— My life is complete now that I have seen David Fisher squatting in an alley, experiencing crack-induced diarrhea.
— I think that Brenda’s mother is a comedic genius. That woman is so hilarious. Drinking wine, talking blithely about her “vaginal rejuvenation surgery”, completely unaware of how inappropriate she is. She hadn’t been in the first couple of episodes, and I missed her wacko evil-ness.
— Nate is a self-righteous dipshit. Love him, still think he’s hot, but he’s such a TYPE, isn’t he? That righteous “I am more enlightened than all of you” type. When he’s at the grieving group and he says, “Oh, I’m trying to get through the day, I’m trying to grieve…” all I could think was: “Yeah, and you treat your family like CRAP, you USE them, you are an ASS to them…” For being such a Mr. Self Help guy, he sure is dense.
— The whole scene in the kitchen, where Nate had his damn kid in his arms during a long conversation with his mother and Claire – and the kid (I am so sick of seeing Nate with that stupid KID) – the kid was just sitting there, placidly in his arms. The entire time. Er … from what planet does THAT baby come? She never wriggles, she never squirms, she never freakin’ MOVES. Also: the man has never heard of HIGH CHAIRS????? Buy a high chair, Nate, do it now. Buy a high chair, buy a stroller, please, I beg you.
— The entire abduction scene was very unexpected – and kind of horrible. I couldn’t help but put myself in David’s shoes. One of my greatest fears in life is to have something like that happen to me. And that moment when you realize: Wow. The person calling all the shots right now is completely insane, and I am in grave danger. The actor playing that kid was unbelievable, I thought. He played a perfectly amoral person. A babyfaced kid, with no self, no conscience, and yet with a weird open-eyed charm which sucked David right in. That was a PLUM part for that kid. He did a great job. I thought the entire scene was, inadvertently, an advertisement for the 2nd Amendment. I was DYING to watch that kid get blown away. I was DYING to see him get hurt. What a psychopath. Great acting job.
— I was SO happy to see Brooke Smith – the actress who played Claire’s photography teacher. You may recognize her as the chick trapped at the bottom of the well, throughout Silence of the Lambs. If Brooke Smith never did anything else but that, I would remember her always. She is GOOD. So I’m always happy to see her working.
Damn. I missed it last night. Thank jeebus for HBO on Demand, looks like it was a good episode.
Sorry – I gave the whole David thing away. You will not be able to see it coming!! The episode takes a crazy turn.
I hated hated HATED the whole David thing- it reminded me of one of those 90210 episodes where some psycho would hold Donna hostage- but Brenda’s mother saying “nobody wants to fuck a glass of water,” followed by Brenda gently settling down her glass of water, was the SFU moment of the year.
HAHAHA Yeah – I was watching it with Jen and she and I just HOWLED at that line.
And then Brenda randomly murmuring, “Your hair looks atrocious”
hey sheila, i thought you didn’t have hbo! that show is absolutely genius …. period. i also loved brenda’s mom talking her sex and life and her vagina in a run of the mill kind of way. she’s a nut and hysterically funny. i kind of liked the david thing, but most other people i’ve spoken to share stephen silver’s perspective and thought it was “movie-of-the-weekish….” i just kept thinking what i would do in that situation to get away. i thought the actor who played the abductor did a good job….he plays unstable very well.
and by the way shiela, only you,,,,ONLY YOU would not only recognize the well dweller from silence of the lambs, but know her name. you never cease to amaze and freak me out.
I actually went over to Jen’s to watch it! Still no HBO on my end.
Brooke Smith was also in “Vanya on 42nd Street” – a movie about the rehearsal process for Uncle Vanya … hard to explain. Julianne Moore was in it too.
Brooke Smith is a member of the Actors Studio, so I’ve actually met her a number of times but never got up the guts to say to her, “Oh my GOD, you were that girl in the bottom of the well, and you were SO GREAT”
Member her in the car singing “American Girl”?? It almost ruined that song for me forever!
David and Donna
Last nights episode of Six Feet Under reminded me of one of those 90210 episodes (there were two or three, at least) where Donna was held hostage by some thug. Heavy-handed, unbelievable, and inconsistent with the tone of the series,…
oh my gosh, yes i do remember that. i need to see that movie again.
oh my gosh, yes i do remember that. i need to see that movie again.
Stone the crows
Even his one-line reviews are generally pretty good, but Eric Alterman is way off-beam with this comment on the most recent episode of Six Feet Under: Worst TV show I’ve seen in a long time, “Six Feet Under,” this week,…