Six Feet Under

Synopsis: A drama series that takes a darkly comical look at members of a dysfunctional family that runs an independent funeral home. With the prodigal elder son (Nate) returning home for the holidays to shattering news, the family must learn to deal with a death of their own, while figuring out how to go ahead with the business of the living. A funny and emotional look at a grieving American family...that just happens to be in the grief management business.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

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

Won 3 Golden Globes. Another 54 wins & 162 nominations.


IMDB:: 8.7

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: TV-MA
Year:: 2001
: 55 min
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1 INT. COMMERCIAL SET/WHITE VOID - DAY 1
We HEAR an OPERATIC ARIA.
CLOSE ON A WOMAN'S WHITE-GLOVED HAND, gracefully trailing
along a reflective black surface. PULLING BACK to reveal a
beautiful MODEL in a sleek black gown, as she moves slowly
past a shiny black luxury car, trailing her fingers along its
contours. It seems as if we're in a television commercial for
some expensive, luxury automobile. Then we WIDEN TO REVEAL
the car is actually a contemporary-model HEARSE.
ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
(soft-spoken, soothing)
The new Millennium Edition Crown Superior
Funeral Coach. Sized to accommodate even
the largest caskets, the XL-500 offers
your loved one the very latest in style
and comfort--
The commercial ends abruptly, as if someone switched the TV
off. MUSIC ENDS and the SCREEN GOES BLACK.
We HEAR Bing Crosby singing "I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS."
2 EXT. STREET - AFTERNOON (DAY ONE) 2
SLOWLY TILTING DOWN past plastic CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS hanging
from streetlamps... to an URBAN STREET lined with small
businesses. A SALVATION ARMY SANTA stands on the sidewalk,
RINGING his BELL. This being Los Angeles, it's sunny and there
are palm trees.
A shiny black HEARSE, just like the one in the commercial,
glides beneath us.
3 INT. HEARSE - CONTINUOUS (DAY ONE) 3
NATHANIEL FISHER (56) drives, smoking a CIGARETTE. A somewhat
severe face, but too weary to be menacing. Bing Crosby sings
"I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS" on the RADIO.
NATHANIEL:
(sings along)
I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRIST--MAS... YOU CAN
PLAN ON ME...
A CELL PHONE RINGS. Nathaniel answers it.
NATHANIEL (CONT'D)
Nathaniel Fisher.
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2.
4 EXT. FUNERAL HOME - AFTERNOON, CONTINUOUS (DAY ONE) 4
We're MOVING slowly past a three-story HOME that's been around
for a while. REVEAL a SIGN that reads:
FISHER AND SONS:
FUNERAL HOME:
Dignified service since 1944
RUTH (O.S.)
Nathaniel, it's Ruth. Did you take your
blood pressure medication today?
NATHANIEL (0.C.)
(over phone line)
Yes.
RUTH (O.S.)
Don't lie to me.
NATHANIEL (O.S.)
I took it. What do you want me to do,
O.D. on it?
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