Rescue Me: What the [censored] Happened to this Show?

[Thug Bubbles]

Everything about the show has become a weak caricature of itself. From Tommy's "Yeah-but-but-you know, I -ca-ca-can't let you, an-and the baby, right? Because i-i-it would...whatever" stammering schtick to the 'drama' that makes you want to just kill his wife and daughter to the far to obvious 'Tommy has something poignant to say' moments that used to at least be better woven into the story. It's all like Grindhouse. The dialogue for QT's section seemed like a good college writer trying to script dialogue like QT while falling just short enough to make it stand out. This season is exactly the same. It's as if they hired on a whole team of new writers who aren't as good as previous writers, but still trying to emulate the shows traits.