Look, we don't want to start anything with Denis Leary or Peter Tolan, because we all know how they react to those who criticize them, but something happened in last night's episode of Rescue Me that startled us. First, we'd like to say that we admire this FX show. It captures male banter and family dysfunction as well as any show on television, and in a summer devoid of anything substantial, it's a welcome respite.
But, midway through last night's episode, something happened that was so odd, so unintentionally hilarious, we feel compelled to comment. We'll set the scene: The boys are called out to a fire at what we think was an apartment complex. They're wading through the flames, the audio is muffled and the line of sight is convoluted. Then, they hear something. Screams. They open a smoke-filled roomed, and out spills a pregnant woman. An extremely pregnant woman. So pregnant, in the words of Denis Leary's character, she's "about to pop."
The group of firefighters suggest Leary's character deliver the baby, because he, you know, has kids. He says, "Yeah, but I didn't deliver them." Alas, he has spoken too soon. No more than 30 seconds later, Leary has his hands inside the lady, the baby's sliding out, and he's ripped the umbilical cord with his bare hands. Why was a pregnant lady left alone in a burning building? Why was a pregnant lady minutes away from giving birth left alone in a burning building? Is it really that easy to shred an umbilical cord?
These are questions we'll never know the answer to and the writers refuse to acknowledge. That's the beauty of television.
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