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LttP: Six Feet Under

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Phenomenal show. Absolutely phenomenal. I even got my sister to watch it. She loves it. And she only really likes horse shit like One Tree Hill. I have whored my DVDs of this show out to anyone I possibly could, and I have never received bad feedback.

Seasons 1 and 2 are fantastic. 3 and 4 go downhill, but I think the tone is very different. The character of Lisa is what affected all of that the most, IMO. And I hated her. Season 5 though made it all worth it. So great.

Favorite episode: That's My Dog. Terrifying.
 
I agree with most in this thread, that it was some of the best TV ever. Best ending ever as well. The only drag was the whole Billy/Brenda arc for me. It just got way too annoying.
MCH is great too, and it makes Dexter that much more enjoyable, god I cant believe Season 4 of Dexter is already done with. Where does the time go.
 
Yay another SFU thread. I love that show... (hey I just had an idea for a new item inside my fishbowl :D )

Why do some people not like the ending (after the side mirror)? I think it's the perfect ending for this show.
 
Weapxn said:
Phenomenal show. Absolutely phenomenal. I even got my sister to watch it. She loves it. And she only really likes horse shit like One Tree Hill. I have whored my DVDs of this show out to anyone I possibly could, and I have never received bad feedback.

Seasons 1 and 2 are fantastic. 3 and 4 go downhill, but I think the tone is very different. The character of Lisa is what affected all of that the most, IMO. And I hated her. Season 5 though made it all worth it. So great.

Favorite episode: That's My Dog. Terrifying.
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I am the same way. I think we all want to share the things we love with people. I want everyone I know to watch this show. It has still left an impact over 4 years later after it all ended. I actually disagree with some who say
it should have ended with Nate in the rear view mirror
. I would have felt empty not knowing how it ended for the Fishers. It was the perfect ending. These characters were real to me, it felt like losing a party of my very own family when it was all over. I've never felt that way before about a TV show. The song choice and everything was just pure perfection.

"You can't take a picture of this; it's already gone" - Nate Fisher

That quote pretty much sums up the entire series.
 
Very LTTP.

Finished the final season today. What a phenomenal show, not to mention the greatest ending ever. I never caught onto this show as Australia dumped it to late night. Thank god for DVD's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el4eUKmLujg

^Final 10 minutes of the finale.

Absolutely perfect. Per Fucking Ection!!! If Episode 9 and 10 wasnt sad enough this one let out the waterworks.
 
So I just started watching this a few days ago. I'm about halfway through the first season, and I don't think I've ever seen a better television drama, and that includes The Wire, Lost and Breaking Bad. It's unreal how good the writing is at times.

Sad to hear that the show falters in seasons 3 and 4. I really want to make it through to the finale (shouldn't be too difficult since each season is only about 12 episodes). I basically know the premise of the final episode, since an ex-girlfriend described it to me once, but I'm sure it will be much more emotionally devastating to actually watch it.
 
Mega-bump. HBO On-Demand is currently showing this series from the first episode onward. Right now the first 6 episodes are airing, but they expire today. I watched half of the first ep last night and enjoyed it moderately. Is it worth devoting 5 hours to this today so that I can stay current when "new" episodes come on? I have to know since the first 6 episodes expire today. I'm on vaca for a week so it's not like I don't have time. :D
 
I watched it over the summer. Fantastic series. The ending was absolutely incredible. I was a mess for like a week afterward.
 
This show was great at making horrible females for Nate to date. Not like Nate was a good boyfriend, but god I hated Lisa, Brenda and Maggie.

NARM
 
Loki said:
Mega-bump. HBO On-Demand is currently showing this series from the first episode onward. Right now the first 6 episodes are airing, but they expire today. I watched half of the first ep last night and enjoyed it moderately. Is it worth devoting 5 hours to this today so that I can stay current when "new" episodes come on? I have to know since the first 6 episodes expire today. I'm on vaca for a week so it's not like I don't have time. :D
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Yes. Yes. A thousand times yes.
 
Refusing to read the thread and the OP (don't ban be, bro!) because I don't want anything spoiled, but I'm midway through the 4th season and this show is incredible. A few of the moments have me laughing out loud harder than anything other shows have been able to make me do.

Was introduced to the show through the first half of season one being available on Demand. Had to get the series just from that sample :D
 
While I only watched it for its gay "inclusion" I ended up enjoying it a lot. I never watched it completely so I have som holes, someday I will catch up.

As for emotional scenes while there were many, I never even came close to cry, not even the finale which was fantastic,
but there was only one scene, and that was Nate's burial, when David can barely compose himself, her mother waits for him until he is ready to carry his brother body and then starts crying, right there I lost it.
 
One of the most satisfying endings to a series, ever.

They all die, of course, but you get to see their final moments. And the way that song (Breathe? Breathe Me?) played over the ending was really cool. Brenda and Billy, still all fucked up. You are shown how they ultimately ended up and not really left with questions.
 
I just finished Season 1 and enjoyed it enough to watch more. But people are scaring me with everyone saying 3 and 4 were such a dropoff. Still worth watching?
 
Great show. Depressing show. Especially
the story arc that ended Lisa's involvement in the show. My g/f was on a road trip with some friends when I watched those episodes. I had to call her to make sure she was ok. :(
 
I was going to reply to this thread with "The series finale of Six Feet Under is probably one of the five or six best ever and definitely the most emotional. I haven't rewatched the show since the first time I saw it, but I rewatch the finale every few months. After following "a group of people" for five years, what a screeching conclusion. God, just a masterstroke of pacing."

And then I realized that I did reply to this thread with that a year ago.
 
Interesting timing, my wife and I just finished our 3rd viewing of the entire series this past weekend. Two things really struck me on this third viewing. First off I realize that the older I get and the more I watch the more characters I can relate to. This third viewing made me excuse a lot of the characters actions that had previously ticked me off. ( Rico and Claire mostly) I still can't get over Brenda she was just a horrible person but otherwise I found myself a lot more accepting this time around.

Secondly, I realize now that I will probably re watch this show for the rest of my life. I catch something new and I learn something different each time I watch it and the characters and the show itself are very much ingrained in me. I can't think of another show that can even come close to it, I was a complete and utter wreck watching that finale. My wife and I put off the last episode for a few days after having gone through the series marathon style, nightly for about a month or so..
 
Okay, so after having watched the first six episodes, I can say that I enjoy the show quite a bit. Too bad the next batch of 6 episodes doesn't air until 9/27, since I have this entire week off. Oh well, at least people who missed it get to see these shows from the beginning. I think The Wire is going to start showing from the beginning of the series within a month or so too; that should be great (never saw that one either).
 
I am watching the series finale RIGHT NOW.

After seeing the comments, I was expecting more from it.

going to watcht the ending scene now.
 
watching the credits scrolling down on my TV now.

Great series, masterful performances through and through but yeah, the ending was a bit overrated, I saw more powerful scenes in past episodes.
 
I agree with most that the ending is probably one of the best ever.

I loved the series overall, but I wish they would have had more of the stand alone funeral storyline episodes in the later seasons. They kinda strayed away from that.
 
I hate that I keep watching the 5-6 episodes they put up on On Demad every 4-6 weeks within the span of a couple of days and then have to wait 4+ weeks for the next batch. I'm really liking this show (I've currently seen the first 10-12 eps of season 1, I forget exactly). Is this series on Netflix in its entirety?
 
Just finished this show and I'm crying like a baby. That's one of the best finales I've ever seen. Really makes me think about life and what I'm doing with mine.

Also the season 5 dvd menu background is super duper spoilery.
 
One thing I still don't really get.

At the beginning of season 3 they open with
some college kid in the 70s taking acid and jumping off a roof.

What was the significance? I don't remember them making any reference to him in the episode.
 
Rickard said:
One thing I still don't really get.

At the beginning of season 3 they open with
some college kid in the 70s taking acid and jumping off a roof.

What was the significance? I don't remember them making any reference to him in the episode.
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Instead of cremating Lisa, Nate gave Lisa's parents that kid's ashes and then buried her in the bush.
 
hamchan said:
Just finished this show and I'm crying like a baby. That's one of the best finales I've ever seen. Really makes me think about life and what I'm doing with mine.

Also the season 5 dvd menu background is super duper spoilery.
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Yeah, totally fucking ruined it. What fucking muppet decided that was a good background?
 
Watched it all in about a month. Didn't cry at the end. Wanted to though. Epic series.

Will never look at Dexter the same way again.
 
My mother got the entire series a while back ago and I never got around to watching them. I loved the DVD covers though.

People throwing around best ending ever and stuff has really piped my interest. I tend to like very few TV shows and even then usually the endings are a disappointment. Gonna check it out based on this thread.

*Wow, the smiley things are gone. I just noticed that right now.
 
I watched the show only recently. Having heard good things about it the show was on my "tv backlog" for some time.

Took me less than two weeks for all five seasons :) great show
 
Rickard said:
One thing I still don't really get.

At the beginning of season 3 they open with
some college kid in the 70s taking acid and jumping off a roof.

What was the significance? I don't remember them making any reference to him in the episode.
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Although this was explained already, this was the best tie in of all the episodes to the death IMO.
 
Just finished it. Took about 6-7 months and that fucking ending depressed me like nothing before. Sheesh, good thing I didn't follow this show when it aired for 5 years, although it would probably make it even more memorable (and depressing!).

Good riddance, Fisher family. I'll forever remember that 'its already gone' line...it'll haunt me tonight, pretty sure of that.
 
Kurosaki Ichigo said:
Just finished it. Took about 6-7 months and that fucking ending depressed me like nothing before. Sheesh, good thing I didn't follow this show when it aired for 5 years, although it would probably make it even more memorable (and depressing!).

Good riddance, Fisher family. I'll forever remember that 'its already gone' line...it'll haunt me tonight, pretty sure of that.
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I'm sorry for your loss.
 
Ugh, "Breathe Me" just came on Pandora. I swear that song depresses me every time I hear it because of the finale of this show.
 
I was going to reply to this thread with

"I was going to reply to this thread with "The series finale of Six Feet Under is probably one of the five or six best ever and definitely the most emotional. I haven't rewatched the show since the first time I saw it, but I rewatch the finale every few months. After following a group of people for five years, what a screeching conclusion. God, just a masterstroke of pacing."

And then I realized that I did reply to this thread with that a year ago. "

And then I realized that I did reply to this thread with that a year ago.
 
I agree completely. I think it's my favorite finale ever. The transformation of Claire throughout the entire series is just flat out incredible.
 
Just finished it.

Whatever missteps I felt they took with some of my characters through the last few seasons are forgiven.

The show was always weird. On paper I just liked it, but while watching I had a stronger emotional attachment than I would have possibly imagined. Regardless of all else that says something.

I have not cried like that at a TV show ever. Seldom to tears fall, but this was way past that. Fucking hell.
 
holy shit I was just about to make this thread.

I've slowly worked my way up to Episode 1 of Season 3. holy shit I love it. and E1 of S3 fucked me up for a minute. I was like, NOOOOOOOOOOOO. lol
 
Dreams-Visions said:
holy shit I was just about to make this thread.

I've slowly worked my way up to Episode 1 of Season 3. holy shit I love it. and E1 of S3 fucked me up for a minute. I was like, NOOOOOOOOOOOO. lol
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I can't watch Season 3. I spoiled it for myself and I seriously can't bring myself to finish the season; never had this issue with any other show.

Also, I will admit that I am infatuated with the DVD menu selection music; I like the new one starting in season 2 but particularly love the old one that HBO phased out for season 1.
 
Not an easy show to watch. Took me three attempts to get into the show. Thankfully I was in the mood to enjoy it and its very dark humor. Before I knew it I was watching the season finale. Not sure I could re-watch this show, would need to be in a very high and happy place in my life first.
 
Found the Season 5 dvd for pretty cheap in India. I just started watching it today. I agree that seasons 3 and 4 didn't compare to the first two, but they still had their moments.
The "true story behind Lisa's death" reveal culminating with the brother in law shooting himself in the head was one of the best endings to a season ever.
But goddamn, those first two seasons were just unbelievable. Better than The Wire, Breaking Bad or any other show in history. This would be GOAT material if it had kept up that standard of quality.

I'll probably go through the final season pretty quickly. Seems like most people think S5>S3&4. I hope that's the case.
 
RLTTP on this, but me and the wife finished the series the other night. All I can say is that the finale left us both wrecked. Nate, Claire and David were far and away my favorite characters. Peter Krause and Michael C. Hall were just perfect as brothers. I'll never be able to look at either of them again without thinking of the Fishers. Such a fantastic show.
 
Just finished the finale. I can't lie: I cried like a fucking baby.

Fuck.

The show was so good for so many reasons and I'm sure I'll have more thoughts when I can gather them.

While I understand some of the frustration with the middle seasons, I honestly think they were some of the realest. I think sometimes we can forget that if we really want art to imitate life...well...sometimes life is sad and ugly. As Kanye West said, "hated men marry hated bitches and have hated kids." Sometimes people marry the wrong people for the right reasons and it ends in disaster. Some people make horrible decisions and are stuck choosing between "fucking terrible" and "horrible" as their next steps. Some people never live their lives. And life goes on.

My appreciation for this series will likely only grow over time. It was beautiful in the way it deals with its struggles with pain. They always felt like genuine responses that normal people would do or go through. There were portions of each character I could identify with. In the end, it reminded me that life is full of pain, but we can't let it distract us from the beauty that is around us every day. Sure, the Fishers had their struggles...but they had their lives and each other, if nothing else. So long as you're alive, you always have a chance to be who you want to be...to be happy. It was a reminder to live. Something so many of us struggle with daily, whether it be fear or obligation or anger...we have to live. Time is so fleeting. Life, so fleeting. Love, so fleeting. Grab it while you can, GAF. Grab onto it tight.

Oh and that song at the end? Surely the fastest $0.69 sends I ever spent on iTunes.

Amazing series. HBO does nothing but hit them out of the park.
 
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