Season 1 • Episode 8
LatestRyan and Wick are trapped in a building after a chemical explosion. The gas affects them, making them get a little crazy. Even after they are rescued, they have trouble dealing with the possibility of future birth defects in their unborn children and the fact that Michael let the door close on them, trapping them inside the building.
Rescue 77 is an American television series about the professional and personal lives of paramedics in Los Angeles, California. The show aired in the spring of 1999 on Monday nights on the WB network. The creator and executive producer was Gregory Widen, a former Southern California firefighter and paramedic, and the writer of the 1991 firefighting drama Backdraft. His goal for the show was to provide a more realistic depiction of the lives of firefighters and paramedics than previous emergency medical television series such as Emergency!.
Writing
Gregory Widen's firefighter background bleeds into every call.
Production
Shot on chaotic LA streets with practical emergency rigging.
Acting
Christian Kane's breakout before Angel; Richard Roundtree's gravitas.
Creator
Gregory Widen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gregory Widen wrote this between Backdraft drafts, using actual call logs from his LA County days. The 'suicide attempt in a pool' episode? His first real run.
This was WB's failed bid for adult drama prestige—sandwiched between 7th Heaven and Buffy, it drowned in the wrong audience. It's basically the Roswell of emergency shows.
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