Bomb Shelter (29 Aug. 2004)

Brenda feels the clock is ticking and wants to have a baby sooner rather than later. Nate wants to think about it for a while. A lunch with her mother Margaret doesn't go particularly well ... See full summary »

Director:

Nicole Holofcener

Writers:

Alan Ball (creator), Scott Buck

Stars:

Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Peter Krause	...	Nate Fisher
Michael C. Hall	...	David Fisher
Frances Conroy	...	Ruth Fisher
Lauren Ambrose	...	Claire Fisher
Freddy Rodríguez	...	Federico 'Rico' Diaz
Mathew St. Patrick	...	Keith Charles
James Cromwell	...	George Sibley
Rachel Griffiths	...	Brenda Chenowith
Jeremy Sisto	...	Billy Chenowith
Joanna Cassidy	...	Margaret Chenowith
Ben Foster	...	Russell Corwin
Justina Machado	...	Vanessa Diaz
Peter Facinelli	...	Jimmy
Peter Macdissi	...	Olivier Castro-Staal
Sprague Grayden	...	Anita Miller

Storyline

Brenda feels the clock is ticking and wants to have a baby sooner rather than later. Nate wants to think about it for a while. A lunch with her mother Margaret doesn't go particularly well - Margaret is rushed to the hospital. The event does give Brenda and Billy a chance to see each other again. George feels they should be preparing for whatever catastrophe may befall mankind. Ruth tells him of the old bomb shelter and he thinks it's just perfect. Claire's latest project gets raves from Billy and several of her classmates but she reacts badly when Russell claims to have originated the concept with her. She's thrilled though when she gets the opportunity display some of her work at a show. David learns that the man whose ear he's bitten is suing him for $500,000. There's one way he can get out of it but it involves Keith. At the funeral home, Rico and Nate deal with a particularly tragic case when four members of the Gorodetsky family - parents and two children - are killed in a car ...

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Plot Keywords:

bomb shelter | deal | water | hospital | car accident | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 August 2004 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 48 min (DVD)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The only episode to include more than one death simultaneously in the opening teaser (a car accident resulted in a group of family-members' deaths).

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Goofs

In the opening car scene, Edward Gorodetsky's line "We just passed Crecent" does not match his mouth movements.

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Quotes

Margaret Chenowith: [on vaginal rejuvenation surgery] Who wants to fuck a glass of water?

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Connections

References Mortal Kombat (1992)

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Soundtracks

"Blue Note Bossa"

User Reviews

Life is Pain

While making a turn with his van, Edward Gordon Gorodetsky hits a truck and the whole family dies (Coco Grimes Gorodetsky, Michael Timothy Gorodetsky and Amanda Lynn Gorodetsky). Brenda wants to have a baby and Nate and she receive Barb and Hoyt. Nate tells that he buried Lisa in the Mojave desert and Barb threatens to take Maya from Nate. David is sued in US$ 500,000.00 by Roger Pasquese because of the bite in his ear. Claire exposes her pictures in Billy's class and Russell steals part of her credits. Brenda has lunch with her mother and Margaret needs to be submitted to an emergence surgery. George buys lots of bottles of water and prepares the bomb shelter for any catastrophe, while Ruth wants to travel with him. The police arrests Jake and calls David for identification.

"Bomb Shelter" is a great episode of "Six Feet Under". Nate has conflictive feelings after being menaced by Barb, and Brenda is being rejected. Claire is using many types of drugs and having a very promiscuous life, in spite of being a promising artist. George seems to be paranoid with a possible apocalypse. David is completely insecure after the process against him. Rico is missing his family. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "O Abrigo Nuclear" ("The Nuclear Shelter")