Absolutely great show
I've watched all 63 episodes of "Six Feet Under" and I loved every one of them. Each one was a gem, some were emeralds, some were pearls (of wisdom), and some were as precious as the Hope Diamond. There were moments that were so incandesent in their brilliance that I was awestruck--the answer Nate gives to a distraught client who asks "Why do people have to die?", the conversation between Nate and an old biker chick whose husband was killed while riding his hawg to a department store to play Santa (I watched it over and over again and it was just as good the fifth and sixth and seventh times I watched it), the verbal catfight between Brenda, Nate's living wife, and Lisa, Nate's dead wife (the living talk with the dead frequently in SFU); David's incredibly intense carjacking incident that was exactly--EXACTLY!--right, David's conversation with his dead father about his (David's) place--or lack of a place--in the family. And what can we say about Claire? Claire is...well, you're just going to have to watch to understand how special Claire is. You're going to have to watch all five seasons to understand that. Now, I have to warn you that if you're offended by foul langauage, nudity, casual and/or homosexual sex, drug use, people being killed in strange and nasty ways, and mental illness, "Six Feet Under" may not work for you. Seasons one and two and large protions of season three are the best parts of the series but I think seasons four and five suffer because they must be compared with the brilliance of the seasons that preceeded them. Seasons four and five felt a little...soap opera-ish at times. But then we meet Joe. Joe is a sweet, kinda normal guy (normal is not normal in Six Feet Under) who falls in love with Brenda. Too bad Joe isn't Nate and never will be. And, just like in real life, Joe gets screwed over. Sorry Joe. Sometimes bad things happen to nice people, ya know? Season five, and the series, is capped off with the 63rd and final episode "Everybody's Waiting." This follows the gut-wrenching episode titled "Ecotone" which pulls the carpet out from under you and lands you on your face. But "Everybody's Waiting" brings redemption and hope for the future which is kind of amusing given that the point of the series is that there IS no future because death is always lurking in the shadows. Death from a bad LSD trip, death from a defective elevator, death from a ball of "blue ice" falling from the sky, death from a bus hitting a hearse. Yep, "Six Feet Under" is about death. It uses death to talk about life. It uses death to show how wonderful life is. If you haven't guessed by now, I really enjoyed sharing the lives of Nate, David, Claire, Ruth, Brenda, Billy, Keith, Rico, and the rest of the characters. "Six Feet Under" is great story telling and it just may be the best TV I've have ever watched.Read full review
