:Possible spoilers (though, if you watch much TV these days you'll probably know what's coming already...):
What is the point of this programme?
Seriously? If the programme is just going to be about people having sex with each other and then getting angry about it, why bother setting it in a fire station? To be honest, given that we already have about a thousand programmes using that template, why bother making it at all?
As I firefighter myself I knew there were going to moments of artistic licence but I looked forward to seeing a dramatised representation of what we actually do that might be good entertainment.
The first episode seemed promising but that was as far as it went. Every episode since then has been like Eastenders with big red lorries in the background.
Firefighting is an interesting and exciting subject, I can tell you that for sure. The 'relationship' (i.e. bed-hopping) drama that TV writers always fall back on when they run out of real stories, though? Not so much.
I'll stick with Chicago Fire: it hurts my 'suspension of disbelief lobe' less.
What is the point of this programme?
Seriously? If the programme is just going to be about people having sex with each other and then getting angry about it, why bother setting it in a fire station? To be honest, given that we already have about a thousand programmes using that template, why bother making it at all?
As I firefighter myself I knew there were going to moments of artistic licence but I looked forward to seeing a dramatised representation of what we actually do that might be good entertainment.
The first episode seemed promising but that was as far as it went. Every episode since then has been like Eastenders with big red lorries in the background.
Firefighting is an interesting and exciting subject, I can tell you that for sure. The 'relationship' (i.e. bed-hopping) drama that TV writers always fall back on when they run out of real stories, though? Not so much.
I'll stick with Chicago Fire: it hurts my 'suspension of disbelief lobe' less.