Binge Watch Wednesday - Six Feet Under

by Heather

Six Feet Under is a drama about a family running a funeral home.  It is a character driven show.  More than anything else what I remember about the show is it having one of the best endings of any show I have ever watched - then or now. 

You don’t know it when you start, but you’re watching this entire series so that the epic finale hits you right in the gut  

Nothing was left unresolved, and the last 10 minutes of the last episode were phenomenal.  

This show is also a chance to see several actors in what I consider their breakout show.  We have slightly neurotic matriarch Ruth (Frances Conroy of American Horror Story), uptight and closeted David (Michael C. Hall of Dexter) AKA my favorite character, laid back brother Nate (Peter Krause of Parenthood), sister Claire (Lauren Ambrose of Torchwood),  Brenda as Nate's girlfriend (Rachel Griffiths of Brothers & Sisters) and Jeremy Sisto (Suburgatory) as her bi-polar brother, Billy. 

Six Feet Under ran for five seasons with  63 episodes.  I recommend spacing this out - a couple episodes each day.  This is a show about death - it gets a little heavy.  You can find episodes on Amazon Prime and HBO Go.

I found an article (Wired) stating Episodes You Can’t Skip and I agree wholeheartedly. You need to see all the episodes on the list below in order.

Season 1: 
Episode 3, “The Foot”,  
Episode 6, “The Room”,  
Episode 7, “Brotherhood”, 
Episode 11, “The Trip”, 
Episode 13, “Knock, Knock”

Season 2: 
Episode 9, “Someone Else’s Eyes”, 
Episode 13, “The Last Time”.

Season 3: 
Episode 2, “You Never Know”, 
Episodes 12-13,  “Death Works Overtime,” “Twilight,” and “I’m Sorry, I’m Lost”.

Season 4: 
Episode 5, “That’s My Dog” ( This one won’t be easy to watch), 
Episode 8, “Coming and Going”, and Episode 12, “Untitled”. 

Season 5  - entire season - remember you are building up to the epic finale.  

Six feet under teaches us that death is just a part of life.  It made me think about mortality.  

"Let us endeavor to live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry."