Six Feet Under - The Complete Fifth Season

Now I have my collection together

That long quote I put in the title box comes from Maggie, George's daughter who plays an unexpectedly crucial role in this, final, season of SFU. On Nate's 40th birthday, Brenda gathers family and friends together at their home and throws a surprise party for him, which, despite her good intentions, quickly turns into a nightmarish experience not only to him and her but others as well. Surrounded by people he cannot connect with, Nate seeks an escape in the bedroom (was it his and Brenda's bedroom? I'll have to check), where Maggie is having her own hideout. The two strike up a conversation, and our Nate, just like the Nate we know, begins to, say, "pour his heart out": "All I get out of my 40th birthday is that life is f**king lonely." To this, Maggie, in her overly calm, Quaker way, responds: "If you think life is a vending machine, where you put in virtue and take out happiness, you're probably gonna get disappointed. I know that."We may take this as a Quaker's homespun wisdom or we may go overboard and compare it with what Socrates says in Republic, that justice (meaning, virtue) and knowledge *should* make us happy. We may even go further and how such Socratism, this unbridled optimism (if you will), is attacked by Nietzsche in his The Birth of Tragedy. Well, I may sound like I'm (trying to be) kidding, but I'm not. I have admired SFU intensely for many reasons, and one of them was that it often made me run to the bookshelf and earnestly open books whose existence I haven't really thought about for a long time. It's strange, come to think of it, that somehow great books, films, and shows all seem to find a way into each other. Somehow. Do they exist as a family, and come from the same origin?!The end of SFU marked an end of an era of sort to me. Not having HBO subscrition until recently, I had to wait till early April this year for the DVD release to watch the final season. I now own all five seasons on DVD, and adding the final season to my collection, I felt as if, the world of SFU is now *complete* and on its own, and I'd have to let it live on its own. It is as if, through the fourth season, the Fisher family felt like a part of my own extended family, but now I feel more like a *visitor* to their world. Not all SFU fans would share this, weird, feeling. Well, I think it is actually a sense of loss, which comes from knowing that their world is indeed complete/completed now.

Spoiler Alert:George's daughter Maggie needs to help Ruth with her sick father--not screw another woman's husband. Get lost with your quiche, lady, and shame on Nate. After all Brenda did for him and Maya in Season 4 and 5, she really got the shaft! We're supposed to feel sorry for car-less Quaker Maggie with the GIGANTIC nostrils??? No.The foster child storyline for David and Keith was unbearable. I disliked the Keith/David storyline as much as the Rico/Vanessa storyline. If David and Keith weren't examining every feeling they had under a giant magnifying glass, Rico and Vanessa were moneygrubbing the Fishers every chance they got. Rico's underlying homophobia finally flips its lid with David in the last episode, revealing his longstanding and opportunistic disloyalty to the family who gave him his start.I really felt for Brenda. In the end, her crazy brother/weird mother were the only adult support system she had, which was kind of tragic.Ruth: I understood her doe-eyed, widowed view of a world outside of her protected marriage (at first)--but by this season? Give it a rest. Nonetheless, Ruth's struggle to let go of her vision for her own future--as well as let go of her own children--was beautifully portrayed.The ending was one of the best I've ever seen. I came away with the impression that all of those "visits" from the deceased were really just the voices of the living persons' own subconscious. "Static" as Nate said. And it's true--the camera only shows you what is already gone.

The fifth and final season of HBO's groundbreaking series Six Feet Under brings closure to the story of the Fisher family in such a brilliant way that it's got to be considered among the very best conclusions to any television show ever.As the fifth season begins, it develops the new stages in the lives of each of the Fishers: Nate and Brenda entering married life, David attempting to start a family with Keith, Ruth struggling to adjust to her husband George's new mental state and Claire's evergrowing conflicts both in her relationship with Billy and her art. The first half of the season compellingly sets up the characters' conflicts with an uneasy and rather disturbing foreboding that something big will happen that will turn the Fisher family's world upside down and change them forever.And something HUGE does happen halfway through the season, indeed. I will not reveal what it is, but it will not only shake the Fishers to their very core; it will also force them to face their deepest inner demons, make them come to terms with the reality of loss, and eventually help them move on with their lives.The entire final season is excellent and the acting (Frances Conroy and Lauren Ambrose are especially fantastic), directing, writing and production values are outstanding throughout, but what elevates this season to something truly extraordinary are the last 5 episodes or so, which have got to be the best run of episodes in the show's history. Shocking, morbidly funny, beautiful, tragic, disturbing, spiritual and heartbreaking; one after the other, these final episodes will leave the viewer intensely involved and emotionally drained. The final episode in particular, ends the show with such a sense of closure, satisfaction and completeness to the characters and their lives in all its encompassing happiness, sadness, tragedy and fulfillment that is so tremendously moving, eloquent and trascendental, it will likely leave you in tears.A truly perfect and unforgettable way to end one of the best shows to ever grace the small screen.

Replaced damaged set

Great season

The Fifth season of Six Feet Under was excellent like the previous 4 seasons. All great enjoyed each season. This dvd set was delivered in excellent conditon no scratches no fingerprints. I was very, very pleased with the delivery and the conditon of this dvd set. I will keep this dvd set forever along with the other 4. The best show ever.

I already had the DVDs for the first two seasons of Six Feet Under and had been wanting to complete the series for some time but found the DVDs to be somewhat pricey. Fortunately, I waited a bit and it was well worth my while. By waiting for the DVDs to be on sale, I saved quite a lot of money.

It has the best ending of a series I have seen in a long time.