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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.
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- 01
Everyone's WaitingIn 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. - 02
All AloneThe 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. - 03
That's My DogAlthough 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
Season01
- S01E01
PilotJune 3, 2001When the funeral director is killed in an accident, the family comes together to mourn and decide the fate of the funeral home. - S01E02
The WillJune 10, 2001The 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 - S01E03
The FootJune 17, 2001The family considers selling the business. Their latest client had an unfortunate accident with an industrial dough-mixer. - S01E04
FamiliaJune 24, 2001When a gang member is shot, his family requests that he is buried, but the gang's leader wants it done a different way. - S01E05
An Open BookJuly 1, 2001An adult film star electrocutes to death in her bathtub, which leads to a memorial service that is anything but ordinary. - S01E06
The RoomJuly 8, 2001After a woman passes away in her sleep, her husband proves to be a very demanding client. - S01E07
BrotherhoodJuly 15, 2001The family must persuade the angry brother of a war veteran who died of lung disease that his brother should receive a military-honoring bur - S01E08
CrossroadsJuly 22, 2001A divorced woman meets an unfortunate end while partying with her friends, and the family discusses renting out the home to a seniors' danci - S01E09
Life's Too ShortJuly 29, 2001A boy accidentally shoots and kills himself while playing with a gun, and his mother is nearly comatose with grief. - S01E10
The New PersonAugust 5, 2001An egocentric husband is killed with a frying pan after his wife finally has enough of his mouth. - S01E11
The TripAugust 12, 2001Nate and Dave travel to Vegas in order to attend a convention for funeral directors. A newborn child dies from a case of SIDS. - S01E12
A Private LifeAugust 19, 2001A gay couple is attacked and one of them is killed, causing controversy among the family and a confession to be made. - S01E13
Season's bestKnock, KnockAugust 19, 2001A simple game of golf results in the death of a woman.
Season02
- S02E01
In the GameMarch 3, 2002A drug-addicted actress dies from a cocaine overdose and leaves her fellow cast and crew members to set up the funeral. - S02E02
Out, Out, Brief CandleMarch 10, 2002A famous football player dies of dehydration during a strong training session, and the family is hired for the funeral services. - S02E03
The PlanMarch 17, 2002A man dies after a long battle with cancer, and his psychic widow discusses the funeral arrangements with the family. - S02E04
Driving Mr. MossbackMarch 24, 2002Nate and Claire go to Seattle to pick up the body of a man who died on a public bus. - S02E05
The Invisible WomanMarch 31, 2002A middle-aged woman chokes to death in her apartment, and is found dead a week later. - S02E06
In Place of AngerApril 7, 2002While at a boat party, a drunken man falls overboard. The family tries to convince his widow to use their funeral services. - S02E07
Back to the GardenApril 14, 2002Jewish executive Jeffery Shapiro accidentally hangs himself while masturbating with asphyxiation. - S02E08
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the YearApril 21, 2002Christmas Eve - and the 1-year anniversary of Nate and Brenda's meeting and Nathaniel Fisher's death - is approaching, and this year, the Fi - S02E09
Someone Else's EyesApril 28, 2002A construction worker's metal lunch-pail falls from his perch on the building and strikes Dwight Edgar Garrison on the head - resulting in a - S02E10
The SecretMay 5, 2002Benjamin Srisal suffers a heart attack at home, requiring a Bhuddist service at Fisher & Sons that Nate gets a crash-course in how to co - S02E11
The Liar and the WhoreMay 12, 2002Edith Kirky is the 4th patient of the year to be brought to Fisher & Sons from Bay Breeze Hospital where Vanessa works, so David predict - S02E12
I'll Take YouMay 19, 2002The 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 - S02E13
Season's bestThe Last TimeJune 2, 2002Aaron Buchbinder passes away painfully shortly after Nate arrives to visit (after he argues with Ruth about her visiting and photographing h
Season03
- S03E01
Perfect CirclesMarch 2, 2003The surgeons are dismayed when Nate's blood vessel ruptures and he suffers a hemorrhage, and his blood pressure continues to rise, then Nate - S03E02
You Never KnowMarch 9, 2003Telemarketers Andrew Wayne Milne, Matthew Clark Hazen, and Martin Jacobs are shot by their insane former co-worker Daniel Grant Showalter wh - S03E03
The Eye InsideMarch 16, 2003Callie 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 - S03E04
Nobody SleepsMarch 23, 2003Robert Lamar Griffin's rare heart disease finally takes its fatal toll, leaving behind his boyfriend Kevin Lamb, a scene-designer of the ope - S03E05
The TrapMarch 30, 2003A lost pair of hikers discover the wrecked remains of a car with the skeleton of the driver, William Aaron Jaffe, inside. - S03E06
Making Love WorkApril 6, 2003Karen 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 - S03E07
Timing and SpaceApril 13, 2003Surrounded by his family, Bernard Asa Chenowith dies of stomach cancer, and when Nate learns of it he requests Lisa's permission to attend h - S03E08
Tears, Bones and DesireApril 20, 200363-year-old polygamous family leader "Daddy" leaves behind 5 wives and numerous children of The People clan, making the Fishers intrigued ab - S03E09
The OpeningApril 27, 2003Melinda 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 - S03E10
Everyone LeavesMay 4, 2003Jeanette 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 - S03E11
Death Works OvertimeMay 11, 2003Convenience-store owner Dorothy Kim Su is fatally shot during a robbery. - S03E12
TwilightMay 18, 2003Woman-killer Carl Desmond Williman finally receives the death penalty by a lethal injection in Texas, and his unemployed daughter hires Fish - S03E13
Season's bestI'm Sorry, I'm LostJune 1, 2003A piece of "blue ice" broken off an airplane strikes Anahid Havanessian, whose husband goes to Fisher & Diaz for a funeral...but changes
Season04
- S04E01
Falling into PlaceJune 13, 2004In 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 - S04E02
In Case of RaptureJune 20, 2004Devoted Christian Dorothy Sheedy mistakes inflatable dolls floating from a truck bed for angels, and jumps out of her car, unaware of her su - S04E03
Parallel PlayJune 27, 2004Nate 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 - S04E04
Can I Come Up Now?July 11, 2004Ruth is more convinced than ever that Arthur is responsible after they receive yet another package with feces. She decides she's going to la - S04E05
Season's bestThat's My DogJuly 18, 2004Although their earlier visit did not go very well, Ruth suggests they invite George's estranged son Kyle for dinner. She's also thinking of - S04E06
Terror Starts at HomeJuly 25, 2004David has recovered physically from his carjacking but refuses to tell his family what really happened to him. At the funeral home, he has t - S04E07
The DareAugust 1, 2004Claire has taken a liking to her friend Edie but is having difficulty coming to terms with her emotions. With Vanessa suspicious, Rico decid - S04E08
Coming and GoingAugust 8, 2004David 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 - S04E09
Grinding the CornAugust 15, 2004Having 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, - S04E10
The Black ForestAugust 22, 2004Nate 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 - S04E11
Bomb ShelterAugust 29, 2004Brenda 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 - S04E12
UntitledSeptember 12, 2004George's infatuation with impending disaster is causing him nightmares. David hopes that if he faces his attacker, who is now in prison, he
Season05Best season
- S05E01
A Coat of White PrimerJune 6, 2005The insecure Andrea Kuhn is encouraged by her psychiatrist to disclose her true feeling to her family, and when she is happy being herself, - S05E02
Dancing for MeJune 13, 2005Nate's high-school friend Samuel Wayne Hoviak falls from his truck while trying to reach the paper, but manages to activate it while falling - S05E03
Hold My HandJune 20, 2005In 1954 Loretta Smith Sibley committed suicide in front of her son George. With the anniversary of September 9th approaching, George is haun - S05E04
Time FliesJune 27, 2005Lila Simmonds Coolidge passes away just before her 95th birthday...which she happened to share with Nate. This year, Nate's 40th is marked b - S05E05
Eat a PeachJuly 4, 2005Diabetic Daniel Holzenchenko succumbs to the call of canned peaches...and leaves behind 2 brothers and 2 sisters who seem unable to agree on - S05E06
The Rainbow of Her ReasonsJuly 10, 2005Sarah 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 - S05E07
The SilenceJuly 17, 2005Maggie Sibley's friend and fellow Quaker Peter Thomas Burns suffers a heart attack while watching a play, and Nate becomes intrigued about h - S05E08
Singing for Our LivesJuly 24, 2005Pilar 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 - S05E09
EcotoneJuly 31, 2005Lawrence Hall Matheson chooses the wrong moment to check his pulse while jogging in a California "ecotone" - a cougar mauls him. Hospitalize - S05E10
All AloneAugust 7, 2005The 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 - S05E11
StaticAugust 14, 2005Iraqi 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 - S05E12
Season's bestEveryone's WaitingAugust 21, 2005In 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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