Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3762 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-06-08
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 4
• Running time: 549 minutes

Synopsis
In this acclaimed TV dramedy, comedian Denis Leary plays Tommy Gavin, a New York fireman coping with the events of 9/11 and his own personal demons: drinking, a painful separation from his wife, and visions of his dead cousin. The other fire-fighters at 62 Truck aren't faring much better. Chief Reilly has a compulsive gambling addiction, ladies'-man Franco Rivera lives life fast and dangerous, and "Lou" Shea simmers with bottled-up frustrations. Season three picks up after the death of Tommy's young son at the end of the last season, endangering his already tenuous relationship with his wife. His extended family isn't making his life any easier, with his uncle (Lenny Clarke) in prison and his father (Charles Durning) in poor health. Tommy seeks solace in the arms of his brother's ex-wife (Oscar winner Marisa Tomei) and his late cousin's widow (Callie Thorne). This season also features guest appearances from Academy-Award-winning actresses Susan Sarandon and Tatum O'Neal. Leary and Emmy-winning Peter Tolan (THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW) write the gripping and darkly humorous show, which resonates with Leary's real life--his cousin, a fire-fighter, died in a tragic 1999 warehouse fire.

Customer Reviews

Not for the PC brigade
This is a series based on New York firefighters coming to terms with life following 9/11. Although you might expect the usual 'God bless America' stuff you normally get with US dramas, this one is completely different. There is a great mix of hilarity and tragedy. The humour is very often sexist, racist, homophobic, anti-religious... basically if there's something people just aren't meant to say, one of the characters will!

They're due to release series 6 in the US in 2010...what a pity they STILL haven't realeased series 4 (2007) in UK format!!

When are the next series being released?
We purchased all of the three first series of Rescue Me. Great series which we are anxiously awaiting further releases of!