Getting On on HBO

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.

Series Finale:
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?

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Sonya

October 15, 2015 5:31 pm

Please renew for fifty years. Funniest, yet touching show on TV. Everything does not have to be geared to twelve year old boys.

Maureen Davidson

August 25, 2015 4:45 am

I wish they would leave the good stuff alone. I work in an ER and we all just love Getting On.
Bad move hbo.

Tracey

July 27, 2015 9:32 am

Please, bring it back . It is so funny and the actors are great. I love Alex, Neicy, and Laurie. Why would it be cancelled? I’m baffled.

July 27, 2015 9:28 am

This is the funniest series on HBO. Do NOT cancel it.

Nika

June 28, 2015 7:39 pm

I lobe love love this show….. It is hilarious. I turned my coworkers onto this show and we couldn’t stop laughing. Please bring this show BACK!!!!

ralph navarro

June 23, 2015 9:17 pm

It was a marvelous, unique and creative series. Please bring it back. The subtle humor was very well crafted and acted by Laurie, Niecy and the rest. It has been an homage to those that are aging and dependent. That’s a gift in our fast paced lives.