Episode Report Card Deborah: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Six Feet Under
By Deborah | Season 2 | Episode 11 | Aired on 12.09.2004
Joan continues, "Anyway, Luke did it." She clears some more snush and then adds, "Oh, and he and Grace are a public item." She's sounding like she's going to cry, but then laughs a bit: "Ah, it's a freak show." Now she is starting to cry, and her voice trembles: "And you're, um…you're, um…dead, and I didn't come before because, um…" She's sobbing. "…I was so scared that if I had to say goodbye -- you know, the real one where I have to admit that I'm never gonna see you again…it would hurt so much…to let go like that…and it might never stop, but..." Joan runs her fingers along the carved letters on the headstone, just like she did when she stumbled upon Adam's mother's grave last year. "But I have to. Goodbye." She manages a small smile, and then she kisses her gloved hand and places it over Judith's name, her lips and jaw quivering from both the cold and her emotion. Kasey Chambers's song "A Million Tears" begins to play: "Take my hand / Break my stride…" Finally Joan says, "I love you," just before getting up. "Make me smile / For every time I've cried / My hands are tied / My head is reelin' / My eyes have cried / A million tears / From wishin' you were here…" Joan walks slowly back to Adam, who embraces her and then escorts her away.
And that's half the season in the can, folks. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!