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Six Feet Under: Singing for Our Lives, Preparing for Our Death
The wheels were well in motion for the end of Six Feet Under prior to the eighth episode of the final season, titled “Singing for Our Lives”. This was the episode that prepared us for the final act however, one that few viewers saw coming. Looking back on this episode, there was a heavy emphasis […] More
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Death Only Opens Questions in the Six Feet Under Pilot
The Six Feet Under pilot (written and directed by Alan Ball) premiered on June 3, 2001, in those halcyon days before the towers fell. I turned 21 that summer, and while I can’t claim to have watched Six Feet Under right away when it debuted, I did shortly thereafter, as it followed The Sopranos in […] More
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“The Rainbow of Her Reasons” Is Six Feet Under at Its Best
Calling all angels. Six Feet Under’s final season was full of high marks and impactful episodes, with the sixth episode of the season, “The Rainbow Of Her Reasons” being the episode that tied together the underlying turmoil from both past and present. Written by Joey Soloway (credited as Jill Soloway, they announced in June of […] More
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Living Through the Pain: Remembering Nate Fisher
Six Feet Under’s Nate Fisher’s story arc was tragic, no doubt about it. Yet looking at it in hindsight, it seems so painfully obvious, almost to the point of being right in our faces. Nate told us exactly who he was in the show’s pilot episode: a runner, both literally and figuratively. Once he stopped […] More
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in Series
How Six Feet Under’s Keith & David Broke Barriers For LGBTQ Couples On TV
When Six Feet Under premiered on HBO in 2001, LGBTQ characters were still were novelty than normal. L.A. Law had their lesbian kiss ten years earlier and Ellen came out on her sitcom four years prior and of course there was the groundbreaking Queer as Folk, but television was still somewhat slow moving introducing characters who […] More
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Art of the Finale: Six Feet Under “Everyone’s Waiting”
When talking about the greatest TV shows of all time, HBO’s Six Feet Under sometimes finds itself on the outside looking in. It aired between 2001 and 2005, so it was up against some tough competition on its own network; The Sopranos, Deadwood, and The Wire all aired at certain points during that period, so […] More
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A Proper Introduction to Deadwood
The following is a guest article from our friend JB Minton where he looks at the historical context that proceeds the series Deadwood. This article only references characters seen in the pilot episode and is safe to read if you’ve never seen the series. JB’s author bio is at the end of the article. Hope […] More
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in Episodes
The Innocents: Parts 5 – 8
Episode 5: “Passionate Amateur” Episode 6: “Not The Only Freak in Town” Episode 7: “Will You Take Me Too?” Episode 8: “Everything. Anything.” So, something happened when I kicked off Episode 5: the show ceased to be something to impress my TV-soaked mind. It became a show that had impressed my TV-soaked mind. My biggest […] More
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Favorites: Most Emotional TV Deaths
Favorites takes a lighter approach to the material we normally cover. Each week, we will take you through a list of favorites – whether it’s moments, scenes, episodes, characters, lines of dialogue, whatever! – in bite-sized articles perfect for your lunch break, a dull commute, or anywhere you need to take a Moment of Zen. […] More
