Rescue Me is back! After an unforgivably long absence, Denis Leary and the boys are returning for a fourth season of top quality firefighting drama.

As regular readers will know, Sky1 decided not to pick up the rights to the most recent season of the show and with no other UK broadcaster stepping forward (are they crazy?), it's instead being unleashed on iTunes.

Leading up to the release of season four on November 7, we have an extra special treat here on Tube Talk. Every day for the next eleven days we'll be premiering an exclusive, specially-recorded Rescue Me minisode. These aren't piffly, 90-second web clips (yeah, I'm looking at you, Heroes: Going Postal) but gorgeous, five-minute treats that will eventually add up to the equivalent of a whole extra episode!

Click 'play' below to watch episode one, 'Criteria':


Rescue Me season four is available to download exclusively through iTunes from November 7. Seasons one to three are available now.

Check in tomorrow for episode two!

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