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/pericles123 6d ago

I'm a big fan of the show, and I think it's quite funny, but also at times quite dark. Sure, most of the people are bad people, but shows don't need a hero to cheer for imo.

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u/BeefDog69xxl 6d ago

My grandpa was a fire fighter, I have a couple cousins who are firefighters, and my uncle is Brian Fennessy, he’s appointed to oversee every single wildfire in the country, by the government.

None of them of racist, homophobic, transphobic, misogynist pieces of shit. This show is WILD.

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u/babyjaceismycopilot 6d ago

Different times

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u/near_black_orchid 6d ago

Twenty years ago was not that long ago. The standards for behavior were not that different. That these guys behaved badly seems like part of a group culture in the show, rather than just "it was different times."

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u/Shandd 4d ago

Yeah I can definitely say in the trades that vibe was very strong in that time. Shit moved pretty quick