Singing for Our Lives 

Pilar Sandoval attempts to Rollerblade a steep hill while walking her dogs but literally doesn't make it when she loses control and is hit by a car. Brenda is upset with Nate's fists-up ... See full summary »

Director:

Matt Shakman

Writers:

Alan Ball (creator), Scott Buck

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
Justina Machado	...	Vanessa Diaz
James Cromwell	...	George Sibley (credit only)
Rachel Griffiths	...	Brenda Chenowith
Ben Foster	...	Russell Corwin
Tina Holmes	...	Maggie Sibley
Ed Begley Jr.	...	Hiram Gunderson
Peter Facinelli	...	Jimmy
Peter Macdissi	...	Olivier Castro-Staal
Chris Messina	...	Ted Fairwell

Storyline

Pilar Sandoval attempts to Rollerblade a steep hill while walking her dogs but literally doesn't make it when she loses control and is hit by a car. Brenda is upset with Nate's fists-up attitude toward the daughter they'll have, and is suspicious that his latest wish to attend Quaker meetings is simply to join Maggie. David, Nate, and Rico try but fail to agree on how to invest on the business, but it gives Rico a good opportunity to focus on pursuing his relationship with Vanessa. Ruth's babysitting experience with Durrel and Anthony goes sour when they don't return from playing basketball until Durrell drives the SUV home, and, only after David blames Ruth, is learned to have done it before. Later Durrell threatens Keith during a confrontation over it, and David learns from Anthony that he doesn't get they won't have to eventually leave. Ruth, encouraged by Claire to get a haircut, goes camping with Hiram again. Claire herself only attends Anita's show when Ted offers to tag along, ...

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Plot Keywords:

puerto rican american | male objectification | bare chested male | post coital scene | hairy chested male | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Trivia

In this episode, Durrell says that Ruth (Frances Conroy) looks like a witch. Frances Conroy would later go on to play a witch in American Horror Story: Coven

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Goofs

In the first scene, with the "death of the week", the girl in roller blades is hit and killed by a car. The stunt woman, in the sequence of the hitting, is clearly not wearing roller blades, but simple sneakers. That's because performing such a stunt wearing roller blades should be extremely dangerous, even for the most skilled of stunt people, but nonetheless it's a bit too evident.

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Quotes

Ted Fairwell: Did you meet Claire?
Lauderbach: No. Hey, I'm Lauderbach.
Ted Fairwell: Thanks. Claire here is just visiting. She's actually the biggest soap star in all of Holland.
Lauderbach: Cool.
[Slowly]
Lauderbach: Welcome to America.
Claire: Danke.

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Connections

References Halloween (1978)

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Soundtracks

Ave Verum Corpus
Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (as Mozart)

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 July 2005 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

53 min (DVD)

Color:

Color