re: Six Feet Under (Spoilers) question/discussion

Spoilers...

So I finished the series late last night. For about 55 minutes, I was wondering why everyone felt the finale was so great. I mean, it wasn't terrible like an episode of SGU or a PJ post, but it wasn't great. The last scene with Claire driving and the forward flashes was pretty awesome stuff. The last season has to be one of the best last seasons for any show ever, and of course the finale goes from solid to great in those last few minutes.

A few thoughts on the show in general from myself...

I watched it based on talk on this board about how high it ranked among HBO series (and tv series in general). I never thought I would get out of the first season based strictly on the premise of the show. But I was hooked two or three episodes in. While I loved the show, I don't know that I ever want to watch it again. Whereas, I can watch Oz again right now if I had time. But I rank it right with or slightly ahead of Oz on my HBO show rankings.

I still don't care for Nate even after the finale.

Ted was the most likeable character and he was only on the show for like 4 episodes.

I like how they projected Rico to be fat at the time of his death.

I liked the show, and maybe it was appropriate given the setting (LA), but god damn the liberal propaganda was in full tilt. Sometimes I couldn't tell if the writers were making fun of extreme leftist or not.

I'll read up on him. I know Peter Krause is a lib from just reading a little bit about him. I lean socially moderate to liberal TBH. But the message was strong.

I was actually sad to see Rico go out on his own. I was thinking and hoping he and David would work something out to stay together.

I started watching Parenthood with Peter Krause as Adam before I watched SFU so was a big fan of that character. I guess that's why I always gave Nate a pass. One of the things I loved about the show was the the first few minutes when they set up the rest of the episode of who was going to be needing their services. Some of those were hysterically funny, some horrible and some incredibly sad.

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I started watching Parenthood with Peter Krause as Adam before I watched SFU so was a big fan of that character. I guess that's why I always gave Nate a pass.

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I liked him on Sports Night (with Felicity Huffman and Robert Guillaume) before he did Six Feet Under. Too bad that show only lasted a couple years

The question of likability is something I've seen mentioned RE: Six Feet Under before and there were times I didn't enjoy the show because the negative reaction I had to the characters was too strong. But in this case that is a compliment to their authenticity - because they rang true enough to aggravate me because I saw in them characteristics of people I have known in RL