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Rescue Me -- 80 Minute Series Finale -- "Ashes" -- 9/06/11

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Old 09-06-11, 03:13 AM
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Rescue Me -- 80 Minute Series Finale -- "Ashes" -- 9/07/11

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Synopsis:

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Series finale: The guys at 62 Truck struggle to pick up the pieces and move on following a major fire. At the Fire Academy, meanwhile, a new batch of probies hear a familiar speech from a new leader.


Promo:

<iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0YG9gGDUuSM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>


So who thinks that:

Spoiler:
Tommy will die tonight?

The promo sort of hints it. I think it would be a fitting end to the character. The promo also hints that possibly more members of Tommy's unit dies too.

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Re: Rescue Me -- 80 Minute Series Finale -- "Ashes" -- 9/06/11

Or maybe the entire crew was dead all along, and this was a dream/moment in time.

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
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Re: Rescue Me -- 80 Minute Series Finale -- "Ashes" -- 9/06/11

FWIW, this doesn't air until tomorrow. The date is wrong in the title.
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Re: Rescue Me -- 80 Minute Series Finale -- "Ashes" -- 9/06/11

What would be cool is to find out all of Tommy's family were the ones who died (in 9/11) and all of these were dreams or hallucinations due to his drinking.
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Re: Rescue Me -- 80 Minute Series Finale -- "Ashes" -- 9/06/11

Originally Posted by Deftones
What would be cool is to find out all of Tommy's family were the ones who died (in 9/11) and all of these were dreams or hallucinations due to his drinking.
THAT would be awesome. Would he still be a firefighter, or maybe just like an accountant or something?
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Re: Rescue Me -- 80 Minute Series Finale -- "Ashes" -- 9/06/11

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THAT would be awesome. Would he still be a firefighter, or maybe just like an accountant or something?
I dunno. I assumed firefighter but your angle sounds cool, too.
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Re: Rescue Me -- 80 Minute Series Finale -- "Ashes" -- 9/06/11

Originally Posted by TallGuyMe
THAT would be awesome. Would he still be a firefighter, or maybe just like an accountant or something?
Leary would never allow his character to be anything but a heroic pussy magnet.
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Re: Rescue Me -- 80 Minute Series Finale -- "Ashes" -- 9/06/11

Well, if you take away seasons 4 & 6 this was an awesome show. I'm happy to see it end with a string of good episodes (i've really enjoyed these last nine).
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Re: Rescue Me -- 80 Minute Series Finale -- "Ashes" -- 9/06/11

Ooops, sorry about the wrong date. I forgot that Sons of Anarchy airs in the same time period.
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Re: Rescue Me -- 80 Minute Series Finale -- "Ashes" -- 9/06/11

http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/en...that_tv/?p=738

spoilery link above...

if you read it literally, unless the guy is totally fucking with us, then

Spoiler:
only one person dies


and it isn't

Spoiler:
Tommy
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Re: Rescue Me -- 80 Minute Series Finale -- "Ashes" -- 9/06/11

I'm going to make an effort to watch it. I used to love this show the first 3 seasons but fell out of it but I still want to catch the series finale.
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Re: Rescue Me -- 80 Minute Series Finale -- "Ashes" -- 9/06/11

Does anyone here know the name of the song in the promo I posted?
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Re: Rescue Me -- 80 Minute Series Finale -- "Ashes" -- 9/06/11

Originally Posted by DJariya
Does anyone here know the name of the song in the promo I posted?
"Set Fire to the Rain" by the amazing Adele.
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Re: Rescue Me -- 80 Minute Series Finale -- "Ashes" -- 9/06/11

I hope a mod can change that date in the thread title. Just wrong to have it like that for a series finale, plus it kind of freaked me out thinking it was tonight. I have a feeling this show is going to end strong.
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Re: Rescue Me -- 80 Minute Series Finale -- "Ashes" -- 9/06/11

My vote is for Franco dieing, and Tommy taking a job at The Rock. Janet wanted him off the truck after all.
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Re: Rescue Me -- 80 Minute Series Finale -- "Ashes" -- 9/06/11

In case anyone is interested, Denis is on Jimmy Fallon this evening (09/06/2011).
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Re: Rescue Me -- 80 Minute Series Finale -- "Ashes" -- 9/06/11

I just started the season last night, I will finish it tomorrow with the finale however, but holy fuck has it sucked so far. The first 2 eps only had 2 fucking scenes at the fire house! What!
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Re: Rescue Me -- 80 Minute Series Finale -- "Ashes" -- 9/06/11

Originally Posted by Ravenous
I just started the season last night, I will finish it tomorrow with the finale however, but holy fuck has it sucked so far. The first 2 eps only had 2 fucking scenes at the fire house! What!
Yeah. It sucks that we had to wait for the second to last episode of the SERIES for them to get back to some good fire action. That, and they really brought the comedy in last weeks episode.
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Re: Rescue Me -- 80 Minute Series Finale -- "Ashes" -- 9/06/11

Thats good to hear. I saw 3 eps the other night, and 3 last night. Those were alot better but the focus on the Gavin family is a REAL fucking cancer in this show. Ill watch the final 3 tonight.

Im really looking forward to this finishing.
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Holy shit they didn't waste any time!

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Re: Rescue Me -- 80 Minute Series Finale -- "Ashes" -- 9/06/11

I was really expecting something "huge" to happen when Tommy passed out.. I really wanted to like the finale, but the beginning of the episode pissed me off. Maybe I'll watch it again to see if I have a change of heart.

I'm glad to see that everyone stayed at 62. I did like Lou's letter and them using red velvet cake mix for his ashes.
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Re: Rescue Me -- 80 Minute Series Finale -- "Ashes" -- 9/06/11

Meh, the birth and the dumping of the ashes were good.

I like how Feinberg developed dementia and then it went away the last part of the season.
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Re: Rescue Me -- 80 Minute Series Finale -- "Ashes" -- 9/06/11

Loved it.

The ashes scene in the car was hilarious. The funeral scene was sweet and the speech to the new recruits was very well done. Great ending.
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Re: Rescue Me -- 80 Minute Series Finale -- "Ashes" -- 9/06/11

I liked it.

Spoiler:
I always thought the "unpredictable" ending to this show would be for Tommy to clean up his act and basically have a happy ending. Bittersweet with losing Lou, but that last scene with the two of them was great.


It kind of limped to the finish, but the last two episodes wrapped things up the right way.


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