Rescue Me

This series slipped under the radar, which I think is a real shame. It was by no means perfect, but it was mostly well written and directed, and the acting was pretty solid. What made it special was Sally Phillips. She was superb, showing off the full range of her considerable acting talents. She could be touching, insecure, feisty - and hilarious: the first episode in particular, has a treasurable scene where she interviews a prominent (and none-too-impressed) feminist for a feature called "What's in my fridge" or something similar. When the subject testily enquires whose brilliant idea this was, Sally Phillips's reaction is priceless, even though she just says one word: "Guilty!" She is a huge comic talent, and I really hope we see more of her on big and small screens.

I've always remembered this which is why I have googled it now in late 2004. I thought it was great and I took it for granted that there would be a second series but for some reason it never came. Shame, really.

I actually looked up Oliver Chris, now in Green Wing - and by a 6 degrees of kind of chain I ended up remembering he was part of this show. Stewart Wright I remember too - he's been in Coupling since and all sorts.

I can't remember there being anything wrong at all with this show - it was funny, characters were likable and it had a plot good enough to hold viewers. The BBC can be a bit daft sometimes.

"Rescue Me" looked full of potential when it bounced on our screens in 2002, with Smack The Pony's Sally Phillips in the lead as a fashion mag journalist with relationship problems. But ... somehow it didn't work. And though it left a few loose ends, mainly what would happen with Katie and Eddie, the office misfit, it wasn't given a return series. I'm not sure it was as bad as all that, and it was fairly memorable, and the cast were good - it just seemed another sitcom misfire.

The last few years we've seen alot of new drama/comedy series displaying the life of a young female and her friends, troubles and relationships (eg Ally McBeal, Heart and Bones). Although i quite like all of those, Rescue Me is somewhat special to my regard. It has the most special ability of getting in touch with you, to get yourself in touch with your own feelings. When a television show can do that, you know you are watching something good.

Soap opera dressed up as comedy-drama. A crashing bore, and crushing disappointment, after Sally Phillips' hilarious 'Smack The Pony' sketch series. Avoid, unless you _enjoy_ watching bland 30-somethings wrestle with their extremely trivial lives.