“Let’s get moving before some other monster decides to get bratty.”

31. Nurse in London – Jane Converse

Holly, Los Angeles nurse, is the only person and the only nurse at the hospital who can tolerate Lee Watson, the English mega rock star who injured himself riding a motorcycle on amphetamines and had to have one leg amputated while the other was hopelessly crushed. There’s A LOT in here about the rock star ego, treating the whole patient so he can regain his gigantic confidence and can learn to manage the rest of his life, as well as him randomly telling Holly they’re getting married. Holly has not agreed to marry Lee or even date him. However, even after he whisks her away to London to still be his nurse and he doesn’t listen to her and won’t get off the hypo (morphine) and just hides that he’s still getting narcotic injections from Maxine, who solely serves that purpose and dresses like she identifies as Native American despite being English with much unfortunate descriptive phrasing, Holly seems to entertain the idea that Lee really loves her a little bit. He keeps saying he loves her, but, he won’t show her. He just tells her over and over again. He also does not love Maxine, he’s just addicted to drugs, which causes a hotel hallway catfight between Holly and Maxine that was unseemly.

Getting the drugs away from Lee by fighting with Maxine is deemed stupid by Lee’s real doctor, Dr. Glenn Raymond, who Holly does say she’s in love with after meeting him once and being insulted. This meeting is followed by her further being insulted by Dr. Raymond several times and then it turns out he’s just so stubborn and rude because he believes the tabloid rumours about Lee and Holly. He’s been regularly talking to one of his patients who always keeps up with the gossip about them like a schoolchild at lunch. When she reaches out to him, he’s a jerk. Then he tells her he’s loved her since he first saw her and, seriously? I know Holly doesn’t like the rock star lifestyle, but, dating someone with such volatile moods doesn’t seem that different. I mean, both dudes have significantly volatile moods, one just seems a lot quieter than the other. And Lee still hasn’t been told she’s not marrying him before the big free show where Holly and Glenn have to pretend they’re not dating already while Lee sends her a humongous bouquet. They’re medical professionals. They’re there in a professional watching and bouquet receiving capacity.

 

Wisting and Snuffy demonstrate the kind of communication skills prevalent in Nurse in London.