A Synopsis of Rescue Me.
Tommy Gavin is a lifesaver. Whether he is pulling survivors from fiery high-rise infernos or the twisted steel of a subway collision, Gavin takes great pride in leading the heroic but often overwhelmed firefighters of New York City's Truck Company 62.
Gavin (Denis Leary) is also a man drifting between sorrow and anger over a recent separation from his wife (Andrea Roth) and three kids, and recurring memories of comrades and New Yorkers fallen victim.
Leary and multiple Emmy Award-winning writer-producer Peter Tolan (The Larry Sanders Show, Murphy Brown), the team behind the critically-acclaimed cop drama The Job, have re-teamed as creators, writers, and executive producers of Rescue Me.
Cast
Tommy Gavin – Denis Leary (stand-up comedian, Demolition Man, Wag the Dog)
Mike Siletti – Mike Lombardi (Saturday Night Live)
Chief Jerry Reilly – Jack McGee (NYPD Blue)
Sean Garrity – Steven Pasquale (Six Feet Under)
Janet Gavin – Andrea Roth (CSI)
Laura Miles – Dianne Farr (Numb3rs)
Maggie – Tatum O’Neil (Paper Moon, Wicked Wicked Games)
Franco Rivera – Daniel Sunjata (Law & Order: SVU)
Kenny Shea – John Scurti (Law & Order, Ed)
Shiela Keefe – Callie Thorne (Prison Break, Law & Order)
Johnny Gavin – Dean Winters (Law & Order: SVU, 30 Rock)
Show Trivia
Lenny Clarke was originally offered the part of Chief Reilly, but turned down the role due to his commitment with "It's All Relative" (2003) and took up the part of Gavin's Uncle Teddy after that show was cancelled.
The first episode was premiered to the top brass of the New York Fire Department, and the fire fighters received DVDs containing the first three episodes before it was shown on FX for the first time.
The opening theme song is "C'mon C'mon" by The Von Bondies.
Many of the extras are retired or active FDNY firemen who work on the show on their days off.
The FDNY-NYPD hockey game was filmed at the Hackensack Ice House in Hackensack, New Jersey.
The song that ends the Season One Finale (Episode 13) is called "Fell On Bad Days" by the band Rubyhorse.
Adam Ferrara, a good friend of Denis Leary's and who co-starred with him on Leary's previous television show "The Job" (2001), was approached for a role in the show. Sadly, he couldn't commit due to other engagements.
At least two technical advisers are on the set for the filming of every show.
In the pilot, Franco (Daniel Sunjata) jokes that he will get back at someone by reporting that he "touched me in the shower". Sunjata was nominated for a 2003 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor for the play "Take Me Out", in which his character memorably sexually assaulted another man in a locker room shower.
In episode two, "Gay", Tommy Gavin (Denis Leary) is on the phone with his brother, John Gavin. John, using a cell phone, passes a promotional poster for "Shorties Watchin' Shorties" (2004), which Leary produced and which features his voice.
In season 2 Sean Garrity remarks that Tommy (Denis Leary) resembles Conan O'Brien. Leary is in fact O'Brien's cousin.
Inspired in part by real events. Denis Leary, as his character on the show Tommy, in fact did have a cousin who died being a fireman. He was killed in a fire in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1999.
Jack McGee, who plays Chief Jerry, was a real-life FDNY fireman before moving to Hollywood to become an actor.
Throughout the seasons, the characters can be heard talking about a fire-fighter name Paddy Brown and the different things he did. Paddy Brown was a real life fire-fighter who gave his life on 11 September 2001.
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