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  1. J

    RESCUE ME (ongoing discussion)

    My copy of episode 10, "Immortal" got trashed by accident. If anyone can help please send me a private message or e-mail. Thanks, Joe
  2. J

    RESCUE ME (ongoing discussion)

    I will definitely buy the DVD set if/when it comes, and in the meantime have all the episodes recorded. (My nephew is finally catching up on the show from the beginning thanks to me. ) I've just loved everything about this series. They seem to cram more than an hour's worth of story into...
  3. J

    RESCUE ME (ongoing discussion)

    Yeah, Father Mickey Gavin being another of Tommy's cousins was established in the first episode or two. Which added a layer of blasphemy, but also of humor, to the fist-fight. I'm guessing this isn't the first two these two have thrown punches over the years. :) Regards, Joe
  4. J

    RESCUE ME (ongoing discussion)

    OK, I misunderstood. I thought your main point was that in the universe of the show an objectively worse offense (the priest's breaking of his "vow of celibacy") was minimized in comparison to Tommy's - this being the take I've heard from others who assume "celibacy = chastity". Was there...
  5. J

    RESCUE ME (ongoing discussion)

    The basic transgression is the same in both cases - fornication. But to that Tommy adds the violation of the firefighter's ban on widows. So within their shared culture it is worse in some ways. Contrary to popular belief vows of celibacy are not vows of chastity. In the strict meaning...
  6. J

    RESCUE ME (ongoing discussion)

    The woman has since backed off her rape claim and admitted to being a "firefighter groupie" of exactly the kind that Franco talked about in the pilot. She had intercourse with her on-line buddy and oral sex with three other firefighters. During her interrogation she asked if she could be...
  7. J

    RESCUE ME (ongoing discussion)

    Well, that tends to be the case with any on-going story, be it a novel, a soap opera or a comic book. You set a lot of things, actually or apparently unrelated, in motion in the early "chapters", then start tying them together as you go. We're only four episodes into a series I'm sure the...
  8. J

    RESCUE ME (ongoing discussion)

    I thought the pilot for Rescue Me was one of the best I've ever seen. A terrific opening episode, great cast, and I thought Leary was as much at home in the dramatic scenes (which are generally easier to do) as in the comic ones. The world of firefighters is one he knows well so it is one he can...
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