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Six Feet Under
S5.E12
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Everyone's Waiting

  • Episode aired Aug 21, 2005
  • TV-MA
  • 1h 13m
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9.9/10
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James Cromwell and Frances Conroy in Six Feet Under (2001)
ComedyDrama

The Fishers begin the healing process while embracing the future.The Fishers begin the healing process while embracing the future.The Fishers begin the healing process while embracing the future.

  • Director
    • Alan Ball
  • Writer
    • Alan Ball
  • Stars
    • Peter Krause
    • Michael C. Hall
    • Frances Conroy
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  • IMDb RATING
    9.9/10
    15K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Alan Ball
    • Writer
      • Alan Ball
    • Stars
      • Peter Krause
      • Michael C. Hall
      • Frances Conroy
    • 103User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Peter Krause
    Peter Krause
    • Nate Fisher
    Michael C. Hall
    Michael C. Hall
    • David Fisher
    Frances Conroy
    Frances Conroy
    • Ruth Fisher
    Lauren Ambrose
    Lauren Ambrose
    • Claire Fisher
    Freddy Rodríguez
    Freddy Rodríguez
    • Federico 'Rico' Diaz
    Mathew St. Patrick
    Mathew St. Patrick
    • Keith Charles
    Justina Machado
    Justina Machado
    • Vanessa Diaz
    James Cromwell
    James Cromwell
    • George Sibley
    Rachel Griffiths
    Rachel Griffiths
    • Brenda Chenowith
    Kathy Bates
    Kathy Bates
    • Bettina
    Jeremy Sisto
    Jeremy Sisto
    • Billy Chenowith
    Joanna Cassidy
    Joanna Cassidy
    • Margaret Chenowith
    Richard Jenkins
    Richard Jenkins
    • Nathaniel Fisher
    Tina Holmes
    Tina Holmes
    • Maggie
    Peter Macdissi
    Peter Macdissi
    • Olivier Castro-Staal
    Chris Messina
    Chris Messina
    • Ted
    Kendre Berry
    Kendre Berry
    • Durrell
    C.J. Sanders
    C.J. Sanders
    • Anthony
    • Director
      • Alan Ball
    • Writer
      • Alan Ball
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    User reviews103

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    10ekho37

    Speechless

    Speechless would sum it up for me. This was the best ending to an amazing series. It will put you through a whirlwind of emotions. My husband and I just sat there in a trance. We were so excited to see the last episode but yet sad at the same time. We have watched the series from the beginning and you start to feel like you are a part of the Fisher family. We felt like we could relate to so many of the episodes. This last one though had the perfect ending. Just thinking about it makes me teary eyed. When it was all over with we looked at each other and said "now what?" It was like saying goodbye to your foster family. For those of you who haven't seen it...be prepared to be left speechless. Oh and don't forget the tissues, you will probably need them.
    10whydoeseverythingsuck

    Worth Watching the Entire Series, Just for this Episode

    Much has already been stated about this episode, and having just completed it I feel compelled to make my first post on IMDb.

    Simply put, this is a marvel of cinema. I enjoyed the series as a whole, but even those parts that did not so completely capture my interest were validated by this finale.

    I can honestly say that I have never seen the like. Finales as a whole tend to be either obvious or lacking despite being perhaps the most important of all episodes in a given series.

    I would just like to encourage anyone who hasn't seen this show to watch it from start to finish even if they aren't mesmerized by it just to fully understand and absorb this incredible conclusion.

    I can't speak highly enough of it, this is a masterpiece.
    10nathaliamueller

    Perfect

    This is the most perfect end for a TV series I've ever seen. It is unexpected in so many ways and yet it is just what is should be. After seeing this episode, I am totally convinced that there could not have been a better ending for this series. It was perfectly written and acted out and it was just the right moment to end the series. I have seen this episode at least three times and I've wept every time -- and I'm really not someone who shows emotions.

    The power of this episode stems from the fact that throughout the series, you feel like a member of the Fisher family and it is just heartbreaking to see the series end -- at the same time it is perfect. As eloquent as I'd like to sound, there is no word that describes this better than perfect.

    It's the most fitting way to say goodbye to the Fishers and their friends.
    10sect-sin

    What else is there to say?

    I'm awestruck. Breathless. Unbelieveing. The conclusion of the whole nine yards of this masterpiece of a series just leaves you sitting there, looking around you, having absolutely no clue what to do, how to go on with your life. You want to grab hold of one of your loved ones, squeeze them hard against you, never wanting to let go. Or you just walk around aimlessly in your garden, trying to get order among the maelstrom of thoughts swirling around in your head. Or you just sit in silence, having the feeling that your guts are trying to digest something as indigestible as an obsidian stone. And then, when you think that it's over, you just realize that it stays with you, for days and days, the movie having created a new and permanent pocket of emotions in your brain, hitting you again and again at the least expected moments.

    It kicks you in your stomach like Muhammed Ali would have done. It's like an orgasm you're never going to have again in your whole life. It's serene, beautiful, astonishing, morbid and ironic, and last but not least, utterly true.

    The whole series is organic. It grows with you or you grow with it. It seems - even during its seldom seen weaker moments - that it is written and planned to become one monstre psychedelic trip of life, one huge lesson. It's not a series which is meant to go on and on without an end, like you see a lot nowadays. It has a beginning, there is an evolution, and you also get a soul tearing conclusion you will never forget.

    Watch all episodes. Slowly, in a dark room, when you are calm, paying attention to all the minuscule details. Join the Fishers, let them be your foster family for a time. You are never going to regret it.
    10zbyp

    The best 10 minutes I have ever seen

    I just finished watching SFU. Before giving my opinion I would like to say that I’ve watched a lot of great TV-series such as The X Files, Twin Peaks, Dexter, etc. I think they somehow changed me. But Six Feet Under especially the last episode, last 10 minutes was the greatest experience. I can’t remember the time that i cried (probably when i was a child), but during this last 10 minutes crying was all i did, and also another half an hour after that. I see now what people are, that without them you are nothing, maybe you can be happy alone but how long??? I know now that i need to change many in my life, if i had seen SFU earlier i wouldn’t have hurt so many people's feelings. I am 25 (was born in 1983 like Claire) and wonder now if i’ll read this in the future, how my life would be then. All i know is that this last 10 minutes i will never forget.

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    • Trivia
      Alan Ball fought for the 3-minute closing credit roll as a tribute to the crew who had worked so hard on the show for 5 years.
    • Goofs
      In one scene, Ruth finds Maya's stuffed monkey lodged between the refrigerator and the wall in the kitchen, but in all previous shots of the fridge (after Maya has left) the monkey isn't there.
    • Quotes

      Nate: Claire, you wanna know a secret? I spent my whole life being scared. Scared of not being ready, of not being right, of not being who I should be. And where did it get me?

    • Crazy credits
      According to Allan Ball, the end credit scroll is slower than usual as a tribute to the show's greatly appreciated but under-acknowledged crew.
    • Connections
      Featured in The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2006)
    • Soundtracks
      Empty Space
      (uncredited)

      by Lifehouse

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    • Release date
      • August 21, 2005 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • La Brea Tar Pits - 5801 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Actual Size Films
      • Actual Size Productions
      • Greenblatt Janolari Studio
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 13m(73 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1
      • 16:9 HD

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