Rescue Me: The Complete Third Season
by Jace Alexander, John Fortenberry, Ken Girotti, Peter Tolan
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Actor: Denis Leary, Jack McGee, James McCaffrey, Michael Lombardi, Steven PasqualeDirector: Jace Alexander, John Fortenberry, Ken Girotti, Peter Tolan
Brand: Sony
Writer: Denis Leary
Writer: John Scurti
Writer: Peter Tolan
Writer: Evan T. Reilly
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.78:1
Running Time: 570 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-06-05
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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- Condition: Used, Very Good
- Format: DVD
- Color; Box set; Closed-captioned; Dolby; NTSC
Movie Reviews of Rescue Me: The Complete Third Season
Movie Review: Rescue Me's Controversial Season Three.
Summary: 5 Stars
Rescue Me is one of two good reasons to own a television these days. (Mad Men is the other.) Set in post-9/11 New York City, Season One of Rescue Me (which premiered in 2004) introduced viewers to a crew of NYC firefighters working, smoking, drinking, and socializing together. The show centers on Denis Leary, who plays the role of a self-destructive firefighter named Tommy Gavin. He is a mercurial, chain-smoking anti-hero, who struggles with alcoholism and dysfunctional relationships. Although Tommy and his wife Janet (Andrea Roth) were separated, he continued to live across the street clinging to the hope that he could somehow salvage his marriage, despite the fact that his estranged wife was already dating a new, white-collar guy. Despite his many flaws, Tommy is a good father who loves his three children. He lost his cousin, Jimmy Keefe, in the September 11th attacks, and was secretly seeing Jimmy's widow, Sheila. Tommy is frequently haunted by the many victims of 9/11 he failed to save.
Season One also introduced us to a cast of equally well-drawn supporting characters. For instance, viewers met Chief Jerry Reilly (Jack McGee), a homophobic father of a gay firefighter. Firefighter Sean Garrity decided to secretly date one of his coworker's former lovers. That coworker, Franco Rivera (Daniel Sunjata), discovered he had a 5-year-old daughter with a psycho ex-girlfriend. Lt. Kenneth Shea (John Scurti) coped with his post-9/11 trauma by writing poetry. Mike Siletti (Mike Lombardi) fell for a "fat chick" named Theresa (Ashlie Atkinson). Firefighter Laura Miles is always at odds with her male coworkers, and with Tommy in particular.
Season Two then premiered on June 21, 2005, and picked up where Season One ended, with Tommy working at a new firehouse on Staten Island. He eventually returned to his old house when his co-workers discovered Tommy's replacement, Sully, had a thing for wearing women's clothing. While Tommy continued in his attempts to reconcile with his family, he not only discovered he had a half-brother, a priest and a suspected pedophile, but he also lost a child in a drunk-driving incident.
Season Three is sensational in that it is marked by one controversial scene after the next. It premiered on May 30, 2006, and resumed the storyline where Season Two left off. When his ex-wife Janet begins sleeping with Tommy's brother (Johnny), Tommy and Janet have a very physical sexual encounter, a scene which sparked a controversy for its graphic depiction of violent sex. Shortly thereafter Tommy embarks on a relationship with Johnny's ex-wife (played by Marissa Tomei). Meanwhile, Franco begins dating an older woman (played by Susan Sarandon), and Probie immerses himself in a sexual relationship with his (male) roommate. Sheila then drugs Tommy with a date-rape cocktail and Viagra just to have sex.
It's easy to understand why this show was nominated for an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series, and an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series during its first season. The show continues to realistically confront social taboos like dysfunctional relationships, depression, alcoholism, homophobia, rape Alzheimer's disease, and the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Rescue Me is must-see television.
G. Merritt
Summary of Rescue Me: The Complete Third Season
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