Just finished rewatching Six Feet Under. I have rewatched the whole series over the past few months as they have been on HBO On Demand. It got be thinking of what my top 5 episodes of the series are. Would love to hear what others thoughts are. Mine would be:

1) Everyone's Waiting - season 5
2) A Private Life - season 1
3) All Alone - season 5
4) Falling into Place - season 4
5) The Rainbow of Her Reasons - season 5

1. Everyone's Waiting
2. The Foot
3. I's Sorry, I'm Lost
4. Rainbow of her reasons
5. I'll take you

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Alphabetical:

"All Alone"
"Everyone's Waiting"
"The Last Time"
"Pilot"
"That's My Dog"

I'll take this moment to try to nullify another argument about the virtues, or lack thereof, of "That's My Dog." A lot of people love it. A lot of people hate it. I'm in Column A. And that's all I'll say on the matter.

I cant believe with all the strong episodes in season 5 it was not nominated for best drama. I also cant believe none of the main cast ever won an Emmy.

I love any chance to talk about Six Feet Under so I'll participate:

1. "Everyone's Waiting" - Season 5
This is the best series finale I have ever seen in my years and years of TV watching. From the opening scene with Brenda painfully giving birth to the final haunting images of the last years of the Fishers, it's just so beautifully perfect.
2. "The Last Time" - Season 2
I love this episode so much, if only for the one scene where Nate confesses to his mother that he's basically dying as she pleads to him "I'll never let you go", wow, waterworks. Although we all assumed Nate was going to live, that final scene with the flatline was intense. This was one of the only times I cried in a TV series.
3. "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" - Season 2
The biker funeral may be my favorite funeral they've ever had on the show. The funeral was more of a celebration than your traditional funeral. It was a celebration of life, for a man who truly lived on the edge. The scene where the biker's wife tells Nate to live every day like it's your last may not be particularly original, but it was incredibly poignant, told by someone who had truly experienced life. And of course, that final scene when Nate finds her husband's motorcycle, his most treasured possession, in the driveway. As he drives off into the sunset, free of all his obligations, with "Don't Fear the Reaper" in the background, I just couldn't help but feel overwhelmed with emotion.
4. "All Alone" - Season 5
Michael C. Hall is so amazing in this episode. His eventual breakdown was so realistic and heartfelt that you couldn't help but feel for the guy. Heck, you could see the devastation on everybody's face. Yeah, this was an emotional whopper. Also of note, the scene with Nate arguing with Brenda in the car was so perfect in how it summed up their entire screwed-up relationship.
5. "Falling Into Place" - Season 4
Lisa's funeral was the first funeral for a character we knew. And boy did it have an impact. But nothing compares to that last scene where Nate is burying her in the middle of nowhere. The anguish, the anger, the pain he felt was so friggin' real that it once again made me tear up. How Peter Krause didn't WIN the Emmy in 2005 let alone get a nomination is absolutely ridiculous.

So as you can see, most of these episodes were Nate-heavy. And most of them were pretty sad. I just really loved the episodes that touched on an deep, emotional level about the human spirit. No other show compares to Six Feet Under in my book.

I kind of got into this show through Universal's HD station. I haven't seen every episode, but I will say that Everyone's Waiting was an awe inspiring series finale. I wish all shows could end on that high a note.

I will also say that That's My Dog was one of the worst episodes of TV I have ever seen. Laughable from start to finish.

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Originally posted by CarlAlanV:
I cant believe with all the strong episodes in season 5 it was not nominated for best drama. I also cant believe none of the main cast ever won an Emmy.

Emmy owes Peter Krause at least one Emmy, maybe two. They changed the rules (finally!) when "The Sopranos" aired its series finale after the June 1 cutoff, but that cutoff is precisely the reason Krause couldn't submit the season two finale, "The Last Time," or the season three finale, "I'm Sorry, I'm Lost." If he had been able to submit those episodes, Krause would have been impossible to ignore. "The Last Time" especially is probably one of the best lead actor showcases of any drama series this decade.

I loved "That's My Dog"!!!

In a perfect world, all cast members would have emmys. I would have especially awarded Krause, Conroy and Griffiths.

At the very least Conroy and Griffiths both have a Golden Globe. Two Emmy nominations for the first and second season were all the recognitions Ambrose got for her brilliant performances on this show. This is beyond ridiculous.

1 - Everyone's Waiting - season 5
2 - A Private Life - season 1
3 - All Alone - season 5
4 - Nobody Sleeps - season 3
5 - I'm Sorry, I'm Lost - season 3

Six Feet Under was my third favorite HBO show behind The Wire and The Sopranos. Two things that impressed me about the show was the comedic material was equal to the dramatic stuff. The way the show integrated music was fantastic. Some of my favorite episodes were Pilot, Death Works Overtime, I'm sorry I'm lost, Untitled, and Everyone's Waiting.

01. I'm Sorry, I'm Lost (Season 3)
02. Everyone's Waiting (Season 5)
03. All Alone (Season 5)
04. I'll Take You (Season 2)
05. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Season 2)

06. The Room (Season 1)

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The best episode of Six Feet Under also happens to be the best series finale of all-time. "Everyone's Waiting" was pure magic.

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Originally posted by taloson:
1. "Everyone's Waiting" - Season 5
This is the best series finale I have ever seen in my years and years of TV watching. From the opening scene with Brenda painfully giving birth to the final haunting images of the last years of the Fishers, it's just so beautifully perfect.

Yeah honestly, 6FU had the best series finale ever...it was a perfect ending to a perfect show that truly ran its course without lasting too little or too long. And using Sia's "Breathe Me" made it all the more perfect.

The montage of deaths was so haunting and weird, but the final moments with Claire laying in bed and then panning back to her young self driving was just awesome.

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Originally posted by Zembla:

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Originally posted by taloson:
1. "Everyone's Waiting" - Season 5
This is the best series finale I have ever seen in my years and years of TV watching. From the opening scene with Brenda painfully giving birth to the final haunting images of the last years of the Fishers, it's just so beautifully perfect.

Yeah honestly, 6FU had the best series finale ever...it was a perfect ending to a perfect show that truly ran its course without lasting too little or too long.

You're doing too much.

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Originally posted by Brilliance inmorbid:
You're doing too much.

Trick...I'll do what I do.

1. Everyone's Waiting (Season 5)
2. I'm Sorry, I'm Lost (Season 3)
3. Back to the Garden (Season 2)
4. All Alone (Season 5)
5. The New Person (Season 1; a very underrated episode)

These are more my favorite 5 than the best five I think:
1. I'll Take You
2. The Invisible Woman
3. The Room
4. I'm Sorry, I'm Lost
5. Perfect Circles
Runners Up: A Private Life, Grinding the Corn, Untitled, Pilot, Everyone's Waiting

I agree with the general sentiment that the SFU cast went under rewarded. Krause should have taken home the emmy in 2003 and griffiths should have been nommed in 2006(though not sure I would have given her a win in any of the categories she submitted in throughout the years). I think Conroy got lost in the "Is She Lead or Supporting" shuffle, but she should have taken it home in 2006. Freddy Rodriguez certainly deserved to be nommed in 2003. However, I never got all the praise for Lauren Ambrose. I would have only given her a nomination for her work during the 5th Season.

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1, "Terror Starts at Home" (Season 4)
2. "Everyone's Waiting" (Season 5)
3. "I'll Take You" (Season 2)
4. "A Private Life" (Season 1)
5. "The Foot" (Season 1)

"That's My Dog" would make my top ten list, and Michael Weston should have been nominated for guest actor in a drama series for that performance. I'd probably have some combination of "I'm Sorry, I'm Lost," "All Alone," "In the Game," "The Rainbow of Her Reasons," "Death Works Overtime," "The Last Time," & "Ecotone" in there too. Many of those are Nate-centered episodes, b/c I thought that Peter Krause was brilliant as Nate Fisher and should have won an Emmy for that role.