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Critic Consensus: Rescue Me's second season plunges Denis Leary's avatar of traumatized rage down past new, unfound levels of rock bottom, forging achingly funny television in the process.
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Cast
as Tommy Gavin
as Jimmy Keefe
as Franco Rivera
as Lt. Kenny `Lou' Shea
as Sean Garrity
as Janet Gavin
as Mike Siletti
as Chief Jerry Reilly
as Laura Miles
as Johnny Gavin
as Colleen Gavin
as John Gavin Sr.
as Sheila Keefe
as Uncle Teddy
as Katy Gavin
as Peter Reilly
as Sully
as Father Murphy
as Mickey
as Candy
as Connor Gavin
as Jesus Christ
as Debbie
as Keela
as Jeannie
as Rose
as Theresa
as Chief Perrolli
as Mariel
as Billy Reynolds
as Steven
as Sondra
as Ms. Ng
as Mary Magdelene
as Maggie
as Mike's Mom
as Damien Keefe
as Mrs. Ng
as Pajama Boy
as Mungo
as Nils
as Ryan
Critic Reviews for Rescue Me: Season 2
All Critics (10) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (0)
Thanks to the nimble Leary, ever riveting as TV's most nuanced antihero (sorry, Tony Soprano), Tommy's tenuous struggle for sobriety is even more rewarding than last season's harrowing downfall.
Its humor is as brittle and brutal as its intense scenes, and, like everything here else, is memorably credible.
[Denis Leary] and co-creator Tolan have taken the issue of our time and turned it into gripping, thoughtful drama. For that startling feat, Rescue Me deserves to be mentioned with the best hour series in this golden age for drama.
Leary's character, the abrasively witty New York firefighter who is blunt to friends and a liar to lovers, has few redeeming qualities... That's the beauty of Rescue Me. Tommy is simultaneously loathsome and likable.
While season two could be chalked up as a disappointment for many fans (this reviewer included), it delivered the kind of build-up that could make season three one hell of year for the show.
An engrossing, character-driven series.
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