“Getting On” (US) season 1, episode 6: “The Concert” premieres tonight on HBO.
In this week’s episode, Phyllis gets the runaround as her mother’s condition worsens, improves and worsens again. Jenna tries to leverage her Cleveland opportunity into concessions from Dr. Stickley. DiDi’s patience wears thin after a debt remains unpaid. Staff members point fingers at each other after an equipment malfunction injures Cordelia, an irascible patient. The staff makes up when a patient dies and comes together to perform their weekly Caregiver Concert for everyone in the ward.
HBO’s synopsis of the show reads:
“At the Billy Barnes Extended Care Unit of Mt. Palms Hospital in Long Beach, Calif., 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. 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.”
“Getting On” USA season 1, episode 6: “The Concert” airs on Dec. 29, 10 p.m. EST, on HBO. Check out the preview below.
