Posted on 08/21/2005 10:43:13 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
HBO's Six Feet Under Ends In Emotional Drama
Douglas Maher-All Headline News-Staff Reporter
8-22-05 1:12 EST
Hollywood,California (AHN)-The series finale for the hit HBO series "Six Feet Under" airs Sunday night in an emotional climax that is destined to go down as a television classic.
With the Fisher family in turmoil after the passing of character "Nate" in the previous 2-episodes, the series' final episode left no stone unturned.
The episode showed the family going in seperate yet emotionally closer directions, giving viewers in the closing moments of the show a telescopic view into how each character lived their lives and wound up in death in a cinematic and sometimes humorous yet tearful view of how it all ended for the cast. The scenes were played out to the haunting music of Sia and her song "Breathe Me".
The funeral home remains intact as subtle messages of the importance of family and love are put on display to make the circle of life complete.
"Six Feet Under" wraps up after 5 successful seasons on HBO with numerous Emmy awards and nominations.
Whoa, you're missing the forest for the trees. All the ghosts on SFU are a reflection of the living person's inner thoughts. They are a device to show the audience a conflict going on inside each character without telling other characters.
Nate acted like a bastard to Brenda, because Brenda is deeply insecure and cynical. He's the little devil on her shoulder tempting her to despair over Willa.
Notice how he was so supportive of Claire? For her, he was the little angel.
From HBO...The Obituaries
Ruth O'Connor Fisher
Ruth Fisher was born in Pasadena in 1946 and died at Good Samaritan
Hospital of Glendale on Wednesday. She graduated from Pasadena High School
in 1963 and stayed home to raise three children before opening the Four
Paws Pet Retreat in Topanga Canyon twenty years ago.
She is survived by her loving companion George Sibley, her sister Sarah
O'Connor, her son David Fisher of Los Angeles and her daughter Claire
Fisher of New York City. Ruth will also be missed by her four cherished
grandchildren - Maya Fisher, Willa Chenowith, and Anthony and Durrell
Charles-Fisher.
Viewing will be held on Saturday, March 15th at 2 p.m. at Fisher & Sons
Funeral Home at 2302 W. 25th Street in Los Angeles. Private burial to
follow.
Keith Dwayne Charles
Keith Charles, founder of Charles Security Company, was born in 1968 in
San Diego. He died suddenly at work on Tuesday morning.
Keith attended West Point Military Academy, graduating with a degree in
Criminology in 1989. He served the city of Los Angeles as a member of the
LAPD for nine years before joining the security industry. He leaves behind
his devoted husband David Fisher and loving sons Durrell and Anthony
Charles-Fisher, his grandson Matthew, his sister Karla Charles and his
niece Taylor Benoit of Carlsbad. Keith is pre-deceased by his parents
Roderick and Lucille Charles of San Diego. Memorial service will be held
on Sunday, February 18th at 2 p.m. at Fisher & Sons Funeral Home at 2302
W. 25th Street in Los Angeles.
David James Fisher
Born January 20, 1969. Died at the age of 75 in Echo Park. He was proud
owner and operator of Fisher & Sons Funeral Home of Los Angeles for over
forty years. After retiring in 2034, he went on to perform in dozens of
local theater productions, including Weill and Brecht's "Threepenny
Opera," Rossini's "The Barber of Seville," and as Ebenezer Scrooge in
Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." David leaves behind his partner Raoul
Martinez, his beloved sons Durrell and Anthony Charles-Fisher, his sister
Claire Fisher and his three precious grandchildren Matthew, Keith, and
Katie. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Southern
California Opera Association
Hector Federico Diaz
Died at the age of 75 while vacationing with his wife in Puerto Rico.
Federico graduated from Cyprus College in 1997 with a degree in Mortuary
Science. He worked as a restorative artist for several years before
becoming part owner of Fisher & Diaz Funeral Home on 25th Street. In 2005,
Federico opened the Diaz Family Mortuary on DeLongpre Avenue in Hollywood,
where he served the community for 35 years before retiring.
Pre-deceased by his parents Mauricio and Lilia Diaz of Los Angeles. He was
married to his beloved wife Vanessa for 54 years and leaves behind his
cherished sons Julio and Augusto and his three grandchildren: Emily,
Celestina and Vincent.
Memorial service will be held at Diaz Family Mortuary on Saturday,
February 16th at 11:00 a.m. Funeral mass will be held at 9:30 a.m. the
following day at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Atwater Village.
Brenda Chenowith
Brenda Chenowith was born July 19, 1969 and died at the age of 82 at home.
She earned her Masters Degree in Social Work at California State
University of Los Angeles and a PhD in Theories of Human Behavior at
University of Southern California.
Brenda wrote several books about the role of the gifted child in family
development. She is considered to be one of the most distinguished
scholars in that field of study, adding several courses to the Social Work
curriculum at USC. She developed research methodologies to conclusively
prove the link between deviant human behavior and fetal alcohol exposure.
As a child, Brenda was the subject of the book "Charlotte Light and Dark"
by Gareth Feinberg, PhD.
Brenda will be dearly missed by her beloved children Maya Fisher, Willa
Chenowith, and Forrest Nathanson, her loving husband Daniel Nathanson, and
her brother William Chenowith of Malibu. Private services will be held
Wednesday March 9th at Deep Creek Nature Preserve. In lieu of flowers,
donations may be made to a charity of your choice.
Claire Simone Fisher
1983 - 2085
Born March 13, 1983. Died February 11, 2085 in Manhattan. Claire grew up
in Los Angeles and studied art at LAC-Arts College. She worked as an
advertising and fashion photographer and photojournalist for nearly fifty
years, creating several memorable covers for Washington Post magazine, W,
and The Face. Claire often exhibited her work in New York and London art
galleries and in a time when nearly everyone else in her field had turned
to digital scanning and computer-driven imaging, she continued to use a
silver-based photographic process. Claire began teaching photography as a
faculty member at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2018,
earning tenure in 2028. She's pre-deceased by her beloved husband Ted
Fairwell.
Nice
It is only a show.
Makes me sad. Brenda got married again!
I thought it was kinda funny how Anthony and Durell both "got a girl just like the girl that married dear old dad."
;o>
I missed that,,
Plus she had another child.
Gotta agree. She's a good sort.
Thank you for posting this...I will make sure to catch the rerun. I loved that show.
But hey, there's always showtimes "Weed"...
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My tongue is pretty firmly in my cheek.
One of them was holding hands with an asian guy, and the other was married to a white or hispanic woman.
All I could think of was "just like Mom."
I did find it sharply poignant that Claire was obviously blind when she died.
Oh, you are making me cry.
Well here's another one to get you going.
I REALLY liked them making Ted the love of her life.
In my opinion, Laren Ambrose doens't do the most satisfying job of acting when she doesn't have actual lines to deliver. But she really pulled it out when Claire sees Ted at her mother's funeral. Everything the character needed to say was right there on her face.
I didn't say the characters had any "redeeming value."
In fact, they had none, almost routinely.
About that, I agree with you. I still liked the series. But not because I anticipated or found any "redeeming value" in any of the characters depicted.
I also don't care for Carnivale, nor Deadwood, which are both popular with many viewers, but at least with Six Feet Under, there wasn't all the mud.
Let's face it, there is not a lot of filmed content being created by a lot of hearty "pro GOP" types.
Generalizing, I realize (I DO know of many Republicans who work in media, to state that point here), but I'm just saying, I already edit my entertainment to such an extent that HBO and DVD purchases of select titles are my last efforts to enjoy filmed entertainment.
I don't care for the majority of HBO fare, I agree about that. Nor that on Showtime and Starz but I still subscribe -- it DOES affect me as a consumer, given that they're donors to the DNC -- sometimes I just enjoy watching films and until pro-GOPers overwhelm Hollywood and produce interesting material, what we now have is all there is.
I, along with a few other conservative authors and filmmakers I know, continue to try to promote conservative titles and projects, but it's counterproductive to live in a vacuum without knowledge of what else is being produced.
She's gay, from what a lot of liberal, and gay, bloggers write.
Yes, she's beautiful if you like that sorta thing. I think she did a great job with Six Feet Under and also Psycho Beach Blanket-Whatever, AND she's a talented singer.
But still gaaay. It was difficult for me to take her seriously in SFU, I have to tell you, although I agree she was interesting talent on the Series.
I liked Kathy Bates' work very much on SFU, along with the actors who enacted Nate and Brenda. It was only after the first season that I became interested in the series, however.
The writing is what hooked me, more than anything. I find the series very well written.
Yes, the Series WAS over the top about gays. But, the creator, producer, and probably a lot of the writers...is reason why. Alan Ball had an objective with Keith, one of the lead characters, to "overcome his self loathing" as "a gay man" and that was one of the ongoing objectives of the series, from what I've heard.
It did bother me as to personal ethics and values, and very much but the other character development was worth the viewing for me. The Nate/Brenda relationship with various related characters was exceptional, as was Brenda's family (brother, Billy, fabulously well done in all respects) and Brenda's nutty mother (also fabulously well done).
The Fisher Family were all pretty completely imbalanced as were most, if not all, their relationships. I found it very interesting to view the ongoing Ruth Fisher-George thing, with George being the focus as "incompetent" while he actually provided the most routine balance and sense to Ruth along the way, including the final Episode.
Another captivating aspect to my view was the Republican, lawyer guy in the Final Season that Claire became involved with...I think his similarity to Richard Nixon (facially, the actor resembles Nixon) was interesting, too. THAT character was done very, very well, quite sincerely...and provided the opportunity to accurately reveal Claire's political and emotional excess by comparison.
Well done character revelation there.
Yes, exactly right.
Lauren Ambrose is gay ? That would be a revelation as she's married to a man.
Totally awesome episode. Just finished watching it on HBO On Demand. I love how how they made the Republican lawyer into such a good, sweet guy.
I wish every show could do such a great job of a series finale.
I've never quite forgiven St. Elsewhere for their idiot ending.
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