Rescue Me returns

[John]

Anybody else excited about the return of one of the best shows on TV. Tonight is the start of a 22-episode season that I think is going to run 22 weeks in a row.

And according to a NY Times story, I think an 18-episode sixth season has already been ordered.

I was hoping FX was going to re-air the fourth season in the weeks leading up to tonight's premiere because I don't remember all that much about how things ended.

 

[RossLT]

Rescue Me is great, I just finished watching the last season on DVD. Hopefully the new one is going to be good.

 

[shockey]

thanks for the reminder. awesome!!

 

[KYSportsWriter]

I thought this show was canceled?

 

[RossLT]

I thought this show was canceled?

After every season of the show they say it is canceled.

 

[JackReacher]

I'm pumped as well, John.

And, like you, I forgot most of what happened. There's a pretty good recap on Wiki. Totally forgot about Tommy's father dying at the baseball game.

And yes, 22 consecutive weeks, which is pretty awesome.

 

[schiezainc]

I loved the first few seasons of Rescue Me, but am not that pumped about this one largely because I thought Season Four sucked balls.

I'm DVRing it though, so I'll at least give it a chance.

 

[shotglass]

I'm pretty psyched as well. Appointment TV, it is.

 

[John]

Nice little lead in with The Departed. A flawed, but good movie.

 

[Flying Headbutt]

It returned with authority too. Several laugh my ass off moments that set the table nicely, I believe.

 

[outofplace]

Nobody rants quite like Leary.

 

[shotglass]

Hey, in the "party" before the show, did anyone else see Maura Tierney there? Is she going to be making an appearance?

EDIT: Got my answer ... yes!

ER's Maura Tierney has signed on for a six-episode arc as a love interest to Rescue Me's Tommy Gavin, played by Denis Leary.