Myriad interpersonal issues are building to critical mass in the penultimate episode of the season. A certain incident leads Den and Kim to be more assertive in their dealings with Pippa, going so far as to contradict her orders and give her attitude in front of patients. You can tell something’s gotta give; penultimate episodes are generally good for that sort of tension, and this show delivers nicely in that regard.
A few
more entries to the list of bizarre, counterproductive hospital policies.
A new nursing student on the ward rigidly does everything by the book, and that
often means she’s unable to do anything that actually needs doing. Also,
there’s a new rule that prohibits nurses from informing family members that their
loved one has died – only a doctor can do that. There’s a great, awful
sequence of Kim dancing around a relative’s questions while escorting him
around the hospital in search of a doctor. So good, so painful.
Not
much to say about the direction in particular; the best moments come from the
writing. Still, PC has definitely captured the not-explicitly-a-mockumentary-but-totally-looks-like-a-mockumentary
feel of the genre.
I know
there’s a third, PC-free season of the show. Though I was kind of iffy
about it to start with, I’ve really grown to enjoy Getting On, and I might check out the third season if it’s not too
hard to track down.
Warnings
Some
rather pointed sexual references today.
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