweeps I don´t think (hope) the creators of NJ are gonna pull a cheap stunt like that. If they do I can just stop watching and have more time for masturbation. I win either way. 

The character was pretty "blah" anyway, and the female doctor kind of replaced him as Jackie's confidante, so there wasn't much more him to do.  Excited about the gay storylines coming up, though.  I hope the character with the past gay relationship is Coop.

could just be a euphemism for something else? I have NO inside info about this and am not even speculating about THIS particular situation, but in past situations where an actor gets suddenly dropped it could be for a whole host of reasons. The actor has personal problems. The actor refused to do what the role required. The actor was really really hard to work with.

And sometimes when creators/writers say the "character has run its course" they are simply being polite and not making the actor look bad. 

My point is why assume the show's creators are at fault here? After all, they created the character. Surely they didn't want to just lose the character either.

Ashleigh Simpson Wentz and Colin Egglesfield!

Oh wait, possibly not the best counter-examples.

You want to know what happened? I'll tell you what happened. I worked on Season One of Nurse Jackie and it was the best show I've EVER worked on. Not only because of it's content (I haven't had cable in years and paid for it just to watch this show even though I watched it being filmed and have all of the scripts) but because it was the best group of people I have ever had the privilege to work with. That is why I personally take offense to the ignorant rants I've seen posted in the comments. Haaz, bless him, love him to death...but he's a DIVA. Every day being on the show he was waiting for it to end, asking when he would be done. That's all I will divulge although there was much more. Indeed there are many divas in the business but on this show..this amazing show, they took extra time and special care to be sure that it would be a good experience, with positive people from top to bottom. It's a hard job this business, it's anything but glamorous, working 100 hours in a five day work week can be miserable, but the creators of the show wanted to make it as wonderful an experience as possible to ensure the normal negative things wouldn't mean a damn because of the family they created for us all to work with. Edie is the most selfless AMAZING actress, Stephen Wallem is one of the funniest guys you would EVER want to meet and has TALENT..keep watching and you'll see, all of the other characters were a treat..an absolute treat. Another thing... the creators of the show are known lesbians, how would they be taking away from the "gayness"??? By the way, two of the most awesome producers in the world, so involved and truly caring and loving toward everyone. I'm at the bottom of the totem pole and I got hugs on a daily basis. So yes Michael, she was being polite, it's the beginning of a long and wonderful career for Haaz and what good would come out of her telling the world how he was acting. I'm sure it woke him up and he is truly a great guy with a good heart and definitely learned a lesson. Why do people insist on being judgemental and assuming? It makes you look like an ass. Leave the drama to the professionals.

As beentheredonethat wrote - sometimes things happen behind the scenes. And obviously Linda Wallem was doing the very nice producer code speak. And perhaps Sleiman was being a diva and wanted the production to end (which as an actor with no storyline and character arc whatsoever in the series isn't beyond the bounds of possiblity).

But, putting my superficial hat on, NOOOOOOOOOOO.... he was so lovely to look at. I can't believe I won't be getting to see more of Mo-Mo.  And i don't mean more like that... well perhaps a little bit. :)

Beyond that, I'm sure the second series will be as strong as the first.