RESCUE ME

[Howard]

still haven't watched The Shield yet either. Too many shows to watch haha.

Rob fail?

Ok. Rescue Me and The Shield have been added to the queue. Woot. Rescue Me is on instant. nice.

Redeemed. Barely. Best tip I can offer? Don't even try to compare The Shield to The Wire or The Sopranos. All three shows are fantastic at what they do.

[BillyG]

I'm going to start watching The Shield again (after I watch S3 of Mad Men), but I've had an itch to rewatch The Wire as well.

[Martin]

I watched Rescue Me for what, 4 seasons? I got a kid, hadto cut back some shows, and I got tired of all the depressive shit of the show, and how most characters weren't evolving. Heard it got better, but like House, it got the axe despite the great cast (Sheila aside...) and the strong main actor.

I might have to check out The Shield...

[Shit Dickface]

man Sheila is annoying as hell but I'd totally bone Callie Thorne my dick has an existential breakdown every time she shows up

[Nathan]

Ok. Rescue Me is on instant. nice.

Holy shit! Awesome!

[Ed Hocken]

I might have to check out The Shield...

You damn well better.

[BillyG]

Starts back up tonight. Super excited.

[BillyG]

The first four seasons of Rescue Me make up some of the best television you can watch. Five, six, and now apparently seven are shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. What a DULL fucking episode. And Rescue Me, as bad as it has become, hasn't been fucking DULL. Oh look Tommy fights his drinking. Tommy fights his family. TOMMY GOES KEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERAZY and shotguns up the bar (and why does his family all work there, I thought it was owned by the firemen?). Oh the beautiful ladies pick on Tommy but not without letting him know he really is devilishly handsome in his own way.

And ladies, I love you, so don't take this the wrong way...there is NO goddamn way a woman would have five kids, gone through all the stress she has, live on a fireman's salary and be as smoking hot as Janet. How could she afford eyeliner on that salary with all those kids in NYC let alone whatever super product that allows her to have a couple kids IN HER 40S and be a damn model.

[Martin]

Right on Billty. I bailed at season 4. It was just too much of the same, like you said.

And all the females in this are either crazy or completely crazy.

[BillyG]

I'm determined to see it through. I bailed on the final season of Nip/Tuck, but Rescue Me always has the firehouse to fall back on. At its worse the banter in the firehouse is always good for some laughs, and the actual firefighting scenes are always incredible.

[BMichaelKrol]

I left in the middle of season four, shortly after Janet and Tommy went to the shrink and recapped the last four years worth of events. The shrink's reaction -- you've got to be kidding me -- mirrored mine. Once they laid out all of the shit that happened I couldn't take it anymore.

I then got back into the show and I thought season five was pretty good. Bailed on season six and I watched the premiere last night. And yeah, it was pretty dull.

I find Janet's comraderie with Sheila more unrealistic than her source of income. I thought Tommy got a fair amount of dough after the fire at the beach house.

[BillyG]

Sheila bought that house, so I don't see how Tommy would have got a dime. And yes, Janet/Sheila being buddy buddy was probably the most insane thing. Brittany said "no way would two women that fought so much, especially because of a man, be that goddamn chummy. This show is more unrealistic than True Blood" which is funny because it's true.

[Martin]

Sheila and Tommy's wife are the most irrealistic template of female character, like ever. They're either always PMSing or sexually aroused around family members.

And oh surprise, after cops and firefighters, Leary's next show is about paramedics. Oh joy.

[BillyG]

I read that the paramedics show is supposed to be 30 minutes, and try to lean heavier on humor. That would be a good thing in both cases.

[BMichaelKrol]

Sheila bought that house, so I don't see how Tommy would have got a dime. And yes, Janet/Sheila being buddy buddy was probably the most insane thing. Brittany said "no way would two women that fought so much, especially because of a man, be that goddamn chummy. This show is more unrealistic than True Blood" which is funny because it's true.

I think there was an insurance settlement. I'm not clear on what exactly happened, but your point is well-met sir.