I'm not one for beating about the bush. If you watched Saved and found it to your liking, then you owe it to yourself to tune in Rescue Me on FX and see how exciting this type of show can be when done right.
Saved has been modeled after Rescue Me, and in that respect, lacks originality. Rescue Me's Tommy is battling alcohol and pill addiction, Scott on Saved has a bad gambling problem. Tommy's fire house has a Puerto Rican, a woman fire fighter proving she belongs, and a probational fireman (probie) who's picked on by the vets. On Scott's ambulance there's a black paramedic, a Hispanic woman paramedic, and a young, white-bread, paramedic that's the butt of hurtful remarks (think probie). I can forgive that, but it's not even close to Rescue Me in quality of plot or acting.
Let me conclude by saying I've only seen the pilot so I'll likely give Saved a second chance provided I can muster the stomach to watch.
Saved has been modeled after Rescue Me, and in that respect, lacks originality. Rescue Me's Tommy is battling alcohol and pill addiction, Scott on Saved has a bad gambling problem. Tommy's fire house has a Puerto Rican, a woman fire fighter proving she belongs, and a probational fireman (probie) who's picked on by the vets. On Scott's ambulance there's a black paramedic, a Hispanic woman paramedic, and a young, white-bread, paramedic that's the butt of hurtful remarks (think probie). I can forgive that, but it's not even close to Rescue Me in quality of plot or acting.
Let me conclude by saying I've only seen the pilot so I'll likely give Saved a second chance provided I can muster the stomach to watch.