SFist: SFist Watches: TV This Week

Matt

Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:22:16 -0800

I can't believe the show lasted as long as it did. Two years ago I rented the entire first season of Six Feet Under off of Netflix. About halfway through, I got so sick of it that I stuffed the entire damn thing into my mailbox and never looked back. I did find the first one or two episodes intriguing, but it becomes totally unhinged after that. And don't give me that excuse that the characters are 'flawed and in need of understanding.' The characters were poorly written and they had absolutely nothing to say so the writers just reached for something (anything) to fill up the requisite hour that was their lives -- no matter how banal, unbelievable, or farfetched. This show was DOA so they had to resurrect it like Frankenstein. It has been on a meandering, directionless rampage ever since. Good riddance and may it rot in hell.

Rain

Wed, 17 Aug 2005 16:55:03 -0800

Sure, being human means sometimes being screwed up. But all the time? C'mon. For the entire run of the series the Fishers (and co.) were seriously f'ed up. And that did get annoying... But right there with you on the funeral episode, sobbing like a mafia widow!

Joe

Wed, 17 Aug 2005 16:29:57 -0800

Six feet under has been some of the best television I have ever seen. To me its a show about being human, and how being human can sometimes mean being fu*ked up. I dont find the characters annoying. I find the characters realistic and multi dimensional. The funeral show left me feeling like a member of my own family had died, and I'm seriously going to miss the show after this coming sunday.

seamus

Wed, 17 Aug 2005 15:44:53 -0800

The subtitle of "Six Feet Under" should be "Look at How Screwed-Up and Hateful Liberals Are." I'm convinced it's written by Karl Rove.