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Which is impressive news, except that the network said in the same breath that Courtney Cox's Dirt will also come back for a second go-round in 2008.
The network's announcement of premiere date for Glenn Close's legal drama, Damages, is further evidence that the testosterone blast of The Shield and Rescue Me that put FX on the map is giving way to an injection of estrogen.
Continue reading "Miscellaneous TV: It's Women's Day at FX" »
The third season finale of Rescue Me, happened to air just days after a raging fire in Bronx, NY (not too far from the Ladder 62, now that I think of it) claimed the life of Engine Co. 42's Lt. Howard Carpluk and "Probie" Michael Reilly, 25. The news broke hard around NYC like a quick kick in the chest - there hadn't been a day this bad for the FDNY since last year's "Black Sunday". Although the men died as heroes, in the truest, purest form of the word, their deaths were tragedies, the heft of which were felt across the five boroughs, as every newspaper in circulation applauded, honored and recounted their final moments, including Lt. Carpluk's last request to save the new guy. I have to admit that certain aspects of Rescue Me are lost on me as a television viewer. How can Tommy Gavin be such a truly horrible human being but so devoted to his firefighting brothers? And yet, while Tommy Gavin is only a fictonal character who brutalizes his family, cheats on his wife and acts, in general, like a total asshole, one could easily imagine him making the same plea in his final moments: "Save my Probie." That is the spirit, despite the characters actions (it is fiction, after all) series creators Denis Leary and Peter Tolan are trying to honor. To that end, this episode couldn't have come at a better time. While some of the plotlines remained outlandish (hurrah! Probie is Bi-Cured! Sheila's gone bonkers again! Would we want it any other way?), the brotherhood that this show represents in spades was extremely present, as the once fractured firehouse came back together. For so many reasons, that was a really good thing.
Continue reading "Rescue Me: Should He Stay or Should He Go?" »
Well, it's a good thing I don't have a problem being wrong. Even more so, it's a good thing I don't have a problem being wrong on an epic, public scale. So without giving everything away before the jump (the picture and these last two sentences probably make that point moot), let's just say that I was kind of way off on the "who's going to live, who's going to die" bit" for Rescue Me. As a whole, while the devastating stuff was devastating, the humor they tried to intersperse with it was, in my opinion, slightly uneven and uncharacteristically over the top. Yes, I realize that this is a show that turned Sean into a zombie, had Tommy duct tape a chatty girl's mouth shut during sex, and lets CrazyTaty walk around un(der)medicated. But for some reason the humor in this episode seemed a little forced, and most shockingly of all, inappropriate. That sounded a little too much like a real review to me, so I'll leave you with this before the jump: Boobies. Cooter. PeePee. Doodoo. There. Back on Track.
Holy. Crap. What a crazy ending, huh? Although various theories were being spun over what part illegal immigrant Carlyne would play in Capt. Jerry's life (JasonR's comments last week had me totally on the citizenship/marriage boat), I don't think anyone expected that. Yes, I am shamelessly trying to drum up some support for these last few Rescue Me recaps with a little mystery and intrigue. It's not an easy show to write about, people! So I want to see my new buddies in the forums (read: my new obsession) making this comments page sing! Because besides the Capt. Jerry shocker and the intense (hence the title of this week's recap) Johnny drama (holla at you, Umnata Entourage recap readers), we had Tommy taking a few steps closer to life on the blue horizon with Sheila, Lou schtupping a nun, Franco brokering a peace treaty with Richard the Retard, and CrazyTaty putting the kibosh on Sean's dream of getting married in the house of God. Come on, how could you not want to comment on a recap (that's 5 days late) that manages to use the terms "schtupping a nun" and "Richard the Retard" within its opening paragraph?
Hey all my Ladder 62 lovers. Without getting sued, let me just say that with the advent of advanced technologies in the digital recording world, so comes a laziness of sorts. Like for example, a laziness in believing that your Digital Recorder, whose manufacturer has been changed to BiBo to protect the innocent, will in fact record your favorite shows. Remember that newfangled contraption called the VCR? No matter what happened, you had to take the time to put a tape in the VCR if you wanted to catch the newest episode of Melrose Place, Angel, Cop Rock, etc.? However, now all you have to do is get a season pass to, say, Rescue Me, and you'll be under the incorrect impression that the show will record 100% of the time. This is what happened to me with this week's episode of Rescue Me. It recorded but only the last 35 minutes. So while I got to see the shocker of an ending, I missed the first half and will have to wait until tonight's replay at 11 pm (ET) to catch the whole episode. The recap will be up over the weekend. Sorry for the delay!