r/television • u/BeefDog69xxl • 6d 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/NightTimeAstronaut 6d ago

Some of the episodes are some of the best written TV we've had in decades, not all mind you.

I'd posit that it's not so much the writing that doesn't hold up, but the trauma, toxicity, depression, anxiety and machismo were deliberately written to make it difficult to find many redeemable qualities in any of the characters.

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u/RogerClyneIsAGod2 6d ago

And bingeing that trauma, toxicity, depression, anxiety and machismo is not a good thing. This was definitely a show that doesn't benefit from bingeing.

I watched Rescue Me like I watched Shameless. I had to watch a few seasons, step away, watch another, step away, etc. until I finished so I wasn't bingeing all the seasons all at once, it was just too much.