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Six Feet Under

2001 to 2005 Drama 5 seasons

TMDB rating 8.1/10 Ended

When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.

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Seasons5

  • As prodigal elder son Nate Fisher returns home for the holidays to news of his father's death, the family must learn to deal with the death of one of their own—while figuring out how to go ahead with the business of living.

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    TMDB rating 7.6/10

  • With owner/patriarch Nathaniel Fisher no longer alive (except in the hearts and sometime visions of his family), his survivors — wife Ruth, sons Nate and David, and daughter Claire — continue to cope with the tricky business of looking to the future while being constantly reminded of the past.

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    TMDB rating 7.5/10

  • Thanks to the financial contributions of their mortician, Federico, Fisher & Sons has become Fisher & Diaz, and the Fisher family members face major adjustments as they open a new chapter in their professional lives and personal relationships.

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    TMDB rating 7.6/10

  • There’s a new family order at the Fisher & Diaz funeral home. Although one spouse is gone, another has moved in, ushering in changes for better and worse. For Nate, Ruth, David and Claire, every day above ground is a good one. With Ruth remarried and Nate spiraling out of control, the Fishers struggle with the latest losses and additions to the family, whose dismembered pieces never seem to add up to a healthy whole.

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    TMDB rating 7.4/10

  • Everything. Everyone. Everywhere...Ends. Story elements established in the first four seasons reach a series of emotional climaxes, with Ruth overwhelmed by her mentally fragile husband George, Nate struggling to reaffirm his relationship with Brenda while raising his daughter Maya, David and Keith longing for children of their own, Claire trying to broaden her horizons, and Federico attempting to fill the void left by Vanessa. By season's end, all will come to embrace the cycle of life—birth, death and rebirth—in ways that are both unique and interconnected.

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    TMDB rating 7.9/10

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Cast and details

  • Peter KrauseNate Fisher
  • Michael C. HallDavid Fisher
  • Frances ConroyRuth Fisher
  • Lauren AmbroseClaire Fisher
  • Freddy RodríguezFederico Diaz
  • Mathew St. PatrickKeith Charles
  • Rachel GriffithsBrenda Chenowith
  • Justina MachadoVanessa Diaz
  • Jeremy SistoBilly Chenowith
  • Bronwyn ToshMaya Fisher
  • Brenna ToshMaya Fisher
  • James CromwellGeorge Sibley
Created by
Alan Ball
Network
HBO
First aired
Jun 3, 2001
Latest episode
Aug 21, 2005

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