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Spotlight on Six Feet Under
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swipedthatfoot.livejournal.comHi there!
I'm supposed to tell you about Six Feet Under, which was a drama that aired on HBO for five seasons between 2001 and 2005. It was about the Fisher family of Los Angeles and their loved ones. They own a funeral home and a lot of crazy shit happens to them.
Too short?
All right. I come bearing visual aides.
( This is the main cast. )
( And of course you get some videos: )
Why you should watch: The acting is completely amazing, even when the plotlines teeter on soapiness. They got a very, very good cast, and used it well. The writing is, mostly, excellent -- it sells you on the plausibility of the situations even when, well, see above about soapiness. It's HBO, so there's a lot of swearing and some nice, hot, sex scenes. The hallucinations are hard to describe, but they add an extra layer of texture to the show -- you know what's going on inside the characters' heads.
Also, the deaths at the start of each episode tend to be these insane comic (and occasionally tragic) set pieces; it's worth watching just for those.
Where to Watch: It's available on DVD, and Amazon has specials on the 5-season boxed set pretty often. It also turns up on Bravo, in edited form, once in a blue moon.
I'm supposed to tell you about Six Feet Under, which was a drama that aired on HBO for five seasons between 2001 and 2005. It was about the Fisher family of Los Angeles and their loved ones. They own a funeral home and a lot of crazy shit happens to them.
Too short?
All right. I come bearing visual aides.
( This is the main cast. )
( And of course you get some videos: )
Why you should watch: The acting is completely amazing, even when the plotlines teeter on soapiness. They got a very, very good cast, and used it well. The writing is, mostly, excellent -- it sells you on the plausibility of the situations even when, well, see above about soapiness. It's HBO, so there's a lot of swearing and some nice, hot, sex scenes. The hallucinations are hard to describe, but they add an extra layer of texture to the show -- you know what's going on inside the characters' heads.
Also, the deaths at the start of each episode tend to be these insane comic (and occasionally tragic) set pieces; it's worth watching just for those.
Where to Watch: It's available on DVD, and Amazon has specials on the 5-season boxed set pretty often. It also turns up on Bravo, in edited form, once in a blue moon.