Wow. What an incredibly insignificant hour of television, but since there’s still two more weeks before the big season finale (plenty of time to wrap up all existing subplots and start a few new ones), Episode Ten is often considered a freebie for the writers to pretty much do whatever they want. HBO’s “Entourage” did the same this week with the pointless (but fun) Vegas trip, and “Rescue Me” follows suit with an entire hour dedicated to Tommy reminiscing about his job as a firefighter.

Nothing else exciting really happens. Sheila buys Tommy a new Cadillac pickup truck, only to get stolen from him within twenty minutes. Probie turns in his transfer form, only for Tommy to spread gay rumors to all the other firehouses. Janet and Tommy meet to talk about the baby, but no one knows whose it is. And Franco is given the boot by his girlfriend when her retarded brother gets loose on the town; an obvious ploy by the guy to “keep” his sister all to himself. Tommy also managed to guzzle $200 worth of whiskey without paying a single dime at the end of the episode. How? By telling war stories about his years with the FDNY, of course, not to mention a couple sob stories about 9/11 and a full disclosure of his personal problems. Oh, and in case you were wondering, “World Trade Center” opens tomorrow. What, you didn’t get a chance to see the special promo? Here it is again, just in case you missed it. Ugh.