Six Feet Under
Stuck the LandingFinale "Everyone's Waiting" scored 9.9, one of its highest-rated episodes.
Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 10/10MelancholicA wistful sadness woven through the story, even in its lighter moments.This show: 9/10Family sagaBonds and fractures across generations of one family.This show: 9/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 9/10Dark comedyFinding the laughs in grim and taboo material.This show: 9/10Emotionally heavyDemands real emotional stamina from the viewer.This show: 9/10Existential dreadMortality and meaninglessness confronted head-on.This show: 8/10Gut punchWilling to devastate you, and remembered for it.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Peter KrauseMichael C. HallFrances ConroyLauren AmbroseFreddy RodríguezMathew St. Patrick
Written by
Alan Ball
Starring
Peter KrauseMichael C. HallFrances ConroyLauren AmbroseFreddy RodríguezMathew St. Patrick
Written by
Alan Ball
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Six Feet Under Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 8.7 | |
| S2 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 9.2 | |
| S3 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 9.2 | |
| S4 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 9.1 | ||
| S5 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 9.1 | 9.9 |
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About
"Death as a lens for how we actually live"
The Fisher family runs a Los Angeles funeral home, and each episode opens with a death that sets the emotional tone before circling back to the siblings and their mother as they stumble through grief, ambition, addiction, and love. It's slow, talky, and unflinchingly morbid, but also frequently very funny and deeply humane. The show trusts long silences and awkward family dinners as much as big confrontations. It rewards patience with characters who feel lived-in and messy in ways few dramas risk, building toward an ending widely regarded as one of television's finest.
Watch it for
the finale, widely considered one of the most devastating and perfect endings in TV history.
Maybe skip if
you want plot momentum rather than slow character studies steeped in grief and mortality.
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All Seasons
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Season 12001
8.450K1312h 21m
As prodigal elder son Nate Fisher returns home for the holidays to news of his father's death, the family must learn to deal with the death of one of their own—while figuring out how to go ahead with the business of living.
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Season 22002
8.438K1312h 7m
With owner/patriarch Nathaniel Fisher no longer alive (except in the hearts and sometime visions of his family), his survivors — wife Ruth, sons Nate and David, and daughter Claire — continue to cope with the tricky business of looking to the future while being constantly reminded of the past.
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Season 32003
8.334K1311h 12m
Thanks to the financial contributions of their mortician, Federico, Fisher & Sons has become Fisher & Diaz, and the Fisher family members face major adjustments as they open a new chapter in their professional lives and personal relationships.
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Season 42004
8.232K1210h 47m
There’s a new family order at the Fisher & Diaz funeral home. Although one spouse is gone, another has moved in, ushering in changes for better and worse. For Nate, Ruth, David and Claire, every day above ground is a good one. With Ruth remarried and Nate spiraling out of control, the Fishers struggle with the latest losses and additions to the family, whose dismembered pieces never seem to add up to a healthy whole.
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Season 52005
9.256K1210h 59m
Everything. Everyone. Everywhere...Ends. Story elements established in the first four seasons reach a series of emotional climaxes, with Ruth overwhelmed by her mentally fragile husband George, Nate struggling to reaffirm his relationship with Brenda while raising his daughter Maya, David and Keith longing for children of their own, Claire trying to broaden her horizons, and Federico attempting to fill the void left by Vanessa. By season's end, all will come to embrace the cycle of life—birth, death and rebirth—in ways that are both unique and interconnected.
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Peter Krause Nate Fisher
Michael C. Hall David Fisher
Frances Conroy Ruth Fisher
Lauren Ambrose Claire Fisher
Freddy Rodríguez Federico 'Rico' Diaz
Mathew St. Patrick Keith Charles
Rachel Griffiths Brenda Chenowith
Justina Machado Vanessa Diaz
Jeremy Sisto Billy Chenowith
Brenna Tosh Maya
Crew
Alan Ball
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