The FUN in Funeral - 
by Umnata
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.
The whole pre-credit sequence of this episode is awesome. Set to the song "Hell Is Around the Corner" by Tricky, we see everyone get the news about Johnny's passing. Tommy gets the call first; he handles it with eerie calmness, while in his car. I guess when you're Tommy Gavin, getting a phone call that person X in your life is dead has started to become old hat. Tommy goes to the morgue, identifies the body and starts the death phone chain, which is like the snow day phone chain, only much sadder. Say what we will about this fractured family unit, but the Gavins are tight in their own spouse raping, brother beating, drug inducing way. It's actually quite touching to see (the whole sequence is done with no dialogue) as the news travels to Cousin Mickey, Sheila, CrazyTaty, and finally, Janet and the girls. Again, it's no secret that Janet is not my favorite character on television, but FINE, you win Janet: I feel bad for you.
At the firehouse, the guys are clueless about Johnny. They are actually quite concerned about the fact that Capt. Jerry is two hours late, something which never happens. Tommy is also MIA, but I'm assuming that is a much more common occurence. Probie, the most lost of all without a clearly defined leader, asks Lou what he wants to do. Lou wants to eat donuts, watch Frankenstein, and let that lead to a jerk off session. I don't why but the random series of events of jerking off, eating donuts and Boris Karloff as Frankenstein is hysterical to me. Tommy, who is also finally comes in to tell the guys about Johnny. "They shot my brother." He has to go over to tell PopaBear in person; Johnny was his golden boy, and he might not take it so well. Lou volunteers to go with Tommy to lend a hand. Sean, recently freed from the chains that have the words Crazy and Taty etched into them, walks in to the room excited about the hot girl who just walked by with a massive rack. "It's like a double eclipse!" The guys ignore him and then tell Tommy that Captain Jerry is missing. Tommy makes some suggestions about where he might be. Lou also takes the reigns of the boys in the firehouse. You see! Lou's a natural leader! He needs Capt. Jerry's job. Lou and Tommy start to leave, when Sean comes in to complain about the "total eclipse" only being partial (they were fake), no one's paying any attention to him. "Who died?" Oh Sean!
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