"Six Feet Under" Can I Come Up Now? (2004)

Director:

Daniel Minahan

Writers:

Alan Ball (creator)
Alan Ball (written by)

TV Series:

"Six Feet Under" (2001)

Original Air Date:

11 July 2004 (Season 4, Episode 4)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

While walking in the rain with a stolen umbrella, Lawrence Henry Mason is struck by a lightening and immediately dies...

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Date | Dyed Hair | Running | Psychic

Cast

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
Mena Suvari	...	Edie
Justin Theroux	...	Joe
Joanna Cassidy	...	Margaret Chenowith
Ben Foster	...	Russell Corwin
Justina Machado	...	Vanessa Diaz
Peter Facinelli	...	Jimmy
Bobby Cannavale	...	Javier

Runtime:

Argentina:60 min | 56 min (DVD version)

Certification:

Argentina:16

Trivia:

The only episode in the fourth season to be written by Alan Ball.

Goofs:

Continuity: While Claire, Anita, and Edie are painting Claire's room and discussing her sex life, the wall in front of Claire is roughly 20% painted. Near the end of the scene, Claire makes a comment and the camera cuts away to Edie for her retort. When it cuts back to Clarie, the wall is roughly 75% painted.

Quotes:

David Fisher: [recording an answering machine message] Hi, it's David and Keith, but we can't come to the phone right now because we're too *gay*.

Movie Connections:

Features The Scorpion King (2002)

Soundtrack:

Walking on Space

Nightmares, Desires and Ruth

While walking in the rain with a stolen umbrella, Lawrence Henry Mason is struck by a lightening and immediately dies. His daughter Jennifer, former girlfriend of David, calls him to make the arrangements of the funeral service. Keith and David discuss about the colleagues of Keith that believe he is straight. David is disappointed with Keith and tells him that he would come out with his gay situation to his mates. Further, he says that Keith would be the last person he would believe that would turn into a self-loathing homo. Keith becomes upset with the eccentric and nasty star Celeste in a benefit show. Maya visits Legoland with Barb's family and Nate visits Brenda, who is playing twisted SM games with Joe, but they receive him. On the next morning, while running in the park, Nate follows a dog and he arrives in a psychic that tells him that Lisa is alive, disturbing him again. Ruth decides to press charges against Arthur in the police, and George tells her that his son Kyle is the one actually sending feces to him. Ruth schedules a visit to Kyle. Claire with a dyed hair has a disappointing date with Jimmy, and Edie offers a real orgasm to her. Rico is split between the insistent Sophia and Vanessa. Brenda and Joe have dinner with Margaret and Olivier, and later Joe tells Brenda that he would like to have a baby.

In this episode, many characters have nightmares of daydreams, and Ruth is really an annoying character. I can perfectly understand why Nate left home when he was seventeen with such an irritating mother. The ambiguous and difficult situation of Keith is becoming weird in his job. Nate is completely lost, and Claire totally confused. Brenda seems to be very stable regardless of her deranged mother and twisted boyfriend. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Angústias" ("Anguishes")