Welcome to the sweetly twisted world of HBO’s highly acclaimed original series Six Feet Under, where at Fisher & Sons Funeral Home, tending to dead bodies is all in a day’s work.
The award-winning show was created by Alan Ball, the Oscar-winning writer of American Beauty. Using dramatic irony and dark, situational humor, the show approaches the subject of death through the eyes of the Fisher family, who own and operate a funeral home in Los Angeles.
If you need a refresher course on the characters and events of the first two seasons, you can get it here:
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Season One
Season Two
But if you want to know what’s next for the Fisher family, we got a few choice tidbits direct from HBO.
What We’ll See in Season 3
Episode #27–“Perfect Circles”: Fisher & Sons is now Fisher & Diaz, and Frederico (Freddy Rodriguez) is trying to make sure he’s not a “gofer” anymore; David (Michael C. Hall) and Keith (Mathew St. Patrick) try couples therapy; Claire (Lauren Ambrose) takes an interest in crematory worker Phil (J.P. Pitoc); Ruth (Frances Conroy) is obsessed with granddaughter Maya; and Lisa (Lili Taylor) copes with the quirks of her boss and landlord, Carol (Catherine O’Hara).
Episode #28–“You Never Know”: David and Rico are at odds over doing business with the family of a deceased telemarketer; Claire finds she may have more in common with a fellow student than with Phil; Ruth makes a new friend while visiting her sister; David and Keith get a taste of a different kind of family life; and Carol continues to make Lisa miserable.
Episode #29–“Another Voice”: Keith and David find the reality of a resort vacation to be different than advertised; Ruth goes on a shopping spree with Bettina (Kathy Bates); and Claire gets a lesson in “sick” art from her new teacher, Olivier (Peter Macdissi). She continues to have doubts about her relationship with Phil.
Episode #30–“Nobody Sleeps”: A deceased gay man’s partner plans an operatic tribute at Fisher & Diaz; Lisa plans a birthday party for Ruth that nobody seems to want; Bettina flashes her teeth at the dentist’s office; and Claire has a night to remember with Russell (Ben Foster) and two outlaw art teachers.
Episode #31–“The Trap”: Ruth sets the ground rules for a new live-in apprentice named Arthur (Rainn Wilson); David meets an old acquaintance at a L.A. Gay Men’s Chorus rehearsal; and Claire agrees to be Olivier’s assistant, but is surprised by her responsibilities.
The third season kicks off Sunday, March 2 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET), exclusively on HBO. In addition, the first three episodes of this season will air back-to-back on Saturday, March 22, beginning at 10:00 p.m.
Returning directors include Dan Attias (The Sopranos), Alan Ball and Kathy Bates (who also makes a guest appearance). New directors include Nicole Holofcener (Lovely & Amazing), Daniel Minahan (Series 7: The Contenders) and Karen Moncrieff (Blue Car).
For more information on Six Feet Under, please visit the official site at http://www.hbo.com/sixfeetunder/.
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