Honestly, this felt like a life experience to me. Not a tv show. It is so dear to me.

I have never seen anything that comes even close to this. Unreal imagery, dark humor, beauty and deep ...... a true original.

This series is the best that TV could be. It ruined TV for me because it raised the bar so high.

I was so looking forward to watching this show on its air date, and then a couple days before that date, my youngest brother was murdered. I couldn't watch at the time, but four years later, watched season four in an afternoon/evening. My brother's death, and this show, both hugely impacted my curiosity about grief process. Mine, and everyone else's. I work in hospice now. Thank you, Jimmy. Thank you, Alan Ball.

Wish I could attend a Six Feet Under convention. It never got the accolades or the appreciation that it deserved, but it was certainly heads and shoulders above the rest in terms of the acting talent and the discipline of Alan Ball and his team of writers. American Beauty is Alan Ball's David. Six Feet Under is his Sistine Chapel.

I had a situation a few years ago, three of my Co Worker's were heading back from our Lunch Room, our Elevator stopped mid Floor, door opened, lmao, ok we all looked at each other, and said..."Call upstairs, let em know we are stuck! we all said.... im not climbing up through there, "I watched Six Feet Under"!!!! True Story, and we are still laughing about it today!

Who else cried like a baby when Nate died ?

I’ve never cried for a tv show ending before, this show is one of the best. If you haven’t seen it yet, please watch it. It changed me in my fibre. ❤️

“I wanted to bring Death out of the closet” -Alan Ball What an incredible show. I’ve seen it twice, both times after losing family members. My mom currently has cancer and isn’t doing well; I think I need to watch it again.

Honestly, one of the best shows ever made. How they managed to put so many emotions in every episode is just brilliant.

It's been 15 years but the music still stops my heart

The greatest show on earth. It truly changed my life.

This series was so well thought out and executed. The emotional attachment and withdrawal as the series came to an end - WOW!. I couldn't stand Claire, as the series began, because she was such a thoughtless shit. But, as her character developed and matured into an adult, she became my favorite character. Some people rave about the Soprano's final episode, and it was good for several reasons, BUT nothing comes close to the final episode of Six Feet Under.

Life changing. Not doctors and lawyers and cops, for a change. The fact that each episode starts with death, leaves that part out, at least in the conventional sense. I have always had great respect for those who handle our greatest fear, and how they orchestrate dignity, at a time that we may not be able to conjure dignity up. The people who give their lives to this profession, one that most people would , for obvious reasons, not ever take on, for any amount of money, can very easily be thought of as heros IMHO.

Absolutely the best show ever - thank you so much for posting

Best series ever written. Everyone should see it.

love this show. one of the most impressive bit of storytelling ever. A true reflection of life, SFU came packed with humour (sometimes dark, sometimes emotional) and harshness too. I laughed my head off and I cried my heart out. very few TV show have that deep an impact.

absolute masterpiece

You can’t imagine the influence this has had on me as a uk funeral director.

Watching it again at the moment - surprising how few people are aware of its brilliance.

I almost didn't watch the series because I was following Sopranos and Wire but I started about three episodes in and was immediately hooked. I remember hearing from a friend in LA that one of the hippest jobs you could get was guest corpse on Six Feet Under.

Literally…the best show ever! Still #1 on my list. Every cast member fit the show perfectly. I have watched it from beginning to end multiple times.

I loved this show!!! Bought the entire series on DVD! Thanks for posting the impact of SFU.

American Beauty was incredible. So when I found out Alan Ball was the series’ creator , I knew then ( even as a teen at the time!) the show would be nothing short of the same. My mother introduced me to the series back when it first aired and we shared many laughs together watching it. Her favorite ep is the one, early on in season one when Nate’s taking bong hits and freaking out because he’s not sure where Brenda’s Australian friend has been sleeping (the rolled up sleeping bag). LOL. My mom would be dead on the floor hysterically laughing ....good memories .

Today is 15th anniversary of SFU

best tvshow in history

This has to be the best written, best casted, best acted show ever made. I've never felt so many emotions while watching a tv series. Still my favorite of all time!

This was an awesome series

I just finished this wonderful show, and suffice to say I was in tears during the last episode. All of life is death but there is so much more to it, what a delightful series I am so glad I discovered this show, I’m a little late but damn it what a great show

It’s one of the best series we will ever visit. Actors spot on, it’s a series of my lifetime ❤️ most of our lifetime ❤️

omg, I had forgotten how amazing this series was!! thanks!

my god it was a masterpiece

Everyone watch all 5 seasons. It’s so worth it. EDIT: A coffin climber is a real thing. Seen it a lot.

The most terrifying death is the middle aged woman who chokes to death but then lays in her home for 2 weeks. I would hate to think that no one would not recognize that I am not around any longer and I would be found dead and decayed with parasites consuming my earthly body.

I miss this show soo much!

someone else said this on a dexter clip but i agree; when this show was on it looked like peter krause was going to be the biggest star to come out of it. then dexter happened and michael hall has become a superstar. thats not taking anything away from krause though

Just finished the series for the first time. The ending was class pure class. Just enough ambiguity giving us….you know what. No spoilers. Phenomenal show!

Someone said it is more than a show, it was an experience to them, and I could not relate more. I'm gonna ramble: I honestly separate my life before I watched Six Feet Under and after. I am so much better as a human being because of this show! I was a toddler when it came out, but I watched it post-college, lowest point of my life, so unsure what to do with it. And I still am haha, but now I'm okay with that. I treat every day like it's my last, and not only that, but the people around me's last. Six Feet Under gutted me, it made me laugh. Like bro the way people describe their acid trips to me is the way I feel about my viewing of Six Feet Under. It was THAT life-changing. lol seems melodramatic but I swear. We're all gonna die, and this show made me appreciate that fact. I am so glad that we are going to die. It's so painful, it's the worst thing you can ever ever experience when it happens to your loved ones, but it's what happens. And it's real. And it's real. And it is the ONLY thing that gives life meaning. We have to love each other before we're gone. We HAVE to! That is the point of everything, the meaning of life, and thank God to this show for making me truly truly realize it.

It’s absolutely true. It was a comfort after losing my dad. I was entranced by this show. It’s so human. It’s like you are not alone.

Excellent interviews and intelligent discussions that helps us fans of this marvelous TV series, which I conduct if the best I’ve ever seen. As soon as I came to the end of the series, I was sad and starting missing it immediately!

This Show Really Did Make You Think about life And The Possibilities On Where One Make Go When They Die...I Do Miss Soo😪..There Is Nothing On Television That Even Comes Remotely Close...Today's TV Programs Are Shitty And Totally Demonic With No Substance At All...I Wish They Would Bring This Show Back ..Or Utube Would At least Put Some Episodes On in It's Entirety ❤️

I noticed after watching the final season several times that Nate first sees his best friend from highschool (Sam) then later his first love (Fiona Kleinschmidt) and then finally himself.

I was absolutely addicted I loved loved this series it was perfect!

When I was in 4th Grade a classmate died of cancer. There Kelly was in his little white casket, arms folded, and it looked as though no one had cut his fingernails in weeks. I felt so bad for him, and that image still haunts me 47 years later. R.I.P. Kelly B.

I miss Brenda, she was an amazing character!

This is my favorite TV show I have not seen it in years.....,.... Hell my mom cable get cut off we had HBO as well

Wow, I've never watched this show before. I came across it from a Sia song. I feel so lucky to not have seen it yet because I am running out of shows to binge watch. Now I have this to watch! Gonna start the show today. So excited because I love Hall. I'm gonna use this comment to start a thread and update on my thoughts.

Thank you!!! Love this series!!! :)

Was hoping to listen to six feet under by billie but somehow i ended up here...

I wonder how Kraeer felt about the first two seasons. [*some possible spoiler alerts...] On Six Feet Under, there was a big corporate funeral business called Kroner that was driving all the "mom and pop" homes out of business on this show and then trying to buy them out. One major subplot in the first 2 seasons was about Kroner trying to buy out the Fishers. I remember a show from the 80's called St. Elsewhere about a hospital in Boston. Sometime before the final season, the small public hospital named St. Eligius was bought by a large corporation called Ecumena and privatized and the bottom line was prioritized over the patients. Due to the way the company Ecumena was portrayed as sort of villains in the show, a real company that bought out failing hospitals in the 80's called Humana actually sued NBC. At first, they tried to sue for defamation but I believe it was frivolous. They then successfully sued for copyright infringement even though the names were almost nothing alike except for ending in "na". After that, NBC was forced to run a disclamer before each episode the name Ecumena was mentioned. That lasted for a few episodes then they never mentioned Ecumena again. I wonder if something similar happened with Six Feet Under/HBO and Kraeer. It would not surprise me since the entire Kroner sub-plot basically suddenly disappeared near the end of season 2 when they suddenly went bankrupt which was only mentioned in passing by David to Nate.

I loved this show.

Laughed when they did the casket jumping brought back memories saw it and laughed then also. My uncle said at funeral of my cousin .friend of family came up to him said anything I can do let me know. Uncle pete says you can paint my garage no rush. True story.

Six feet under has saved my life so many times.

This was is a truly riveting series. Very moving . Whenever I recommend it I always emphasize watching from beginning to end. The Book Flags of Our Father’s Describes the respect that family’s and communities have for the funeral directors and Morticians who with loving care and endearing empathy allow families and relations to mourn free of the duties to their loved ones that may imprint on their memories visions of their loved ones that are not fond. There are many videos and movies of burials and burials at sea . There are those of soldiers being buried during WW1 And other Wars . The photos of Civil war dead and the Reburials at Cold Harbor. One that stands out as very moving without a sad music soundtrack is the Burial at Sea of Loyce Edward Deen.

Arthur was my favorite side character.

una de las mejores series de la historia!!!

As Nate said...it took the facade away from it .

I watched SFU between 2002-07 when I was a lot younger and more naive about life. Now I'm close to my late 30s I would like to see it again, I bet I would get something completely different out of the show.

It's a very good show

I hated who Nate became after marrying Lisa

I shouldn't have binge-watched this over the course of two months. I feel like I got hit by a freight train

I bet the writers had So much fun coming up with the death scenes 😂

9:32 my favorite scene

I think I’ve tried to talk about grief with my biological parents many times, they didn’t know how to start the subject, neither I. My age proceeded with time, but those dark moments accompanied with death didn’t. When I was a very young child, 5 maybe, my dad’s younger sister died from accident, later I was told that I had to attend the funeral. It’s not like any funerals appeared in the Six Feet Under, nor the traditional Asian funeral ceremonies that burning paper money. It’s one of the scariest moments in my life, those superstitious ceremonies, children wearing white clothes circling, being watched by grownups, compulsory staying in the funeral house several days.. I just don’t understand why grownups would expect young children to understand death in that way, it’s their fear and guilt, not the people who actually died. My grandfather, who liked performing ceremonies related to death(not just burning paper money that kind of simple), he called that “remembering the dead”, he performed those crazy rituals in his home, not once a year, several times a year, twice a year to cemeteries, children had to watch those shit going on, pretending grownups’ solemnity. He was a respectful man, despite he made all his children his puppets. My mom and my dad separated when I was 1 or 2, I lived with my mom’s parents many years when I was young, which was a conservative, rigid family. But that man, my grandfather, I don’t miss him. When he was being cremated, me and my dad’s family waiting outside, several times my dad turned his face towards me, observing my expressionless face, maybe he was thinking about why I didn’t look like as sad as others, cousins, nieces, relatives, those grandchildren he shielded, they were sad. I tried to be sad, I tried to be my father’s daughter.

This looks fascinating. There is a light hearted movie with Johnny Depp called "The Professor" in which he faces his own upcoming death and he tells the students "I hope you parents told you you die in the end."

Six feet under was a Great series,would like to see it re booted

Thanks for the upload. I love this series and have the entire show on DVD. I have 2 questions. Any chance that this show will ever be released on Bluray? And do you see any qualities in this show that would lend well to scholarly debate and discussion? I would argue that there are alot of underpinnings on this show that run parallel with the teaching of Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey.

The reason that so many people died on this show was because Dexter was on it.

bring it back HELL of show

I have never been to a funeral with an open coffin. ...I always thought that was just for the movies

Nice.

I want to be a mortician my self or working in a funeral home

Is there any other documentary on this show?

The Daily Mail had a Oct 2013 story about Tyler Cassity's relationship with John Perez, then speaker of the California Assembly. A very unfavorable account of the Cassity family's operations. Mr Cassity accompanied his high-profile boyfriend on trips to meet British royalty, the Israeli president and other officials. The speaker also accepted a $1,000 donation from Mr Cassity, even tho it might have come from ill-gotten funds. Cassity's father and brother pillaged trust funds and insurance policies of hundreds of millions of dollars. I hope he came out of that vindicated.

Michael hall sounds like MY CALL

Great show. Just curious why the black guy wasn't interviewed.

It's not synched

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What is 0:13 from?

DOES ANYONE REMEMBER HOW LISA DIED ?

I'm scarred

This show ended too soon.

damm Tyler Cassity is a hottie

This doc is so badly produced :( not making any justice to the show.

Mixed feelings about the show. On the one hand, the brilliance of writing, acting, directing was obvious. The story successfully revealed realities of American life, and help viewers experience death themes in new ways. On the other hand, Ball was clearly giving an ol' Hollywood middle finger to traditional America...a sort of "fuck you, now shut up and sit down." On the one hand, an exceptional series....the other, it left me more entrenched in my attitudes of psychologies of the gay life.

Blah, blah, blah. Thanks for nothing.

same black story---so glad they added ba-lack!!!! GET over it!!!

best tvshow in history