Rescue Me’s sixth season (we’ve been allotted the first four episodes) kicks off as any fan of the show would expect it to – with Tommy Gavin (Denis Leary) lying on the barroom floor where we last saw him.  Bleeding out from multiple gunshot wounds inflicted by his Uncle Teddy (Lenny Clarke).  I don’t think I’m really ruining anything here by giving up this piece of information – Tommy doesn’t die.  Or at least, he doesn’t stay dead. Within the opening moments of the show, Tommy goes to an otherworldly place that may be heaven, or more likely, somewhere else, and is soon brought back.  It’s what he sees and feels during his flatlining moments that fuel much of these opening episodes.  More after the jump: