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Six Feet Under is a critically acclaimed and popular television drama produced by HBO. It first aired in 2001 and is planned to be concluded at the end of the upcoming fifth season in 2005. [1]

The show, created by Alan Ball, stars Peter Krause as Nathaniel ("Nate") Fisher, the son of a funeral director who becomes a partner in the family funeral business with his brother David, played by Michael C. Hall. The Fisher clan also includes mother Ruth ( Frances Conroy ) and sister Claire ( Lauren Ambrose). Other regulars include mortician and family friend Federico Diaz, Nate's girlfriend Brenda Chenowith ( Rachel Griffiths), and David's boyfriend Keith Charles ( Mathew St. Patrick).

On one level, the show is a conventional family drama, dealing with such issues as relationships, infidelity, homosexuality, and religion. At the same time, it is a show that is distinguished by its unblinking focus on the topic of deathThis page deals with death, the cessation of life. For other meanings of death, see death (disambiguation). Death is a term that can refer to either the termination of life in a living system, or the state of that organism after that event. A common perce, which it explores on multiple levels (personal, religious and philosophical), rather than treating it as a convenient impetus for the solution of a murder. Each episode begins with a death - anything from drowningDrowning is death due to asphyxia caused by immersion in fluid, usually water. Near drowning is initial survival of a drowning accident which can lead to serious secondary complications including death; cases of near drowning therefore require attention b or heart attackplaque builds up in the walls of blood vessels. Acute myocardial infarction AMI or MI , commonly known as heart attack is a serious, sudden heart condition characterized by varying degrees of chest pain, weakness, sweating, nausea, and vomiting, sometimes to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome - and that event in turn usually sets the tone for each episode, allowing the characters to reflect on their current fortunes and misfortunes in a way that is illuminated by the death and its aftermath.

1 Episodes

1.1 Season 1

1. Six Feet Under (Pilot)
2. The Will
3. The Foot
4. Familia
5. An Open Book
6. The Room
7. Brotherhood
8. Crossroads
9. Life's Too Short
10. The New Person
11. The Trip
12. A Private Life
13. Knock, Knock

1.2 Season 2

1. In The Game
2. Out, Out Brief Candle
3. The Plan
4. Driving Mr. Mossback
5. The Invisible Woman
6. In Place of Anger
7. Back to the Garden
8. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
9. Someone Else's Eyes
10. The Secret
11. The Liar and the Whore
12. I'll Take You
13. The Last Time

1.3 Season 3

1. Perfect Circles
2. You Never Know
3. The Eye Inside
4. Nobody Sleeps
5. The Trap
6. Making Love Work
7. Timing and Space
8. Tears, Bones and Desire
9. The Opening
10. Everyone Leaves
11. Death Works Overtime
12. Twilight
13. I'm Sorry, I'm Lost