I found the Six Feet Under complete series box set on eBay for a reasonable price. After reading the countless rave reviews, I decided to buy it and experience it for myself. The first two seasons and series finale are absolutely fantastic, 10/10 material. Once you hit season 3, the series slowly starts getting more (I'm going to invent a new word) soap-opera-ey. Everybody's relationships with each other become dysfunctional to an almost unrealistic degree. It makes you wonder if you're the only person you know that has anything resembling a normal life. On the whole, I'm willing to forgive most of the implausibilities and give the entire series a 9/10.
But THIS episode...dear God. This is easily the worst episode of the entire series! It completely betrays the character of David! This episode is so stupid! Who thought this was a good idea?!
First of all, David picks up a hitchhiker while driving a body across town. Why would anyone pick up a hitchhiker in a company vehicle during work hours, especially someone as committed to their career as David and on such a relatively short trip? When the hitchhiker pulls the gurney out of the van and knocks it over, David just whines like a little bitch. David holds too much respect for human life and his profession to just stand by. If I worked for a funeral home and someone took the body out of my hearse and threw it on the ground, I'd beat the crap out of them. He wasn't pointing the gun at you! You had like a dozen different opportunities to overpower him! It isn't until the end of the episode that he even attempts to do physically confront the guy. Oh, so NOW you think its appropriate to kick his ass instead of 30 MINUTES EARLIER IN THE EPISODE?! I should mention that by that point, he had already taken David hostage AND made him withdraw hundreds of dollars from his ATM.
I'm sorry, but out of all the crazy plot points they added in the later seasons, this was by far the most shoehorned in, pointless, uncharacteristic, and poorly done of them all. It infuriated me in a way none of the other episodes did. I'm glad the series ended when it did, because I fear what it could have become if it kept going.
But THIS episode...dear God. This is easily the worst episode of the entire series! It completely betrays the character of David! This episode is so stupid! Who thought this was a good idea?!
First of all, David picks up a hitchhiker while driving a body across town. Why would anyone pick up a hitchhiker in a company vehicle during work hours, especially someone as committed to their career as David and on such a relatively short trip? When the hitchhiker pulls the gurney out of the van and knocks it over, David just whines like a little bitch. David holds too much respect for human life and his profession to just stand by. If I worked for a funeral home and someone took the body out of my hearse and threw it on the ground, I'd beat the crap out of them. He wasn't pointing the gun at you! You had like a dozen different opportunities to overpower him! It isn't until the end of the episode that he even attempts to do physically confront the guy. Oh, so NOW you think its appropriate to kick his ass instead of 30 MINUTES EARLIER IN THE EPISODE?! I should mention that by that point, he had already taken David hostage AND made him withdraw hundreds of dollars from his ATM.
I'm sorry, but out of all the crazy plot points they added in the later seasons, this was by far the most shoehorned in, pointless, uncharacteristic, and poorly done of them all. It infuriated me in a way none of the other episodes did. I'm glad the series ended when it did, because I fear what it could have become if it kept going.