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Six Feet Under

Michael C Hall, Lauren Ambrose, Frances Conroy and Peter Krause in Six Feet Under.
Aug 21

In Memoriam: ‘Six Feet Under’ Cast Eulogizes HBO’s Late, Great Reminder to Live

The concept was short and simple: a series set in a family-run funeral home. In poetic fashion, nearly every episode of HBO’s Six Feet Under begins with the end of somebody’s life. Created by Alan Ball, the show focused on the Fisher family, an emotionally repressed and highly dysfunctional clan whose lives revolved around the grief and guts of the funeral business. Within the first five minutes of the show, we have our first death, and a significant one: Nathaniel Fisher, Sr. (played by Richard Jenkins), the Fisher family figurehead, is killed when a bus smashes into the hearse he driving.
By Ashley Steves
The end. (HBO)
Aug 21

‘Six Feet Under’: A Non-Oral History Regarding My Personal Feelings About the Show

Okay! Guys! Listen up: Six Feet Under is the best, most influential piece of television in the history of the medium. To me. Moreso than the moon landing (didn't watch it, no spoilers), the Kennedy/Nixon debates (didn't watch it, no spoilers) and the ending of The Sopranos (didn't watch it, Vinnie already spoiled it) combined, I can personally testify about the healing properties of the Fischer family.
By Drew Grant
Pfefferman family stoner time. (Amazon)
Feb 23

Tune in, Turn on, Rock Out: TV’s Psychedelic Drug Renaissance Is Outta Sight!! (Video)

[caption id="attachment_479821" align="aligncenter" width="635"]Pfefferman family stoner time. (Amazon) Pfefferman family stoner time. (Amazon)[/caption]Back when there was a War on Drugs (a long, long time ago...probably when The Wire was first coming out), there was an idea that you could never show a protagonist getting high on television without some awful, life-altering consequences. Think of Jessie Spano getting "so excited" on Saved By the Bell, or Claire's trial-run with meth right before learning about her father's death on Six Feet Under.
By Drew Grant
Today, we are all Claire at the law firm. (HBO)
Dec 17

Five Signs It’s a Slow News Day

By Drew Grant
Jul 16

Good TV, Terrible Bosses: Brett Martin Examines the Boob Tube Manly Men of Breaking Bad, The Sopranos and The Wire

By James Camp
Mar 21

Is HBO’s Luck Starting to Run Out?

By Daniel D'Addario
"Six Feet Under"
Feb 6

Tonight in DVR: Boy, Do We Miss Six Feet Under

By Daniel D'Addario
Mar 3

The New York World: How to Be Un-Married (For Now Anyway)

By Doree Shafrir
May 27

Alan Ball to Take on Bad Girls for HBO

By Gillian Reagan
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