Getting On
Created by Mark V. Olsen, Will Scheffer
On HBO
A darkly comic, character-driven study of mortality and care work in a geriatric ward, balancing brutal honesty with quiet compassion.
Set in a geriatric extended care wing of a down-at-the-heels hospital, Getting On follows put-upon nurses, anxious doctors and administrators as they struggle with the darkly comic, brutally honest and quietly compassionate realities of caring for the elderly.
Essence
Ensemble
Laurie Metcalf
Jenna James
Alex Borstein
Dawn Forchette
Niecy Nash
Didi Ortley
Mel Rodriguez
Patsy de la Serda
Joel Johnstone
Dr. Andrew Cesario
Brandon Fobbs
Antoine Robertson
Molly Shannon
Phyllis Marmatan
Ann Morgan Guilbert
Birdy Lamb
Mark Harelik
Dr. Paul Stickley
June Squibb
Varla Pounder
Kimberly Celemen
Kitty Doris
Lindsey Kraft
Marguerite Macaw
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