If I didn't think the human race sucked before watching this show, I would after. There's being flawed and then there's being a character on "Rescue Me." There's not one person I would want to spend five minutes with. Everyone is a liar. Everyone is selfish. No one is loyal. No one is kind. No one is happy. If I were a NYC Firefighter I would be angry at the portrayal of firefighters. And what's with the attractive 90-lb. female firefighter? I'm sure she's lovely, but she couldn't lift an overweight man out of a burning building. And what's with all this 9/11 stuff. I'm sure they're haunted by it, but it doesn't excuse having no character. These characters were likely horrible people before the towers fell. EEEEK, I feel dirty and depressed after watching this dreadful show. It's like "Mystic River." Everyone is horrible. Are all working class people horrible?