Six Feet Under & Emmys

Our favourite show, Six Feet Under, from HBO has been nominated for 23 Emmys this year. It’s humorous look at a family that runs a funeral home in LA called Fisher and Sons. Nathaniel Fisher, the dad, dies in the first episode but haunts the minds of his family. Especially haunted is his his namesake Nate who comes home from Seattle to face the family business he thought he’d avoided.

Frankly, having worked in that industry, they do a bang up job. People really act strangely around death. The folks who deal with death and dying with it daily should get medals.

These are the sons of Fisher and Sons, David (played by Michael C Hall) and Nate (played by Peter Krause). Both are nominated for Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series.

Nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series is Lauren Ambrose who plays the younger sister of the Fisher brothers, Claire.

She also starred as Chicklet, a multi personalitied teen, in a much maligned and little known flick called Psycho Beach Party prior to landing her current Six Feet Under role.

The other actors/actresses in the series, and a lot of the other tech and creative folks involved got nods as well were nominated as well. It’s nice to see shows with truly talented people getting the recognition they deserve. I hope they clean up.