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Six Feet Under - The Complete First Season (2001)

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Reviews Counted:57

Fresh:29

Rotten:28

Average Rating:4.0/10

Runtime: 13 hrs

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: The HBO television series SIX FEET UNDER, about the members of a dynamic Los Angeles-based family that operates the Fisher and Sons Funeral Home, has an ironically grim, but intriguing premise:... The HBO television series SIX FEET UNDER, about the members of a dynamic Los Angeles-based family that operates the Fisher and Sons Funeral Home, has an ironically grim, but intriguing premise: each episode is based on the death and extenuating circumstances of the family's current client. When a porno star dies and is brought to Fischer and Sons, an entourage of her former costars appear to mourn her death. In another episode, the family must negotiate with tough Mexican-American gang members who have very specific requests for the funeral of one of their brethren. A sassy drama that is rife with black comedy, SIX FEET UNDER follows other HBO hit series like SEX IN THE CITY, THE SOPRANOS, and OZ. Alan Ball created the hit series after scoring a huge success with his original screenplay for AMERICAN BEAUTY. Ball has written and directed several of the 13 episodes that comprise this first season. [More]

Starring: Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose

Starring: Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose, Rachel Griffiths, Freddy Rodriguez, Eric Balfour, Jeremy Sisto, Richard Jenkins, Ed Begley, Mathew St. Patrick, Ed O'Ross

Director: Alan Ball, Alan Coulter, Jim McBride, Miguel Arteta, Lisa Cholodenko, John Patterson, Kathy Bates

Director: Alan Ball, Alan Coulter, Jim McBride, Miguel Arteta, Lisa Cholodenko, John Patterson, Kathy Bates
Screenwriter: Alan Ball, Christian Williams, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Laurence Andries, Rick Cleveland, Christian Taylor, Kate Robin
Producer: Rick Cleveland

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Some pithy stuff and great performances, though sometimes too slavish in its adherence to conventions of TV sitcoms/dramedies.

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The promise of a complex archetypal subtext

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