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Leary promises an intelligent series finale for ‘Rescue Me’

By Ian Cullen Jun 29, 2010, 16:41 GMT

Denis Leary (L) and wife Ann Leary - Fame

Although the penultimate season of "Rescue Me" will not air until tonight on FX, that hasn’t stopped lead actor Denis Leary from teasing with hints about the forthcoming season and how it links in with next year's final season. 

In an interview for Popeater he revealed that the seventh and final season had already been completed.

"About a year from now is going to be the last season," he said. "We worked our asses off."

He continued: "I'll tell you this - a second before the credits roll on the final episode, there's a sudden dark and funny twist which is the end of the whole series. It's not going to be like 'The Sopranos.' We enjoyed what we came up with."

When it comes to the finale, Leary promised that it will not be dumbed down for the lowest common denominator.

"You can never make everybody happy," he said. "I'm sure part of the audience will love it and part will hate it, but with that in mind, that's good because if they all love it, we watered it down."

"Rescue Me" returns for its sixth season tonight at 10pm on FX.

Monsters and Critics' contributing writer Ian Cullen is a former actor and community artist, and a lifetime fan of Science Fiction and television. He runs www.scifipulse.net  - a site, which follows the trends of science fiction television and movies.  He lives in Manchester, England.