Season Five of FX’s firefighter dramedy Rescue Me finally kicks off tomorrow night, April 7, at 10pm ET with the premiere “Baptism.”

Onboard as the central guest star is Family Ties and Spin City icon Michael J. Fox, who plays Janet’s latest man-friend and the predictable root of much consternation for Tommy, who’s still dealing with his father Michael’s (Charles Durning) death in the fourth-season finale “Yaz.”

Follow the jump for a few preview photos of the season opener featuring the show’s very special newcomer. The best thing of all? Fans have 22 fifth-season episodes, extending into September six months from now, to enjoy once Rescue Me is officially back in action. Kinda makes the 19-month wait worth it.

FYI: Need to play catch-up? Watch the complete first four seasons of Rescue Me, as in all 13×4=52 episodes, online at Hulu, the best thing to happen to the entertainment Internets since whatever the first best thing was. Even last summer’s 10-installment webisode series remains available there, too, for good measure.

Now on to the pics…

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Rescue Me will air Tuesdays on FX at 10pm ET.

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Season Five cast photos for Rescue Me are out and they are nice. Love the imagery, love the poses, and, most of all, love the cast. Large and in charge.

As fans probably know by now, Denis Leary’s FDNY firefighter dramedy returns to FX on Tuesday, April 7, at 10pm ET with the season premiere “Baptism.” It’s been a long, hard, bone-dry spell since the last new episode, the fourth-season finale “Yaz,” aired on September 12, 2007.

Of course, we had the minisode series last July and August to tide us over, but it wasn’t nearly enough. The upside to the whole dearth of Rescue Me, then, is that the fifth season includes 22 episodes total instead of the customary shorter cable run of just 13.

Better still, the series has already been renewed for a sixth season of 18 more episodes. Together, that sorta makes up for the ultra long hiatus due to the 2007–2008 writers strike.

Now follow the jump for those smokin’ cast photos. Wish I could buy a few in poster format.

Adam Ferrara as Chief “Needles” Nelson

Michael Lombardi as Mike Siletti

Steven Pasquale as Sean Garrity

Andrea Roth as Janet Gavin

John Scurti as Lieutenant Kenny “Lou” Shea

Daniel Sunjata as Franco Rivera

Lorenz Tate as Black Shawn

Callie Thorne as Sheila Keefe

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