BS: Six feet Under mudcat fans

Subject: BS: Six feet Under mudcat fans
From: Peter Kasin
Date: 23 Feb 07 - 02:58 AM

I just saw the last episode of Six Feet Under, having plowed through all five seasons on DVD. That was one of the best TV shows I've ever seen. Great writing, casting, directing, acting, editing, etc. As all shows do, it had a few duds (eyes of the beholder, though), but overall it was just a very moving show, and often subtley and darkly hilarious. The opening death scenes ranged from very poignant (the infant in the crib) to very funny (the woman who thought she was witnessing the rapture, when it was a really a trucklod of blow-up sex dolls come loose). This is a series I'll never forget, and the final episode, particularly the last 10 minutes, is a masterpiece.

Thanks to HBO for taking the risk with a show about a family-run funeral home. How many networks would have? My thanks to Radriano for introducing me to the show via Netflix.

Any other mudcat fans of it here?

Chanteyranger

Subject: RE: BS: Six feet Under mudcat fans
From: Scrump
Date: 23 Feb 07 - 07:31 AM

Oops, I misunderstood the thread title and thought this was another obituary thread.

I'll get me coat.

Subject: RE: BS: Six feet Under mudcat fans
From: skipy
Date: 23 Feb 07 - 07:56 AM

Me too!
Skipy

Subject: RE: BS: Six feet Under mudcat fans
From: Leadfingers
Date: 23 Feb 07 - 09:51 AM

I dont even watch UK television !

Subject: RE: BS: Six feet Under mudcat fans
From: GUEST,Chanteyranger
Date: 23 Feb 07 - 11:55 AM

Leadfingers, it was on U.S. television. Hopefully it will make its way to syndication in the UK.

Subject: RE: BS: Six feet Under mudcat fans
From: Mrrzy
Date: 23 Feb 07 - 08:34 PM

If it doesn't, rent all the DVDs - great, great, GREAT show. No hyperbole.

Subject: RE: BS: Six feet Under mudcat fans
From: RangerSteve
Date: 23 Feb 07 - 08:47 PM

Yeah, there were some good episodes in the first season, although there were scenes involving the gay son's sex life that could have been hinted at (like the one in the Las Vegas parking garage). I never got past the first season,(or maybe it was the second season - the oldest son was going in for brain surgery) though, because they just struck me as a very self-destructive family and in the end, I just didn't care enough to rent the next season. Does it get any better? If I knew that they stopped being so dysfunctional, I'd rent the rest of the series.

Subject: RE: BS: Six feet Under mudcat fans
From: Amergin
Date: 23 Feb 07 - 09:36 PM

It is a very good show.

Subject: RE: BS: Six feet Under mudcat fans
From: Amos
Date: 23 Feb 07 - 09:44 PM

I really enjoyed seasons 1 and 2 which I ended up seeing on someone else's DVDs. Not enough to go out and buy more, though. Loved that little redhead.


A

Subject: RE: BS: Six feet Under mudcat fans
From: katlaughing
Date: 23 Feb 07 - 11:13 PM

Here I thought someone was overwhelmed and buried beneath by a pile of Mudcat!:-) Ya know, like CR was deluged with fans of Mudcat? It oculd happen!

Never did see it...may try it via netflix. Thanks, CR.

Subject: RE: BS: Six feet Under mudcat fans
From: Peter Kasin
Date: 24 Feb 07 - 02:11 AM

I bought the first season at a discount, then rented the rest through Netflix. That's a good way to see it, Kat, through Netflix, that is.Yes, they are dysfunctional, RS, but the characters also develope and change.

Subject: RE: BS: Six feet Under mudcat fans
From: Peter Kasin
Date: 25 Feb 07 - 02:08 AM

Refresh

Subject: RE: BS: Six feet Under mudcat fans
From: michaelr
Date: 25 Feb 07 - 01:13 PM

Excellent show. HBO continues to push the boundaries on television. Carnivale, Deadwood, Rome, Sopranos - all great stuff, but SFU was the best.

Cheers,
Michael

Subject: RE: BS: Six feet Under mudcat fans
From: Peter Kasin
Date: 25 Feb 07 - 02:49 PM

Amen, Michael!

Subject: RE: BS: Six feet Under mudcat fans
From: Linda Goodman Zebooker
Date: 25 Feb 07 - 03:16 PM

I watched the series from the beginning, thanks to hearing a critic's raving about it in advance. Usually I start watching these things a year or so in, and then need to catch up who is who and why things happen. I also thought that Six Feet Under's last episode was one of the top things ever on TV. It was the most rewarding way possible to end a series, with with Claire's (the redhead's) little giggle as she started her new life - a small but extremely eloquent sound. Then the vignettes of everybody's future (predictions or just Claire's imaginings?..) underlaid by the most perfect music. Really breathtaking.

Linda

Subject: RE: BS: Six feet Under mudcat fans
From: Donuel
Date: 25 Feb 07 - 04:23 PM

I loved the times the show went completely surreal.

It was beyoond surreal. It was supersurrealisticexpeealidoeciously bizarre.