Totally! Everything about Brenda was amazingly written & acted; a very complex life always brewing right there under the surface of Brenda’s calm, cool demeanor. Rachel Griffiths’ portrayal of this character is nothing short of brilliant, including the fact that she’s Australian. Wow!!!

Brenda was so fascinating and real!

@@11Garrett11 I totally understand where Brenda is coming from. She was by far my favorite character on the show and so was Claire, Ruth and David and Iisa but Brenda’s arc towards the end of season 2 was breaking my heart and the moment Nate figured what she had been doing ,Right there in that second you already had known that it was going to be over between them. In season 5 you see her start to struggle emotionally with the consequences of her mistakes. I shed a tear because I had been wanting Nate and Brenda to have a baby for such a long time in the series. To the people who have not seen the series I’m about to give out a spoiler so read at your own risk , I thought it was amazing how she ends up pregnant again and see her character accept who she is now and know that even though her husband was gone that he truly did love her even if they were not together anymore. Her last season arc was just beautiful

I love Nate but i was really pissed off about the Maggie thing, i had to constantly remind myself that he's being such an asshole in the last episode because its Brenda's inner thoughts and not actually Nate

For sure Brenda is "complex and human". She's also very bright, honest and wise. She evolved. Nate didn't.

Agreed

Or maybe that once you are dead, you don't get scared like you used to do in your lifetime. What could scare you if you're already dead?

Hence the title: talking to myself

Every divine force aligned to create this show. Pretty sure I’ll never see something this impactful again in this lifetime.

@@11Garrett11 yes love that ❤

jstephenj soo true he cut it off prematurely on purpose so it wouldn't burn out but faded away. it was truly a masterpiece I never wanted to end

dont be dissin the Sopranos

I watched a few Sopranos episodes. Some were well done. But more than a few times I would have liked to have seen every one of them get killed in a massive explosion. I have always felt a much deeper level of humanity in the SFU characters. Even when they have conflicts they manage to maintain a degree of decency that the Sopranos lacked.

So true! This Is Us is a great example.. phenomenal series but the finale was so bad it almost ruined the series for me. Six Feet Under will never be matched!!!

@@rr7firefly the sopranos is supposed to be absent if humanity they're fucking mobsters

But Lisa is not the voice. The voices are your inner critic. Speaking of which, I just read a brilliant article on pete-walker.com on the inner & outer critic. So brilliant. The link to the articles are in the upper left corner of his homepage if you’re interested : )

Lmaooo same that’s something I would’ve said.

And i would have responded with who you talking to the slut who was sleeping with your sisters husband topped off with please honey move along. But this was all in Brenda's mind vs reality.

My top 5 actors from. Series 1 - 5 David Fisher (Michael C. Hall) Ruth Fisher (Frances Conroy) Aunt Sarah (Patricia Clarkson) Margaret Chenowith (Joana Cassidy) Billy Chenowith (Jeremy Sistio) Honorable mention: Russel (Ben Foster) Unbelievable actors.

This wasn’t Lisa talking, it’s Brenda’s own inner monster. Like the title says, they just used Lisa to turn the monologue in Brenda’s head into a dialogue so that we could hear it. Brilliant.

Why?

No you are right that’s exactly what it was . There were never any ghosts in this show just the characters inner thoughts that’s why we fell in love with them soo deeply

@Peter Cehily I agree. The most interesting... unconventional, whipsmart, and progressive characters on SFU. Perhaps some brilliant writer will develop and write Twelve Feet Above featuring the Chenowith clan.

That much dysfunction is an acquired taste. Brenda's relationships with her brother and her mother gave me too much of a look at how terrible people can act. Watching the series on DVD was perfect because I could fast forward through all those scenes. I had plenty to watch without Brenda's backstory.

The scene where she slapped her mother in the face was shocking even for this show. Dysfunctional for certain. I just thought they were the most interesting family

@@petercehily2687 You are probably more resilient emotionally than I am. My younger brother and my mother used to watch soap operas. From another room I could hear people on the show arguing a lot of the time. That kind of interaction on a continual basis (for "drama" on those shows) was hard for me to bear.

Brenda was way more mature than being part of a cat fight

What's narm?

​@heavnnsent numb arm.

Hey Laura, sorry, my name is Adam Thoba, I'm from Etobicoke. And I would love to discuss six feet under with you, perhaps we can share ideas, theory's, and what it's. *Nates final dream* needs to be discussed. On reddit ppl are saying many different theories. I am watching season 3 now, (before Lisa disappeared) but I stop at episode 11 on season 5. I cannot watch the "end".

Also all the subliminal messages. Look at the one in season 3 (whenever Lisa is presumably deceased) the store owners wife Hazamat is killed by blue ice from airplanes. But it all came from "doing a good deed" as in releasing the bird, then the actor in the washroom, then the call

They were. They didn't get emotionally attached to their kids and much saw them as special high potential kids, sending them to specialists and stuff where all they needed were loving parents. Brenda and Billy could only get that from each other and escaped reality through stories such as the Nathalie's book. Brenda wouldn't have been that complexed if she would have grown up in a healthy family relationship, so would have Billy.

This is Brenda's perception of Lisa fueled by her own personal doubts.

Uh, really? Remember the homosexual who dies in the first season and 'taunts' David? The ghosts aren't supposed to be a true representation of the actual people. It's just one of the many surrealistic elements of the show.

AcademyAwardsPerson At that moment David still with many doubts about his sexuality.

The killed gay guy is a representation of David's self-hatred.

1:42 "that was purely a spiritual thing" lmfao brenda's subconscious is hilarious

lol nah

The critical voice in our head is just re-creating critical voices from our childhood. Whether we’re mean or kind in the way we speak to ourselves. the message is the same: we’re trying to turn our attention towards our values and our needs. Studying and practicing Nonviolent Communication has taught me this so now I simply translate mean thoughts into kind ones because the message is the same🙌🏼

Also known as : tulsi gabbard (that ugly native soon to be shot woman)

It's the first episode from season 5.

a lot of the out door scenes were sets so it's possible this place doesn't even exist

An entire cliff edge and ocean?

falica77 this isn’t Lisa it’s Brenda’s insecurities about living in her shadow. It’s in her head.

Nigga that ain’t Lisa lmao, that’s her imagination

After the spa interaction, they saw each other at the art show, and seemed to have worked things out. Also, her and Nate came to some kind of understanding too I thought... like we're together but we're not going to fight and try so hard.

Lili Taylor is a fabulous actress and person!!

I cant stand the actress either 🤢

@@pretendamnesia THANK YOU! I just don't like her. Sorry to her fans or whatever. Ough , hated her in Pecker too. Same kind of character.

Whats funny is ive seen her in other stuff and she never gets the guy lol shes always the bridesmaid never the bride or always dumped or on the rebound. Still.... Lisa was better than... Maggie who was ten times worse as she was a major hypocrite.

It means at least in case of SFU the casting was perfect. Every time I see Lisa I just go like fuck she's here again! Unpleasant character.