Rescue Me

[JimmyBlueEyes]

OK I thought it was done very well and I saw a few flashes of either people I knew or people I had heard about. Some of the things that you saw, like the chief watching the game in an apartment above the fire floor, or going into the bar with the dead dog, may have happened years ago, but would probably not happen today. There were a few technical glitches, but hey, it's the pilot. The firehouse looks like it's up in Harlem.

It's funny, I spoke to a few firemen today to get their reactions and they thought the show was ridiculous and painted them in a very negative light. God forbid, it should show that there are a lot of guys out there who have problems. What they don't understand is that most of the problems you have in the firehouses tend to stay inside those big red doors, they don't get shown out in the open unless it creates a serious problem, or someone gets hurt. The ones I spoke to would probably be singing a different tune if they were in the cast. It's Hollywood.

There were a few things they could have left out. Like Leary taking a hit off the flask as he goes up to do his Entry and Search into the fire apartment, not necessary. They didn't have the real alarm noise in the firehouse, it's a two tone alert followed by a male voice saying, ENGINE, LADDER, BATTALION, or STAND BY FOR THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE. Like a said a few little glitches but all in all I liked it. The ghosts bugged me a bit because I thought it was a bit over the top.

Actually Brain, I didn't cry, I laughed at a lot of stuff, and I shed my tears over the fallen,both friends and guys I did not know, a long time ago. It's time to move on, but it never really goes away, and I've had the nightmares to prove it.