Best show ever made. - Rescue Me (2004) Discussion

[–] martinamw 11 years ago

agreed
I've found anything after RM to kind of suck. have you found another show like this? I know everyone is crazy about Walking Dead but I just can't get into it. I don't know if it's bc I think the whole zombie thing is over done and cliched or I just like more realism which is why I love RM
but haven't found anything comparable

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[–] ferguson-tracy-431-108454 11 years ago

I follow Walking Dead just to ease out of the trauma of the end of Breaking Bad.

I agree it's hard to find a show like this, they are far and few.

There is a new netflix series called Orange is the New Black. You can catch the whole 1st season right now. It was excellent and I put it up there in the top 10.

It's racy but sounds like your used to that ;o)

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[–] rofkr 9 years ago

you should watch 6 feet under if you haven't already seen it already. Its not the same type of show as rescue me but it is on its own level of good as well.

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[–] nilbog44 8 years ago

Fargo. Justified. Game Of Thrones

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[–] ebonyknight 10 years ago

Yes, this is the most "unique" show I have ever seen. Haven't seen anything like it before (and that's an understatement). The way the merge serious drama, with funny and dark humor, is a highly unusual mix.

Definitely an excellent series, I discounted. I need to seriously pay better attention to netflix ratings. This is another series I discounted until I blind watched it, due to needing something new to watch.

It's just an oddly great series.

I too am watching TWD, but I am finding it harder and harder to watch each season, due to the continuing need to adjust my suspension of disbelief. As a drama series, it is failing to keep my attention. It's like a train wreck. You don't want to look but just have to watch.

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[–] sockscats 10 years ago

The show is too pornographic to be taken that seriously.

Yes a good show that well written and acted perhaps a bit melodramatic but the constant reference to the male organ and the dry humping takes the show down a notch or 2.

Not sure why the obsession with all things sexual or why they have to depict somebody screwing every 15 minutes but it cheapens the show.

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[–] sockscats 10 years ago

I wonder what would cause a person to be drawn to a show that is in constant crisis mode? A show where somebody dies every other episode, a show where absolutely nobody is normal or happy.

The firefighters at this ladder are the dumbest, most morally deplorable bunch of idiots i have ever seen. A real FDNY fireman would have to be insulted. One guy lives with a man but it doesn't occur to him he might be gay. Most of them are addicted to drugs or alcohol.

Denis Leary's Tommy character seems to only exist to get Leary laid. Tommy the super cool, super hip life saving mentally ill A-hole! But always cool with the leather and the sunglasses. The sexual athlete who shows his vulnerable side every 3rd show for balance.

then there is the relationship between Tommy and his wife, i mean estranged wife. Can't just get a damn divorce like half the rest of the country they have to leave the option of them reconciling open. Good for ratings. Tommy rapes her every so often but it is ok because by the time he is done she is enjoying it.

The only real 3 dimensional character is the chief but they have him killing himself. Firefighters do that you know.

Did i mention in my previous post the constant reference to sex and dick?

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[–] jfitz_returns 10 years ago

Tommy rapes her every so often but it is ok because by the time he is done she is enjoying it.

Right, that happens every third episode. (You should probably skip GOT) And yes, no firefighter has ever committed suicide. Plot hole!

Ashara: http://i.imgur.com/cxv0bpL.gif?1

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[–] josephturner1975 9 years ago

I wonder what would cause a person to be drawn to a show that is in constant crisis mode? A show where somebody dies every other episode, a show where absolutely nobody is normal or happy.

I kinda agree with this guy. I mean all the really popular shows like (Breaking Bad, Sopranos) leave me with a knot in my stomach. Great writing, acting, directing and all that -- but they are all about bad people doing bad things to other bad people or to good people.

I guess most of country comes home from work, sees their family and is like: "Da-yamn, I'm so overflowing with joy in my heart, I might explode. My life is just so good, I can't stand it. I need to see something graphically violent and/or depressing or I'm going to float away on a happy cloud. 'Honey, let's cuddle up to that new show about the zombie, mafia, drug-making, forensic, gladiator and his chronically depressed, substance-abusing wife. I'm dying to see how he tortures her emotionally this week. I mean I've had another one of my stress free days at work and need a little something to cringe over before dozing off tonight"

I'm not normal. When I get home from a day of work, I want to watch something gentle and calming. The real world has enough cruelty and harshness without seeking out more of it before bed. You know in the 1960s (an era of war, race riots, assassinations, etc) grown men and women actually watched shows like Bonanza, Get Smart, Rawhide, Hazel, Dick Van Dyke show, etc. It seems laughable or unimaginable today. Those shows would have no chance today without making them unrecognizable through explicit sex, violence and obscenities.

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[–] flyers8228836 10 years ago

The first two/three seasons were some of the best television work, writing and acting in history. After season four, towards the end especially, it got horrible most of the time.

Had they constructed the whole series with the formula of the first two/three seasons, it would be more of a legitimate argument, although I agree with you to an extent. One of my favorite shows ever.

Perfect blend of comedy and serious drama, which almost no show has ever done successfully and evenly.

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[–] CBMFan2112 10 years ago

I loved this show. I watched every episode. Were there some episodes and seasons better then others? Sure of course there were but overall I thought it was excellent. I've never seen a better written opening and ending to a series. The whole thing came full circle perfectly. I just re watched the series finale last night and still found myself choking up, during Tommy's dream about Lou giving the eulogy, to the reading of Lou's letter and the last scene where he's talking to the new batch of probies/Lous ghost just like the series premiere. I haven't found another show I've enjoyed as much since this went off the air.

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[–] Constant-Reader 10 years ago

I have never laughed so out loud with any other show. My stomach muscles hurt after watching Rescue Me. Kudos to Denis Leary and Peter Tolan and the wonderful actors.

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[–] sockscats 10 years ago

So you were laughing when his 9 year old son was killed by a car? Or when the chief committed suicide? Or when his policeman brother was shot to death? That was after screwing his estranged wife and fathering a baby.

Does watching people with serious alcohol problems make you laugh?

How does comedy mesh with tragic events aimed at getting you to keep watching?

I agree the show can be damn funny like when they had a bar full of dykes but it is also a show that takes itself too seriously.

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[–] Constant-Reader 10 years ago

Lighten up. If you have such negative things to say about the show why did you even watch it?

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[–] vargstra 8 years ago

Change the fuse and flip the power switch. It's room for both extreme seriousness and extreme silliness in the same bag. That's life for you. And it follows people in real life dealing with death. They tend to get a dark humor, just to let out the pressure. And that's definitely what this series does. In all hopelessness of a self-abusing individual surrounded by crap it's some hope there, and in that struggle there is room for some stumbling comedy.

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[–] jfitz_returns 10 years ago

I agree, it's hilarious. I'm currently rewatching and I just love Garrity. I could watch an edited version of the series of just the guys.

Ashara: http://i.imgur.com/cxv0bpL.gif?1

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[–] gattler 10 years ago

One Word: Repetetive. Couldn't stand continue watching the endless screaming of the same 1-dimensional females over and over again each episode. Also no matter what you throw at the characters, the next episode they are almost fully restored. Totally unplausable. Great acting in parts, but it gets worse with each episode. Sorry to say.

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[–] TeaVieWatchHer 9 years ago

2015: Am loving this show so much that it is all I have been watching since Jan 02.I'm on season 4 episode 2.

Have never seen it before. Seems I love all FX show's.

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