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"Maura Tierney&amp;#039;s character on Rescue Me will battle cancer in the final season of the show. The actress recently fought the disease in real-life and advised the show&amp;#039;s writers on her storyline, according to TV Guide. &amp;quot;We wrote like dopes,&amp;quot; confessed co-creator Peter Tolan. &amp;quot;We haven&amp;#039;t had cancer, and we wrote stuff that was a touch melodramatic.&amp;quot; Tierney&amp;#039;s character Kelly McPhee first bonded with Tommy (Denis Leary) in the fifth season. Tolan revealed that McPhee&amp;#039;s new storyline is &amp;quot;about survival and anger&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;Even though [Maura] got a clean bill of health, her initial response was not relief. It was anger and, &amp;#039;Why did I have to go through that?&amp;#039;. And that fits right into Tommy&amp;#039;s [story arc].&amp;quot; The producer also praised Tierney for revisiting her real-life cancer battle. &amp;quot;[She] got well and the went back and played someone who was sick,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;She relived her illness for the show and the character. That&amp;#039;s balls, right there.&amp;quot; The final season of Rescue Me will begin on FX in 2011. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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