# Six Feet Under - 7/25/2004 (Spoilers, of course) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 26, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-feet-under-7-25-2004-spoilers-of-course/256976 "2004-07-26T20:19:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RogueRacer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RogueRacer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RogueRacer)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-feet-under-7-25-2004-spoilers-of-course/256976/21 "2004-07-27T15:28:59Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > I’m pretty annoyed with Ruth. I feel like she’s being **really** passive-aggressive. I thought her mentioning Rico’s “visitor” to his wife is an example of this—kind of like “I’m miserable, might as well share the misery.” I doubt she truly believed that Sofia was a friend of Vanessa’s, given how squirmy Rico seemed. Not to mention her piling grief on David with her interrogation. She has been a major bitch so far this season. I can perfectly understand George being short with her. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-feet-under-7-25-2004-spoilers-of-course/256976/22 "2004-07-27T16:44:59Z")
And don’t forget her attempts to have George reconsile with his poo-sending son. Ruth and George are going to have come to a end this season. There is no way the marriage lasts. I can only hope that Arthur comes back to ‘comfort’ Ruth. His exit was too quick. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-feet-under-7-25-2004-spoilers-of-course/256976/23 "2004-07-27T20:58:28Z")
Oh, yes, I forgot about Ruth’s “blame the victim” interrogation. And poor David with those gifts! Um, a Neti pot? Okaaaaay. But Claire takes away his gift at dinner, claiming it isn’t meaningful enough. Than, the next day, _after he tells her that psycho-boy doused him with gasoline_ , she gives him a picture where it pretty much looks like he’s on fire! Yup, I would say that that is meaningful enough. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-feet-under-7-25-2004-spoilers-of-course/256976/24 "2004-07-27T22:54:50Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > I can only hope that Arthur comes back to ‘comfort’ Ruth. His exit was too quick. He deserves an Emmy just for “I would never send you…feces.” ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-feet-under-7-25-2004-spoilers-of-course/256976/25 "2004-07-28T01:17:06Z")
Gah! Actually, Arthur said “I would never send you…poo.” Poo is much funnier, right? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![down\_by\_law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@down\_by\_law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/down_by_law)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-feet-under-7-25-2004-spoilers-of-course/256976/26 "2004-07-28T03:23:26Z")
i thought the line at the beginning, when nate is at the dog kennel, was pretty much spot on. i think the owner sees him playing with a certain dog, and she says something to the effect of “fido usually hates men.” i guess the dog doesn’t mind self-centered little boys. the dialogue has really been getting to me lately. nate says soem shit that no real person would ever say. i did like when claire came into dinner high. great scene. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-feet-under-7-25-2004-spoilers-of-course/256976/27 "2004-07-28T05:16:43Z")
Would a neti pot work any better at keeping your sinuses clean than just buying a bottle of saline spray at the drug store for about a buck? ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-feet-under-7-25-2004-spoilers-of-course/256976/28 "2004-07-28T10:16:44Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > But Claire takes away his gift at dinner, claiming it isn’t meaningful enough. Than, the next day, _after he tells her that psycho-boy doused him with gasoline_ , she gives him a picture where it pretty much looks like he’s on fire! Yup, I would say that that is meaningful enough. Did Clare give David the picture before or after he told her of his ordeal? ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-feet-under-7-25-2004-spoilers-of-course/256976/29 "2004-07-28T10:34:53Z")
> [@threeorange](#): > > Did Clare give David the picture before or after he told her of his ordeal? Yup. He told her about the ordeal and how he forgot to pray, she says that God saved him anyhow, then hands him a picture of himself pretty much engulfed in flames. ---
**Author:** ![annieclaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@annieclaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annieclaus)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-feet-under-7-25-2004-spoilers-of-course/256976/30 "2004-07-28T14:25:51Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > Yup. He told her about the ordeal and how he forgot to pray, she says that God saved him anyhow, then hands him a picture of himself pretty much engulfed in flames. Clare took the picture at the bonfire they had after their yard sale, right? I saw it as David walking away from the flames, metaphorically having survived his “trial by fire.” How very fitting. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-feet-under-7-25-2004-spoilers-of-course/256976/31 "2004-07-28T14:34:41Z")
Right. The picture showed him standing looking at the fire with a firm but calm expression. I took it as symbolic of his strength, and not as something that would remind him of his ordeal with “Jake.” ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-feet-under-7-25-2004-spoilers-of-course/256976/32 "2004-07-28T14:38:22Z")
> [@jellyblue](#): > > I was kinda wondering if the Nate/Brenda thing was no more real than Brenda getting buried by comforters. I mean, a few scenes before Nate was talking about having just achieved some semblance of a normal life (with Claire), which he jettisons to help his brother, and then Brenda glides in appropos of nothing and declares herself unable to live a normal life herself. It might be a long shot, but I’m thinking maybe he’s fantasizing… I thought the same thing. There was something just…not right…about the editing or the lighting or something. The scene didn’t seem to fit, like it was from out of left field. I would like to see them back together. I like Disfunctional Brenda[sup]TM[/sup] a lot more than Happy Homemaker Brenda[sup]TM[/sup]. _Collect them all!_ I also loved the scene with Nate and David at the end. I actually teared up, which is very unlike me. It a subtle, yet beautifully touching moment. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-feet-under-7-25-2004-spoilers-of-course/256976.md?page=1)