"Six Feet Under" The Dare (2004)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Peter Webber

Writers:

Alan Ball (creator)
Bruce Eric Kaplan (written by)

TV Series:

"Six Feet Under" (2001)

Original Air Date:

1 August 2004 (Season 4, Episode 7)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Joan Morrison postpones the treatment of two tumors, they get bigger and bigger and she dies of cancer...

Plot Keywords:

Gay Bar | Treatment | Canyon | Cancer | Adultery

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
Lili Taylor	...	Lisa Kimmel Fisher
Patricia Clarkson	...	Sarah O'Connor
Mena Suvari	...	Edie
Justin Theroux	...	Joe
Justina Machado	...	Vanessa Diaz
Kathy Bates	...	Bettina
Bobby Cannavale	...	Javier

Runtime:

Argentina:60 min | 56 min (DVD version)

Certification:

Argentina:16

Trivia:

The only episode to show long-term causes of the opening death (a cancer victim is shown first told by her doctor that she has a pair of brain tumors, then briefly shown through several months' worth of scenes where she puts off treatment and finally dies).

Quotes:

Officer Keith Charles: Javier I'm gay... I have a boyfriend, I sleep with men... I have a lot of sex and it's really really gay.
Javier: ...that's cool man.

Movie Connections:

References "America's Next Top Model" (2003)

Soundtrack:

Sonata for Violin & Piano #35 in AM, Andante

New Destinies

Joan Morrison postpones the treatment of two tumors, they get bigger and bigger and she dies of cancer. David is feeling better, but he is still much traumatized. Rico breaks with Sophia, but Vanessa sees him leaving Sophia's house and send him away home. The annoying Ruth is paranoid with George, and decides to follow him in his fossil hunt in the canyon. She decides to go with him to Sarah's house, where she meets Bettina. Brenda sleeps with Nate and decides to tell Joe. Celeste is upset after losing her favorite earrings, and she decides to go to a gay club, and Keith discloses his sexual preference to Javier. Claire decides to have a homosexual experience with Edie.

I do not know how George can support an irritating woman like Ruth; I am just a viewer and I can not like this boring character. Even dead Lisa is annoying. Let's see the promising sentimental lives of Rico, Claire Brenda and Nate in the next episodes. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "O Desafio" ("The Challenge")