Network: HBO
Episodes: 18 (hour)
Seasons: Three
TV show dates: November 24, 2013 — December 13, 2015
Series status: Ended
Performers include: Laurie Metcalf, Alex Borstein, Niecy Nash, Mel Rodriguez, Joel Johnstone, Molly Shannon, Harry Dean Stanton, and Daniel Stern.
TV show description:
Based on a British comedy of the same name, this series is set in Long Beach, California, at the Billy Barnes Extended Care Unit of Mt. Palms Hospital. The staff attends to the needs of female patients who are often “getting on” in years — while also dealing with the challenges of a health-care bureaucracy that’s in need of an overhaul.
Even as they attempt to serve their charges under less-than-ideal circumstances, the lives of the ragtag crew are complicated by conflicting agendas, both professional and personal.
Doctor Jenna James (Laurie Metcalf) is the director of medicine. She once hoped to become a medical-research star, but has instead been sentenced to purgatory at the facility. Head nurse Dawn Forchette (Alex Borstein) has many personal shortcomings and an obsession with finding a boyfriend. Both undermine her need to excel in her job.
Nurse Denise “DiDi” Ortley (Niecy Nash) has an easy rapport with the patients and should be an example to her superiors but she isn’t. And Patsy De La Serda (Mel Rodriguez) is a new supervising nurse of ambiguous sexuality.
Episode #18 — Reduced to Eating Boiled Magazines and Book Paste
As the staff attempts to stave off the closure of Billy Barnes, DiDi takes to the picket lines in a last-ditch effort. Jenna tries to weasel her way out of a hastily made offer. Patsy is intrigued by Margueritte’s revelation during a secret-sharing session. After a ruse is exposed, Dawn inadvertently sets in motion a chaotic chain of events that seals the fate of the ward.
First aired: December 13, 2015
What do you think? Do you like the Getting On TV series? Do you think it should have been cancelled or renewed for a fourth season?
My Husband and I REALLY LOVE this show❤️Will be extremely disappointed if a new Season (3), is not Renewed
PLEASE renew this show! The cast is brilliant…especially Laurie Metcalf. It manages to be extremely funny, yet heart wrenching & sympathetic at the same time.
I really enjoy the homor go Getting On. It helps us laugh and think about. Long term care in a different light It has value
SO HAPPY THIS WAS RENEWED!!! This is the funniest thing on TV right now & as a nurse, I find it spot-on. The crazy things going on in hospitals today at the administrative levels really is trying for the floor nurses. It is so refreshing to see something on TV that speaks to the current state of our institutions. Common sense has gone out the window, (LEAN training–yes I noticed Patsy’s pin—, incident reports, performance improvement, Disneyland & quality stat’s, customer satisfaction) ……..AND…………there is SO MUCH MORE this show could explore!!!!! The casting is superb and it is written to… Read more »
Great show!
Very Funny, but shows compassion for Hospice Patients!
Please renew!
Awesome, wry, witty writing and acting! Still shaking my head in wonder!
a scream. I have worked in real life with all the characters. keep it going
Great show. Keep on as long as possible.
The show is great. Nothing like it. Cast terrific.
it is the funniest show and the most realistic show i have seen in a long time…i could watch it every day (oh,i already live it, i am a nurse!)
I love this show. Please bring it back. The cast is wonderful.
I love, love, love this show. I have recommended it to everyone with an sense of intelligence and humor that I know. Please keep it on.
I love this show! Superb and intelligent comedy at its best. Alex Borstein is magnificent as well as Niecy Nash, Didi who is extremely funny. Bring us these nursing experiences that related to all of us somehow, someday. These memories and these characters are reminders to us of human nature behaving when it comes to dealing with the elderly. It brings sad and happy moments. But the star here is Laurie Metcalf as Dr. Jenna James! It remind us someone we already met that acts like that and is half coo- coo crazy but is also a professional who should… Read more »
Getting On is a great show. Very funny. Please bring it back.
If you have ever had an elderly loved one in a healthcare facility, this show is the medicine YOU need. Hilarious! Laurie Metcalf is amazing as always. Why only 6 episodes?
Hilarious show. More episodes please!’m