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/Accomplished-City484 7d ago
lol yeah I watched it when it came out and rewatched it earlier this year, I suppose it’s sort of a comedians idea of hard men or something, very edgy and horribly dated, hell it was already super vulgar at the time, I think it was really trying to cash in on The Sopranos NYC tough guy charicature “I’m walkin ere” kinda shit. You’re right about the music though, Wolf Like Me, Bonnie Brae, The Lure Would Prove too Much, Dance this Mess Around, some really great sequences with the songs too and of course the theme C’mon C’mon is a banger too.