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Six Feet Under is an American drama television series created by Alan Ball for the premium cable network HBO.The series depicts the Fisher family, funeral directors who struggle with relationships and their own personal demons while running a small funeral home.
Waymire was predominantly cast in offbeat or humorous roles. Two of her highest-profile roles were recurring ones on Six Feet Under, where she played Melissa, a prostitute; and on Star Trek: Enterprise, as Crewman Elizabeth Cutler. [6] She had previously portrayed the role of Lanya in Star Trek: Voyager in the episode "Muse".
The series is set in Los Angeles, and depicts the lives of the Fisher family, who run a funeral home, along with their friends and lovers. It explores the conflicts that arise after the family's patriarch, Nathaniel, dies in a car accident. In the episode, the Fishers face a rival funeral service, which plans to buy a property right next to them.
To help Nate gain a new perspective on how funeral businesses operate, Brenda (Rachel Griffiths) decides to take her to many funeral homes in the city, pretending they want a funeral service. Nate is surprised when two different homes prioritize profit over the family's grief, and is later shocked when Brenda pretends to be a dying cancer patient.
Six Feet Under is an American drama television series created and produced by Alan Ball for the premium television network HBO.The series premiered on June 3, 2001, and ended on August 21, 2005, after five seasons consisting of 63 episodes.
Still, the details about the all-night biker funeral are the sort of quirky arcana that Six Feet exists to uncover." [5] Mark Zimmer of Digitally Obsessed gave the episode a perfect 5 out of 5 rating, writing "Another top episode, which combines pathos and humor to striking effect. It's been a year since Ruth's husband died, and usual wish ...
In 2016, Ross Bonaime of Paste ranked it 8th out of all 63 Six Feet Under episodes and wrote, "In the early 2000s, television was rarely as ambiguous as it can be today, but “The Room” remains one of the best examples of ambiguous storytelling done right. Nate finds out that his father often traded goods and services in exchange for funeral ...
"A Private Life" is the twelfth episode of the first season of the American drama television series Six Feet Under. The episode was written by Kate Robin , and directed by Rodrigo García . It originally aired on HBO on August 19, 2001, airing back-to-back with the follow-up episode, " Knock, Knock ".