Rescue Me

As Sheila bonds with Janet over her pregnancy, Tommy discovers Colleen working at the bar that's now owned by Mickey and Uncle Teddy.

Stressed out after working for three weeks without a call, Tommy is taking Black Shawn to task for proposing to Colleen without asking his permission first when he learns of a TV news 9/11 anniversary story about his late cousin, Jimmy Keefe. Restrained from going after the camera crew, Tommy not only learns that the project has been approved by the FDNY brass, but that Sheila has given her...

As Black Shawn looks for help in scaling back Colleen's wedding plans, and Lou continues to ignore his doctor's advice, Tommy steels himself be interviewed on TV about his cousin, Jimmy.

On the night of the Jimmy Keefe news story everyone at 62 Truck is waiting with bated breath for trouble. And while most of the broadcast leaves them relieved, their worst fears are finally realized when Tommy uses his interview not only to go public with his complaints about how he and his fellow firefighters are treated, but to also to make a spirited defense against the charges of racism...

As a result of his angry television interview, Tommy is suspended from the firehouse for 30 days. Worried that things will get even worse now that reporter Pam Keppler has started digging up even more dirt on Tommy, Needles warns the firefighters of 62 Truck that they could be hurt too if the inquiry continues. So, in an effort to draw the focus away from Tommy, he offers to make himself a...

Over Tommy's protests, Chief Feinberg insists that he face his fears stemming from 9/11 and forces him to return to Ground Zero. Though he handles the ordeal better than expected, Tommy still reacts to the stress by ending up at Sheila's apartment, where he unconsciously rifles through her things and finds a letter written by his cousin Jimmy O'Keefe before he died at the World Trade Center....

Having accepted Lou's challenge, Franco sets out to remake 62 Truck, while Tommy continues hoping to regain his family's trust in the wake of his having seen the letter his cousin Jimmy wrote to Sheila before he died. And having entrusted Lou with a package of similar letters to his family and friends, Tommy then gives his old friend one that, like the others, he insists can only be opened...

In the tradition of the Gavin family, Colleen’s wedding is an emotional if not debaucherous affair. The high spirits quickly fade, however, when the guys tackle the mother of all fires.

In the aftermath of the fire, the members of 62 truck struggle to pick up the pieces and look towards the future. Down at The Rock, the new probies receive a familiar speech and stand before a new leader.