Teringer
An Exercise In Nonsense
Kidskycom
It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.
Humaira Grant
It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
Mike B
When I first checked this out, I thought how interesting could a series be on a funeral home? Well it was indeed interesting! And more than that – innovative, funny (often in a dark way), and with very real life characters. Seldom have I watched a series where I became so immersed in each character, who are all so different and genuine.This series is not for everyone. If you want action, car chases, and explosions look elsewhere. If you want an arc of personality change and development this will definitely appeal – everyone felt so very real. Sure I got tired of the on-again and off- again relationships of Nat and Brenda, and of David and Keith – but still each episode kept me so captivated. The dialogue is witty and way above average. Its' a gigantic soap opera that enraptured me with its brilliant assortment of personalities.The writers, producers, directors and especially the actors pulled me beyond expectation into the universe of this story!
Irie212
In spite of really superior elements, including writing and acting, by the middle of the second season, "Six Feet Under" began to feel like a soap opera, albeit with a dark side. The handful of principal characters, all interconnected, mostly in dysfunctional ways, get buried in problems the way the brothers buried the dearly departed. There's drug addiction, armed robbery, loan sharking, mutilation, a hit-and-run accident, brain disease, homophobia, manic depression, and the inevitable out-of-wedlock pregnancy that results from one copulation. Of course a drama needs dramatic incidents, but I began to look at the extras on street scenes and wonder if they, too, were swamped by a tsunami of devastating problems. Am I the only person in America who life isn't a day-to-day morass of social issues? It was overwhelming for the wrong reason: I couldn't bring myself to care about any single individual because they were all swimming in the same lukewarm sea of troubles.It was also in the 2nd season when many of the characters became so predictable that I knew I could fast-forward through their scenes and miss nothing. This was especially true of secondary characters, such as Brenda's parents (Joanna Cassidy and Robert Foxworth), who are not only predictable, but implausible. Cassidy's dialog, in particular, seems to have been written to strike as many outrageous notes as possible. There was no truth there; just showmanship. Ultimately, I lost interest. There are so many great TV series now, particularly on cable, that there's no reason to keep bingeing on one that's gone flat.
ElessarAndurilS
Six Feet Under caught me by surprise when I started watching it and though at no point thought I would want to watch the whole show found I was already in Season 3. It is in a lot of ways very twisted with the various characters all so damaged and pathetic. But that is what makes the show good. It adds in comedy that you can only get in a funeral home setting with some people damaged from growing up in that setting combined with characters just emotionally damaged to have the show working things out in them through the series. I didn't expect the trigger to a great deal of healing to be Nate dying towards the end of the show, but it makes sense in retrospect. He was the one seeking "normalcy" harder than anyone, so why not have him passing without coming to realize it is all relative to who you are and where you are from to set the rest of the cast free to (apparently) go on to live a full life and not bogged down by the past. I wound up enjoying the show a great deal and think it is definitely worth watching. Certainly shows how much has changed since 2000!
tater gumby
Why? Because, it illuminates the difficulties in relationships and dealing with death. The Wire and The Sopranos don't reach that level. Breaking Bad comes close. The Wire is a great investigation of modern American society and The Sopranos is a modern The Prince and Macbeth, wrapped into one. Breaking Bad takes The Sopranos theme to a new level with a re-vamped style. Yet, SFU remains, first of all. different than all other shows concerning style and, second, an incredibly insightful perspective on relationships and death, which are two very difficult issues. At the same time, insightful concerning the status of American culture. Some camera work and directing could be better, but hell, given enough money they would have blown everything out of the water.
