Six Feet Over
In about ten minutes from now, I will sit down and watch the final episode of Six Feet Under. I am not sure how I will feel when the episode is over. Usually, when the season ends for a show I regularly watch or the show ends all together, I feel an emptiness, like a friend has left. Chances are that I will feel the same way about Six Feet Under.
I have watched the show since it's inception and have never missed a single episode. While never my favorite show - that honor belongs to the dearly departed Dead Like Me and Street Time - it has been among my favorites for reasons that I am too tired to enumerate right now.
Yet, I haven't enjoyed this season. It has been too full of conflict, too melodramatic, too chaotic, and too depressing. The characters have became caricatures of themselves. Never a fan of Ruth or David, I have found them to be especially strident and loud this year. The writers have magnified their faults to an extreme, making them especially annoying and unlikable. Don't get me wrong, Francis Conroy and Michael Hall are outstanding in their roles, but the characters irk me more than ever.
I have watched more out of a grim curiosity to see the show through to the end than because I enjoy what I am watching. It is possible that I will feel relief more than anything else when the show is ended. I will know soon enough, for now the show is on in two minutes.
Comments
Why is Maggie at the doctor's?
Posted by: Just John | August 22, 2005 12:10 PM
I assume that Maggie is pregnant by Nate.
Posted by: Jon | August 22, 2005 01:32 PM