Peter Facinelli

Peter Facinelli is Fitch Cooper on Nurse Jackie, attending-physician voltage on a ward that is also a secret. Best nurse, functioning addict, clinical dark comedy. Facinelli sells ego as weather — not a soap doctor sticker, a man the floor has to work around and with. The series-ending choice still starts break-room fights; Cooper is part of the argument about who owns the hospital’s story. Call the run Showtime, 2009–2015. Nurse Jackie is the hour; Facinelli occupies it as Fitch Cooper.

On TV Flash he is 2000s catalog ensemble craft. We file Fitch with the hours that made a half-hour hurt. Watch the attending. Facinelli is why the series photographs as a workplace, not only a habit. Falco holds the lead voltage; he is the white coat with a pulse and a problem.

Facinelli’s handshake as Fitch Cooper on Nurse Jackie is s01e01. Pilot puts Jackie Peyton on the floor: Edie Falco's half-hour antiheroine, clinical dark comedy, Showtime already treating competence as a cover story. If you only have one more hour, take s02e01. Comfort Food reopens year two on a coping-noun title: the floor still the stage, functioning addiction still the engine under the scrubs. 2009–2015 on Showtime is the span; the codes keep a long run from turning into a vibe.

Whatever Nurse Jackie became in the rerun — comfort, camp, appointment heat — Facinelli is still on the clock as Fitch Cooper. Peter is ensemble steel — Fitch Cooper is why Nurse Jackie photographs as a staffed room instead of a one-face hour. s01e01 and s02e01 are enough of a tour.