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Provide a glimpse into the show’s world.

In my mind, opening credits should do one of three things (and, preferably, as many as possible within reason). And so when Daniel Fienberg and Alan Sepinwall prompted a discussion on Twitter this afternoon about opening credits sequences (in particular the apparently quite good opening to FOX’s Human Target, debuting later this month), I knew it was finally the chance to discuss in further detail the degree to which I despise and loathe the opening credits sequence to Showtime’s Nurse Jackie.Īnd how, while I understand why Alan would lament the loss of the credits sequence to both supposed audience impatience and shorter running times, there are some shows where all the opening credits do is hearken back to an identity that the show is either no longer associated with or, worse yet, was never associated with to begin with.īefore I get to why Nurse Jackie’s opening credits are so categorically awful, I want to give you my criteria for a good title sequence. However, I don’t think I’ve ever quite said enough about one particular subject, because every time I think about it my blood figuratively boils. However, through episode reviews and Twitter, most of those ideas get to the surface, which is usually enough to satiate my critical appetite enough to keep them from overpowering the rest of my life. When you write about television as much as I do, there are always ideas for posts floating around in your head – you get to the point where you can’t watch something without constructing a post around it, which can be somewhat daunting when you watch as much television as I do. Why Nurse Jackie has the Worst Credits Sequence in Television Credits where Credits Are (or Aren’t) Due:

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