Product Description

There's a new pecking order at the Fisher & Diaz funeral home, but Nate, Ruth, David and Claire still try to make every day above ground a good one. Death and dysfunction are par for the course in The Complete Fourth Season of Six Feet Under.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7647 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-09-05
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Dutch, English, French, Norwegian, Swedish, Arabic, Hebrew, Polish, Finnish, Hungarian
• Dubbed in: French, Hungarian
• Number of discs: 5
• Running time: 780 minutes

Synopsis
A further slice of life in the funeral business is unravelled in this fourth season of episodes from HBO's SIX FEET UNDER. Beginning just one day after the climax of Season three, the show gets off to an explosive start, with arguments raging about how Lisa would want to be buried. Meanwhile, George attempts to integrate himself into the family, with mixed results; Rico finds himself in hot water as he enters into two relationships; Brenda and Claire both find new men in their lives; and Keith and David experience some ups and downs in their relationship. As usual, the performances are excellent, the direction assured, and the writing of exceptional quality. Highly addictive, life at Fisher And Diaz never stops being compulsive viewing.

Customer Reviews

Dead funny
I watched these episodes first on TV, but I've found I can watch them over and again. I played the episode 'Coming and Going' three times. I just marvelled at the brilliance of the dialogue and the mixture of pathos and humour.

Highlights of the episode: a distinguished black man does a 'walk-in' to the funeral home and passes on, as planned in his car, Ruth's new husband George attacks a Bradford flowering pear in the back garden.

David goes to church and fantasises about shoving a gun in the mouth of a man who has recently attacked him, and killing him dead.

Claire and her brother discuss the pros and cons of gay sex. Rico's mistress has a fight with his wife, Vanessa. Vanessa and her sister take a baseball bat to the mistress's car and then calmly go and pick up the kids. Nate is discovered canoodling with Brenda, who is living with a new boyfriend. And it all ends up with the track 'Oh happy day!'

Sound wacky and complicated? I often feel like standing up and applauding after the episode has finished on DVD.

Why do people love this series so much? For a start it is a brilliant situation comedy, and the humour is not cynical or empty, but very life affirming.

And because death is such a taboo subject, this series's desire to revel in it has meant it can open up brand new vistas of TV experience. And the paradox is that by focusing so closely on death they manage to express the glorious possiblities of being alive.

Life is difficult and 'Six Feet Under' shows you exactly why.

4 Star 4 Season 4
Well here we are at the fourth season of Six Feet Under, this season boxset is a very nice set altogether. The story continues right were we left off, as Brenda played by the fantastic Rachel Griffiths is looking after the beaten Nate played by Peter Kruase. The first episode entitled: 'Falling Into Place' is all about the Fisher Family getting set to lay one of their own family members to rest. Nate's struggle to give Lisa the right burial procedure causes friction between him and her family, a friction which gears us up to a season climax at the end of the season. Meanwhile this season, we follow Claire's life in Art's School, as she makes friends with a lesbian poet played by American Beauty's Mena Suvari and tries to reconcial her friendship with ex-boyfriend Russell played by Ben Foster. This year we watch Brenda's relationship with Joe (Justin Theroux) blossom into talk about marriage and kids, however Brenda's inability to commit to anybody haunts once again in her new relationship. We watch Ruth (Frances Conroy) this year continue in her new marriage with George played by James Cromwell, a marriage where she has no idea who the man is that she has actually married, as some past memories haunt George, Ruth begins to believe that she may have not done the right thing. Elsewhere in this season we watch Federico's (Freddy Rodriguez) marriage begin to come apart, as he continues to help out stripper Infinity played by Idalis DeLeon and Keith (Matthew St Patrick) gets a new job as a bodyguard for the stars. Which allows guest star roles made by Keith's partner (Bobby Cannavale-The Station Agent) and the spoilt pop star played by Michelle Tratenberg (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)

The fourth season has special guest roles by old faces Kathy Bates as Bettina and Patricia Clarkson as Ruth's sister Sarah, along with guest roles by Lisa played by Lilly Taylor, Bobby Cannavale, Michelle Tratenberg, Mena Suvari, Peter Macdissi as Olivier and Richard Jenkins returnning in his role as the dead Father Nathaniel Fisher.

The season 4 extras include director and/or writer commentary on 7 episodes (including season finale by Alan Ball the Creator), a featurette delving into the cutting of one singular episode: Cut by cut:Six Feet Under Editing, an interview with Peter Kruase, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy and Lauren Ambrose and also deleted scenes along with a bonus music track of a remix of the opening title theme.

Some of the more better episodes include: 'Falling Into Place', 'In Case Of Rapture', 'Parrallel Play', 'That's My Dog', 'Terror Starts At Home''Bomb Shelter and 'Untitled'

Genius!
I'm a huge fan of Six Feet Under and in my opinion this was the best series yet. I thought this was the last series and wept when it ended as it's by far the best thing on television but joy discovered there's a fifth and final series.

Funny, witty, intelligent, life affirming, beautifully shot, wonderful acting...I could go on and on. Each episode is brilliant and subversive. You end up really caring about the characters. Always surprising never dull. Get the flu and watch it!!