By Aaron
Over the past two seasons, I've variously described Six Feet Under as a show with one foot in the grave, both hands on the bong, its mouth in the gutter, and its eyes on the prize. The show's heart, however, has long been beating in the mixed-up, fucked-up, and until now never-before-broken-up bond between Brenda and Nate. While Claire ricocheted from Gabe's guns to Billy Batty and David do-si-do-ed with Hoedown Hos and Little White Sex Dorks, Nate and Brenda have remained our only cosmic constant. They are Six Feet Under's yin and its yang, its liar and its whore, its harlot and its prodigal son. And like all epic tales before it, theirs has a hero and a villain, lovers and betrayal, and its roots firmly planted in The Greatest Story Ever Told. Hmm. Does any of this sound familiar?
"But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of the wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid." -- Judges 15:1
"And Delilah said unto Samson, 'Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies.'" -- Judges 16:10
"So he told her everything. 'No razor has ever been used on my head…If I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.'" -- Judges 16:17
"And now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber." -- Judges 16:9
"With such nagging she prodded him day after day until his soul was vexed unto death." -- Judges 16:16
The Lord sure does work in mysterious ways, doesn't he? And by "Lord," I don't mean Alan Ball, by the way. And so on a night when SFU faced its stiffest competition yet (the Survivorseason finale, The X-Filesforever finale, and a Cosby Show reunion), the show's renewed faith in the Good Book rewards our own faith in the show with a perfectly plot-tastic penultimate episode. And they even threw in a week's vacation for your recapper! God's love is truly infinite.
And now, on with the recap!
La primera escena de esta semana fue grabada completamente en español. Un peluquero muy parecido a Hank Azaria con un "mullet" baila en su salon mientras está atendiendo a sus clientes. Si te fijas en el fondo de la escena, podemos ver a una señora viejita sentada abajo de una secadora de pelo. Cuando la vemos en la primera escena, ella todavia está con vida, pero cuando Hank Con Mullet regresa a atenderla, ya se había muerto. Adios, Leticia Perfecta Perez. Por lo menos usted falleció con un buen peinado.