Subject: Getting On (US) Season 1-2 General Discussion Thread (Spoilers) [Print This Page] Author: codebreaker Time: 11-27-2013 23:37 Subject: Getting On (US) Season 1-2 General Discussion Thread (Spoilers)
Getting On (US) Premiered on HBO on November 24, 2013
At the Billy Barnes Extended Care Unit of Mt. Palms Hospital in Long Beach, Cal., the staff attends to the needs of female patients who are often “getting on” in years, while dealing with the challenges of a health-care bureaucracy in need of an overhaul. Even as they attempt to serve their charges under less-than-ideal circumstances, the lives of this ragtag crew are complicated by conflicting agendas, both professional and personal.
This new comedy series GETTING ON, based on the BBC series of the same name, begins its six-episode first season SUNDAY, NOV. 24 (10:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO. Created for American television by Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer (co-creators of the acclaimed HBO series “Big Love”), the show follows the daily lives of overworked nurses and doctors as they struggle with the darkly comic realities of tending compassionately to their aging charges in a rundown, red-tape-filled hospital extended-care wing, blending outrageous humor with unexpected moments of tenderness.
Cast regulars on GETTING ON include: Laurie Metcalf (three Emmys® for “Roseanne”) as Dr. Jenna James, who once hoped to become a medical-research star, but has instead been sentenced to purgatory at the facility; Alex Borstein (“Family Guy”) as Nurse Dawn, whose personal shortcomings and obsession with finding a boyfriend undermine her need to excel in her job; Niecy Nash (“Reno 911!”) as Nurse DiDi, whose easy rapport with patients should be an example to her superiors, but isn’t; and Mel Rodriguez (“Community”) as Patsy De La Serda, a reform-minded supervising nurse of ambiguous sexuality. Guest stars include Molly Shannon, Daniel Stern, Harry Dean Stanton, June Squibb and Irma P. Hall.
Author: codebreaker Time: 12-8-2013 14:11 Subject: 1x01 Born on the Fourth of July
DiDi discovering a turd or should I say feces on a chair in the lounge I thought was amusing but what a commotion about what to do with it was unbelievable Author: codebreaker Time: 12-8-2013 14:11
Author: codebreaker Time: 12-8-2013 14:30 Subject: 1x02 If You’re Going To San Francisco
DiDi having to deal with the highly uncooperative and feisty patient Varla was amusing but her language was really colourful Author: codebreaker Time: 12-8-2013 14:31
Author: codebreaker Time: 12-19-2013 01:13 Subject: 1x03 Make Someone Happy
How was DiDi to know not to put the two patients Birdy and Leonard in the day room at the same time but the blow job was amusing Author: codebreaker Time: 12-19-2013 01:14
I'm not surprised the homeless woman was suspiciously dumped in the ward as with a stench like that you wouldn't want to be associated with that and Dawn wining the grand prize in Dr. James' charity raffle would of been nice if she had paid for the tickets Author: codebreaker Time: 12-19-2013 01:34
DiDi waking up the patient to take her sleeping pill was amusing and the fitness of the 87 year old patient was unbelievable but Dawn being drunk was priceless Author: codebreaker Time: 12-29-2013 03:45
Author: codebreaker Time: 12-30-2013 00:48 Subject: 1x06 The Concert
Phyllis getting the run-around was unfortunate as her mother's condition worsens, improves and worsens again but her dying while they were all arguing was tragic Author: codebreaker Time: 9-18-2014 00:06
Telling the grieving family they need the bed by eleven was insensitive and DiDi operating the bed controls could of been fatal but the lights going out in the toilet was amusing, the pensioner refusing to leave until her vagina is rejuvenated was priceless Author: codebreaker Time: 11-10-2014 13:52
Dawn calling for an ambulance for Patsy after he collapsed at work was surprising considering they were in the hospital and the drunk patient was crazy as she was told it would kill her Author: codebreaker Time: 1-7-2015 12:29
The web interpreter for the patient was a nice idea but the fact the interpreter was also deaf made it hard to understand and the patient pretending to be dead was amusing Author: codebreaker Time: 1-7-2015 12:49
Dawn and DiDi struggling to get the tube up the patients nose was amusing but trust Dawn to pull it back out by accident but Didi being tempted by a visiting doctor was amusing and trying to find out who the photo belonged to was priceless Author: codebreaker Time: 1-7-2015 13:16
Jenna becoming known as Doctor Death when disturbing news about the hospice program came to light was unbelievable and Dawn getting married to the security guard did seem sudden Author: codebreaker Time: 1-7-2015 14:00
