"Six Feet Under" It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2002)

Director:

Alan Taylor

Writers:

Alan Ball (creator)
Scott Buck (written by)

TV Series:

"Six Feet Under" (2001)

Original Air Date:

21 April 2002 (Season 2, Episode 8)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Christmas Eve - and the 1-year anniversary of Nate and Brenda's meeting and Nathaniel Fisher's death - is approaching...

Plot Keywords:

Motorcycle | Seizure | Motorcycle Accident | Angel | Anniversary

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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
W. Earl Brown	...	Pete
Maria Carmen	...	Graciela
Joanna Cassidy	...	Margaret Chenowith
Ricardo Chavira	...	Ramon (as Ricardo Antonio Chavira)
Steve Gormley	...	Male Shopper
Richard Jenkins	...	Nathaniel Fisher
Britnee Lapham	...	Kid #1 (as Brittany Lapham)
Tony Longo	...	Bitsy
Justina Machado	...	Vanessa Diaz
Nicki Micheaux	...	Karla
Ed O'Ross	...	Nikolai
Max Peters	...	Kid #2
Aysia Polk	...	Taylor
Franc Ross	...	Jesse Johnson
Stark Sands	...	Toby
Rusty Schwimmer	...	Marilyn Johnson
Jeremy Sisto	...	Billy Chenowith
Brooke Swift	...	Kid #3
Kellie Waymire	...	Melissa
Janet Wood	...	Saleswoman
Harley Zumbrum	...	Biker on Phone

Runtime:

Argentina:60 min | 54 min (DVD version)

Certification:

Argentina:16

Quotes:

Saleswoman: [in a store] Anything I can help you with?
Brenda: Yes, I'm looking for clothes so expensive only an idiot would buy them. Oh, there they are...

Movie Connections:

References The Shining (1980)

Soundtrack:

Christmas Oratorio, Sinfonia in G

Live Every Day As If You Might Die Tomorrow

While driving his motorcycle for a temporary work as Santa Claus in a mall, the biker Jesse Ray Johnson waves to three children on the sidewalk and dies in a traffic accident. His beloved wife Marilyn Johnson and two friends of Jessie hire the best services of Fisher & Sons Funeral Home for the funeral, but under the condition of using the place for a party with their bikers' friends on the Christmas day. Rico is pressed by Vanessa and tells her the truth about Ramon, and later Vanessa discloses the secret to Ramon's wife Graciela. Ruth invites the whole family to have Christmas dinner together with their mates. Claire invites Toby; Nate and Brendan and David invites Keith and Taylor. Each member of the Fisher family recalls a moment with Nathaniel. Nikolai has two broken legs in a burglary to his store, and without health plan, is treated by Ruth. The unstable Brenda flirts with a man in a store, and later she tells Melissa. Brenda and Nate are invited to dinner with Margaret on the Christmas Eve, and surprisingly Billy is there, invited by his dysfunctional mother, affecting Brenda. Nate has a siege and finally tells Brenda about his AVM. Claire is corresponding through e-mails with Billy. Taylor's mother returns home.

"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" is a great episode of this second season. Nate has a lesson of life with the widow Marilyn Johnson. The intriguing and unstable Brenda now has to face Billy and her mother, and becomes aware of Nate's illness. The close destructive contacted of Claire with Billy is a question mark in the story, and the return of the addicted mother of Taylor in a moment where Keith is disturbed is also very intriguing. The consequences for Rico of the revelation of Vanessa to Graciela may also bring serious consequences. The beautiful pray of Keith is one of the best moments of this episode. My vote is ten.

Title (Brazil): "Uma Época Mágica" ("A Magic Time")