Rescue Me-Complete 4th Season (2008)

"...absolutely brilliant...the best show on television...  David Kronke, L.A. Daily News
"...thrilling[ly] raw...scathingly funny...Rescue Me is bound to haunt you.  New York Daily News
"...the best actor [Leary] playig the best character in the best show...  USA Today
"This series is officially on fire now.  Ken Aucker, Entertainment Weekly
"Rescue Me races out of the gate as confidently brilliant as ever before, wildly mixing emotions along the way.  Tim Goodman, San Francisco Chronicle
"One of TV's bleakest shows is also one of TV's best comedies. What a marvel.  Verne Gay, Newsday

Editor's Note In this fourth season of the hit dramatic series from FX, the entire Ladder 62 crew is persecuted by the media for failing to prevent the death of seven children in a fire. That, unfortunately, is only the beginning of the tragedy and turmoil in store for the boys and their families. Tommy's daughter Colleen runs away from home, Janet is concerned her newborn baby doesn't like her, the verdict is announced for Uncle Teddy's manslaughter trial, and one of Engine 62's own commits suicide. As if that weren't enough, Tommy himself is being investigated for a beach house fire in the incendiary fourth season of this feverishly macho, seriocomic heavyweight. An apoplectic Denis Leary once again leads the game cast, who is joined by guest stars Gina Gershon (SHOWGIRLS, FACE/OFF), Desmond Harrington (WRONG TURN), and Artie Lange (BEER LEAGUE).

	Andrea Roth
	Denis Leary
	Lenny Clarke
	Mike Lombardi
	Andrew Bernard - Production Designer
	Christopher Tyng - Original Music By
	Clay Brown, et. al. - Art Director
	Denis Leary - Executive Producer
	Denis Leary, et. al. - Writer
	Jace Alexander, et. al. - Director
	Jonathan Freeman - Cinematographer
	Simon B. Veredon, et. al. - Editor
	Tom Houghton - Cinematographer
	Tony Palermo - Producer

DVD Verdict 8 of 10
Crafted as a homage to the firefighters who lost their lives on 9/11, Rescue Me quickly proves that it's more than mere hero worship. It offers an entertaining (if skewed) look at this dangerous profession...Few will deny that firefighters have a particularly heroic job...At the same time, they are ordinary guys. They have issues and problems, make mistakes in their personal lives, and aren't usually noted for being an especially civilized group. In fact, if Rescue Me is at all accurate, they are a big bunch of jerks...The series does a great job of playing with this dichotomy. It's impossible not to respect these men as they place themselves in danger...Rescue Me flip-flops between claiming that we shouldn't approach firefighters as heroes and reminding us how heroic these men were at this critical event...Rescue Me is gutsy and unique, and if it had only had more variety and subtlety, it wouldn't have worn out its welcome the way that it did. - Joel Pearce