David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place. Denis Leary's hunk of burning love
The most preposterous Tommy Gavin seduction scene ever occurs in tonight’s “Rescue Me,” and believe me, that’s saying something.
If you’ve ever seen the show, you know that Tommy (Denis Leary) has scored with a lot of way-out-of-his-league and fairly age-inappropriate women. A lot of them have had fetishes that have been eccentric, to put it mildly (an ongoing subplot this season involves an elusive woman played by Gina Gershon who phones Tommy up for impromptu booty calls, rushes through sex and then kicks him out of her place; “Most guys would think that this is the perfect relationship,” she tells him tonight).
It’s explained that Tommy pulls so spectacularly because he’s a fairly charismatic fireman in post-9/11 New York. Sometimes you buy it; sometimes you just roll your eyes.
Tonight’s credibility-defying tryst is brief and furtive out of necessity, but the circumstances under which it occurs will have you wondering if Leary and his collaborator Peter Tolan are just messing with us these days. Initially, I thought that the scene might’ve devolved into a dream sequence when I blinked. Let’s just say it’s hot, but not in the way you’re thinking.
Add to that Lou’s (John Scurti) peculiar storyline this season and you’re forgiven for wondering if Leary and Tolan come up with their plotting by sitting around in bars listening in on the fevered discussions of drunken louts.
Of course, the episode’s not a complete wash – they never are on “Rescue Me.” Particularly nice is a scene in which Tommy is told that his daughter’s leech of a musician boyfriend can’t read music, but then, neither could John Lennon. Tommy responds, “Where’s Mark David Chapman when you need him?”
- “Rescue Me;” 10 tonight, FX.