![]() ![]() We must soon regard Nate as a flawed anti-hero, but his influence becomes increasingly corrupting on those around him until we find ourselves asking “is Nate the villain of Six Feet Under?”. ![]() ![]() #Six feet under nate death dream series#But this reading becomes increasingly problematic as the series progresses. Thrown back into a family business which he has no real aptitude for, he physically grapples with death just as the Fisher family must emotionally grapple with Nathaniel’s passing. In Nate the producers give us an archetypal male hero – he is the uncompromising, good looking, sexually succesful (and heterosexual) lead played by a named star as an audience we would tend to understand Nate to be our key protagonist. Into this structure the series opens with the death of the Fisher family patriarch – the enigmatic Nathaniel – which forces Nate to reconnect with the family business he tried to escape. The funeral parlour setting frames the story of each episode and frames the story arc. Six Feet Under constantly invites us to consider death as a way of life. Six Feet Under is a simple narrative complicated by three red herrings: Nathaniel Jr. The following is a spoiler laden essay on Six Feet Under, co written with Jon Hickman (and also available on his blog). ![]()
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