It seems that I struggle to find fans of the FX series Rescue Me, which is always amazing to me, because it’s just as good as anything else out there.
Of course it’s a dark show, hilarious at times, but also harsh and brutal. I love it, and after checking out four episodes of Dexter this past weekend, it’s got that same sick, twisted nature that Rescue Me can have at times.
If you are a fan of the show, you need to know about the 10 “minisodes” that are starting this Tuesday night, June 24th, at 10 p.m. ET/PT. If you have a season pass or series link, depending on your type of DVR, it SHOULD pick these up automatically.
My Direct TV DVR has them in my TO-DO list already.
They should prove interesting, even if they are here to keep us happy until April of 2009, when the show will officially return to FX.
Yeah, April 2009. That’s awful. It will make the hiatus between season 4 and 5 around 19 months. From a USA Today article, writer Peter Tolan talks about it:
“You’re looking at 19 months off the air, which is technically cancellation, I believe,” says Peter Tolan, who writes and produces the series with Leary. “We felt there was some risk there, and the best way to hedge our bets is to give us some face time with our audience so they don’t drift away.”
These minisodes aren’t going to help set up season 5 or anything, but are intended mainly to keep audiences interested in the show while they wait until next April.
The minisodes don’t connect to the new season, but they do answer fan calls for more comedy. “They said, ‘We miss the guys talking in the kitchen about sex, their lives, and foolishness in the (fire) house,’ ” Tolan says.
“One involves a flashback that explains something that goes all the way back to the beginning of the series, and another is a dream sequence tied into Tommy’s psyche,” Leary says of his character, Tommy Gavin. “It starts out as a really sexy dream and ends up as a nightmare.”
Tolan hopes they help erase a subpar fourth season: “The story choices we made took us away from our main guys. It was sort of treading water.”
The episodes will be available online after their initial airing, on sites like YouTube, Crackle and and Hulu.
I’ll be sure to post them here once they are available.
Denis Leary, the star of the show, had this to say about what we can expect from season 5:
“[It] will pick up where Tommy left off emotionally, with the death of his father (Charles Durning) and the fact that everyone else is in grief about it, but he’s not.”
I never really got into this show even though the wife and brother-in-law did. I think now, even they have quit watching though - I'm not sure. I think it got to a point to where it was trying to do too much and got away from the original premise and that is why they stopped watching it. For me it just never held my attention all that well.
Mike - I see that you watched the first four episodes of Dexter - how did you like it?
Yeah, the producers even say that season 4 was subpar, so hopefully it gets back on track.
I loved what I saw of Dexter…and the last line of episode 4 was cool.
“I'm something different…I'm Dexter.”
Loved that quote
I decided to start watching it because Blockbuster didn't have Burn Notice down at the store, and we're using Online to rent One Tree Hill right now and are really close to being caught up on that.
But Dexter was available. Still, I have two seasons to catch up on, which shouldn't be too hard since it's not back until September I believe.
Yep - should be back on the air towards the end of September! I can't wait - it's such a fun and twisted show. Has, probably, the best opening sequence for a show right now. Season 2 is extremely suspenseful - probably the best of the two I think.
Opening to the show is great.
And yeah, I was actually a bit spooked watching it by myself at night, but I love that it's that kind of show.
Can't wait for season 2…but I have to do season 1 first
I hated the minosode! I thought that it was going to be a full episode, so you can imagine my disappointment. I'm not going to watch them! Put the damn show back on the air…forget these prolonged “commercial-like” viewings.
That's too bad, the last one was pretty funny.
The show wont be back until 2009