Get To Work: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

Sundance Channel | Sundance TV | Season Premiere Date: August 13, 2012

Summary: The docu-series looks at the people who utilize STRIVE, a job placement program at San Diego's Second Chance.

Genre(s): Reality, Documentary

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E9. Wake Up and Smell Reality
Air Date: October 1, 2012
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S1:E8. Hustling Only Gets You So Far
Air Date: September 24, 2012
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S1:E7. Check Yourself, Before You Wreck Yourself
Air Date: September 17, 2012

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Neil Genzlinger

Aug 15, 2012

Though these people may not resemble any job seekers you know, the portraits feel about as honest as reality TV gets. Read full review

Mary McNamara

Aug 15, 2012

Beyond the emotional pull of the individual stories, Get to Work breaks down a certain us/them barrier, showing with painful clarity the holes left by the absence of family structure and education. Read full review

James Poniewozik

Aug 15, 2012

While it's a rough, sometimes grim, process, it feels that much more well-earned when, at the end of the first episode, one student, Bobby–who struggled to speak for himself in mock interviews–visits a future class to report that he's held a carpentry job for a month. Read full review

Hank Stuever

Aug 16, 2012

It's all so real it verges on the mundane, but the show is also strong and necessary medicine for these times. Read full review

Nancy DeWolf Smith

Aug 24, 2012

It is neither a cheap thrill or too painful to watch these lost souls being drilled in first impressions. Read full review

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: August 13, 2012
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  S1:E9. Wake Up and Smell Reality
  Air Date: October 1, 2012
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  S1:E8. Hustling Only Gets You So Far
  Air Date: September 24, 2012
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  S1:E7. Check Yourself, Before You Wreck Yourself
  Air Date: September 17, 2012
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  S1:E6. A Complete 180
  Air Date: September 10, 2012
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  S1:E5. Pressure Does Two Things
  Air Date: September 3, 2012
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  S1:E4. Don't Get Comfortable
  Air Date: August 27, 2012
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  S1:E3. Walking That Beam
  Air Date: August 13, 2012
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  S1:E2. Stand and Deliver
  Air Date: August 20, 2012
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  S1:E1. Get to Work
  Air Date: August 14, 2012