Was 'Rescue Me' A GOAT Dramedy?

[MushroomX]

I thought it was a decent show for what it was back then.

That and The Shield held FX down

This, Nip/Tuck, & The Sheild (GOAT SHOW after the Wire). Quite the run FX had......

You know, I forgot the SHIELD. However it because FX doing that shyt, AMC invested in Breaking Bad. HBO struggled to find a bigtime show after Sopranos and Six Feet Under, but until Game of Thrones, it had lost some steam as being the goto channel for content like this.

 

[DaylitoJames]

This show had one of my favorite show intro themes of the tv shows I've watched:

C'MON C'MOOOOONNN!

 

[Blankthawtz]

This show had one of my favorite show intro themes of the tv shows I've watched:

C'MON C'MOOOOONNN!

That's it..... I'm rewatching the entire series starting tonight!......

 

[85 East]

Going to go back and binge this show. Used to be my Tuesday night go to. Watched until he got fukked over watching the Muir cat documentary and his side piece got him super drunk and smashed.

 

[Silkk]

Yes, Its a damn shame how overlooked this show is

 

[FeverPitch2]

It was really popular back in its heyday but I wouldn't call it a GOAT. Had some good moments and was overall enjoyable but they had too many meandering storyline that focused on Dennis Leary fukking


When they wanted to be the show was really on point. Season 5 is pretty strong imo

That scene where Dennis starts to burn himself with the blowtorch after seeing the ghost of his son now grown up


It devolved into them just having fun towards the end but I think it had a solid series finale

He would meet a chick and they would just fall in his bed.
That's how you know when a show is falling off. The lead character is getting laid all the time by strangers for no reason.

 

[FeverPitch2]

The first two or three seasons were good.
The shyt fell off a cliff and got stupid after that.
I bailed. Don't know how it ended.

 

[RennisDeynolds]

He would meet a chick and they would just fall in his bed.
That's how you know when a show is falling off. The lead character is getting laid all the time by strangers for no reason.

He had some weird sex scenes just gratuitous. Like him and his ex wife (the blonde) fukked and knocked over a door in a hotel or something



Then that whole storyline with Gina gershon as the teacher lol

 

[Tommy Fits]

The first two or three seasons were good.
The shyt fell off a cliff and got stupid after that.
I bailed. Don't know how it ended.

It started off strong, got weaker in the middle, and finished off strong

 

[feelosofer]

It's kinda crazy how underrated this show was. It had the perfect balance of drama and fukkery. Great performances. Really early-mid 2000s was a hell of a time.

 

[re'up]

Used to love this show, watched at least a few years in real time, as they aired, lost it's way and went probably 3 seasons too long. but they all do.

for sure a lot of it, is going to be dated, lots of the sexual dynamics, the language, would be not acceptable now. Lots of homphobia.

but a lot of the whole golden era of TV, The Sopranos and Mad Men directly influenced this, and even some of the reverse. The prestige TV era included The Shield and Rescue Me

 

[re'up]

it was often pretty hilarious to me. Everyone had great lines, and Leery's comic delivery and manicness was perfect for the show, like he wrote for himself. which he did.