Six Feet Under (TV series)

[Heroine of the Dragon]

Have you watched any episodes of Six Feet Under?
Who are you favourite, and least favourite, characters?

The show stars Peter Krause as Nate Fisher, whose funeral director father (Richard Jenkins) dies and bequeaths ownership of Fisher & Sons Funeral Home to Nate and his other son David (Michael C. Hall). The Fisher clan also includes widow Ruth Fisher (Frances Conroy) and daughter Claire Fisher (Lauren Ambrose). Other regulars include mortician and family friend Federico Diaz (Freddy Rodriguez), Nate's on-again/off-again girlfriend Brenda Chenowith (Rachel Griffiths), and David's long-term boyfriend Keith Charles (Mathew St. Patrick).

On one level, the show is a conventional family drama, dealing with such issues as interpersonal relationships, dysfunction, infidelity, personal growth, and religion. At the same time, it is distinguished by its focus on the topic of death, which it explores on personal, religious, and philosophical levels. Each episode begins with a death, the cause of which ranges from heart attack to murder to accidental death or sudden infant death syndrome. That death usually sets the thematic tone for each episode, allowing the characters to reflect on their current fortunes and misfortunes in a way that is illuminated by the death and its aftermath. The show also uses dark humor and surrealism throughout its seasons.

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Feet_ ... TV_series)

[Shane]

I don't think I ever heard of it, but it seems people really like it. Not sure if it's too dark for me. Good Grief was more my speed. Back when Howie Mandel still had hair. Too bad it only lasted half a season.

[Booyakasha]

...that was airing around the same time as 'Deadwood' and 'Rome'. I checked out a couple of HBO's other shows at the time, but they didn't really light a fire under me like 'Deadwood' and 'Rome' (not much did until a few years later, when 'Boardwalk Empire' made the scene).