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I was told that this was one of the first series to be filmed in HD? sailor iain ( talk) 11:20, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
Alan Ball has commented publicly--notably in a Globe and Mail article that I've now lost--that much of his inspiration for the show was Thomas Lynch's book The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade; would people find that helpful when thinking about Six Feet Under in this context?
The article refers to the funeral home as Fisher & Diaz, which is correct for much of the show, but it did start out and end as Fisher & Sons?
Infomration on writers/directors came from:
What makes characters like Keith and George supporting characters, as opposed to major characters? -- DrBat July 3, 2005 19:14 (UTC)
I gave characters own article, Characters of Six Feet Under, but added a chart with a brief outline on each character on the main page. Hope everyone likes it and feel free to proofread for grammar. 67.80.211.57 00:12, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
Who was that obnoxious woman who flirted with David, you know the prim lady that kept showing up at funerals and in church talking a mile a minute? Finally David told her, "You know I'm GAY!" or something. And who was Ruth's sister? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.75.63.191 ( talk) 03:56, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
The contents of the page mention at least two major plot twists. I tried to figure out a way to separate them such that the spoiler warning could go somewhere besides the top but there's no way unless the flow of the text is ruined - see the quick mention of Lisa for an example. For someone watching the show on DVD that's only seen the first few seasons this would be a MAJOR revelation.
Character list needs the deaths removed, they're pretty big spoilers I'd say for some of them and theres no warning and they're not useful as a character description. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.32.140.183 ( talk) 15:32, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
You can use accents with Spanish Surnames: Díaz, Rodríguez, López... If you guys have any doubts, don't hesitate to ask native people :)
Gaudio 10:50, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
Are Nathaniel and Isabel a real book series or Not ?-- Brown Shoes22 23:54, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
Who thinks the main image should be the one with the entire cast (located in the trivia section), and not the image in the opening credits w/the tree? -- DrBat 20:02, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
Just added a little bit to the Trivia section, the original point was contradictory.
-- 155.143.199.124 03:25, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
There was a peculiar choice of words in the paragraph about Six Feet Under's elements of magical realism. I changed "In the later seasons, a similar device is used..." to "A similar device is occasionally used..." as this device was evident as early as the Pilot episode in which David imagines screaming at someone. Anyone disagree? Mawied 08:30, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
Six feet under had teasers for season 1 as well but they arent listed, nor could I find any links. Anyone knows if they are available on the net as they conveyed the mood of Six Feet Under quite well and spurred people who didnt really know about the series to watch the pilot.
I've thoroughly corrected the DVD section with organized and complete information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SeptemberX1990 ( talk • contribs)
I realize people don't visit the SFU page so I'll put this in capitals to grab attention...WILL SOMEONE ADD A PICTURE OF THE COMPLETE SERIES ON THE DVD SECTION...and I just finished updating the DVD section fixing the audio and video summaries and fixing info about the complete series.. thank u SeptemberX1990
I added an awards list but it only contains the Emmys and Golden Globes. I didn't want to add the nominations because I think having too much would make it look too cluttered and unorganized. SeptemberX1990 14:15, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
I moved the recurring characters and celebrity cameo appearances after the main characters list, moved the "list of DVD releases" link below the promotions and moved sheduling changes above the trivia to make the page look organized. SeptemberX1990 14:21, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Shouldn't the family tree include David's marriage to Keith (and the adoption of their two sons) and the marriage of Claire to her future husband? Keith was very much part of the family throughout the series, and the adoption happened during the series, and whilst the rest are future events, they are destined to happen, so why not include them? - Kez 22:36, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
Why isn't Ruth's sister on the family tree?
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Why is the family tree here at all? It has spoilers for people who haven't finished the series and adds nothing of value. 50.1.125.8 ( talk) 20:47, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
I removed the external link that spoils the series finale (which it did to me!)
Any objections?
This was the link:
{{spoiler}}
obituaries of main characters dying in series finale
- Gazongagizmo 11:04, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
It was suggested [ here] that Six Feet Under portrayed the first gay inter-racial television kiss. Can anyone confirm, and provide an air-date? (or just fix the article in question) Charles (Kznf) 15:03, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
There seems to be no rationale for inclusion in the main chart about the characters. Clair's school friends, many who only appeared in a handful of episodes, get listed, but Tracy Montrose Blair is not? Bravo uses the clip of her asking "Why do people have to die?" in all their promos for the show. RoyBatty42 19:10, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
A new noticeboard, Wikipedia:Fiction noticeboard, has been created. - Peregrine Fisher 18:26, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
This template is unencyclopedic. It is not 'standard' - it has been removed from several thousand articles already and is now used nowhere. See [1]-- Docg 16:52, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
The article currently gives not only a neighborhood in which the show was set, but an exact address. I'm really curious where that comes from, whether it's legit, and whether it means the filming location for the home exteriors, the setting within the fictional universe, or both... Please feel free to send me a message if you know the answer to this. Hermitage 00:36, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
please note the concerns addressed here: Talk:List_of_Six_Feet_Under_characters#Character_Redirect. Eusebeus ( talk) 15:59, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
Can someone put spoiler tags in? I just ruined a major character arc for myself. Probably should have known better, but still. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ed270791 ( talk • contribs) 08:47, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
In the main article and in several of the character bios, the conversations with dead people are repeatedly referred to as being wholly imaginary - "They represent the living character's internal dialogue by exposing it as an external conversation." Is this truly an accurate description? Several times throughout the series these conversations with the dead include information that the living person could not possibly know - for instance, David's conversation with the dead gang member includes information and terminology that David would not know. Is there anything official from the creators that says that these conversations are wholly imaginary or is this description just someone's favored interpretation? I haven't watched the entire series yet but I haven't seen anything yet that indicates that they aren't actually seeing and speaking to the dead. Resistance is Character-Forming ( talk) 02:47, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi all - am working my way through disambiguation for Caretaker - could someone possibly clarify what Bettina's role is in the show? Is she more of a carer? Thanks, Richsage ( talk) 14:20, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
In the scene where Brenda is talking to her brother and they are both old and she dies, does this indicate they were married after all, brother & sister? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.25.152.185 ( talk) 02:18, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
No, Brenda's obituary says she married another man. I'm pretty sure the implication - and joke - is that Billy eventually talked her to death. - 23 Feb 2008
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There used to be an awards list on here, why was it deleted? I think thats an important and interesting thing to include about a television show. - 23 Feb 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.11.80.249 ( talk) 20:03, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
I'd love to try to include a section including some of the major themes of the series, since this seems to be a common section to many featured articles for TV series. Any thoughts? It would also be nice to have a season-by-season synopsis in the main article, don't you think? Any comments would be greatly appreciated!
Mlodemn ( talk) 01:20, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
A major themes section is now in place! I look forward to any edits or suggestions for improvement. Mlodemn ( talk) 05:57, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for ruining the entire series for me by showing [a major plot point] at the beginning of a graph! All I wanted to find out was whether he won an Emmy or not! You couldn't post that at the top of the page, only Golden Globes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.184.39.244 ( talk) 12:20, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
The TV series article is not more notable than the band. It was already discussed and solved here (if it is moved to an archive, look for "Redirect question"), but I am saying it again: Six Feet Under is the fourth best-selling death metal act and consists band members from the most influental and important death metal bands ever, 3 of the members were in 3 of 6 best selling death metal bands, Six Feet Under is nuber 4.( link). On Youtube are under Six Feet Under 8 of 20 videos about the band even when the other thing is a TV series with 63 episodes. Google gives for "six feet under HBO" about 318 000 and for "six feet under TV series" about 348 000, for "six feet under metal" 555 000, and for "six feet under metal band" about 1 900 000. According to "naming conventions" on Wikipedia:Disambiguation, we have to keep the band and TV series on the same level. The TV series is not more notable than the band. Stay WP:NEU, tolerant and drop prejudice to heavy metal please.--Lykantrop ( Talk) 10:35, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
Here is information needed because I actually came to the article looking for it: the name of the art photographer who did the promo shots for several of their seasons (most notably the one set in the kitchen of all the characters for the second season). Should be listed in the section for promotions, as it is rather notable. SteveCoppock ( talk) 22:35, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
To me, this section seems a little pointless. Shouldn't it be merged with the episode guide ( List of Six Feet Under episodes) which I also notice ended up confusingly in a seperate article from the main Six Feet Under entry? I vote for consolidation of the two. Red Gown ( talk) 02:33, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
I demand that he not be referred to as "husband." Doing so only promotes the POV that homosexual marriage is acceptable and exposes Wikipedia's extreme liberal bias. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.185.93.155 ( talk) 03:39, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
A request for comments has been started that could affect the inclusion or exclusion of episode and character, as well as other fiction articles. Please visit the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(fiction)#Final_adoption_as_a_guideline. Ikip ( talk) 11:06, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
SFU can definitely be considered a black comedy/dark comedy. While SFU has some of the most dramatic television moments ever, there's still quite a dose of dark humor throughout the series, I don't think anyone who's seen the series can say there's not comedy. The show synopsis section in the article mentions it has dark humor. Need sources?
Use your browser keyword search to locate mentions black comedy, dark comedy, dark humor, etc. Drovethrughosts ( talk) 00:12, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Is it really necessary to have twelve citations for the sentence in the second paragraph about it having the best finale? "[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]" is not easy on the eyes. — Hex (❝?!❞) 23:43, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
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Tyler Cassity of Hollywood Forever Cemetery was a consultant for the show. 1: The Shroud of Marin 2: Six Feet Under: Death becomes them
There's also been speculation that the Cassity family served as the show's inspiration, but I can't find anything to back up that claim. 144.178.0.204 ( talk) 04:56, 18 August 2019 (UTC) Darwin
Genres in both the infobox and the body of the article need reliable sourcingto be included. MarnetteD| Talk 23:53, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
In the end, this goes back to Marnette's original point. Before even arguing over whether "tragedy" is a television genre (though doubts have been raised, so it might be useful to see sources establishing that it is considered one), sources are needed claiming that this series is such a series. It might be best to raise the question of whether "tragedy" is considered a television genre at WT:TV, where a wider range of editors are likely to see it. DonIago ( talk) 03:57, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
The sources added here do not support the genre label "tragedy". Salon says "...her family's dysfunction blended a form of ancient Greek tragedy with the exaggeration of an Aaron Spelling primetime soap", and the unpublished paper by Whitby compares and contrasts the series with the tragedy Antigone but does not say that Six Feet itself is an instance of a tragedy. In fact, he uses "HBO" as the de facto genre label (but of course that is not actually a genre). -- bonadea contributions talk 22:43, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
A form of ancient Greek tragedy. Not a tragedy."a form of ancient Greek tragedy [blended] with the exaggeration of an Aaron Spelling primetime soap" is not a genre label.
Direct comparisons to Greek tragedy. But not a tragedy.Indeed not a tragedy. Whitby states that several times, on pages 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7. -- bonadea contributions talk 13:35, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
The template that links to the seasons is broken. The links are now supposed to go to a link that looks like "List_of_Six_Feet_Under_episodes#Season_1_(2001)". Anyone know how to fix it? -- KJRehberg ( talk) 01:08, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
Episode 41, "In case of Rapture", bore an uncannily striking similarity to a news article reported some years earlier in the 'Funny Old World' section of British satirical magazine Private Eye, and which had stuck with me because of its ridiculousness. Did Alan Ball ever acknowledge his inspiration for this storyline? 86.155.206.70 ( talk) 16:54, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
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I was told that this was one of the first series to be filmed in HD? sailor iain ( talk) 11:20, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
Alan Ball has commented publicly--notably in a Globe and Mail article that I've now lost--that much of his inspiration for the show was Thomas Lynch's book The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade; would people find that helpful when thinking about Six Feet Under in this context?
The article refers to the funeral home as Fisher & Diaz, which is correct for much of the show, but it did start out and end as Fisher & Sons?
Infomration on writers/directors came from:
What makes characters like Keith and George supporting characters, as opposed to major characters? -- DrBat July 3, 2005 19:14 (UTC)
I gave characters own article, Characters of Six Feet Under, but added a chart with a brief outline on each character on the main page. Hope everyone likes it and feel free to proofread for grammar. 67.80.211.57 00:12, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
Who was that obnoxious woman who flirted with David, you know the prim lady that kept showing up at funerals and in church talking a mile a minute? Finally David told her, "You know I'm GAY!" or something. And who was Ruth's sister? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.75.63.191 ( talk) 03:56, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
The contents of the page mention at least two major plot twists. I tried to figure out a way to separate them such that the spoiler warning could go somewhere besides the top but there's no way unless the flow of the text is ruined - see the quick mention of Lisa for an example. For someone watching the show on DVD that's only seen the first few seasons this would be a MAJOR revelation.
Character list needs the deaths removed, they're pretty big spoilers I'd say for some of them and theres no warning and they're not useful as a character description. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.32.140.183 ( talk) 15:32, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
You can use accents with Spanish Surnames: Díaz, Rodríguez, López... If you guys have any doubts, don't hesitate to ask native people :)
Gaudio 10:50, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
Are Nathaniel and Isabel a real book series or Not ?-- Brown Shoes22 23:54, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
Who thinks the main image should be the one with the entire cast (located in the trivia section), and not the image in the opening credits w/the tree? -- DrBat 20:02, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
Just added a little bit to the Trivia section, the original point was contradictory.
-- 155.143.199.124 03:25, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
There was a peculiar choice of words in the paragraph about Six Feet Under's elements of magical realism. I changed "In the later seasons, a similar device is used..." to "A similar device is occasionally used..." as this device was evident as early as the Pilot episode in which David imagines screaming at someone. Anyone disagree? Mawied 08:30, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
Six feet under had teasers for season 1 as well but they arent listed, nor could I find any links. Anyone knows if they are available on the net as they conveyed the mood of Six Feet Under quite well and spurred people who didnt really know about the series to watch the pilot.
I've thoroughly corrected the DVD section with organized and complete information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SeptemberX1990 ( talk • contribs)
I realize people don't visit the SFU page so I'll put this in capitals to grab attention...WILL SOMEONE ADD A PICTURE OF THE COMPLETE SERIES ON THE DVD SECTION...and I just finished updating the DVD section fixing the audio and video summaries and fixing info about the complete series.. thank u SeptemberX1990
I added an awards list but it only contains the Emmys and Golden Globes. I didn't want to add the nominations because I think having too much would make it look too cluttered and unorganized. SeptemberX1990 14:15, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
I moved the recurring characters and celebrity cameo appearances after the main characters list, moved the "list of DVD releases" link below the promotions and moved sheduling changes above the trivia to make the page look organized. SeptemberX1990 14:21, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Shouldn't the family tree include David's marriage to Keith (and the adoption of their two sons) and the marriage of Claire to her future husband? Keith was very much part of the family throughout the series, and the adoption happened during the series, and whilst the rest are future events, they are destined to happen, so why not include them? - Kez 22:36, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
Why isn't Ruth's sister on the family tree?
Randal6546 (
talk)
13:42, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
Why is the family tree here at all? It has spoilers for people who haven't finished the series and adds nothing of value. 50.1.125.8 ( talk) 20:47, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
I removed the external link that spoils the series finale (which it did to me!)
Any objections?
This was the link:
{{spoiler}}
obituaries of main characters dying in series finale
- Gazongagizmo 11:04, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
It was suggested [ here] that Six Feet Under portrayed the first gay inter-racial television kiss. Can anyone confirm, and provide an air-date? (or just fix the article in question) Charles (Kznf) 15:03, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
There seems to be no rationale for inclusion in the main chart about the characters. Clair's school friends, many who only appeared in a handful of episodes, get listed, but Tracy Montrose Blair is not? Bravo uses the clip of her asking "Why do people have to die?" in all their promos for the show. RoyBatty42 19:10, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
A new noticeboard, Wikipedia:Fiction noticeboard, has been created. - Peregrine Fisher 18:26, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
This template is unencyclopedic. It is not 'standard' - it has been removed from several thousand articles already and is now used nowhere. See [1]-- Docg 16:52, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
The article currently gives not only a neighborhood in which the show was set, but an exact address. I'm really curious where that comes from, whether it's legit, and whether it means the filming location for the home exteriors, the setting within the fictional universe, or both... Please feel free to send me a message if you know the answer to this. Hermitage 00:36, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
please note the concerns addressed here: Talk:List_of_Six_Feet_Under_characters#Character_Redirect. Eusebeus ( talk) 15:59, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
Can someone put spoiler tags in? I just ruined a major character arc for myself. Probably should have known better, but still. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ed270791 ( talk • contribs) 08:47, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
In the main article and in several of the character bios, the conversations with dead people are repeatedly referred to as being wholly imaginary - "They represent the living character's internal dialogue by exposing it as an external conversation." Is this truly an accurate description? Several times throughout the series these conversations with the dead include information that the living person could not possibly know - for instance, David's conversation with the dead gang member includes information and terminology that David would not know. Is there anything official from the creators that says that these conversations are wholly imaginary or is this description just someone's favored interpretation? I haven't watched the entire series yet but I haven't seen anything yet that indicates that they aren't actually seeing and speaking to the dead. Resistance is Character-Forming ( talk) 02:47, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi all - am working my way through disambiguation for Caretaker - could someone possibly clarify what Bettina's role is in the show? Is she more of a carer? Thanks, Richsage ( talk) 14:20, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
In the scene where Brenda is talking to her brother and they are both old and she dies, does this indicate they were married after all, brother & sister? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.25.152.185 ( talk) 02:18, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
No, Brenda's obituary says she married another man. I'm pretty sure the implication - and joke - is that Billy eventually talked her to death. - 23 Feb 2008
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There used to be an awards list on here, why was it deleted? I think thats an important and interesting thing to include about a television show. - 23 Feb 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.11.80.249 ( talk) 20:03, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
I'd love to try to include a section including some of the major themes of the series, since this seems to be a common section to many featured articles for TV series. Any thoughts? It would also be nice to have a season-by-season synopsis in the main article, don't you think? Any comments would be greatly appreciated!
Mlodemn ( talk) 01:20, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
A major themes section is now in place! I look forward to any edits or suggestions for improvement. Mlodemn ( talk) 05:57, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for ruining the entire series for me by showing [a major plot point] at the beginning of a graph! All I wanted to find out was whether he won an Emmy or not! You couldn't post that at the top of the page, only Golden Globes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.184.39.244 ( talk) 12:20, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
The TV series article is not more notable than the band. It was already discussed and solved here (if it is moved to an archive, look for "Redirect question"), but I am saying it again: Six Feet Under is the fourth best-selling death metal act and consists band members from the most influental and important death metal bands ever, 3 of the members were in 3 of 6 best selling death metal bands, Six Feet Under is nuber 4.( link). On Youtube are under Six Feet Under 8 of 20 videos about the band even when the other thing is a TV series with 63 episodes. Google gives for "six feet under HBO" about 318 000 and for "six feet under TV series" about 348 000, for "six feet under metal" 555 000, and for "six feet under metal band" about 1 900 000. According to "naming conventions" on Wikipedia:Disambiguation, we have to keep the band and TV series on the same level. The TV series is not more notable than the band. Stay WP:NEU, tolerant and drop prejudice to heavy metal please.--Lykantrop ( Talk) 10:35, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
Here is information needed because I actually came to the article looking for it: the name of the art photographer who did the promo shots for several of their seasons (most notably the one set in the kitchen of all the characters for the second season). Should be listed in the section for promotions, as it is rather notable. SteveCoppock ( talk) 22:35, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
To me, this section seems a little pointless. Shouldn't it be merged with the episode guide ( List of Six Feet Under episodes) which I also notice ended up confusingly in a seperate article from the main Six Feet Under entry? I vote for consolidation of the two. Red Gown ( talk) 02:33, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
I demand that he not be referred to as "husband." Doing so only promotes the POV that homosexual marriage is acceptable and exposes Wikipedia's extreme liberal bias. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.185.93.155 ( talk) 03:39, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
A request for comments has been started that could affect the inclusion or exclusion of episode and character, as well as other fiction articles. Please visit the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(fiction)#Final_adoption_as_a_guideline. Ikip ( talk) 11:06, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
SFU can definitely be considered a black comedy/dark comedy. While SFU has some of the most dramatic television moments ever, there's still quite a dose of dark humor throughout the series, I don't think anyone who's seen the series can say there's not comedy. The show synopsis section in the article mentions it has dark humor. Need sources?
Use your browser keyword search to locate mentions black comedy, dark comedy, dark humor, etc. Drovethrughosts ( talk) 00:12, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Is it really necessary to have twelve citations for the sentence in the second paragraph about it having the best finale? "[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]" is not easy on the eyes. — Hex (❝?!❞) 23:43, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
Since editors have determined that edit warring is a better practice than discussion on this page, I have protected it. Please work out the issue here first. -- Laser brain (talk) 15:25, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
I have removed one of the references, which is now access-restricted and which is not available via Wayback.
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Tyler Cassity of Hollywood Forever Cemetery was a consultant for the show. 1: The Shroud of Marin 2: Six Feet Under: Death becomes them
There's also been speculation that the Cassity family served as the show's inspiration, but I can't find anything to back up that claim. 144.178.0.204 ( talk) 04:56, 18 August 2019 (UTC) Darwin
Genres in both the infobox and the body of the article need reliable sourcingto be included. MarnetteD| Talk 23:53, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
In the end, this goes back to Marnette's original point. Before even arguing over whether "tragedy" is a television genre (though doubts have been raised, so it might be useful to see sources establishing that it is considered one), sources are needed claiming that this series is such a series. It might be best to raise the question of whether "tragedy" is considered a television genre at WT:TV, where a wider range of editors are likely to see it. DonIago ( talk) 03:57, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
The sources added here do not support the genre label "tragedy". Salon says "...her family's dysfunction blended a form of ancient Greek tragedy with the exaggeration of an Aaron Spelling primetime soap", and the unpublished paper by Whitby compares and contrasts the series with the tragedy Antigone but does not say that Six Feet itself is an instance of a tragedy. In fact, he uses "HBO" as the de facto genre label (but of course that is not actually a genre). -- bonadea contributions talk 22:43, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
A form of ancient Greek tragedy. Not a tragedy."a form of ancient Greek tragedy [blended] with the exaggeration of an Aaron Spelling primetime soap" is not a genre label.
Direct comparisons to Greek tragedy. But not a tragedy.Indeed not a tragedy. Whitby states that several times, on pages 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7. -- bonadea contributions talk 13:35, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
The template that links to the seasons is broken. The links are now supposed to go to a link that looks like "List_of_Six_Feet_Under_episodes#Season_1_(2001)". Anyone know how to fix it? -- KJRehberg ( talk) 01:08, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
Episode 41, "In case of Rapture", bore an uncannily striking similarity to a news article reported some years earlier in the 'Funny Old World' section of British satirical magazine Private Eye, and which had stuck with me because of its ridiculousness. Did Alan Ball ever acknowledge his inspiration for this storyline? 86.155.206.70 ( talk) 16:54, 24 December 2023 (UTC)