HBO Series About the Funeral Industry

This past summer, HBO's new drama series, "Six Feet Under," took a comic look at members of a dysfunctional Pasadena family that run an independent funeral home.  From the Academy-Award-winning writer of "American Beauty" (Alan Ball). 
Newsweek called it "A Family Drama to Die For."
This brilliant series premiered on June 3 and it has received RAVE reviews!   "Six Feet Under" looked at death, rituals related to death, and the funeral industry (including jargon like "Torch Mart" for crematoriums and "casket climber" relating to a grieving wife who leaps on to her husband's casket during a wake). 
All thirteen episodes of this show were consistently well-acted and well-written. 
The superb season finale included an "It's a Wonderful Life"-type ending where Nate, concerned about a brain malady which could be fatal, soaks in all the good of his life and all the people he loves.  Brenda approaches him to see what he's thinking about and he says, "I'm just thinking about how lucky I am."  Sigh!  What a great way to close the first season!   A BIG decomposing thumbs up from Grinny!  
Enjoy some dialogue from selected episodes in our "Epitaphs' section.
  For more info, visit the HBO website.