Customer Reviews

You must not miss this!!!!! - By: Lisa Wilks, 24 Oct 2008
I only recently watched the first series of Six Feet under after my husband told me how good it was when he say it a few years ago. I thought I would buy the first series & decide for myself.

It is completely non-stop laughter, sadness & very sexy & all done so well. Totally absorbing, I could not stop watching it! & when I did I couldn't wait for the next episode. The acting is first-class & story lines are brilliant! Needless to say I bought the rest of the series allin one go. I will not go into the plot of the series as it has been done so many timesin previous reviews. All I will say is Just Watch IT!! You will NOT be disappointed!

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good show - By: sean paul mccann, 03 Mar 2008
When six feet under airedin 2001 it was so fresh & invigorating that it just swept me off my feet,it was a show that mixed dark humour with surreal comedy & a deep hurtful glance at the world,it had it all,in the following years it has lost some of its shine & appeal but not much,but i must whip out a fair review for all.
Six feet under deals with the fisher family,they are funeral directors who deal with death & emotion & expression at every turn,but they hide their own while they help strangers deal with theirs.
Each episode starts with a death & then we move on from there,we get the dead talking to members of the family &in truth this is a good tactic,it is sort of like their conscience talking to them,thats my opinion anyway,we also get surreal comedy much like that of the mind of J.Din scrubs & that makes for funny viewing,of course alot of what you view is tragic & a tear can take shape at any juncture if you are willing to suppress the fact that this is tv,andin many ways this is vital telly,it has a self belief of its own,there is a sense of pushing the envelope of pain too muchin places,the use of billy makes for annoying viewing at time & the screaming & weeping can bring you too your knees at times but this is what it is ,great stuff but not as magic as i once thought.

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Room for improvement, but I hope it will. - By: Ms. B. Williams, 03 Aug 2007
This is the first of five seasons of 'Six Feet Under.' This series is based around the Fisher family who own the Fisher independent funeral home. The first episode depicts the death of the patriarch of the family Nathaniel Fisher who diesin a hearse accident leaving the ownership of the funeral home to his two sons Nate & David. Nate who has a terrible fear of death had moved to Seattle to get away from the funeral business is not altogether pleased with the prospect of having to run the funeral home but Dave has always worked at the business & to inherit it is only a continuance of what he is already doing & the two end up running the business together.
The first season follows the family coming to terms with the death of Nathaniel, Dave coming to terms with his homosexuality, Nate coming to terms with his fear of committment by embarking on his first ever real relationship with equally emotionally fearful Brenda (who by the way has a manic-depressive brother, Billy who becomes increasingly obsessive & dangerous as the season progresses) & also the daughter Claire who is the almost obligatory angst-ridden teen with boyfriend troubles. We also have Ruth the mother who despite being repressed & desperately needing a makeover manages to bein a love triangle.
Six Feet Under is a black comedy with it's fair share of weird moments but it is extremely well-written & compelling if slightly self-importantin places. I've given this three stars because it does have room for improvement & all series like this take a while to bed-in. As this first season is only 13 episodes long it doesn't really get much of an opportunity to do that so I'm hoping this is something that will be rectified when I start watching the second series. The box-set is very well presented & there are a couple of extras including featurettes & commentaries. This is not the best show I've seen, but it is certainly better than the majority of things that are churned out.

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Why is this show so lauded? - By: Al, 20 Feb 2007
I've seen three episodes of this first series & have to say that I was very underwhelmed. It may have been a case of heightened expectation after reading all the notices of acclaim on websites such as this one, but actually I think not...I thinkin fact that this is just weak television. The three episodes I saw were not bad, per se, but they lacked wit, originality & narrative drive. The characters speakin cliches worthy of a bad soap opera & consequently the emotional moments never hit their mark, meanwhile the much championed black humour is neither very black, nor very humorous. It's not exactly Beckett...

I am a fan of other HBO productions, such as The Sopranos & Curb Your Enthusiasm, & although both these shows have suffered from the odd weak episode, they are, on the whole, fully deserving of all their plaudits & their status as exemplars of what television can achieve. The same cannot be said of Six Feet Under. Please someone, tell me I'm not the only one who thinks this is a long way from 5-star quality!!

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Wonderful Television - By: MrShev, 26 Oct 2006
Six feet Under is about the Fisher family & their family business - as funeral directors.

There are so many great things to say about this series that there doesn't seem to be a logical place to start. It's intelligent, witty, funny, emotional & insightful. It gives an insight into the funeral business (fascinatingin itself), a peek into a familyin transition & as one off episodes about random people. Everything from the box, the menus, the titles, the extras are all exquisitely thought out & beautifully presented.

The series itself is so well observed with excellent acting throughout. The attention to detail is wonderful & one gets totally immersedin the various dramas taking place concurrently & at different paces. The production values are very, very high & one never watches a 'cheap' episode. Finally, this is one of the few DVDs that I have watched episodes again - some are that good.

Totally recommended & not to be missed. Buy.