Season 1
6 episodes
28 min. per episode
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In a chaotic hospital, a jaded nurse navigates absurd challenges, balancing compassion and frustration while confronting the harsh realities of aging.
Episodes
It's July 4th at the Billy Barnes Extended Care unit of Mt. Palms Hospital in Long Beach, CA. On her first day of work, Nurse DiDi Ortley discovers feces on a lounge chair, and is torn between the conflicting orders of unit veteran Nurse Dawn Forchette.
In the wake of Beverly's departure, a new Supervising Nurse, Patsy De La Serda, joins the Billy Barnes staff with a customer-centric agenda he's convinced will improve ward efficiency. A more docile patient named Donna wins DiDi's affection and displays impressive karaoke skills.
Patsy files a grievance against DiDi for remarks he deems inappropriate - Dr, James decides to go to a convention in Cleveland - a patient is caught in a romantic situation with her gentleman caller - Dawn gets evaluated with no exceptions.
Dr. James decides to implement a geriatric exercise program in the ward, upsetting Patsy, whose "Make Someone Happy" initiative now includes a live pianist and a fountain. DiDi discloses Patsy's relationship with Dawn to her union rep as proof her homophobic comment wasn't serious.
DiDi's serene evening shift in the ward is turned upside down after the arrival of a new patient and several unwelcome, inebriated visitors. Stopping by after a dinner party, Dr. James attends to her drunken husband Richard's ingrown toenail.
Cranky nurses, anxious doctors, and administrators wrestle with the darkly comic, honest, and compassionate realities of caring for the elderly in a rundown hospital.