We're Not Over Six Feet Under

In this special bonus episode, Jenna and Caroline discuss the Six Feet Under 20th Anniversary reunion panel hosted by PaleyFest. New haircuts! Older faces! The inside scoop on the pilot! Funny anecdotes about Kathy Bates! Bitterness about ABC! WARNING: This show has LOTS OF SPOILERS. Do no listen (or watch the reunion show) unless you've seen the entirety of the series!

Happy holidays to all our listeners who are celebrating today! If you need an escape from the holiday chaos, spend an hour with a pre-pandemic Jenna, Caroline, and special guest Nick McCarthy as they discuss season 2, episode 8, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year." A badass Santa is laid to rest very loudly, Nikolai is beaten by Russian mobsters and ends up living on Ruth's couch, Billy returns, and all the Fishers experience Christmas flashbacks to their last moments with Nate Sr. We look forward to being back in your ears in the new year!

**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS** We're taking a break from our regularly scheduled recaps to bring you a very special episode! Jenna and Caroline interview renowned television and film critic Matt Zoller Seitz, whose books include TV: The Book, The Sopranos Sessions, Mad Men Carousel, and The Deadwood Bible (available now, only on Matt's website!) If this is your first time watching Six Feet Under, skip this one and come back to it later—spoilers for the end of the show abound. 

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Get ready, prestige television fans! The first episode of We're Not Over Six Feet Under, hosted by writer, editor, and pop culture critic Jenna Scherer and playwright and screenwriter Caroline McGraw, is dropping on Wednesday, June 26. Jenna and Caroline discuss Six Feet Under episode by episode, spoiler free, so you can watch along whether you're a long-time fan or brand new to the show. Listen now for a taste of what's ahead, and don't forget to subscribe to the show so you never miss an episode!

Jenna and Caroline discuss the pilot of Six Feet Under, in which patriarch Nathaniel Fisher, owner of Fisher & Sons Funeral Home, is hit and killed by a bus, throwing his family into emotional chaos as they attempt to deal with their grief.    If you'd like to watch along with us, Six Feet Under is available to stream on Amazon Prime or HBO Go/HBO Now.     

Jenna and Caroline discuss "The Will," in which the reading of Nate Senior's will drives a wedge between Nate and David, allows Ruth to step away from the business, and leaves Claire to stew in her extraordinary privilege.

Jenna and Caroline discuss "The Foot," in which the Fisher family debates whether to sell Fisher & Sons to Kroehner, Ruth loses a small fortune at the race track, and Claire leaves a very special surprise in Gabe's locker.

Jenna, Caroline, and their first guest, Meghan Deans, discuss "Familia," in which Fisher & Sons arranges a funeral for a gang member, David confronts his (offensive and self-loathing) feelings about race and masculinity, and a dinner party Ruth hosts for Brenda goes horribly awry. 

Jenna and Caroline discuss season one, episode 5, "An Open Book," in which a porn star is electrocuted in her bathtub, David struggles to deal with his relationship while becoming a deacon, Nate has an intensely awkward dinner with Brenda's parents, and Ruth and Claire bond while visiting their spin-class-obsessed relatives.

Jenna, Caroline, and special guest Anita Flores discuss "The Room," in which Nate finds Nathaniel Sr.'s secret hideaway, Claire attempts to bond with Billy and ends up bonding with Brenda, and an old widower gives unsolicited advice to everyone in the Fisher family. As a bonus, Anita tells the story of the time she rode in the back of a hearse.

Jenna and Caroline discuss "Brotherhood," in which Nate tries to convince an Iraq veteran's brother to give him a military funeral, Ruth gets herself a job and introduces Hiram to her family, and Billy derails people's plans (as usual).

Jenna and Caroline discuss "Crossroads," in which Claire has some extremely unrealistic hiking experiences, David falls for a square dance instructor, Rico moonlights for Kroehner, and Nate is extremely disturbed to find a nude Australian man in Brenda's apartment.

Jenna, Caroline, and guest Eric Shethar as they discuss "Life's Too Short," in which Brenda takes Nate funeral shopping and shows off her improv skills, the joys of MDMA are revealed to both David (on purpose) and Ruth (by accident), and Jenna and Ruth have bear encounters.

Jenna and Caroline discuss "The New Person," in which the Fishers hire an eccentric new employee, Claire and David are both face romantic rejection, and Billy dabbles in vandalism and publicly displays some very controversial art.

Jenna, Caroline, and guest Lilit Marcus discuss "The Trip," in which the Fisher brothers and Brenda attend a funeral convention in Las Vegas, David gives a mic-drop-worthy speech and receives an awkward lap dance, Rico has a lot of feelings about babies, and Billy engages in some light stalking.

Jenna and Caroline discuss "A Private Life," in which Billy sets up a terrifying art installation to scare Nate, attacks Brenda with a box cutter, and is finally institutionalized, and the ghost of a murdered gay man haunts David so incessantly that he comes out to Ruth and Rico.

Join Jenna, Caroline, and WNOSFU producer Alison Cherry for a discussion of the season one finale, "Knock Knock," in which David struggles to reconcile his religion with his queerness, Brenda's terrible driving leads to a disturbing revelation, Ruth makes an extremely questionable romantic decision, and Gabe continues to dig himself into a hole of self-destruction. 

We're back! Join Caroline, Jenna, and special guest Amy Spalding (@theames) for a discussion of the season two premiere, "In the Game," in which a group of B movie actors struggle to pay for a funeral, all the Fishers bring their significant others together for an ill-fated dinner, and Nate discovers what happened to that stray tab of ecstasy from season one, causing the "meaning of life" to be revealed to him in a (racist and problematic) dream sequence.

Jenna and Caroline discuss "Out, Out, Brief Candle," in which Nate is aggressively haunted by the ghost of a college football player who died in his prime, Ruth attends Robbie's graduation from The Plan, Nate and Brenda have dinner with Brenda's ex and his horrible child, and Claire learns about Gabe's criminal activities.