Six Feet Under

First aired

June 3, 2001

Ended

Six Feet Under
EnglishDrama

When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.

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Cast

  • Peter Krause

    Peter Krause

    Nate Fisher

  • Michael C. Hall

    Michael C. Hall

    David Fisher

  • Frances Conroy

    Frances Conroy

    Ruth Fisher

  • Lauren Ambrose

    Lauren Ambrose

    Claire Fisher

  • Freddy Rodríguez

    Freddy Rodríguez

    Federico Diaz

  • Mathew St. Patrick

    Mathew St. Patrick

    Keith Charles

  • Rachel Griffiths

    Rachel Griffiths

    Brenda Chenowith

  • Justina Machado

    Justina Machado

    Vanessa Diaz

  • James Cromwell

    James Cromwell

    George Sibley

Media

Seasons 6

Specials

Specials

11 Episodes
Season 1

Season 1

200113 Episodes

As prodigal elder son Nate Fisher returns home for the holidays to news of his father's death, the family must learn to deal with the death of one of their own—while figuring out how to go ahead with the business of living.

Season 2

Season 2

200213 Episodes

With owner/patriarch Nathaniel Fisher no longer alive (except in the hearts and sometime visions of his family), his survivors — wife Ruth, sons Nate and David, and daughter Claire — continue to cope with the tricky business of looking to the future while being constantly reminded of the past.

Season 3

Season 3

200313 Episodes

Thanks to the financial contributions of their mortician, Federico, Fisher & Sons has become Fisher & Diaz, and the Fisher family members face major adjustments as they open a new chapter in their professional lives and personal relationships.

Season 4

Season 4

200412 Episodes

There’s a new family order at the Fisher & Diaz funeral home. Although one spouse is gone, another has moved in, ushering in changes for better and worse. For Nate, Ruth, David and Claire, every day above ground is a good one. With Ruth remarried and Nate spiraling out of control, the Fishers struggle with the latest losses and additions to the family, whose dismembered pieces never seem to add up to a healthy whole.

Season 5

Season 5

200512 Episodes

Everything. Everyone. Everywhere...Ends. Story elements established in the first four seasons reach a series of emotional climaxes, with Ruth overwhelmed by her mentally fragile husband George, Nate struggling to reaffirm his relationship with Brenda while raising his daughter Maya, David and Keith longing for children of their own, Claire trying to broaden her horizons, and Federico attempting to fill the void left by Vanessa. By season's end, all will come to embrace the cycle of life—birth, death and rebirth—in ways that are both unique and interconnected.