Getting On (2013)

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Season 2
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Nov 24, 2013
Season #: 3, 2, 1
Metascore
85

Universal acclaim - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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Critic Reviews

  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Melissa Maerz
    Nov 7, 2014
    100
    If the hospital staff is desensitized to basic human dignity, the show makes sure its audience never is. [14/21 Nov 2014, p.100]
  2. Denver Post
    Reviewed by: Joanne Ostrow
    Nov 7, 2014
    90
    The best comedy you're not watching.... Laurie Metcalf ("Roseanne"), Alex Borstein ("Family Guy") and Niecy Nash ("Reno 911") simply kill it as an ensemble, doing justice to the sharp writing of Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer.
  3. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    Nov 7, 2014
    83
    Getting On comes back in a mode so low-key that the show feels inconsequential, setting up a season of diminishing returns. But by the third episode, things really start to click again.
  5. Sioux City Journal
    Reviewed by: Bruce Miller
    Nov 20, 2014
    80
    It slips into a world you probably never knew (or cared about) and finds a way to make you utterly invested.
  6. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Hank Stuever
    Nov 7, 2014
    80
    All the reasons viewers first loved Getting On are here again.
  7. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Elise Nakhnikian
    Nov 7, 2014
    75
    This is farce with a heart, shot through with unlikely moments of grace and warmed by an aura of bemused acceptance.

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User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 32 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 32
  3. Negative: 5 out of 32
  1. tvshark
    Nov 12, 2014
    10
    My new favorite show on TV. Loved the first season and the season two premiere confirmed my love for it. Well acted and superbly written,My new favorite show on TV. Loved the first season and the season two premiere confirmed my love for it. Well acted and superbly written, it'll make you laugh and cry at the same time, which is super hard to do. Can't wait to watch the rest.… Full Review »
  2. haw2991
    Nov 12, 2014
    9
    A rare show that manages to succeed in making you laugh hysterically and contemplate the harsh reality of life at the same time. The premiereA rare show that manages to succeed in making you laugh hysterically and contemplate the harsh reality of life at the same time. The premiere episode of Season two Getting On doesn't miss a beat and continues to deliver the goods.… Full Review »
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