![]() ![]() We meet Andrea, who’s told by her therapist that she can’t go on keeping what’s on her mind bottled up. The pilot’s opener doubles down on the point that death never really comes at the right time. And Claire loses a father figure during a formative time in her life. Nate Jr., the black sheep, never got to make amends. Ruth never got to tell him she was unhappy and was having an affair. leaves shockwaves throughout the season as his family struggles with unfinished business. ![]() Nathaniel promises to stop, hangs up the phone, and while leaning over for just one last cigarette, a bus comes and ends his life. The patriarch is driving the family business hearse on Christmas Eve, while he quibbles on the phone with Ruth about smoking. With Nathaniel Sr.’s death in the opening minutes of Six Feet Under, the show makes its point clear: death happens when you least expect it. Nathaniel Samuel Fisher (Season 1 Episode 1) A few were dark and violent, most were sad, and some, kind of hilarious. But the viewers were shown these grisly openers for a reason, whether to make a point or set a theme. Sometimes it was a crucial character, most of the time somebody whose corpse was sent to the Fisher funeral home, and other times it was somebody we’d never hear mentioned again. Throughout its five seasons, each episode opened with a death. Compared to most shows, Six Feet Under may have understood that the best. ![]() Death doesn’t care about your dignity, your feelings, or your position in life. But most of the time, our untimely ends occur in the most plain or random of ways. Many of us assume our deaths will be climatic, dramatic affairs that signify the end of a multilayered life. ![]()
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