Rescue Me: Spelling

(M5) “…he’s Mikey, OK? He’s like the locusts. He’s not gonna be right again for like seven years.” – Lou For once, Lou wasn’t right. Doesn’t really matter though because let’s be honest – this wasn’t really that funny at all. After the hilarious first few minisodes, and then last week’s jaw-dropping finish, this one really fell flat for me.

I mean, c’mon – we all know that Mike is an idiot. Didn’t we find out he had dyslexia at one point? Based on that alone, you wouldn’t expect him to be able to spell common words. The obvious joke then, is that he can. And he did.

Boring. B-O-R-I-N-G. Boring.

He was able to spell “plethora” (though it was funny how he kept mispronouncing it) and then he spit out the right letters for “asthma” too. Hey, good for him.

But Kenny “Spelling Bee” Shea wouldn’t let it die… especially after he, Tommy, Garrity, and Franco were all down $15 each. That’s right, they were betting against Mike’s spelling aptitude.

So Lou did the one thing that was sure to pressure Mike – he freaked him out. Bet you can’t spell your own last name. After some quick talking, a new $1,000 bet, and some mind games… Mike came out with S-I-L-L-E-T-T-E and not S-I-L-L-E-T-T-I. He spelled his own last name wrong. Is that actually possible?

Thoughts…

• Leary in the Boston Celtics tee-shirt. Love it.
  
• Do you think Lou burning his hands on the hot griddle was part of the script or just an accident?
  
• This makes me laugh — the FX press website, where I downloaded the photo above, has Mike’s last name spelled “Siletti.” Wrong.
  

Here’s the description for next week’s minisode since there was no preview…
Sandwich: The guys spoil Lou’s lunchtime ritual, so he lectures them on life’s three certainties: sex, death, and sandwiches.

Knowing how much Lou loves food, this one could have some potential…

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4. Rescue Me 5.02 “French” Promo
5. Rescue Me 5.01 “Baptism” Sneak Peek