"Six Feet Under" Everyone's Waiting (2005)

User Rating:

9.8/10   

Director:

Alan Ball

Writers:

Alan Ball (creator)
Alan Ball (written by)

TV Series:

"Six Feet Under" (2001)

Original Air Date:

21 August 2005 (Season 5, Episode 12)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Nate and Brenda's daughter Willa is born, but 2 months early and at only 2 lb. 4 oz., requiring an elongated hospital stay...

Plot Keywords:

Ghost | Jogging | Female Photographer | 2080s | Birthday Party

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
Justina Machado	...	Vanessa Diaz
James Cromwell	...	George Sibley
Rachel Griffiths	...	Brenda Chenowith
Kathy Bates	...	Bettina
Jeremy Sisto	...	Billy Chenowith
Joanna Cassidy	...	Margaret Chenowith
Richard Jenkins	...	Nathaniel Fisher
Tina Holmes	...	Maggie Sibley
Peter Macdissi	...	Olivier Castro-Staal

Runtime:

USA:75 min | Argentina:60 min | 67 min (DVD version)

Certification:

Argentina:16

Trivia:

Although her character Brenda gives birth at the beginning of the episode, Rachel Griffiths was still, in reality, very pregnant with her own child. To disguise this fact, the costume and prop department had to devise numerous ways to hide her belly. These included dressing Griffiths is outfits with big shawls or capes, or having her hold a large purse between her body and the camera.

Quotes:

George Sibley: [Making a toast] To Nate.
David: To Nate.
Bettina: To Nate.
Claire: To Nate.
Officer Keith Charles: To Nate.
Ruth: To my firstborn.
Anthony: To Uncle Nate.
Durrell: Yeah, to Uncle Nate.
Brenda: [to Maya] Can you say "To Daddy"?
Maya Fisher: To Daddy!
[...]

Movie Connections:

Features "Just Shoot Me!" (1997)

Soundtrack:

Empty Spaces

Worth Watching the Entire Series, Just for this Episode

Much has already been stated about this episode, and having just completed it I feel compelled to make my first post on IMDb.

Simply put, this is a marvel of cinema. I enjoyed the series as a whole, but even those parts that did not so completely capture my interest were validated by this finale.

I can honestly say that I have never seen the like. Finales as a whole tend to be either obvious or lacking despite being perhaps the most important of all episodes in a given series.

I would just like to encourage anyone who hasn't seen this show to watch it from start to finish even if they aren't mesmerized by it just to fully understand and absorb this incredible conclusion.

I can't speak highly enough of it, this is a masterpiece.