# Six Feet Under  6/27

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-feet-under-6-27/310150>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 28, 2005, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-feet-under-6-27/310150 "2005-06-28T04:02:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-feet-under-6-27/310150/21 "2005-07-03T16:19:22Z")

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> The opening scene deaths are usually pretty funny, or at least interesting. This was the lamest of them all…I mean, nothing against people who die of old age on a toilet seat in a double wide, but…is that the best they could come up with?

I liked it, if only because it led to the scene with her friend talking to Nate and Rico about how much she still enjoyed her life and how confortable she was about dying. It was a nice contrast to Nate’s trauma over turning 40.

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> And with all that is going on, does anyone really think Brenda would organize a surprise birthday party, inviting people she hates, to their house? Out of character.

I saw it as a part of her attempt to break out of character, like when she was trying so hard to look like a “normal family” in the last episode.

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> As a Gay man, I am upset that they are showing David and Keith trying to have a kid. If there was ever a couple who should NOT have children, they would be way up on the list.

I can’t disagree with that. Anyone who would deliberately bring another life into this train wreck of a family should be shot.

I just wish they weren’t doing the “Nate marries someone he doesn’t love out of obligation and beats himself up over it” thing again. It worked well a couple of seasons ago (at least, it did once it became clear that Nate was turning into his father), but now it just feels tired.

I do get the feeling that we’re being set up for a solid finish, though.

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-feet-under-6-27/310150/22 "2005-07-03T18:04:11Z")

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> The opening scene deaths are usually pretty funny, or at least interesting. This was the lamest of them all…I mean, nothing against people who die of old age on a toilet seat in a double wide, but…is that the best they could come up with?

The opening deaths have always been my favorite part of the show. Has anyone ever made a tape of just all the openings? With maybe a few snippets from the show about the decedents?

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