Just days before the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center the finale of Dennis Leary’s “Rescue Me” will be aired. A fitting ending to the comedy drama dedicated to the firefighters of New York City.
The Irish American comedian told the Boston Herald that they had hoped the finale would air on the acutally anniversary of 9/11. He said “It would be the perfect world, because there’s a natural sort of time totem there.”
On Tuesday (September 6th) the finale will air at 10pm on FX.
Now in its seventh season, the show explored the psychological and emotional effects of the terrorist attacks on the FDNY men as well as showing the comedic side of their personalities. This series aims to review the grief, rage and humor in Leary’s character, Tommy Gavin, and how the attacks continue to affect him.
---------------------
READ MORE:
‘Irishmen Who Are Drunks’ - a reaction to FDNY's discriminatory remarks
'Rescue Me's' Denis Leary talks potato vodka on 'The Daily Show' - VIDEO
---------------------
One of the final shots of this show will be the FDNY boat, The 343, named for the 343 firefighters who lost their lives during the attack.
Leary said, “The guy who was in charge of the boat came over while we were filming ... He was just welling up with pride.”
A proud Irish American, Leary lost his cousin Jerry Lucey, a firefighter, in 1999. Lucey was killed alongside five other firefighters who entered a Worcester warehouse to put out a fire.
This week “Rescue Me” aired an episode which was Leary’s character, Gavin, and his crew in a similar situation.
He said, “That fire, I’m very familiar with the ins and outs…They’re so dangerous, what happened to my cousin and to the guys who died that night is something that began as a very simple situation and became very complicated. When we were in there shooting, we shoot with real flame and real smoke. There (were) a lot of hairy circumstances shooting that.”
Over the past months many have been speculating that the show will end in tragedy, but Leary said that FX President John Landgraf told him not to devastate the viewers.
Leary explained, “He was like, ‘Listen, you have to give viewers some hope after seven years.’ I hope we did it right.”
Here’s a promotional clip released by FX:
4 Comments
-
-
-
-
Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.McNamara31 | Sep 06, 2011, 08:33 PM EDT
As the 911 anniversary approaches, God Bless the NYFD and their families. We must never forget "Some gave all".
FightingWolf | Sep 04, 2011, 06:48 PM EDT
PLEASE NOTE: ---> THE RESCUE ME SERIES FINALE IS ---> WEDNESDAY (9/7) RATHER THEN TUESDAY AS THE ARTICLE SUGGESTS. ALTHOUGH ALL PREVIOUS SEASONS OF RESCUE ME AIRED ON TUESDAYS THIS SEASON PLAYS ON WEDNESDAYS.. JUST WATED TO GIVE YOU GUYS A HEADS UP. THE ABOVE VIDEO ALSO REFERENCES WEDNESDAY AT THE END.. THANK YOU.
Pittsburghkid | Sep 03, 2011, 11:53 AM EDT
I liked the first year, but it went down hill after that. It had too much intensity for a multi year series. Also I could not relate to his bazaar exsistance. Do people from New York really live like that?
PatriciaMarya | Sep 03, 2011, 11:47 AM EDT
This magnificent show has done its best to show us what these men and women go through and have gone through. Too bad the powers-that-be, the Politicos of New York, have still not solved the problem that created so much of the devastation and death, both of which could have been solved, the problem being the RADIOS not synched between agencies, the RADIOS that can't allow real communication so that saving warnings could be issued. Think of it: lives could have been saved if only Giuliani had been on this problem and now, Bloomberg. They both cared and care only about real estate; too bad they did not think about the ordinary New Yorkers who put their feet on the street to do their jobs. And speaking of Real Estate, the good men of Port Authority begged in front of the 9slash11 Commission that stairwells in new buildings be constructed ala tree trunks - getting wider at the bottom in order to get more people out in time. Was this done? Ha! So thank you to "Rescue Me" for not being afraid to tell it like it is. (Just like the August 31 - Sept. 6, 2011 issue of the Village Voice.)