On 'Access Hollywood Live' (weekdays, syndicated), Peter Facinelli discusses what it's like to play a character with "sexual Tourette's" such as the boob-grabbing Dr. Fitch "Coop" Cooper on 'Nurse Jackie.'

Facinelli said the character is especially fun to play because the gropings are meant to be completely unconscious. "It's [an] involuntarily movement. He doesn't even really notice he's doing it. So, it's kind of fun to play," he said.

Peter Facinelli explains the strange tic his character has on 'Nurse Jackie,' which compels him to grab the title character's breasts whenever he gets nervous. But, Jennifer Koppelman Hutt doesn't think this sounds like such a bad idea on 'Whatever With Alexis and Jennifer' (weekdays, 11AM ET on Hallmark).

It's just another day at the office on 'Nurse Jackie' (Mon., 10PM ET on SHO). In the middle of the latest ER crisis, Dr. Cooper needs an attitude adjustment, Jackie tells him.

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"My attitude? You're telling everybody to beat the crap out of each other to defend themselves!" The two start arguing, with Jackie saying he's abusive to nurses.

Zoey then interjects to revert his attention back to the patient. Coop's nervous disposition gets the better of him, and he grabs Zoey's breast.

Lenny then storms over and punches Dr. Cooper in the nose. Bad attitudes, nurse abuse, physical violence -- all within a few minutes if you work in this ER.

One of the things that drove me nuts about the first season of Showtime's 'Nurse Jackie' was all the Jackie worship going on.

Yes, Edie Falco's character of the drug-addicted, adultering nurse Jackie Peyton was good at her job, and seems to have a much better bedside manner than most of the people working at All Saints Hospital. And, yes, the premise of the show, especially in that first season, was that she was somehow keeping all of her worlds separate and her lies in order, despite being in a highly stressful job.

But most of the juggling that Jackie was doing seemed pretty unrealistic -- especially in the romance department -- and I'm happy to see that some of those balls are finally falling to the ground.

'Nurse Jackie' is one of those shows that keeps audiences in a love-hate relationship with its main character -- and that's exactly why we adore it.

The unapologetic titular character, expertly played by ,a href="http://www.aoltv.com/celebs/edie-falco/1954797/main">Edie Falco, is surrounded by a group of ragtag coworkers, including Coop, a breast-grabbing socially awkward doctor (Peter Facinelli), and Zoey (Merritt Wever), an enthusiastic nursing student perpetually clad in bunny rabbit scrubs.

I sat down with the three stars to hear all about the "rollercoaster ride" that is season 2, big guest stars, new romances and what makes this show so special.

'Twilight' star Peter Facinelli jokes about a manipulated image of Martha Stewart as a vampire, causing her to threaten him with a wooden spoon on 'The Martha Stewart Show' (weekdays, syndicated).

Stewart recalls being disciplined with a wooden spoon as a child and then seemingly begins to argue that modern parents could do the same today. However, she quickly abandons this line of thought. "Well, parents can do ... they can still ... oh, I guess they can't," Stewart said, citing Alex Baldwin as a parent who used questionable techniques and got caught.

Watch the video after the jump.

I still haven't gotten used to the seasons that cable shows have. Mad Men's on in the summer, shows like Burn Notice and Psych split their seasons into two half-seasons. Is Arlis$ still on?

The second season of Nurse Jackie premieres on Showtime March 22 at 10PM. Here's the trailer. Twitter is involved.

(S01E12) "I've never been a fan of movies where idiots talk to people in comas." - Mrs. Akalitus to a comatose Mr. Nutterman

Well, things didn't go as wrong as I thought they might have, with the whole Eddie hanging with Kevin at the bar business. Yeah, it wasn't good, and Jackie downing three vials of morphine was just ... not sure what to think of it. Was she trying to kill herself, or just numb the pain from everything?

My favorite part of the episode was Zoey and her sweetness at wearing the gray scrubs and being all mopey after getting sacked from dealing with patients. I was glad when she put on the bunny scrubs again, but things don't look good for movie critic guy losing his memory. "Oh my god, I broke him," she says.

(S01E11) Nothing really jumped out at me about this episode ... well, ok, the spider scene. And the end scene. That opened up a big can o' worms for Jackie that I'm sure will have big consequences for her one way or another. And I appreciated seeing Victor Garber as the movie critic patient, and the mess Zoey made while caring for him.

But that's how Nurse Jackie operates. There usually aren't any major "wow" scenes; the episodes just sort of float along, one playing off of the other in more of a real-life fashion.

In case anyone hasn't seen the episode yet, I'll get into more details after the jump.

(S01E10) "Just for the record, I'm officially questioning your judgment." - O'Hara to Jackie

This episode of Nurse Jackie drove me a little nuts. All through my notes are little messages to Jackie, like I think she's going to see my notes and take my advice -- before she ruins her life even further.

I mean, I've commented before how difficult it must be keeping her personal life completely separate from her work life, and this episode was like a time bomb waiting to go off.

You just know that sooner or later, she's going to be so fried that she'll forget who knows what, and say something to reveal her secret -- just like she almost did to Mo-Mo when she started talking about the mother-daughter tap dance class.

(S01E09) "She's just a nurse." - Dr. Cooper to Melissa, talking about Jackie

Sometimes I think Dr. Cooper is starting to be a human being, and then he turns around and says something really stupid. Females are naturally more empathetic than guys, so I would think that having two moms would have made him a little bit more sensitive. Guess not.

He really was a jerk in this episode, and I imagine Jackie having to make the decision about the organ donor (the PETA card!) will come back to haunt her. But what's a nurse to do? Get another doctor maybe? I don't care if he DID stay awake for 53 hours once.

(S01E08) "Honey, I know I'm pretty, but you just wasted 30 seconds staring at me." - Mo-Mo, to a male nurse who needs to get back to work

Well, there are certain things about Nurse Jackie that you just know are going to come into play. Like the assisted suicide story we had recently, and tonight's chilling opening scene where Jackie's daughter accidentally gets Jackie's drugs mixed into the sprinkles on her doughnut (loved that slo-mo camera work, though).

Sooner or later, Jackie's not going to catch stuff like that, and it'll be disastrous. I know we've talked about this before, but you have to wonder how she can function so well doing all those drugs. And what would happen if she suddenly didn't have access to them.

(S01E07) "I am God, and you are an asshole." - God

Oh, the times I've wanted to say that in my life. I'm sort of living vicariously through Nurse Jackie these days. She does stuff that everyone else wants to do, but doesn't because they don't have the guts. Like:

• Yanking the catheter out of the repeat sex-offender, then telling Mo-Mo, "He's a fucking pedophile!"
• Giving the Cartier bracelet that Eddie gave her to the morphine-drugged, steak-knife guy to give to the girl who's really just looking for a nice guy.
• Telling God to get back on his meds.

Yes, I want to be Nurse Jackie when I grow up.

(S01E06) "Nonsense. Nothing is better if I leave." - O'Hara to Nurse Jackie

Come on, people! I'm not getting much comment love on my Nurse Jackie reviews. Is no one watching the show? Because I'm sort of loving it at this point.

Well, I guess it had to happen. It was a sure bet that we'd get a storyline where Jackie plays Dr. Kevorkian and helps a patient end their life. I have to think there's no way that crusty old Nurse Korsenowski would have done well in palliative care. Why not let her go out in dignity?

Jackie is all about breaking the rules for the good of the patient, but was this really for the good of the patient? I think it was, and the "do no harm" thing would have been if she hadn't helped her die. It would have done more harm for her to go into hospice. Thoughts, please!

(S01E05) "It wasn't even my money. I got it off a dead guy in the morgue." - Nurse Jackie to Zoey, after giving a surly woman money to buy a pregnancy test at a drug store

Lots of interesting stuff in this episode, the above quote being one of them. Jackie told Zoey she was kidding, but I'm pretty sure she wasn't. Giving a woman money to buy a pregnancy test at a drug store -- rather than clog up the emergency room because she doesn't have enough money or is too cheap to buy a pregnancy test herself -- is classic Jackie. Getting the money from a dead guy in the morgue? Spot on. Hey, that money might as well be used for the greater good.