Rescue Me, Season 1

Rescue Me (2004-2011) is an American TV series, airing on the FX Network, about the professional and personal lives of New York City firefighters after the trauma of the September 11.

[Talking about a fireman who retired and them came out of the closet, and also claims to know more gay firemen]

Sean:
Well, maybe he just thought they were gay because they were well-groomed, and uh, into fashion. You know what I mean?

Chief Reilly, Franco, Lou, and Tommy:
No.

Sean:
Well, maybe they weren't homosexuals. Maybe they were metrosexuals.

Lou:
What?

Tommy:
My daughter used that term last week.

Franco:
The teenager?

Tommy:
The eight-year-old.

Chief Reilly:
What in the sweet chocolate christ is a metrosexual?

Mike:
It means that you aren't gay but you like to do certain things that might be considered gay. [they all stare at him, looking totally clueless and in shock] Right?

Sean:
No, asshole. He doesn't know what the hell he's talkin' about. Look, a metrosexual is like a straight guy who happens to you know, also like to go shoppin' and-- and get facials and stuff.

Tommy:
Holy shit.

Chief Reilly:
Shoppin' for food?

Mike:
Nice food.

Sean:
Yeah, and wine, and... clothes. Yeah, I'm not explaining it right. Franco you know what a metrosexual is, right?

Franco:
Uh, that would be a huge goddamn 'no'.

Sean:
It's not like a gay thing...

Mike:
It's gay and it's not gay. It's like straight, regular guys who get like facelifts and bikini waxes.

Chief Reilly:
Enough. Enough.

Mike:
Male bikini waxes.

Chief Reilly:
Enough! Nobody in this firehouse goes out and goes shoppin' anymore unless it's for underwear or for boots or for a pair of goddamn gloves. And nobody, and I mean nobody, goes and gets a facial unless that means putting water on your face to clean up after catchin' a job. And the word metrosexual from this point on is banned from this quarters. (walks out)

Lou:
What the hell's a male bikini wax?

Sean:
That's when they take the hair off of your scrotom.

Franco:
Ow.

Lou:
[in a pained voice] Why?

Mike:
Chicks dig it.

Franco:
Chicks dig us shaving our balls?

[The whole crew is looking at the NYC skyline]

Sean:
It's a nice view, huh?

Tommy:
Yeah. It'll never be the same for me.

Franco:
Yeah, me either.

Laura:
Even when they put up whatever it is that they're puttin' up.

Franco:
It's like they're tryin' to erase what happened. You know?

Chief Reilly:
It's insulting. Remember when they had those spotlights right after 9/11? I couldn't take that. I like it like this... empty. Just the way those scumbags left it. No spotlights, no new buildings, just empty.

Tommy:
Yeah. That's the thing about the spotlight, you know. Walk out into it and at first everybody thinks they see a good-lookin' all-American hero. But then you stay out there long enough and you know, they start to notice certain things. Maybe your nose is a little crooked, you know, maybe your teeth are too crooked. Maybe you got a little scar on your upper lip. Your hair's not right. One eye's bigger than the other. Next thing 'ya know they think they're lookin' at some kinda goddamn monster. Like they're lookin' at King Kong. Then they start throwin' shit at 'ya.

Lou:
Well, I'll tell ya one thing. That morning they threw a couple a jets into a couple a buildings. And they threw at us the biggest job in the history of our profession. And what do we do? We gave up 343 of our guys to save... at least 10,000.

Tommy:
Yeah. And look at us now: Three years later and still waitin' for a goddamn raise. I'll tell 'ya what guys, we were on our own that morning and we're still on our own today.


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