Rescue Me "Retards" Episode #310 8/8/2006 *spoilers* [Text View]

phox_mulder

08-08-2006, 09:17 PM

Only 3 episodes left counting this one!

That's both bad and good news.

I haven't been keeping track of how many left,
but was getting worried about conflicts when the new season starts on the regular networks.

phox

MikeMar

08-08-2006, 11:14 PM

Wouldn't all the guests in the burn ward have to wear stuff over their mouths and stuff??

Good episode though, the retard joke was great :)

pmyers

08-09-2006, 11:15 AM

I almost thought Tommy and his ex-wife were going to get back together there for a second...

damn this show is great!

stark

08-09-2006, 11:25 AM

The look the brother gave Franco at the end makes me think that the storyline isn't over. And that the brother doesn't have as many problems as he pretends to have.

yostmatt

08-09-2006, 12:57 PM

getting worried about conflicts when the new season starts on the regular networks.

phox

what? its going to FOX?

Sparty99

08-09-2006, 01:04 PM

The look the brother gave Franco at the end makes me think that the storyline isn't over. And that the brother doesn't have as many problems as he pretends to have.
I thought the same thing.

The confrontation between Tommy and his ex was incredible. The acting on both their parts was amazing.

Kamakzie

08-09-2006, 01:06 PM

LOL so her brother is functional like Paris Hilton ROFLMAO! So I guess her brother isn't so dumb after all. Well I guess Stack dying might of been for the best since the guy wouldn't of liked living that way.

ihatecable

08-09-2006, 01:29 PM

Best Line: "And they call me a retard!" LMAO

sjgmoney

08-09-2006, 02:38 PM

2nd best line: "Go back to your sleeper cell"

Fahtrim

08-09-2006, 04:15 PM

Great freakin stuff. But the Escalade can't come with a V-10.........can it?

ClutchBrake

08-09-2006, 04:41 PM

Great freakin stuff. But the Escalade can't come with a V-10.........can it?

In reality, no. But in the Rescue Me universe 2,000 special models did. :)

hpb

08-09-2006, 05:07 PM

3rd Best Line: "I'm too much of a bad boy for you. Go find a drummer to blow"

jradford

08-09-2006, 06:32 PM

3rd Best Line: "I'm too much of a bad boy for you. Go find a drummer to blow"
That was #1 in my book. I have to rewatch to get the quote exactly, but the way he said that one was fantastic.

Can't wait for next 2 weeks. The proverbial ****** will need to hit the fan to keep this same group together for another year. Living on a boat in Florida? Yeah, I'd go. What Probie is dealing with? I'd be out of there, too. Tommy retiring to a hot wife and money? Hard to turn down. But you know something is going to happen where they all band together, and I can't wait, and also cringe, and what it might be.

darthrsg

08-09-2006, 06:33 PM

3rd Best Line: "I'm too much of a bad boy for you. Go find a drummer to blow"
Excuse me, that's the first best line :D .

marksman

08-09-2006, 09:54 PM

In reality, no. But in the Rescue Me universe 2,000 special models did. :)

Maybe just futuristic... :)

GM Revved for New Aluminum V-10 Engine in 2007 (http://www.aluminum.org/Template.cfm?Section=20033&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=5008)

Kamakzie

08-09-2006, 10:05 PM

I wonder what Sheila had to do to get that prototype Escalade?? *mind goes in the gutter* :D

JLucPicard

08-10-2006, 09:00 AM

----flashback to previous episode----

Did anyone else notice when Franco and the brother (Richard?) sat down to play checkers, the brother was red, but he moved a black checker from his side toward a lone red checker on Franco's side? Then when he moved for Franco, the colors were right again?

Anyway, the brother character from the start reminded me of the Bob Odenkirk David Cross character on "Just Shoot Me" where he pretended to have been damaged falling from a tree as a kid (if I remeber correctly). He got away with murder, people waiting on him for years before it all fell apart. I don't think the brother thing is that extreme, but I wouldn't be surprised if part of it was an act. Getting lost in Harlem with his tourrets (sp) problem? Yikes!

There has to be an epic fire/disaster that pulls them all together at season's end.

VERY good TV!!!

EDITED to fix the actor's name so someone doesn't feel the need to correct me on it AGAIN.

Sparty99

08-10-2006, 09:29 AM

----flashback to previous episode----

Did anyone else notice when Franco and the brother (Richard?) sat down to play checkers, the brother was red, but he moved a black checker from his side toward a lone red checker on Franco's side? Then when he moved for Franco, the colors were right again?

Anyway, the brother character from the start reminded me of the Bob Odenkirk character on "Just Shoot Me" where he pretended to have been damaged falling from a tree as a kid (if I remeber correctly). He got away with murder, people waiting on him for years before it all fell apart. I don't think the brother thing is that extreme, but I wouldn't be surprised if part of it was an act. Getting lost in Harlem with his tourrets (sp) problem? Yikes!

There has to be an epic fire/disaster that pulls them all together at season's end.

VERY good TV!!!
That was exactly the character I was thinking about when he dropped the, "And they call me a retard," line.

ClutchBrake

08-10-2006, 11:11 AM

Maybe just futuristic... :)

GM Revved for New Aluminum V-10 Engine in 2007 (http://www.aluminum.org/Template.cfm?Section=20033&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=5008)

Cool!

Cue-Ball

08-10-2006, 02:30 PM

I cannot even describe how much I love this show. I'm really, really dreading the season finale because I know I'm not going to get my fix for a long time. :) I'm already imagining the cliff hangar they're going to stick us with in the last ep of the season.

And Tommy is right. I'll take 2000 whores over 72 virgins any day of the week.

balboa dave

08-10-2006, 04:28 PM

----flashback to previous episode----

Did anyone else notice when Franco and the brother (Richard?) sat down to play checkers, the brother was red, but he moved a black checker from his side toward a lone red checker on Franco's side? Then when he moved for Franco, the colors were right again?

Anyway, the brother character from the start reminded me of the Bob Odenkirk character on "Just Shoot Me" where he pretended to have been damaged falling from a tree as a kid (if I remeber correctly). He got away with murder, people waiting on him for years before it all fell apart. I don't think the brother thing is that extreme, but I wouldn't be surprised if part of it was an act. Getting lost in Harlem with his tourrets (sp) problem? Yikes!

There has to be an epic fire/disaster that pulls them all together at season's end.

VERY good TV!!!That's a great observation, but it was David Cross, not Bob Odenkirk.

JLucPicard

08-10-2006, 11:34 PM

That's a great observation, but it was David Cross, not Bob Odenkirk.

Absolutely right - I stand corrected. Odenkirk was in another episode of the show. I always get them confused.

balboa dave

08-11-2006, 01:38 AM

Absolutely right - I stand corrected. Odenkirk was in another episode of the show. I always get them confused.You should be watching Mr. Show with Bob and David, now in replays on Comedy Central, even if they are a little chopped up from the original HBO airings. Best American sketch comedy show ever.

IndyJones1023

08-11-2006, 07:55 AM

Best damn show on TV.

unixadm

08-11-2006, 03:47 PM

Best damn show on TV.

Yes it is...that even counts when comparing to ALL shows.

If I was told that I could only watch one new show for the next year, "Rescue Me" would be the single Season Pass I would have.

Cue-Ball

08-11-2006, 04:04 PM

If I was told that I could only watch one new show for the next year, "Rescue Me" would be the single Season Pass I would have.Ditto. :up:

LordFett

08-12-2006, 10:28 AM

Ditto.Tritto?

CharlieW

08-12-2006, 12:29 PM

Tommy's scene in the bar was very well performed, not only by Leary, who is brilliant in this series, but by the secondary and background performers as well. Very powerful scene -- one of the best in a season of great scenes.

Love this show, even if it does border on soap-opera melodrama a bit too much. I mean, this show prides itself on its gritty realism, but sometimes you get the sense that a bit too much happens in the lives of these dozen major characters. Life just isn't always that exciting, tragic and dramatic all the time. Don't get me wrong -- I do love this show and look forward to it every week -- but once in a while I think the show forgets to stop and take a deep breath. Just one man's opinion. :)

ToddAtl

08-12-2006, 03:01 PM

For a show that is so masculine and has such a big guy fan base, its funny how very soap opera the plot lines are. I watched this episode with my fiance who had never seen it before. I had to keep pausing to say things like-

thats tommy's ex-wife, shes living with his brother now and is carrying a baby that might be tommys or might be the brothers

thats tommy's uncle, hes in jail for killing the drunk driver who killed tommy's son

thats sheila, shes the widow of tommy's cousin, they hook up now and then

thats tommy's dead cousin, they chat now and then

I'm not being critical, its definitely the best show on TV!

billboard_NE

08-12-2006, 08:39 PM

This show is number one in my Season Pass list, if or when this show has "jumped the shark" I will look back to this episode when Tommy gives up his red Ford pick-up for a Cadillac. He has to get the Red Ford back.

Love this show, can't believe the season is coming to an end.

philw1776

08-13-2006, 09:43 AM

As a retard I would like to protest the Micks & Spics on the show making fun of us a a group.
Sorry for the Touretts bit there.

Mr. Soze

08-13-2006, 02:52 PM

WADR, the best line/s on the show were:

Franco: Say hello Richie.
Sean/Probie: Hello, Richie.

I was literally in tears laughing at that one.

JLucPicard

08-13-2006, 03:36 PM

Something that's been bothering me for the last couple of shows...

When did Patti D'Arbanville (who I always thought was kinda hot) turn into the later version of Sally Struthers? Just doesn't quite do it for me so much anymore. :(

stevecon

08-13-2006, 03:56 PM

Best damn show on TV.

S#@t. Now you went and said out loud what we all were thinking. The "kiss of death" is upon us... it's only a matter of time before the network cancels.

Seriously - I have to agree. I just hope network execs don't see this thread, as it seems they're concerned with quantity of viewers rather than the quality of the program.

teknikel

08-14-2006, 01:48 AM

Seriously - I have to agree. I just hope network execs don't see this thread, as it seems they're concerned with quantity of viewers rather than the quality of the program.

Well it is how they make money. And if they don't make money...

philw1776

08-14-2006, 10:30 AM

IndyJones1023

08-14-2006, 10:32 AM

Patti D'Arbanville isn't even on this show.

EDIT: as I was typing this I realized who she is. OMG!

DougF

08-14-2006, 10:32 AM

...Anyway, the brother character from the start reminded me of the Bob Odenkirk character on "Just Shoot Me" where he pretended to have been damaged falling from a tree as a kid (if I remeber correctly). He got away with murder, people waiting on him for years before it all fell apart. I don't think the brother thing is that extreme, but I wouldn't be surprised if part of it was an act. Getting lost in Harlem with his tourrets (sp) problem? Yikes!...

David Cross played that part (Donnie) on "Just Shoot Me". That's what I've been thinking of since the brother showed up. I think he's faking it.

Joeg180

08-14-2006, 11:38 AM

The look the brother gave was sinister. He is playing the younger sister.

Love this show!

Agree with the great lines already pointed out.

johnperkins21

08-14-2006, 12:22 PM

David Cross played that part (Donnie) on "Just Shoot Me". That's what I've been thinking of since the brother showed up. I think he's faking it.

That was by far my favorite episode of Just Shoot Me. "Vaccuum"

I also think he is faking it, at least to a small extent. He definitely is mentally ill, but I doubt he's full on retarded.

BobB

08-14-2006, 12:39 PM

The look the brother gave Franco at the end makes me think that the storyline isn't over. And that the brother doesn't have as many problems as he pretends to have.

Funny, it struck me as a definite end to that storyline - the brother may (probably does) have problems, but he also has a sweet gig going with this sister taking care of him, is savvy enough to know that and knew exactly what to say to get sis to dump the new boyfriend -and dumped he is. She'll never believe Franco over her brother. End of story.

DougF

08-14-2006, 02:25 PM

What resolution was there to the storyline with the Susan Sarandon character and Keela? I heard Franco tell his new girlfriend that Keela was living a much better life than he could provide or something similar. Was anything else really said?

Did I miss something?

Joeg180

08-14-2006, 02:30 PM

Franco had the daughter illegally from the scumbag foster parents(on the show, no inference to any real life foster parents), Susan Saradon knew it and took Keela from him to keep her from becoming a doormat like most of the women Franco dates.

The only other mention of Keela was to Tommy that she was at Disney and he could see her in 10 days or something like that.

jradford

08-14-2006, 02:34 PM

Funny, it struck me as a definite end to that storyline - the brother may (probably does) have problems, but he also has a sweet gig going with this sister taking care of him, is savvy enough to know that and knew exactly what to say to get sis to dump the new boyfriend -and dumped he is. She'll never believe Franco over her brother. End of story.
That's how I interpreted it, as well. All the smile showed was that the brother doesn't want him there. Franco knows he's got no shot over the brother. End of story.

BriGuy20

08-14-2006, 02:47 PM

I'll be disappointed when it's off, but at least I have more FX melodrama to look forward to... Shield, Nip/Tuck.... :)

Havana Brown

08-14-2006, 02:54 PM

LordFett

08-14-2006, 03:29 PM

Funny, it struck me as a definite end to that storyline
Yeah I thought that too. Maybe a quick side note later on as happened with Lou and his hooker/porn star. Maybe a fire in or around their neighborhood and we see him (Richard) having a conversation (a normal one) with someone then realizes Franco is there and shouts, "Nasty N-word" to cover his tracks. Or Franco (would take more then just Franco) pulls Richard from a fire, the sister is hurt bad, Franco sits by her side in the hospital (a la Tommy) until she is better, he swears off his life of fast women and gets Keela back and the world is good... Oh wait this is Rescue Me, the sister would have died in the fire but the brother would be ok.

I don't think the storyline is over, but I don't think it is a major part of the story anymore though either.

Marco

08-14-2006, 04:33 PM

Wife asked me "what are they gonna do to tie up the season in the last two episodes?"

I have NO IDEA where we are going!
(Except that I know Tommy is not leaving the house.)

DougF

08-14-2006, 04:51 PM

A recent cnn.com article about Leary/Rescue Me. No spoilers that I saw.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/08/apontv.denis.leary.ap/index.html

jradford

08-14-2006, 05:43 PM

A recent cnn.com article about Leary/Rescue Me. No spoilers that I saw.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/08/apontv.denis.leary.ap/index.html
Solid article. Slight spoiler at very end regarding next season, but nothing serious. I'm really hoping he gets that emmy.

tase2

08-15-2006, 08:36 PM

Did anyone happen to see or hear Denis Leary & Lenny Clarke on the Red Sox broadcast tonight?

You talk about funny :D

(will post this in the 8/15 thread too-after I watch it)