Rescue Me returns

Great start to the season.

The scene with Tommy and his cousin outside the church epitomized why I love this show. It was essentially a dramatic scene, filled with unbelievably funny moments.

 

"a ball - you cut your chances of ball cancer in half."

The firehouse scenes are the best.

 

I've waited 19 months for tonight. It is hard to think, the last epsiode of season four ran in September of 2007!

I thought the first 30 minutes of the show was weak, as if they were trying to impress new viewers or something. It was almost like a pilot. I was very dissapointed.

Then come the last 30 minutes and I was blown away. I mean hell, the last 10 minutes was about bootsie the shitting dog! Can't get any better than that.

 

Very true, I wish they'd do more with those, because the rest of the show was kind of so-so last night.

 

Actually, the endless promos for Rescue Me during the movie were pretty annoying. Great movie, but I agree it's got some flaws. And Mr. Scorsese, did we really need to have the little rat running along the patio railing at the end?

 

Other than the cock fart line, tonight's episode was short on laughs. It moved the stories along, but that's about it.

 

I'm told the line of the night was:
Tommy: "So, I'm not crazy?"
Doctor: "Oh, you're Margot Kidder-hiding-in-the-bushes crazy. But the NYFD expects you to run into fires. You gotta be crazy."

 

Agreed. I thought last night's show was really funny. I feel like the first two eps have set up the season well and they'll start getting a little more intense pretty soon. The other thing is that since it's 23 episodes they can't go quite as big as early as they did in the first three seasons.

 

Anyone know when this episode reruns or if I can find it on the web?

 

I felt so guilty for laughing at that shit. but i laughed my ass off.

 

Agreed. Unfortunately, that's about the only thing even remotely close to depicting the reality of firemen and firefighting. The show's still entertaining, though.