Last week’s cliffhanger had Lou lying lifeless on the firehouse floor, and in this episode we’re reminded that it would be difficult to lose any of the crazy Rescue Me cast of characters.
Lou is going to be okay after his heart attack but is now aware of the severity of his emotional eating. With Tommy presently making a good run (a week) with no booze (except for wine) and no cigarettes it’s time for Lou’s food addiction to take center stage. Lou reveals to Tommy that he, too, had a glimpse of the afterlife when his heart stopped. Unlike Tommy’s zombie filled flaming hell, Lou’s experience is a heaven filled with a bakery, loving memories of his mother and spoons of chocolate cupcake icing. Lou shares that the feeling was so good the only painful part has been waking up from it and that his hell is living with food addiction.
Learning that the rival firehouse, the West Side Wildmen, has moved it’s cookout up the guys decide to break Lou out of the hospital so that they can move the date up of their cookout. During the breakout we are treated to Franco’s sexiness as he disguised himself as a Doctor. While in this mission Sean learns that his friend and fellow firefighter, Pat Mahoney, has suffered a relapse in his fight with cancer. This really has an affect on Sean who is still cancer free.
Damian actually scored a date with Penny from the West Side Wildmen and while the guys are leery about him “sleeping with the enemy” everyone decides that he should use the date as a recognizance mission. Not sure if a lot of information was gathered on this date but we definitely see a Romeo & Juliet’esque budding romance forming.
We meet the priest again from last episodes burning church. Peter Gallagher is a fun addition this season and his character Father Phil seems to have made a connection with Tommy. With Lou obviously seeing a ‘heaven’ Tommy goes back to the church to talk about the fact that he was definitely in hell. Father Phil tells Tommy a good place to start his good deeds to get to heaven would be with his family.
However back at Tommy’s home Janet has called Franco over to help unclog her…ahem…pipes. Franco and Janet are getting closer …a little too close… and right as Franco stops himself before anything really happens, Tommy comes home. The sexual tension in the house must have been palpable because Tommy picked up on it immediately and hurt and bewildered he storms out.
As a distressed Tommy sits in his car, he remembers the bottle of rare Irish whiskey Uncle Teddy and Cousin Mickey gave him last episode. The episode ends with a great scene as for a full 3 minutes without any dialogue we see Tommy struggle with his sobriety and then give into the Whiskey.
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