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post #241 of 339
8/21/05 at 7:23pm
I agree...simply amazing...powerfull..and so emotional.
I'm still trying collect myself.
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post #242 of 339
8/21/05 at 7:38pm
Sniff... sniff...

- Steve
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post #243 of 339
8/21/05 at 7:51pm
very powerful. Some of the best directing in the life of the series. Great job Alan
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post #244 of 339
8/21/05 at 7:52pm
Great finale indeed. I only had one small turn off, and it was towards the end, seemed to me it was a lil like a toyota commercial with Clare driving down the road in that "future vision" mode.

I hate to see this show sign off, really. Great Stuff.
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post #245 of 339
8/21/05 at 8:05pm
I actually thought that it had some of the worst directing of this entire season, but I still thought it was a great great end to a great great series.
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post #246 of 339
8/21/05 at 8:15pm
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I agree with everyone. My only problem was I didn't think they did a great job "aging" the characters. It looked like they just gave them all white hair and a bad makeup job. It was funny how Keith looked exactly the same (with a white goatee). I also didn't think Claire would have ended up with Ted.

I thought it was pretty funny how Ruth was always watching 'Just Shoot Me'.

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and all the "dream" theories were wrong.
What do you mean by this?
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post #247 of 339
8/21/05 at 8:15pm
From the time Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)
Claire sees Nate fall away in the mirror
to the end I was a mess. I haven't been that affected by the end of a show since the end of MASH. Since Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)
Nate died
it's been an emotional rollercoaster that has paid off.
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post #248 of 339
8/21/05 at 8:37pm
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and all the "dream" theories were wrong.
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What do you mean by this?

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People thought there was going to be a "Dallas"-style revelation at the end that wrote off entire chunks of the show as a dream. The main theories were that everything after Nate's first AVM was a dream, everything after Nate's second AVM was a dream or that everything after Claire's car crash was a dream
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post #249 of 339
8/21/05 at 8:54pm
OK, it's about to air again on the standard HBO, if you're reading this STOP and go watch it RIGHT NOW.
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post #250 of 339
8/21/05 at 9:04pm
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OK, it's about to air again on the standard HBO, if you're reading this STOP and go watch it RIGHT NOW.


That's what the HD DVR is for.
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post #251 of 339
8/21/05 at 9:10pm
I hated this show this season. I could not stop watching anyway. It was like a train wreck, I couldn't turn away. Sunday nights are depressing enough without this. I sat down tonight thinking one more show, then I'm free.

Then I saw the last five minutes. Made the whole show worth it to me. I'm glad I stuck with it.

Ric
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post #252 of 339
8/21/05 at 9:25pm
Only one word to discribe it WOW! After it was over, I felt like that family who lived a couple of doors down the street, for the last five years, just moved away. They may have had their problems and some of them were pretty strange, but you enjoyed seeing them every week.
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post #253 of 339
8/21/05 at 10:38pm
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That's what the HD DVR is for.


Just got mine this week. Amen to that.
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post #254 of 339
8/22/05 at 5:59am
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After it was over, I felt like that family who lived a couple of doors down the street, for the last five years, just moved away.


That pretty much sums it up for me too! This was an awesome series finale, especially the sequence at the end when Claire was driving away. I'm going to miss this show.
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post #255 of 339
8/22/05 at 6:13am
Am I the only one who found Davids death to be funny?

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He sees deceased Keith, and falls back in his chair dead.
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post #256 of 339
8/22/05 at 6:41am
Good stuff. Bye Fisher family.
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post #257 of 339
8/22/05 at 7:19am
yea some of the makeup was hurrendous, but the point of view Alan was trying to make overshadowed all of that.
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post #258 of 339
8/22/05 at 8:12am
There are obituaries for most of the characters on the HBO website that add a bit more to what happened to them in the future.
http://www.hbo.com/sixfeetunder/obit...pisode63.shtml
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post #259 of 339
8/22/05 at 8:53am
I don't think I've felt such a sense of loss over a series since St. Elsewhere's final episode.

The final moments were fascinating to see. Just what was going on during Brenda's death scene?
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post #260 of 339
8/22/05 at 9:06am
Too bad Dead Like Me was on Showtime. George could have reaped one of the Fishers and then went to heaven. That would really be closure.
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post #261 of 339
8/22/05 at 9:36am
"Just what was going on during Brenda's death scene?"

I thought she was listening to her brother talk when she died.
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post #262 of 339
8/22/05 at 9:55am
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"Just what was going on during Brenda's death scene?"

I thought she was listening to her brother talk when she died.

I think he was rambling on about Ted.

So is it safe to say Anthony turned out to be gay?
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post #263 of 339
8/22/05 at 11:12am
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So is it safe to say Anthony turned out to be gay?
yeah, i noticed that as well. like father like son!

i liked the way they showed the deaths of the characters ... that was truly superb!

what a stand-out series - this is a show that i will miss...
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post #264 of 339
8/22/05 at 12:09pm
What was the line that Nate said to Claire when she was about to take the photograph of everyone? Something like "You can't take that picture, they're already gone".

I really loved this episode. I don't remember every feeling so emotional about a show ending. For some reason Ruth's passing touched me the most. Just seeing Nate and Nathaniel there waiting for her, and George breaking down.

Oh, was there a reason that Maggie was at a doctor's office? I was thinking that she might be pregnant. Did I miss something?
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post #265 of 339
8/22/05 at 1:11pm
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Oh, was there a reason that Maggie was at a doctor's office? I was thinking that she might be pregnant. Did I miss something?
I was thinking that too. Probably something Alan Ball threw in there just to make you think about it.
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post #266 of 339
8/22/05 at 1:15pm
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So is it safe to say Anthony turned out to be gay?

From the future scenes, I gathered:

Anthony is gay
Durrell is a funeral director
Durrell is married with a son
Keith starts his own security company
Brenda remarries and is pregnant as of Keith and David's wedding
David finds another partner after Keith's death
Billy still isn't over Claire well into his old age

I noticed all these details just by watching the end sequence 3 or 4 times but a lot of these facts are confirmed in the obituaries at HBO.com:

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Ruth O'Connor Fisher


Ruth Fisher was born in Pasadena in 1946 and died at Good Samaritan Hospital of Glendale on Wednesday. She graduated from Pasadena High School in 1963 and stayed home to raise three children before opening the Four Paws Pet Retreat in Topanga Canyon twenty years ago.

She is survived by her loving companion George Sibley, her sister Sarah O'Connor, her son David Fisher of Los Angeles and her daughter Claire Fisher of New York City. Ruth will also be missed by her four cherished grandchildren - Maya Fisher, Willa Chenowith, and Anthony and Durrell Charles-Fisher.

Viewing will be held on Saturday, March 15th at 2 p.m. at Fisher & Sons Funeral Home at 2302 W. 25th Street in Los Angeles. Private burial to follow.

Keith Dwayne Charles


Keith Charles, founder of Charles Security Company, was born in 1968 in San Diego. He died suddenly at work on Tuesday morning.

Keith attended West Point Military Academy, graduating with a degree in Criminology in 1989. He served the city of Los Angeles as a member of the LAPD for nine years before joining the security industry. He leaves behind his devoted husband David Fisher and loving sons Durrell and Anthony Charles-Fisher, his grandson Matthew, his sister Karla Charles and his niece Taylor Benoit of Carlsbad. Keith is pre-deceased by his parents Roderick and Lucille Charles of San Diego. Memorial service will be held on Sunday, February 18th at 2 p.m. at Fisher & Sons Funeral Home at 2302 W. 25th Street in Los Angeles.

David James Fisher


Born January 20, 1969. Died at the age of 75 in Echo Park. He was proud owner and operator of Fisher & Sons Funeral Home of Los Angeles for over forty years. After retiring in 2034, he went on to perform in dozens of local theater productions, including Weill and Brecht's "Threepenny Opera," Rossini's "The Barber of Seville," and as Ebenezer Scrooge in Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." David leaves behind his partner Raoul Martinez, his beloved sons Durrell and Anthony Charles-Fisher, his sister Claire Fisher and his three precious grandchildren Matthew, Keith, and Katie. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Southern California Opera Association

Hector Federico Diaz


Died at the age of 75 while vacationing with his wife in Puerto Rico. Federico graduated from Cyprus College in 1997 with a degree in Mortuary Science. He worked as a restorative artist for several years before becoming part owner of Fisher & Diaz Funeral Home on 25th Street. In 2005, Federico opened the Diaz Family Mortuary on DeLongpre Avenue in Hollywood, where he served the community for 35 years before retiring.

Pre-deceased by his parents Mauricio and Lilia Diaz of Los Angeles. He was married to his beloved wife Vanessa for 54 years and leaves behind his cherished sons Julio and Augusto and his three grandchildren: Emily, Celestina and Vincent.

Memorial service will be held at Diaz Family Mortuary on Saturday, February 16th at 11:00 a.m. Funeral mass will be held at 9:30 a.m. the following day at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Atwater Village.

Brenda Chenowith


Brenda Chenowith was born July 19, 1969 and died at the age of 82 at home. She earned her Masters Degree in Social Work at California State University of Los Angeles and a PhD in Theories of Human Behavior at University of Southern California.

Brenda wrote several books about the role of the gifted child in family development. She is considered to be one of the most distinguished scholars in that field of study, adding several courses to the Social Work curriculum at USC. She developed research methodologies to conclusively prove the link between deviant human behavior and fetal alcohol exposure. As a child, Brenda was the subject of the book "Charlotte Light and Dark" by Gareth Feinberg, PhD.

Brenda will be dearly missed by her beloved children Maya Fisher, Willa Chenowith, and Forrest Nathanson, her loving husband Daniel Nathanson, and her brother William Chenowith of Malibu. Private services will be held Wednesday March 9th at Deep Creek Nature Preserve. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a charity of your choice.

Claire Simone Fisher
1983 - 2085

Born March 13, 1983. Died February 11, 2085 in Manhattan. Claire grew up in Los Angeles and studied art at LAC-Arts College. She worked as an advertising and fashion photographer and photojournalist for nearly fifty years, creating several memorable covers for Washington Post magazine, W, and The Face. Claire often exhibited her work in New York and London art galleries and in a time when nearly everyone else in her field had turned to digital scanning and computer-driven imaging, she continued to use a silver-based photographic process. Claire began teaching photography as a faculty member at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2018, earning tenure in 2028. She's pre-deceased by her beloved husband Ted Fairwell.
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post #267 of 339
8/22/05 at 2:10pm
I wonder if it's sloppy writing on the part of the person who wrote the obits, or if Claire outlived all of them (considering she died 34 years after Brenda it's possible).
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post #268 of 339
8/22/05 at 3:05pm
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I wonder if it's sloppy writing on the part of the person who wrote the obits, or if Claire outlived all of them (considering she died 34 years after Brenda it's possible).


Claire did outlive all of them. When they showed everyone's death, they showed them in chronilogical order. Ruth, Keith, David, Rico, Brenda, and then Claire.

I honestly can't imagine outliving one of my siblings by 80 years.

Thanks to Peter Krause, Frances Conroy, Michael C. Hall, Lauren Ambrose, Richard Jenkins, Matthew St. Patrick, Rachel Griffiths, Freddy Rodriguez, Justina Machado, James Cromwell, Lily Taylor, Jeremy Sisto, Patricia Clarkson, Kathy Bates, Joanaa Cassidy, Ben Foster, Peter Macdissi, Tina Holmes, the rest of the cast and crew, and especially to Alan Ball and HBO for giving us a wonderful 5 seasons.
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post #269 of 339
8/22/05 at 4:22pm
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Oh, was there a reason that Maggie was at a doctor's office? I was thinking that she might be pregnant. Did I miss something?



I thought that last week. In one scene she looked like she had a bit of a belly growing out.

I was glad to see George was still around, at least for as long as Ruth lived.

Why do people think Anthony was gay? I can't tell these things unless it is really obvious (nor do I care one way or the other, just curious).

I thought it was kind of tacky the way they offed Keith. Enough misery for David for fucks sake!
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post #270 of 339
8/22/05 at 4:35pm
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Why do people think Anthony was gay? I can't tell these things unless it is really obvious (nor do I care one way or the other, just curious).

He's seen holding hands with another man at Claire's wedding.
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