Rescue Me - The Complete Second Season

1/2 Price!

It was 1/2 the price of anywhere else, arrived on time and in excellent condition, we watch it every Sunday morning. November 19, 2008

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i was very satisfied with this set. nothing was wrong with any of the disc. i would buy from here again. none of the products i have purchased have had anything wrong with them. August 30, 2008

Ignite Your Television with Rescue Me.

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 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 premiered on June 21, 2005, and picks up where Season One ended, with Tommy now working at a new firehouse on Staten Island. He eventually returns to his old house when his co-workers discover Tommy's replacement, Sully, has a fetish for wearing women's clothing. While Tommy continues in his attempts to reconcile with his family, he not only discovers he has a half-brother, a priest and a suspected pedophile, but he also loses a child in a drunk-driving incident.

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, Alzheimer's disease, and the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Rescue Me is must-see television.

G. Merritt August 2, 2008

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this is a fine product.
it was shipped in a good time and in good condition July 10, 2008

Everyone needs to be rescued

At least, everyone on this show does! Tommy Gavin goes sober after years of drinking, reconnects with his wife and kids, and even tries being mellow for a while...only to see everything torn asunder by the death of a family member, the loss of potential millions after his dad's newest wife departs, the abuse of his mistress by her sometime girlfriend, and another close call on the job.
In the meantime, the other firefighters contend with the heartbreak of a spouse with Alzheimer's, the departure of the only female in their squad, a girlfriend who turns out to be a crook, a painkiller dependence, and more.
Everyone, especially Denis Leary, gives a strong performance as we see more layers of complexity develop in these characters over the course of the second season. Tatum O'Neal appears late in the season as Tommy's fiery, troubled sister as well.
I wonder if things could possibly get any worse for these folks in season 3!
January 10, 2008

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