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Six Feet Under

TV·2001–2005·5 seasons, 63 episodes·HBO·Drama, Comedy·1h·8.1·Created by Alan Ball

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When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as--and far less predictable than--the one inside on Six Feet Under.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Six Feet Under S05E12Everyone's WaitingS05E12 · 9.6In the series finale, David finally embraces a demon; Keith gives 'tough love'; Nathaniel talks to his younger son; Brenda delivers and fights Nate's negativity; Claire gets an exciting call; and Ted inspires sexy photos.
  2. 02Six Feet Under S05E10All AloneS05E10 · 9.3The family prepares for the worst funeral of their lives. Ruth makes things worse on David by taking out her pain on him until he stands up for himself, and Nate makes things worse for Brenda by reminding her she had the chance to marry Joe if she doubted him. Claire, troubled by the fact that mainly negative memories come to mind, again finds comfort in Ted, who explains that it's not unusual.
  3. 03Six Feet Under S04E05That's My DogS04E05 · 8.9Although their earlier visit did not go very well, Ruth suggests they invite George's estranged son Kyle for dinner. She's also thinking of inviting a friend of hers and introduce them. Nate goes to a grief management class but has trouble relating to the other participants. At the funeral home, Rico and Dave console Anne Thornton's husband who blames himself for his wife's death.

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Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2001Aired 8.0Season avg
  1. S01E01Six Feet Under S01E01PilotJune 3, 2001 8.1When the funeral director is killed in an accident, the family comes together to mourn and decide the fate of the funeral home.
  2. S01E02Six Feet Under S01E02The WillJune 10, 2001 7.7The family attends the reading of Nathaniel's will. A widow is unable to pay the funeral bill after her late husband leaves her with a mount
  3. S01E03Six Feet Under S01E03The FootJune 17, 2001 8.0The family considers selling the business. Their latest client had an unfortunate accident with an industrial dough-mixer.
  4. S01E04Six Feet Under S01E04FamiliaJune 24, 2001 7.8When a gang member is shot, his family requests that he is buried, but the gang's leader wants it done a different way.
  5. S01E05Six Feet Under S01E05An Open BookJuly 1, 2001 8.0An adult film star electrocutes to death in her bathtub, which leads to a memorial service that is anything but ordinary.
  6. S01E06Six Feet Under S01E06The RoomJuly 8, 2001 7.8After a woman passes away in her sleep, her husband proves to be a very demanding client.
  7. S01E07Six Feet Under S01E07BrotherhoodJuly 15, 2001 7.9The family must persuade the angry brother of a war veteran who died of lung disease that his brother should receive a military-honoring bur
  8. S01E08Six Feet Under S01E08CrossroadsJuly 22, 2001 7.9A divorced woman meets an unfortunate end while partying with her friends, and the family discusses renting out the home to a seniors' danci
  9. S01E09Six Feet Under S01E09Life's Too ShortJuly 29, 2001 7.9A boy accidentally shoots and kills himself while playing with a gun, and his mother is nearly comatose with grief.
  10. S01E10Six Feet Under S01E10The New PersonAugust 5, 2001 7.5An egocentric husband is killed with a frying pan after his wife finally has enough of his mouth.
  11. S01E11Six Feet Under S01E11The TripAugust 12, 2001 8.3Nate and Dave travel to Vegas in order to attend a convention for funeral directors. A newborn child dies from a case of SIDS.
  12. S01E12Six Feet Under S01E12A Private LifeAugust 19, 2001 8.3A gay couple is attacked and one of them is killed, causing controversy among the family and a confession to be made.
  13. S01E13Six Feet Under S01E13Season's bestKnock, KnockAugust 19, 2001 8.5A simple game of golf results in the death of a woman.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2002Aired 8.1Season avg
  1. S02E01Six Feet Under S02E01In the GameMarch 3, 2002 7.6A drug-addicted actress dies from a cocaine overdose and leaves her fellow cast and crew members to set up the funeral.
  2. S02E02Six Feet Under S02E02Out, Out, Brief CandleMarch 10, 2002 7.6A famous football player dies of dehydration during a strong training session, and the family is hired for the funeral services.
  3. S02E03Six Feet Under S02E03The PlanMarch 17, 2002 8.0A man dies after a long battle with cancer, and his psychic widow discusses the funeral arrangements with the family.
  4. S02E04Six Feet Under S02E04Driving Mr. MossbackMarch 24, 2002 8.0Nate and Claire go to Seattle to pick up the body of a man who died on a public bus.
  5. S02E05Six Feet Under S02E05The Invisible WomanMarch 31, 2002 7.4A middle-aged woman chokes to death in her apartment, and is found dead a week later.
  6. S02E06Six Feet Under S02E06In Place of AngerApril 7, 2002 7.9While at a boat party, a drunken man falls overboard. The family tries to convince his widow to use their funeral services.
  7. S02E07Six Feet Under S02E07Back to the GardenApril 14, 2002 7.7Jewish executive Jeffery Shapiro accidentally hangs himself while masturbating with asphyxiation.
  8. S02E08Six Feet Under S02E08It's the Most Wonderful Time of the YearApril 21, 2002 8.5Christmas Eve - and the 1-year anniversary of Nate and Brenda's meeting and Nathaniel Fisher's death - is approaching, and this year, the Fi
  9. S02E09Six Feet Under S02E09Someone Else's EyesApril 28, 2002 8.2A construction worker's metal lunch-pail falls from his perch on the building and strikes Dwight Edgar Garrison on the head - resulting in a
  10. S02E10Six Feet Under S02E10The SecretMay 5, 2002 8.2Benjamin Srisal suffers a heart attack at home, requiring a Bhuddist service at Fisher & Sons that Nate gets a crash-course in how to co
  11. S02E11Six Feet Under S02E11The Liar and the WhoreMay 12, 2002 8.3Edith Kirky is the 4th patient of the year to be brought to Fisher & Sons from Bay Breeze Hospital where Vanessa works, so David predict
  12. S02E12Six Feet Under S02E12I'll Take YouMay 19, 2002 8.6The Diazes' friend and former neighbor Leticia Perfect Perez dies in her sleep at a beauty parlor and leaves his family a large sum of money
  13. S02E13Six Feet Under S02E13Season's bestThe Last TimeJune 2, 2002 8.8Aaron Buchbinder passes away painfully shortly after Nate arrives to visit (after he argues with Ruth about her visiting and photographing h

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season03Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2003Aired 8.1Season avg
  1. S03E01Six Feet Under S03E01Perfect CirclesMarch 2, 2003 7.8The surgeons are dismayed when Nate's blood vessel ruptures and he suffers a hemorrhage, and his blood pressure continues to rise, then Nate
  2. S03E02Six Feet Under S03E02You Never KnowMarch 9, 2003 7.5Telemarketers Andrew Wayne Milne, Matthew Clark Hazen, and Martin Jacobs are shot by their insane former co-worker Daniel Grant Showalter wh
  3. S03E03Six Feet Under S03E03The Eye InsideMarch 16, 2003 7.9Callie Renee Morimer flees a group of jeering young men calling to her as she walks alone in the dark, who turn out to be some joking friend
  4. S03E04Six Feet Under S03E04Nobody SleepsMarch 23, 2003 8.3Robert Lamar Griffin's rare heart disease finally takes its fatal toll, leaving behind his boyfriend Kevin Lamb, a scene-designer of the ope
  5. S03E05Six Feet Under S03E05The TrapMarch 30, 2003 7.8A lost pair of hikers discover the wrecked remains of a car with the skeleton of the driver, William Aaron Jaffe, inside.
  6. S03E06Six Feet Under S03E06Making Love WorkApril 6, 2003 7.9Karen Postell Pepper suffers a hemorrhage to the nose while preparing to enter the "Making Love Work" TV studio with a question to ask Dr. D
  7. S03E07Six Feet Under S03E07Timing and SpaceApril 13, 2003 7.8Surrounded by his family, Bernard Asa Chenowith dies of stomach cancer, and when Nate learns of it he requests Lisa's permission to attend h
  8. S03E08Six Feet Under S03E08Tears, Bones and DesireApril 20, 2003 8.163-year-old polygamous family leader "Daddy" leaves behind 5 wives and numerous children of The People clan, making the Fishers intrigued ab
  9. S03E09Six Feet Under S03E09The OpeningApril 27, 2003 8.2Melinda Mary Bloch shuts herself in the garage in her activated car by way of suicide, leaving behind only a guilty ex-lover who worries Ric
  10. S03E10Six Feet Under S03E10Everyone LeavesMay 4, 2003 7.9Jeanette Louise Bradford has an allergic reaction to a bee-sting in Balboa Park, causing Keith to go to San Diego for his aunt's funeral and
  11. S03E11Six Feet Under S03E11Death Works OvertimeMay 11, 2003 8.5Convenience-store owner Dorothy Kim Su is fatally shot during a robbery.
  12. S03E12Six Feet Under S03E12TwilightMay 18, 2003 8.7Woman-killer Carl Desmond Williman finally receives the death penalty by a lethal injection in Texas, and his unemployed daughter hires Fish
  13. S03E13Six Feet Under S03E13Season's bestI'm Sorry, I'm LostJune 1, 2003 8.8A piece of "blue ice" broken off an airplane strikes Anahid Havanessian, whose husband goes to Fisher & Diaz for a funeral...but changes

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season04Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode12Episodes2004Aired 8.2Season avg
  1. S04E01Six Feet Under S04E01Falling into PlaceJune 13, 2004 8.4In 1972, Bruno Baskerville Walsh took LSD at a party, and "flew" off the balcony where he stood, landing on a car in a parking lot. Ruth and
  2. S04E02Six Feet Under S04E02In Case of RaptureJune 20, 2004 8.3Devoted Christian Dorothy Sheedy mistakes inflatable dolls floating from a truck bed for angels, and jumps out of her car, unaware of her su
  3. S04E03Six Feet Under S04E03Parallel PlayJune 27, 2004 8.1Nate meets a divorced mom with a tot the same age as Maya and they soon arrange for a play-date for the kids - which turns out to be quite p
  4. S04E04Six Feet Under S04E04Can I Come Up Now?July 11, 2004 7.9Ruth is more convinced than ever that Arthur is responsible after they receive yet another package with feces. She decides she's going to la
  5. S04E05Six Feet Under S04E05Season's bestThat's My DogJuly 18, 2004 8.9Although their earlier visit did not go very well, Ruth suggests they invite George's estranged son Kyle for dinner. She's also thinking of
  6. S04E06Six Feet Under S04E06Terror Starts at HomeJuly 25, 2004 8.6David has recovered physically from his carjacking but refuses to tell his family what really happened to him. At the funeral home, he has t
  7. S04E07Six Feet Under S04E07The DareAugust 1, 2004 8.1Claire has taken a liking to her friend Edie but is having difficulty coming to terms with her emotions. With Vanessa suspicious, Rico decid
  8. S04E08Six Feet Under S04E08Coming and GoingAugust 8, 2004 8.1David is living at home alone now that Keith is on the road with rock star Celeste. He does take advantage of an out of the blue call from a
  9. S04E09Six Feet Under S04E09Grinding the CornAugust 15, 2004 7.9Having agreed over the phone not to have sex with others, Keith on his return tells David of having slept with Celeste. At the funeral home,
  10. S04E10Six Feet Under S04E10The Black ForestAugust 22, 2004 7.9Nate dreads having to go to Idaho to visit Lisa's family and attend a service they have arranged. He and Brenda have reconciled and she conv
  11. S04E11Six Feet Under S04E11Bomb ShelterAugust 29, 2004 7.9Brenda feels the clock is ticking and wants to have a baby sooner rather than later. Nate wants to think about it for a while. At the funera
  12. S04E12Six Feet Under S04E12UntitledSeptember 12, 2004 8.2George's infatuation with impending disaster is causing him nightmares. David hopes that if he faces his attacker, who is now in prison, he

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

Season05Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode12Episodes2005Aired 8.6Season avg
  1. S05E01Six Feet Under S05E01A Coat of White PrimerJune 6, 2005 7.8The insecure Andrea Kuhn is encouraged by her psychiatrist to disclose her true feeling to her family, and when she is happy being herself,
  2. S05E02Six Feet Under S05E02Dancing for MeJune 13, 2005 7.7Nate's high-school friend Samuel Wayne Hoviak falls from his truck while trying to reach the paper, but manages to activate it while falling
  3. S05E03Six Feet Under S05E03Hold My HandJune 20, 2005 8.4In 1954 Loretta Smith Sibley committed suicide in front of her son George. With the anniversary of September 9th approaching, George is haun
  4. S05E04Six Feet Under S05E04Time FliesJune 27, 2005 8.6Lila Simmonds Coolidge passes away just before her 95th birthday...which she happened to share with Nate. This year, Nate's 40th is marked b
  5. S05E05Six Feet Under S05E05Eat a PeachJuly 4, 2005 8.2Diabetic Daniel Holzenchenko succumbs to the call of canned peaches...and leaves behind 2 brothers and 2 sisters who seem unable to agree on
  6. S05E06Six Feet Under S05E06The Rainbow of Her ReasonsJuly 10, 2005 8.4Sarah O'Connor's best friend and Nate's first love Fiona Lenore Kleinschmidt falls down a mountain on a hiking trip with Sarah, causing she
  7. S05E07Six Feet Under S05E07The SilenceJuly 17, 2005 8.4Maggie Sibley's friend and fellow Quaker Peter Thomas Burns suffers a heart attack while watching a play, and Nate becomes intrigued about h
  8. S05E08Six Feet Under S05E08Singing for Our LivesJuly 24, 2005 8.5Pilar Sandoval attempts to Rollerblade a steep hill while walking her dogs but literally doesn't make it when she loses control and is hit b
  9. S05E09Six Feet Under S05E09EcotoneJuly 31, 2005 8.9Lawrence Hall Matheson chooses the wrong moment to check his pulse while jogging in a California "ecotone" - a cougar mauls him. Hospitalize
  10. S05E10Six Feet Under S05E10All AloneAugust 7, 2005 9.3The family prepares for the worst funeral of their lives. Ruth makes things worse on David by taking out her pain on him until he stands up
  11. S05E11Six Feet Under S05E11StaticAugust 14, 2005 8.9Iraqi War veteran Paul Ronald Duncan receives a euthanasia in the hospital - and Claire, on drugs, takes out her own loss on the family by d
  12. S05E12Six Feet Under S05E12Season's bestEveryone's WaitingAugust 21, 2005 9.6In the series finale, David finally embraces a demon; Keith gives 'tough love'; Nathaniel talks to his younger son; Brenda delivers and figh

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