TV Tonight: Rescue Me; Manly, Yes, But I Like It Too

Mr. Shara Says has recently marathoned the whole run of the show and is all about it. I haven't gotten into it, and probably won't - partly because he has been mostly watching it while I'm not home, and after I'm asleep, but partly because everytime I walked through the room when he was watching it there was some crazy sex scene going on. He promises that it isn't like that all the time, and that stuff happens other than crazy sex, and that I just happen to be catching isolated incidents - but literally every single time I've walked by the screen there's sex happening, followed immediately by some guy lying or being a jerk to the girl he was just having sex with. It just gave me a bad impression (not that I am a fan of censorship or anything - I just tend to avoid shows with lotsa sex, unless I get really sucked in by a good story), and from what little I saw of the main dude, he seemed like a womanizing, weak-willed a-hole and the whole thing seemed pretty demeaning to females. So, if I've got the wrong impression and am missing out on something cool, somebody please set me straight.

I was a big female fan the first couple seasons, but I thought it dropped off the last couple seasons. And, of course, I had real problems last season or the one before when Tommy raped Janet--both with the act itself and the aftermath. Maybe it was just "Tommy being Tommy," but he forced himself on her, over her objections. The fact that she got over it quickly (thanks to the male writing staff) didn't make it acceptable.

I second the ladies up top. Yeah, Rescue Me is kinda too out there for me. I'd watch it maybe as part of my job but not for unwinding or escape and relaxation. The consistent in-your-face defiance wears me out.
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In other news: FRINGE IS BACK!!! We are now T minus 28 minutes EST.