Best movie of this year hands down!

Captivating movie !

A different way of telling a story

Blistering performances.

Apparently, the people who put this show together back in 2001 never gave up on the talent and great ideas. Having just recently finished all the "Rescue Me" episodes, I felt like I just lost a good friend or broke up with a girlfriend with no more episodes to watch. Then I came across this old show with Dennis Leary and decided to give it a try since he is usually a great performer. I actually went up against him in audition for "Demolition Man" back in the day before I decided I was tired of going on auditions and set out to make some real money. LOL, My agent told me the job was already his before I even left for Hollywood. Back to the show...Well, so far, so good. It is basically the same show as "Rescue Me" but instead with cops. Many of the same actors and the same type of New York humor. I have not finished all the episodes but am happy to have found it. This definitely was the inspiration to "Rescue Me" and I guess after the popularity the NYFD reached a peak, the creators decided to bring new life to their great original idea in "The Job".

Denis Leary can indeed be funny and clever at times and is always likable, but this takes the cake! This show showed Leary's genius.The Job is set in New York. Leary plays Mike McNeil, a hard-nosed detective who is married, has a occasional drug problem, and has a girlfriend. McNeil has serious attitude. So much he's dripping in it. The precinct is filled with funny, interesting and likable characters besides McNeil. An excellent cast too. All of the episodes in this show are really funny and are addictive. The one liners in this show are everywhere. You'll be in stitches after hearing them and still laugh about them a few minutes after and then some. The cases the precinct deals with are something else to stripper nuns, a bathroom hostage situation, and more are over the top. This show was too good. Could have grown legs to last many more seasons. The Last Word: A great, fantastic show. I miss this show dearly. All episodes of this show are great. You get even belly-laughs...a lot. ABC made a huge mistake by giving this the ax. Too bad Leary did not revive the show for cable TV. Still, I give this show one of my highest of recommendations. Truly a one of a kind show.

For one who never watches sitcoms, I love this show. I haven't heard much buzz about it and I'm fervently hoping that it does not get axed. It's got great acting and it's refreshingly irreverent. It's a network sitcom, but feels more like it should be on HBO. It's a comedy but isn't afraid to take on serious issues and be dramatic for a moment. And thankfully, it doesn't rely on a laugh track. I cannot convey how great this show is and how much I'm hoping that ABC does not cancel. Please watch the show and tell your friends. We need more programming like this on TV.

How can anything with Denis Leary be bad? Per chance it has to do with the fact Leary's trademark (the fast talking Irish pottymouth) is short and just a way to garnish flavour in a main plot.(That's how he appears in most films.) "The Job" has no plot or concept, it's just the gazillionth-trillionth buddy-cop TV show and most of the stories don't even work on a humorous or climatic level. Mostly the show is geared by Leary's character as an anti-social cop who seems to cheat on his wife consensually, and the fact it's Denis Leary I would assume he and the writers would find that funny. Is it? Nope. I think the commenters below who revered this idiotic waste of time were just thinking what Denis Leary was thinking as the producer, that because he's in, it is automatically "hilarious".Find something else to watch on weeknights.