Six Feet Under

5-13 2005.08.30

"Everybody knows about Television Without Pity." M. Giant has a talk with Six Feet Under writer and co-executive producer Jill Soloway, and she's much nicer than he has any right to expect.

3-8 Recap	Body Shots Tears, Bones and Desire - Head lice, love triangles, gay paintball, abdominal massage, threesomes, fivesomes, polygamous Mennonite concubines, and a May-December romance. Hit me again, bartender, and make this one a double.	2003.04.20 2003.04.27	A-	Aaron
3-7 Recap	Get out, Nate. Seriously. Timing and Space - Brenda's dad dies, Nate takes Maya to the funeral, and Lisa goes ape.	2003.04.13 2003.04.19	B+	Sobell
3-6 Recap	Gotta Serve Somebody Making Love Work - Nate and Lisa go camping, Rico and Arthur deal with an oversized corpse, Ruth sniffs a handkerchief, and Claire takes a guy's virginity. And no, it wasn't mine. Sigh.	2003.04.06 2003.04.13	A+	Aaron
3-5 Recap	They'll never find the body The Trap - Come on, Nate. You know you want to do it. And I promise they'll never find Lisa's body! Or at the very least, I promise it'll take them twenty-five years to find it. Elsewhere, Brenda has a new outlook on life, David goes shopping for a new tool, Claire finds a new job, and Ruth gets a new roommate. And as for Professor Olivier, well, he has germs. He deserves to die.	2003.03.30 2003.04.06	A-	Aaron
3-4 Recap	Who Rocks The Party That Rocks Your Body? Nobody Sleeps - Ruth rocks the party that rocks your body! Ruth's birthday gives everyone a chance to get a little crazy, Claire's art seminar gives her the chance to find romance with Russell, David takes the death of this week's opera-loving DGDJ to heart, and Nate turns into his father. And who would have thought that all it took to shut up Rico was shaved balls and a pierced cock? Oh, if I'd only known!	2003.03.23 2003.03.30	A	Aaron
3-3 Recap	Our Bodies, Ourselves Another Voice - Nate experiences the joys of self-pleasure. David still searches for self-respect. Claire gains some much-needed self-esteem, and Ruth helps herself to some shiny new lipstick.	2003.03.16 2003.03.23	C+	Aaron
3-2 Recap	Nobody Likes A Busybody You Never Know - Nate resents Lisa because she's no good with a Q-tip. Lisa resents Carol because she's totally insane. Carol resents David because he's blocking her driveway. David resents Keith because he suddenly doesn't want children. Keith resents David because he skips counseling and uses nasal spray. Claire resents JP, but sleeps with him anyway. And Ruth resents the fact that she's wasted her entire life without the joys of Vicodin.	2003.03.09 2003.03.16	B+	Aaron
3-1 Recap	To Your Scattered Bodies Go Perfect Circles - Nate dies. And then he lives a happy life. David sings. And then he feels shamed. Claire goes to school. And then she skips class to have sex. Ruth feels unloved. And then she gives peanut butter to a baby. Aaron recaps it all. And then he gives a physics lesson.	2003.03.02 2003.03.09	B+	Aaron
2-13 Recap	Dead End The Last Time - The second season finale of Six Feet Under leaves big questions just twisting in the wind like so much pot smoke in an uncleaned chamber. Has Nate gone for the big bus ride in the sky? Can Claire's dance moves, dead father, and detachable limbs earn her a spot at art school? Why do David and Keith only ever have sex on the living room floor? And finally, where exactly is Brenda headed off to, and more importantly, did she pack her bongs and her Golden Globes in the same suitcase?	2002.06.02 2002.06.11	A	Aaron
2-12 Recap	Dia De La Muerta I'll Take You - All sorts of big things happen this week: Ruth breaks up with Nikolai, and discovers she's a grandmother. Claire applies to art school, and says farewell to Counselor George. Rico inherits some money, and reminisces about his father figures. And Billy somehow becomes the sanest person on the entire show, while Keith kan't kontrol his anger yet again. But then Nate finally discovers Brenda's Buttfuck-banging ways, and we're at long last treated to the break-up we've all been longing for so desperately.	2002.05.19 2002.05.26	A	Aaron
2-11 Recap	Dog Dead Afternoon The Liar and The Whore - Nate confesses to Brenda! And so she fucks two guys! David stands up to Keith! And now Taylor's their kid! Claire gets high on 'shrooms! And makes musical pants! Rico solves a murder! And gets Vanessa fired! Ruth pays off the mob! And wears jingly pants! Attica! Attica!	2002.05.12 2002.05.19	B+	Aaron
2-10 Recap	I'm not dead yet! (It's just a flesh wound.) The Secret - Everyone's relationships are on teetering on life support this week as David and Keith fight, Nikolai and Ruth clean, and Nate and Brenda attend orgies and abort scads of unwanted children. Plus, there's chanting! I've never been so happy.	2002.05.05 2002.05.12	C-	Aaron
2-9 Recap	Dead as Folk? No. Dead as Fuck? Yes. Someone Else's Eyes - The master himself graces us with an episode this week, and just like you'd expect from Alan Ball, it delivers exactly the opposite of what you'd expect from Alan Ball. So what happened? Well, Billy bared his butt, and Brenda boffed a bore in a bookstore bathroom. Also, Nate's expecting a newborn, Claire plays with a camera, David needs a dermatologist, and Keith can't sleep 'cuz he's caring for Karla. Of course, things could always be worse. At least I'm not recapping the Teletubbies.	2002.04.28 2002.05.05	B-	Aaron
2-8 Recap	Zed's Dead, Baby. Zed's Dead. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Six Feet Under gets all nostalgic on our asses this week, as a gang of bikers shows up to celebrate the life and death of Hell's own Santa on the anniversary of The Late Nate's demise. Meanwhile, in other blasts from the past, Billy is back! Taylor's mom is back! The annual Christmas car crash is back! Oh, and Nikolai is now the new gimp.	2002.04.21 2002.04.29	A	Aaron
2-7 Recap	Dead Man's Hand Back to the Garden - Instead of aces over eights this week, Alan Ball deals out a king jacking off, a single surprise queen, and a quite cold-hearted woman who wears a diamond and probably should be spayed. And since we know he always loves to win the pot, he also shows us that David and Keith are once again a pair, Ruth desperately desires a full house, and Claire's new stud refuses to poke her (Yeah. I know. I'm sorry). So here's your chance to ante up and click the link to watch Aaron give the whole damn thing a royal flush. And that's no bluff.	2002.04.14 2002.04.22	B-	Aaron
2-6 Recap	The Naked And The Dead In Place Of Anger - It's a festival of redheads this week, as Ruth's long-lost sister Sarah shows up to shake Ruth's foundations and renovate the blueprints for Claire's bedroom. Meanwhile, Nate and Brenda announce their engagement, David dumps the Little White Sex Dork, and the brothers extract their revenge on the new Kroehner girl by clogging the drain in her hot tub with Nate's chest hair. In other surprising developments, it now appears that the ebb is over, Claire is a closet artist, and Brenda is now offering her clients the occasional "happy ending." Oy. Mike Binder will follow me to my grave.	2002.04.07 2002.04.14	B-	Aaron
2-5 Recap	Dead women tell no tales The Invisible Woman - For an episode about someone with nothing, this one surprisingly ends up having something for everyone. Really. No, really. Brenda even dates a hooker, for God's sake! And then she proposes to Nate! Keith kills a junkie! And then he has sex with David! Ruth cries! And she blurts! There's even some oral sex! But wait -- there's more! David dates deliriously! Father Jack is back! Claire dumps DangerSlut! Rico ruins a restoration! And then I tell him to shut up! It's Plot-Tastic!	2002.03.31 2002.04.07	B	Aaron
2-4 Recap	Things To Do In Seattle When You're Dead Driving Mr. Mossback - When Nate and Claire jet off to Seattle to retrieve the eponymous Mr. Mossback, they end up encountering both Nate's past (Lili Taylor as a loopy ex-girlfriend) and his future (seizures, stuttering, and eventual death). Meanwhile, back in L.A., Brenda and her mom set up a stakeout, David takes care of Keith's lovably gruff niece Taylor, and Ruth still can't complete a sentence that doesn't include the words "blueprint" or "fuck."	2002.03.24 2002.03.29	B	Aaron
2-3 Recap	Speaker For The Dead The Plan - This week Brenda insults the world, acts all sultry with a stranger, and generally sulks around Nate just like she always does. Then Mare Winningham drops by to point out that anyone who has conversations with people who aren't there is insane and worthy of your mockery. I know just how she feels. Elsewhere, Ruth "renovates her house" by saying "fuck" a lot, David gets closer to Keith (no fucking, though), and Gabe fucks up. Again. But hey, at least this time Claire calls the Big Black Sex Cops on his sorry ass. All in all, this may have been their funniest episode yet.	2002.03.17 2002.03.25	A	Aaron
2-2 Recap	Dead Man Running Out, Out Brief Candle - It's all about the continuity of small things this week, as we finally meet Trevor The Ex, Gilardi meets his final fate, and old friends DangerSlut and Peanut Testicle head back to school. In other news, Rico needs a loan to buy a new house, Ruth and Robbie get assimilated into the Borg Queen's new collective, and Gabe fucks up. Again. But hey, at least Claire dumps him for it this time. And then in the end, we realize that everything old is new again, as this time it's Nate who has to come out to David, and not the other way around.	2002.03.10 2002.03.17	B	Aaron
2-1 Recap	Dead Again In the Game - In Six Feet Under's season opener, things at the Formaldehyde Fortress appear to be pretty much right where we left them. In other words, Nate and Brenda still have issues, David is still pining for Keith, and Claire is still too good for Gabe. Meanwhile, the DGDJ gives new meaning to the phrase "ashes to ashes, dust to dust," and Mommie Drearest just wants to love her live gay son. Oh, and Nate gets really high and talks about the "flow." Welcome back to Alan Ball World, my friends, where every day is a day at the beach.	2002.03.03 2002.03.10	A-	Aaron
1-13 Recap	Death Leppard Knock, Knock - After brief DGDJ-related nod to Gilardi's pyromania, Ruth & Claire pour some sugar on Nikolai and Gabe (respectively), Tracy's hysteria turns out to have a deeper meaning, and David learns that love doesn't always have to bite. Oh, and Nate has spots like a leopard, only in his case, they're on his brain. It's the season finale, people, and I'm busier than a one-armed drummer in a room full of slot machines. Armageddon it?	2001.08.19 2001.08.28	A-	Aaron
1-12 Recap	Yea, though he walk through the valley of the shadow of death A Private Life - David shall fear no shame. I'll have the good grace to skip the obvious joke about the comforts of "thy rod and thy staff," and instead just tell you what happened in this episode: David comes out; Billy goes nuts; Ruth tells us more than we really needed to know; and Claire cleanses her soul, both figuratively and, in the greatest shower scene since Psycho, literally.	2001.08.19 2001.08.26	A	Aaron
1-11 Recap	A Matter of Life and Death The Trip - On the eve of the birth of his new son, Rico's return to The Body Shop leaves him faced with the task of restoring a three week-old Dead (Baby) Du Jour. Meanwhile, Nate, David, and Brenda attend a convention in Vegas (baby!), Billy turns out to be an even bigger stalker than Aaron is, and Keith is called to witness yet another depressing demonstration of David's downward spiral. Elsewhere, Mary Gross teaches Mommie Drearest how to breathe from her crotch, and Claire spends most of the week declaring her love for a suicidal and hospitalized Gabe.	2001.08.12 2001.08.17	A-	Aaron
1-10 Recap	Death takes a holiday The New Person - Okay, it's actually the DGDJ who takes the holiday and vanishes after the first five minutes, but trust me, the episode was better off for it. David tries to get back with Keith! Rico reopens the Body Shop! Ruth discovers David is gay! We even see the Chenowiths' true capacity for craziness, as family secrets, secret photographs, and a psychiatrist's sins send Billy into a psychotic rage. Meanwhile, Claire gets her heart broken yet again by Gabe, Illeana Douglas stops by to play an embalmer who never shuts up, and Ruth goes out on a date with Nikolai, and actually comes off kinda cool.	2001.08.05 2001.08.12	B+	Aaron
1-9 Recap	Death, dumb, and blind Life's Too Short - The death is a cute little kid, the dumb is anything dealing with Brenda, and the blind comes surprisingly not from being poked in the eye with more male nudity, but instead from Claire's evident inability to see that Gabe Dimas will never be a good guy. It's times like this that make me wish I had a sensory deprivation tank of my very own.	2001.07.29 2001.08.05	B+	Aaron
1-8 Recap	Death, dicks, dope, and a dancer Crossroads - This week, Ruth is torn between the tender touch of her boring Begley boyfriend and the crazy Cossack carnality of Nikolai The Flower Guy. David, on the other hand, enjoys a virtual carnival of carnality by snagging himself a snazzy little dance instructor. Rico does a big job for Gilardi, and then he quits for keeps! Nate and Brenda, meanwhile, spend the episode fighting over Nate's marijuana-induced jealous hallucinations of the naked Australian guy who's sleeping in her bed. And finally, "The" Claire "Witch Project" takes a trip into the woods to try to find herself, but ends up finding herself a new best friend instead.	2001.07.22 2001.07.29	B+	Aaron
1-7 Recap	I love a man in uniform Brotherhood - The corpse of the week, a veteran of the Gulf War, can't tell his brother he wants a military funeral. Billy ruins Brenda's vacation plans with Nate. David decides to help his church exclude gay tolerance from its agenda. Mother Fisher gets laid and gets a job. Claire tries to ruin her future, thinking that it will add meaning to her life.	2001.07.15 2001.07.22	B	Gustave
1-6 Recap	Give me Lauren or give me death The Room - It's couples week on Six Feet Under, with almost the entire cast getting to pair off with one another. Nate reads up on Brenda, Billy gets down with Claire, and David tells off the Annoying Funeral Stalker Girl before getting it on with some guy he met in a bar. Heck, even Ruth gets some action. Meanwhile, a crotchety old guy mourns the loss of La Femme Morte de la Semaine, and Nate learns both more and less than he wanted to know about his father.	2001.07.08 2001.07.15	A-	Aaron
1-5 Recap	Deft, where ith thy thting? An Open Book - This episode features porn stars; fart jokes; promos for Oz, The Gilmore Girls, and Arli$$; and a corpse dressed like Marilyn Monroe in a church full of naked men. But wait, there's more! Mysteries are revealed! Tattoos are explained! David comes out to Nate! Keith dumps him anyway! It's! Plot! Tastic! Oh, and Brenda is a genius. Whatever.	2001.07.01 2001.07.08	A-	Aaron

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