"You know why all the history books are written by men?"
Nurse DiDi Ortley asks, as the third
and final season of Getting On begins.
"Because women were too busy getting all of the work done."
Who does the work, and who simply takes credit for it, is a tension
at the heart of HBO’s smart workplace comedy,
at the heart of HBO’s smart workplace comedy,
where doctors, nurses, and administrators
all jockey for position in a hospital
extended care unit where the only
contented people seem to be
the contented dead.
Based on a British series with the same name, the American version of Getting On retains its predecessor’s bleak premise but roots itself firmly in America’s demented health care system. It is one of the smallest shows on HBO, both in size (each season consists of just six 30-minute episodes) and in popular reception (it has stayed stubbornly under the radar). Despite a well-deserved Emmy nomination for Niecy Nash, who plays DiDi, Getting On is the sort of show you stumble on while browsing HBO Go and then wonder why you’ve never heard of it before.
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