Six Feet Under (Season 4) DVD Review

Nominated for 39 Emmys and 8 Golden Globes, including 3 (and one win) for Best TV Series - Drama, Six Feet Under is widely considered one of the best dramas currently on television. Creator Alan Ball, Oscar-winning screenwriter for American Beauty, introduces a series known for its darkly comical portrayal of a typical dysfunctional American family attempting to live their lives while running a business that thrives on death. Boasting a catchy main title theme song composed by Thomas Newman (brains behind the scores of Real Genius, Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, Finding Nemo, and many others), Six Feet Under continues the long-running string of critically and popularly acclaimed original drama series created by HBO, following in the footsteps of Oz (1997), Sex And The City (1998), and The Sopranos (1999). Premiering in mid-summer 2001, the series takes a unique look at the highs and lows of life and death, sporting the tagline, Your whole life is leading up to this

Six Feet Under follows the lives of a hardworking American family in Pasadena, California as they deal with the everyday rigors of running their family business - an independent funeral home. Nate and Ruth Fisher (Frances Conroy of The Aviator) operate the business on a daily basis with the aid of their youngest son David (Michael C. Hall), while their daughter Claire (Lauren Ambrose) deals the tribulations of high school life and their eldest son Nate Jr. (Peter Krause) works in an organic grocery store in Seattle. But family affairs take a turn for the worse when Nate Jr.'s latest visit is marked by the tragic death of his father. With the family in mourning, it's soon revealed that the late patriarch left the funeral home to be owned and run jointly by David and Nate Jr. With a massive corporation hounding the family to sell out, coupled with their own personal problems, the Fishers must learn to deal with their grief as well as each other. Well-written and well-ca st, Six Feet Under continues to offer some of the most entertaining drama on TV today

The Six Feet Under (Season 4) DVD features a number of dramatic episodes including the season premiere Falling Into Place in which Nate is having a difficult time dealing with Lisa's death. To further complicate matters, he gets in an argument with Lisa's mother over what to do with her body. Nate wants to respect Lisa's wishes to be buried, while Lisa's mother wants her cremated and placed in the family mausoleum. In the end, a compromise is in order Other notable episodes from Season 4 include That's My Dog in which David picks up the wrong hitchhiker and ends regretting it, and The Bomb Shelter in which George is enthusiastic when he discovers an old bomb shelter on the Fisher property built long ago by Nathaniel's parents

Below is a list of episodes included on the Six Feet Under (Season 4) DVD:

Episode 40 (Falling Into Place) Air Date: 06-13-2004
Episode 41 (In Ca se of Rapture) Air Date: 06-20-2004
Episode 42 (Parallel Play) Air Date: 06-27-2004
Episode 43 (Can I Come Up Now?) Air Date: 07-11-2004
Episode 44 (That's My Dog) Air Date: 07-18-2004
Episode 45 (Terror Starts at Home) Air Date: 07-25-2004
Episode 46 (The Dare) Air Date: 08-01-2004
Episode 47 (Coming and Going) Air Date: 08-08-2004
Episode 48 (Grinding the Corn) Air Date: 08-15-2004
Episode 49 (The Black Forest) Air Date: 08-22-2004
Episode 50 (The Bomb Shelter) Air Date: 08-29-2004
Episode 51 (Untitled) Air Date: 09-12-2004

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