Six Feet Under
"Life is pain, get use to it."
HBO MaxWhen death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.
Season 1
As prodigal elder son Nate Fisher returns home for the holidays to news of his father's death, the family must learn to deal with the death of one of their own—while figuring out how to go ahead with the business of living.
Season 2
With owner/patriarch Nathaniel Fisher no longer alive (except in the hearts and sometime visions of his family), his survivors — wife Ruth, sons Nate and David, and daughter Claire — continue to cope with the tricky business of looking to the future while being constantly reminded of the past.
Season 3
Thanks to the financial contributions of their mortician, Federico, Fisher & Sons has become Fisher & Diaz, and the Fisher family members face major adjustments as they open a new chapter in their professional lives and personal relationships.
Season 4
There’s a new family order at the Fisher & Diaz funeral home. Although one spouse is gone, another has moved in, ushering in changes for better and worse. For Nate, Ruth, David and Claire, every day above ground is a good one. With Ruth remarried and Nate spiraling out of control, the Fishers struggle with the latest losses and additions to the family, whose dismembered pieces never seem to add up to a healthy whole.
Season 5
Everything. Everyone. Everywhere...Ends. Story elements established in the first four seasons reach a series of emotional climaxes, with Ruth overwhelmed by her mentally fragile husband George, Nate struggling to reaffirm his relationship with Brenda while raising his daughter Maya, David and Keith longing for children of their own, Claire trying to broaden her horizons, and Federico attempting to fill the void left by Vanessa. By season's end, all will come to embrace the cycle of life—birth, death and rebirth—in ways that are both unique and interconnected.
Cast (399)
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Directors
Dan Attias
Director
Ages 49-53
Alan Ball
Director
Ages 44-48
Michael Cuesta
Director
Ages 37-42
Jeremy Podeswa
Director
Ages 39-43
Kathy Bates
Director
Ages 52-57
Rodrigo García
Director
Ages 41-45
Michael Engler
Director
Daniel Minahan
Director
Ages 38-42
Alan Poul
Director
Ages 47-51
Miguel Arteta
Director
Ages 35-39
Nicole Holofcener
Director
Ages 41-45
Peter Care
Director
Ages 48-52
Peter Webber
Director
Ages 33-37
Rose Troche
Director
Ages 37-41
Alan Caso
Director
Ages 49-53
Joshua Marston
Director
Ages 32-37
Mary Harron
Director
Ages 48-52
Matt Shakman
Director
Ages 25-30
Allen Coulter
Director
Ages 32-36
Jim McBride
Director
Ages 59-63
Karen Moncrieff
Director
Ages 37-41
Lisa Cholodenko
Director
Ages 36-41
Alan Taylor
Director
Ages 36-40
Adam Davidson
Director
Ages 36-41
John Patterson
Director
Ages 61-65
Writers
Producers
Robert Del Valle
Producer
David Janollari
Executive Producer
Alan Poul
Executive Producer
Ages 47-51
Alan Ball
Executive Producer
Ages 44-48
Robert Greenblatt
Executive Producer
Lori Jo Nemhauser
Producer
Bruce Eric Kaplan
Executive Producer
Ages 36-40
Rick Cleveland
Producer
Rick Cleveland
Executive Producer
Joey Soloway
Producer
Ages 35-39
Kate Robin
Producer
Christian Taylor
Producer
Ages 32-37
Laurence Andries
Producer
Cinematographers
Original Language
en
Spoken Languages
English
Production Countries
US
Production Companies
HBO, The Greenblatt Janollari Studio, Actual Size Films