Shark Bytes

If I had to pick a JTS moment it would be when Jerry committed suicide. I thought for sure the show had JTS'ed after that. But while I do believe the show went down in quality after that, it still manages to hold my interest. It's still much better than most of the crud on tv.

I get a little annoyed from time to time when the show gets a little too Tommyfied. Some of the other characters tend to become plot devices for some storyline revolving Tommy instead of being fleshed out, but then the show will come out with something else and they reel me back in.

A lot of people talk about the show being about male ego, but I'm a woman and I love this show. It deals with life and all the different trials and tribulations that people go through. It seems relatable in lots of ways that most people are afraid to admit to. Dennis is portraying the bitter truth. We need more shows like this one.

THIS WAS A GREAT SHOW BUT CATAPULTED THE SHARK AFTER JERRY DIED.
A 50 YR STUD, BOOZE HOUND, FIREMAN WITH BABY ARMS IS ALSO A TOUGH GUY. PLEASE.
ANDREA ROTH DESERVES A REAL PART, NOT DATING SHAKY J FOX IN THE NEW SEASON.

This show jumped after Connor died. That whole story arc leading up to that season finale just made me totally uninterested in finishing out the series. It was just all so hoakey and totally not convincing.

HAS NEVER and WILL NEVER...this show is brilliantly funny and emotionally serious at the same time. THe beuaty is that, although it teeters and sometimes tiptoes over the line, it never crosses the threshold of 'Going Too Far'. The fact that there are so many sub-plots, that never seem to have closure is excellent. It makes the viewer create their own idea of what happened, and by the time you realize the mini-plot was never touch upon again, it comes back up a few episodes later and bites you. GREAT SHOW, GREAT WRITING, SOLID CAST!!

Just jumped it for me a few minutes ago when they pulled up to a fire and started ogling a volkswagon and talking about the number of airbags it had. product placement down your throat..

Love the attitude of this show. Finally a drama/comedy that tells it from a guys point of view. I am so sick of all the feminine males on tv these days. You can't say this, you can't say that, for if you do, a woman will get angry. "Oh my god! What did you say?!!"

That's what makes Rescue Me so great. The guts to say anything. This would never fly on a network channel. Thank God for cable.

Jumped when Tommy's sister got caught with Tommy's dope.

I love the firehouse humor and the show pushing the limits to be non-PC. It hasn't JTS but the problem is more that the show is inconsistent. Plot devices come and go, subplots come and go, some of them like Tommy's religious visions a distraction that add nothing to the show, and others like Laura Miles an annoying token concession to PC on a show that seems to pride itself in not being PC. Still on the whole, a good show and addictive.

Too late for another season for me, I have moved onto other things. I'm not getting involved with any other shows from FX again. First Over There now Rescue Me. Screw it.

Theres going a new season starting in July

Is there even going to be another season. I contacted fx network and never heard back. Does anyone out there know?????

Ok what the hell are you people whining about?!?!?! It was a solid 13 episodes that played through like life does. Maybe just maybe answers will be given in...the next season!!!! Have some faith in the show or just don't watch it! Denis, Peter and Evan did a great job this season of setting things up for the next season. As for the women issue have you ever stopped to think that maybe the women were acting in response to the dysfuntional men in their lives?!??! As for all you people who seemingly condemn Denis for the Tommy character shut up! It's not ego, it's a character on a tv show, a show that you all continue to watch! The show is smart, funny, emotional and rivetting. It pulls you back for the next episode everytime. I can't wait for the next season to see how Tommy reacts to his fathers death (maybe this season was a segway into a massive relapse in season 5) Tommy was a shadow of his former self this season but he is still 10x's more interesting than most of the other stereotypical characters written in predictable american dramas. Congrats to Denis and Peter and shame on all you people who have turned your backs, you should be ashamed. Go watch desperate housewives! Rescue me Season 5!!!!!!

Show has slowly been skiing downhill to the waiting shark since the first season. I did enjoy the first season. I enjoyed the firehouse humor, and realism of a dangerous job. The ghosts were a nice touch, and Tommy's struggle with himself, all well done. When the over-blond Tommy became the love machine that no woman could keep their hands off of (Denis Leary co writes....NO you could never tell!! <sarcasm>. Is when the skiing downhill picked up speed. I wonder if there is a single woman with a working brain on this show, or are they all silly, slutty and backstabbing? Or is the sole purpose of their existance to be the next one in line to have a go with Tommy? Denis should go back to all the comedic Elizabeth Hurley movies. PS- Kudos to the poster that said "didn't just jump the shark, but Denis Leary slept with it." (something to that effect)

This jumped the shark when I started watching the show - the third season. Everything's so contrived - the finale ends with his brother getting shot? Then the long-lost deaf sister shows up at the funeral which becomes an impromptu wedding? Those are just a few things off the top of my head, it just seems with this show that it tries WAY too hard to be hip and Sopranos-like instead of showing actual firefighting.