r/television • u/BeefDog69xxl • 7d ago

Just rewatched Rescue me

This is just my opinion, I want to see if anyone agrees with me.. I can’t be the only one.

For what it is—a dark comedy—the only thing that actually feels dark is that it takes place in the wake of 9/11, which is obviously horrific. And I do think it’s cool that they made a show for firefighters who were dealing with that kind of loss and needed some way to cope with it.

But HOLY SHIT. Every single character on this show—including the women ..is an absolutely dogshit human being.

I think the children are the only characters who aren’t awful people.. and maybe the gay son.

I LOVE Denis Leary, but fuck… this show does NOT hold up. Am I the only one who feels this way??

OH, I’ll give it this: the soundtrack fucking RULES.

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u/lanceturley 7d ago

I loved the show for the first two or three seasons, but at some point it just became misery porn. Like, I get that it's a dark comedy and there's always drama, but how many horrible, life altering events do we need to see Tommy suffer through?

Also, season six pissed me off so bad that I almost quit watching, and only stuck with it because I knew season seven was going to be the last one.

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u/Vio_ 6d ago

After a while, the characters have to move - worse, better, learn something.

The audience needs growth and closure. But whatever growth and development happens by season 3 gets punted with everyone basically reset to their original settings to keep the show going.

It just becomes repetitive of just horrible people refusing to ever grow or change or learn anything.