The end of HBO's drama "Six Feet Under" is this week's most notable television event, and at first we were a little ambivalent about it. (Warning to anyone who is planning on catching up on the series on DVD, thar be spoilers ahead. Although, really, if you haven't heard about what's gone down this season yet, you live in a better bat cave than we do.) We've seen every single episode of the show, and as the seasons progressed, we just got more and more annoyed by those Fishers and friends. How many times did we have to sit through episodes wherein the characters made the same mistakes over and over again? Would these Fishers EVER learn? Would they ever find happiness? Did they even DESERVE happiness after all the chances they got and ultimately screwed up? Have you ever had a friend who always seems to do the wrong thing, even though they are completely aware that they are doing the wrong thing, only to come crying to you about every predicament they are, once again, in? Well, if you have, you know it can be friggin' exhausting. And so was watching "Six Feet Under."

Image of another "Six Feet Under" character that bites the dust, from HBO.

When Nate, a character we've grown to almost despise over the years, suddenly died, you'd think we'd have been indifferent to it. But we cried just as hard as those Fishers did at his funeral. And that made us realize that as exhausting as it may be to have a friend or family member who just can't seem to get it right, it's that much sadder when they die, and any chance to, indeed, finally get it right--or even get it wrong, one more time--is gone to them forever. And having "Six Feet Under," and those Fishers, gone to us forever, brings up that same kind of sadness.

Those who saw the funeral episode know that it was a pretty grueling viewing experience. We're also pretty sure the episode launched a thousand Google searches for "green funerals." We know we were intrigued by the idea, and were pleased to see that there is a local organization that can arrange home funerals and green burials: Final Passages in Sebastapol. It's a fascinating topic, and it's a nicely ironic twist that a show about a family that runs a funeral home would ultimately raise awareness of a practice that eschews the more profitable aspects of death. The show's final episode, which runs 75 minutes, will air on HBO Sunday at 9 p.m.

Speaking of death, "Greg the Bunny", a show that died a premature death at the hands of the Fox network, has been resurrected on IFC Fridays at 7:20 p.m, (with many re-runs throughout the week.) These new episodes will only be 10 to 15 minutes each, but being that that's commercial-free airtime, it almost comes out to be the same amount of program time as when it was on Fox. For the uninitiated, "Greg the Bunny" centers on hand puppets in Hollywood. And, you know what? We think that's all you really need to know about it. Watch, and be amused.