Death Works Overtime (11 May 2003)

Convience-store owner Dorothy Kim Su is fatally shot during a robbery. Nate is forced to file a missing-person report when he continues to hear nothing from Lisa. Construction-worker Edward... See full summary »

Director:

Daniel Attias

Writers:

Alan Ball (creator), Rick Cleveland,

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
Rachel Griffiths	...	Brenda Chenowith
Lili Taylor	...	Lisa Kimmel Fisher
Jeremy Sisto	...	Billy Chenowith
Joanna Cassidy	...	Margaret Chenowith
Ben Foster	...	Russell Corwin
James Cromwell	...	George Sibley
Justina Machado	...	Vanessa Diaz
Peter Macdissi	...	Olivier Castro-Staal
Rainn Wilson	...	Arthur Martin

Storyline

Convience-store owner Dorothy Kim Su is fatally shot during a robbery. Nate is forced to file a missing-person report when he continues to hear nothing from Lisa. Construction-worker Edward Tully hits some electrical wires in the site where he's working during an earthquake, is electrocuted, and falls to his death. Nate calls David, where he's sleeping with Patrick, and tells him he's starting to panic, especially after the earthquake. Ruth has convinced herself, as usual, that everything, including Lisa, is fine, but doesn't convince Claire, who is set to believe she's died. David Jordan Monroe suffers a fatal heart attack while on a treadmill at his health club, giving Fisher & Diaz a full schedule of 3 funerals in one day, 2 at the same time. forcing David and Rico to quickly escort the mourners out. Brenda is now living in an apartment to avoid Billy, but Margaret forces both of them to show up to dump Bern's ashes, and when she can't be persuaded to place them where her kids know...

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Plot Keywords:

car | earthquake | heart attack | missing person | robbery | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 May 2003 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 49 min (DVD)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The only episode to include a death in the middle of the episode as well as in the opening teaser (multiple unrelated deaths resulted in a busy funeral schedule).

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Connections

References The Day of the Locust (1975)

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Soundtracks

"Corcovado"
by Charlie Byrd and Ken Peplowski

User Reviews

Tracking and Missing Lisa

In a robbery of a convenience store, the owner Dorothy Su is shot in the forehead and immediately dies. While working in an electrical post, there is an earthquake and Edward Tully falls over the wires and is electrocuted. While running on a belt in a health club, David Raymond Monroe has a fulminating heart attack. Meanwhile, Lisa is missing while traveling to Santa Cruz and a freak-out Nate calls David in the middle of the night. In the morning, while having breakfast with David, Nate and Claire, Ruth keeps an optimistic opinion, denying any possibility of a tragic event that might have happened with Lisa. Rico goes with Vanessa to the doctor, and she cuts the medication Vanessa is using, since she is clinically depressed. Brenda moves to a cheap apartment, and her mother calls her to dump the ashes of her father. Russell does not give up on a disappointed Claire, and later she has a serious altercation with Olivier, accusing him of being manipulative and violating of the regulation of the school. After calling the sheriff's department and the highway patrol, the car of Lisa is found, Nate goes to a motel nearby the place where the car was found, and David and Claire join their brother to comfort him. Claire finds that she is pregnant. Angelica goes to the mall with Vanessa and buys a television and a refrigerator with Rico's credit card, upsetting him.

In this episode there are so many new situations that it is impossible to describe all of them. The separation of David and Keith, and the meeting of Ruth and George Sibley may give new destinies to these characters. The pregnancy of Claire may mess up her fragile structure. The relationship of Rico and Vanessa may be affected by the interference of Angelica. My vote is ten.

Title (Brazil): "A Morte Faz Hora Extra" ("Death Works Overtime")