(Season 3, Episodes 12-13)
And just like that season three of Six Feet Under is over. In retrospect, I think that season three was by far the strongest of the series so far. I loved the relationship between Nate and Lisa, even though it was strained. I loved Keith and David really working on their relationship, riding the roller coaster of love through its ups and downs, but finally ending up finding a new peace together. I especially loved Claire’s adventures through art school, dealing with a couple of unfaithful boyfriends and a crazy teacher. I loved Bettina and hope to see more of her soon. I loved Ruth and her bizarre relationships. I loved that Brenda found help and is no longer a complete and utter psycho.
“Twilight”
Things moved a little fast with George and Ruth, didn’t they? With the track record that this show has with relationships, I have to wonder if rushing into marriage was a bad idea for these two. I like James Cromwell though, so I’m interested to see more of him as George.
I really appreciate that this show isn’t about politics. Certainly there are big, controversial issues that are dealt with: homosexuality, addiction, mental illness, and in this episode, abortion. I appreciate that this story was always about Claire, and never about abortion. So often dramas can get on a really high horse when it comes to issues like this. I love that Six Feet Under remained loyal to it’s characters and didn’t let them fall away for a chance to push an agenda.
“I’m Sorry, I’m Lost”
Nate, Nate, Nate. Complete and utter self destruction is the only way to describe his behavior in this episode after getting the bad news that Lisa was, indeed, dead. It’s hard to blame him. It was just hard to watch him start a bar fight, argue with his mother, and finally end up in front of Brenda, completely broken.
I think my favorite part of the episode, however, was Claire’s vision of Nathaniel and her trip through the underworld. I love how when the rest of the family sees Nathaniel, he’s wearing a suit, but when Claire visits with him, he’s in a Hawaiian shirt. Claire’s journey through the carnival-like afterlife was fascinating. She revisited her old boyfriend Gabe (I’m not sure if he’s actually dead, or is just dead in her imagination) as well as Lisa, who was looking over Claire’s baby.
I thought the conversation between David and Keith in this episode was really profound too. It marked a new level of honesty for them (Keith in particular). It was really sweet and I’m happy to see them back together. I hope the best for them in season four and beyond.
Clacked by Bob Degon
on Jun 09, 2009 @ 13:00 EST5EDT
The season 3 of SFU is my favorite.
I loved Lisa and Nate’s relationship : it was so hard but so real in the same time. Relationships, communication between people are hard to deal with. I was fascinated by the subtle way Alan Ball manage to express these complex feelings.
It’s so rare to see that in television, this show had the level of great independant movies.
The actors put a lot of themselves in their characters.
In a interview Peter Krause (Nate) said that sometimes it was very hard because he almost became Nate, he really understood his character like it was really him. The scenes with Lili Taylor were also hard to play because of the expression of strongers and strained feelings whereas the actors really liked each other.
Six Feet Under : very unique show.
Yeah season 3 is a really fun season, season 4 actually is by far my least favorite.
You only have 22 more hours to go until it’s all over!
*POST AUTHOR*
Thanks for the reminder. :-(
You’re welcome. :)
What’s even worse is once it is over you will never watch it again. You will want to, but every time you think about starting the show up again you will get depressed and never actually watch it. Trust me, I have been that way for two or so months now.