Getting On: The Complete First Season DVD

Getting On: The Complete First Season DVD

Cast: Laurie Metcalf, Alex Borstein, Nicey Nash, Mel Rodriguez
Genre: Comedy
Rated: M

From the creators of HBO's Big Love, this all-new comedy takes an off-kilter look at the dysfunctional staffers who must deal with the myriad professional and personal hurdles at the female-geriatric wing of a beleaguered California Hotel.

Set in a women's extended-care unit of a Long Beach, CA hospital, Getting On follows the daily lives of a ragtag staff assigned to care for elderly patients who are, well, getting on. Nurse DiDi is the no-nonsense newbie who spends her first day on the job being reprimanded for cleaning up unidentified feces left in the lounge. Unit veteran Nurse Dawn is tasked with training DiDi, but winds up obsessing over a budding relationship with male Supervising Nurse Patsy – a new hire who tries to implement a Disney-inspired, customer centric work culture, while fending off questions about his sexual orientation. Disgruntled Dr. Jenna James (Laurie Metcalf), appointed director of the ward thanks to a meltdown at the hospital proper, continues her above-it-all temper tantrums despite being given a fresh start. Dr. James and Patsy butt heads along the way, particularly when Patsy's surveys reveal that the whole lot of them are underperforming in this rundown, red-tape-filled hospital off-shoot.

Getting On: The Complete First Season
RRP: $39.95