‘Rescue Me’ fans are surely on the edge of their seats today in anticipation for tonight’s season premiere. As though rushing into burning buildings couldn’t already be seen as “self-destructive behavior”, Senior Firefighter Tommy Gavin (played by popular comedian-slash-actor Denis Leary) has built a reputation for letting his emotions dictate his actions in previous seasons and I’m sure it wouldn’t be a hasty prediction to say that this season will be no different.
The above being stated, it should also to be said that flaws and all; Gavin is an extremely likable character. A lot of his lovability has to do with Leary’s performance. Leary has spent the last decade or so mastering the comedic art of the pissed off chain-smoking Irish-American man and somehow managed to turn that act into a serious and fairly realistic portrayal of a man struggling to balance a high-stress career and an extremely unstable personal life.
As ‘Rescue Me’ enters its third season, the focus will continue to center around Gavin’s professional and personal life as a firefighter, father and husband as well as occasionally dipping into the lives of some of Gavin’s co-firefighters/friends.
The season premiere of ‘Rescue Me’ airs tonight (Tuesday) at 10 PM on FX
