"Six Feet Under" Tears, Bones & Desire (2003)

Director:

Daniel Attias

Writers:

Alan Ball (creator)
Nancy Oliver (written by)

TV Series:

"Six Feet Under" (2001)

Original Air Date:

20 April 2003 (Season 3, Episode 8)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

63-year-old polygamous family leader "Daddy" leaves behind 5 wives and numerous children of The People clan...

Plot Keywords:

Mennonite | Book | Unwanted Kiss | Paintball | Anger

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
Rachel Griffiths	...	Brenda Chenowith
Lili Taylor	...	Lisa Kimmel Fisher
Ben Foster	...	Russell Corwin
Justina Machado	...	Vanessa Diaz
Leon Rippy	...	Daddy
Rainn Wilson	...	Arthur Martin
Peter Macdissi	...	Olivier Castro-Staal
Matt Winston	...	Terry
David Hornsby	...	Patrick

Runtime:

Argentina:60 min | 55 min (DVD version)

Certification:

Argentina:16

Trivia:

The only episode where the true name of the deceased was never known (the family patriarch simply went as "Daddy").

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Arthur claims that Francesco Petrarca is the beginner of Renaissance. Petrarca was actually the beginner of new Italian lyrical poetry, that was just a facet of Italian Renaissance. Actually, the proper "Renaissance" began in Italy just in the mid 15th Century. Petrarca died in 1374....

Movie Connections:

Features "21 Jump Street" (1987)

Soundtrack:

The End (Hebob Original Mix)

Everyday We Must Dance

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

When Daddy dies in a family where their rules are written in "Daddy's Book", his five concubines hire the Fisher & Diaz funeral services, but with the condition that the embalming process should be witnessed by each wife in shifts. Meanwhile, Vanessa misses and grieves her mother and has been visiting her tomb in the graveyard every Sunday for four months, neglecting her sons and her house. Ruth has a huge crush on Arthur and kisses him. David and Keith play paint-ball with a group of gays, while Claire quits her position of "assistant" of Olivier. Lisa schedules a Shiatsu session with Brenda to see and meet her. "Tear, Bones & Desire" is a weird episode of "Six Feet Under". The paint-ball game is the boring part of this episode, and the behavior of Ruth is very silly. The relationship of Claire and Russell is interesting, and I personally hate the insecure and boring Lisa. My vote is seven. Title (Brazil: "Lágrimas, Ossos e Desejos" ("Tears, Bones and Desire")