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[SIX FEET UNDER] Ironically being resurrected
joshofalltrades
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There's a hole in my week where Dexter was last year. In an attempt to fill it, I went to the last thing Michael C. Hall did in the hopes that it would be good. And wouldn't you know, it is fantastic.
Six Feet Under is the story of Fisher and Sons, a funeral home run by Nathaniel Sam Fisher (heh, Sam Fisher) Sr.
Until, that is, he is killed at the very beginning of the first episode just before his kids come back home for Thanksgiving. No, that's not right. The show is about Ruth Fisher:
A control-freak mom who wears drab clothes, hates vulgar language and wants to just pretend that people's serious problems don't exist. No, wait, she's boring. The show is really about David Fisher and the love of his life, Keith:
David is the religious gay son of Nathaniel Fisher Sr. who takes over half of the business after his father's death. Still coming to grips with his homosexuality, he's possibly one of the greatest gay characters I've ever seen on the small screen. But as interesting as he is, he doesn't have top billing. No, that goes to Nathaniel Fisher Jr.:
Basically the everyman of this show. Nice guy, escaped the funeral business when he was young and then gets sucked back into it after his father leaves him half the business upon his death. He has sex in almost every episode with Brenda:
A super-scrutinized, high IQ woman who takes care of her problematic brother (not pictured). She has some serious issues.
But while all this is going on, the real star of the show, Claire, is dealing with all kinds of drugs and messed-up shit at her high school because everyone knows what her family does and they call her shit like Morticia just to get a rise out of her. Her lousy love interest, Gabe, is a real loser and you will hate him from the very first time you see him on-screen.
Now ignore everything above this sentence. The only person you need concern yourself with in this show is Federico.
Because he is fuckawesome.
I know this show is old, but it didn't have a thread and I think it deserves one. I'm still on Season 2 out of 5, and it's really really well done. At the very beginning of every episode, somebody dies. It really highlights how suddenly death can strike without warning. Some of the deaths are hilarious, too.
Rapture Death Scene
If you're looking for a new show to get addicted to, you could do worse than this one. Just be prepared for lots and lots of sex and some violence; it's not a kid show. It's a little depressing at times but you'll get over it.
Six Feet Under is the story of Fisher and Sons, a funeral home run by Nathaniel Sam Fisher (heh, Sam Fisher) Sr.
Until, that is, he is killed at the very beginning of the first episode just before his kids come back home for Thanksgiving. No, that's not right. The show is about Ruth Fisher:
A control-freak mom who wears drab clothes, hates vulgar language and wants to just pretend that people's serious problems don't exist. No, wait, she's boring. The show is really about David Fisher and the love of his life, Keith:
David is the religious gay son of Nathaniel Fisher Sr. who takes over half of the business after his father's death. Still coming to grips with his homosexuality, he's possibly one of the greatest gay characters I've ever seen on the small screen. But as interesting as he is, he doesn't have top billing. No, that goes to Nathaniel Fisher Jr.:
Basically the everyman of this show. Nice guy, escaped the funeral business when he was young and then gets sucked back into it after his father leaves him half the business upon his death. He has sex in almost every episode with Brenda:
A super-scrutinized, high IQ woman who takes care of her problematic brother (not pictured). She has some serious issues.
But while all this is going on, the real star of the show, Claire, is dealing with all kinds of drugs and messed-up shit at her high school because everyone knows what her family does and they call her shit like Morticia just to get a rise out of her. Her lousy love interest, Gabe, is a real loser and you will hate him from the very first time you see him on-screen.
Now ignore everything above this sentence. The only person you need concern yourself with in this show is Federico.
Because he is fuckawesome.
I know this show is old, but it didn't have a thread and I think it deserves one. I'm still on Season 2 out of 5, and it's really really well done. At the very beginning of every episode, somebody dies. It really highlights how suddenly death can strike without warning. Some of the deaths are hilarious, too.
Rapture Death Scene
If you're looking for a new show to get addicted to, you could do worse than this one. Just be prepared for lots and lots of sex and some violence; it's not a kid show. It's a little depressing at times but you'll get over it.
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It's been yonks since I watched this. Perhaps I should amend that.
What does that guy say? True love is cleaning up after your spouse shits the bed?
Great show.
were really tough to watch
So far it's all pretty uniformly great in my opinion. I've heard the quality drops slowly off towards the end and then spikes sharply up in the last few episodes.
But yes, the last few episodes were fantastic.
And then he turns around and convinces me that no, he is a serial serial killer killer who doesn't feel feelings
Like, I don't see an overlap of personality between either of them
I had the same issue. It was my first time watching it and we would tear through four episodes at a time. Can be draining at times.
Funniest episode was probably ruth on extacy. My favorite was a tie between the biker one and the gang member one.
Most annoying subplot goes to
I had the same issue where I could only watch so many episodes in one sitting, its the same thing preventing me from marathoning Breaking Bad.
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I actually liked that, though the conclusion came out of nowhere.
Now if only the seasons weren't so darn expensive here I'd watch them all again.
I actually liked Nate better on the "aspirin". He was funnier. There was a lot of wasted potential with Ruth since she went to sleep right afterward, I think.
After tripping out and running around the woods seeing crap, yes.
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Huh. Maybe I was watching that scene wrong, the weird hue around everything made it seem like she was dreaming to me.
That's really my one complaint with this show is that it is very occasionally tough to tell when something is actually happening in real life or if it is being imagined.
Either way, some things are left open for interpretation.
The corpses talking was hilarious at times as well.
Like, that was some fucked up shit, Nate
And as noted more than once already: best series finale ever.
I don't know if treat is the right word.
But HBO and Showtime have no doubt contributed to that, especially with SFU and Dexter
There have been a lot of good shows and for serial shows there hasn't been a better decade, but they have almost all been overshadowed by reality TV crap and poor attempts to copy [strike]good[/strike] successful TV of the past and present.
Well, it's awesome all around; but especially Claire. Shame they didn't keep the black comedy theme in the first season going for very long. By Season 3, it's allll serious business.
Federico has been tamed down a lot in the 2nd season too. He was by far the most entertaining part of the 1st season.
Gotta love sudden death by cougar.
"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods
By the end of the show I hated Rico. I don't mind the actor. I just really, really hated the character.
Claire however?
And weirdly, as much as I liked Nate at the start, I loathed him by the time of:
And then I loved him again from then on out.
Aren't we all in some way? Granted, you and I might make decisions based on those people and consequences, but Nate was what I think we all are when we don't take those into account.
The second Six Feet Under album has some of my favourite ever songs, the Caesars' cover of "Don't Fear the Reaper", Sia's "Breathe Me" and The Arcade Fire's "Cold Wind". Especially the latter is such an amazingly beautiful, sad song.
"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods
After about a minute of her doing it my wife said, "Okay, when are they going to cut back to reality?"
They didn't
"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods
And I had the same experience with Rico. The actors in this series were tops. Loved Kathy Bates character.
Was season 4 or 5 better than season 3?
I also liked a lot of the subtle touches this show had that made it feel quite real. Little things like them laying around watching television, something most people do but you never see happen with people on other dramas.
Yeah, about Lisa;
I don't think the show really drags at any point. Every season had a few different themes and they all flowed together very well, especially connecting to the overall life and death concept. Season 3 in particular really worked well at getting the viewer to step into the same feelings Nate had about his life at the time.
Thirith; I'm curious, what bothered you about Brenda in season 5? I thought she seemed pretty sympathetic in that season.