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Rescue Me

More "Rescue Me"? Eek!

November 2, 2007

Slowly emerging from my other obligations, I see on TV Tattle that the Hollywood Reporter says "Rescue Me" has been picked up for a new season, with an expanded order of 22 episodes. Considering how terrible it was last season, this is awful news. The show didn't have enough ideas or coherence for 13 episodes [...]

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Charles Durning Honored

September 24, 2007

I recently noted my admiration for Durning while posting about the season finale of "Rescue Me." Now the Screen Actors Guild is giving the 84-year-old actor its Life Achievement Award.

Well deserved. Full announcement after the jump.

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"Rescue Me" Season Finale (With Spoilers)

September 13, 2007

So that's the defense for this off-kilter, badly paced, erratic season?

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Weekend Notebooks, Part 1 & 2

August 18, 2007

My review of "High School Musical 2" is here. My review of "Superbad" is here.
After the jump, Barry Corbin, and the perils of magazine deadlines … and a new part 2, with "Damages," "Mad Men," "Rescue Me" (so beware of spoilers if you haven't caught up)…

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"Rescue Me" (With One Spoiler)

August 9, 2007

Had it not been for that scene with Susan Sarandon, I would probably be done with these guys …

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Trolling Through This Week's Cable Dramas

August 1, 2007

"Saving Grace," "The Closer," "Damages" and tonight's "Rescue Me," after the jump …

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"Rescue Me"

July 10, 2007

Over the weekend I went through a review copy of the new two episodes of "Rescue Me" and couldn't help thinking that they vindicate Jack McGee … (Possible spoilers after the jump)

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"Rescue Me" Fallout (Updated)

June 28, 2007

If you haven't watched this week's episode, don't go to the jump. …

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"Rescue Me" and Me

June 13, 2007

Tommy Gavin and his guys are in a state of confusion. I know the feeling …

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"Rescue Me" Date Change, Other FX News

May 8, 2007

FX has now moved "Rescue Me" from its planned Tuesday telecasts to Wednesday, with the fourth season beginning June 13. "Damages," the new Glenn Close drama, begins July 24. "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" will be back in September. "Dirt" and "The Riches" have been picked up for another year.
Detailed announcement after the jump …

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"Rescue Me" Sets Return

May 3, 2007

June 12 is the date. The release is after the jump. (Update: Don't read anything into the omission of many returning cast members' names from the release. An FX rep says "everybody" is back.)

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"Rescue Me" (Spoilers if You Haven't Seen Tonight's Episode)

August 29, 2006

Fingers crossed on technology: Since I saw tonight's season finale last week, I'm posting this with a timer set to display it after the telecast. Hope it works. If it doesn't, well, I warned you in the header about spoilers.
So let's consider tonight's show. I liked the bit on the dock. Very funny, especially since [...]

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"Rescue Me" Winds Down

August 25, 2006

The show ends its third season on Tuesday. (A fourth season has already been ordered.) I have seen the season finale, liked parts but didn't like a couple of significant elements. I can't explain why without spoiling some things. So I'll save that for a post after it airs.
For now, the season does end with [...]

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"Rescue Me" Tonight

August 8, 2006

Possibly the best episode of the show this season. Maybe one of its best ever, and Andrea Roth — who plays Janet — has one of those scenes that should be in her highlight reel for the rest of her career. In addition to moving around a lot of characters and advancing loads of stories, [...]

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"Rescue Me"

August 1, 2006

I got an early-evening jump on "Rescue Me" tonight, watching my preview disc, but I'll try to stay away from spoilers here for the time being. (The one big plot turn won't surprise you much anyway.) But the show is driving me crazy. I still have this basic admiration for it, and tonight's episode was [...]

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"Rescue Me": Is That It?

July 11, 2006

If you haven't watched tonight's "Rescue Me," come back after you have, because I am going to talk about plot developments.
And I am ticked off about them.
If you've read anything about "Rescue Me" the last of weeks, then you know about the debate over a scene where Tommy Gavin — Denis Leary's character — attacked [...]

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"He Raped Her"

June 26, 2006

There's been an ongoing debate about last week's episode of "Rescue Me," because of the scene where Tommy and his ex-wife Janet had a confrontation that looked like a textbook rape. Even worse, it fell back on a pulp-fiction cliche, with Janet becoming aroused during the assault, suggesting as too many things have that conflict [...]

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Notebook

August 11, 2005

Odds and ends from too much TV watching (and thinking):
– Over the weekend I was watching "Million Dollar Baby" again, and watching it in two ways. One was the involvement in the story and the characters. The other was feeling that I was watching a really great movie.
I get the same feeling when I [...]

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