"Six Feet Under"
Static (2005)

Director:

Michael Cuesta

Writers:

Alan Ball (creator)
Craig Wright (written by)

TV Series:

"Six Feet Under" (2001)

Original Air Date:

14 August 2005 (Season 5, Episode 11)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Iraqi War veteran Paul Ronald Duncan receives a euthanasia in the hospital - and Claire, on drugs, takes...

Plot Keywords:

Euthanasia | Hearse | Drug Abuse | Husband Wife Relationship | Sex Addict

Cast

Peter Krause	...	Nate Fisher
Michael C. Hall	...	David Fisher
Frances Conroy	...	Ruth Fisher
Lauren Ambrose	...	Claire Fisher
Freddy Rodríguez	...	Federico Diaz
Mathew St. Patrick	...	Keith Charles
Justina Machado	...	Vanessa Diaz
James Cromwell	...	George Sibley
Rachel Griffiths	...	Brenda Chenowith
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kendre Berry	...	Durrell
Abby Brammell	...	Kirsten
Fred Fein	...	Crossing Guard
Tina Holmes	...	Maggie Sibley
Billy Lush	...	Paul Duncan
Chris Messina	...	Ted
Kristin Morley	...	Obstetrician
Jenny O'Hara	...	Garland Duncan
Kevin Rankin	...	Johnny
Giancarlo Rodriguez	...	Julio Diaz
C.J. Sanders	...	Anthony
Jeremy Sisto	...	Billy Chenowith
Amy Spanger	...	Holly Duncan
Charles C. Stevenson Jr.	...	Mechanic
Brenna Tosh	...	Maya Fisher
Bronwyn Tosh	...	Maya Fisher
Christine Tucci	...	Marianne
Libby West	...	Nurse

Quotes:

Nate: You only get one life. There's no God, no rules, except for those you accept or create for yourself. Then once it's over... it's over. Dreamless sleep forever and ever. So why not be happy while you're here?

Soundtrack:

Hunt Quartet - Adagio

Missing Nate

Holly, the sister of the mutilated soldier Paul Ronald Duncan, provides a lethal injection to him and he commits suicide. David is completely disturbed with the death of Nate and seeing Jake wearing a red hood. Brenda has an incestuous dream with Billy while Ruth insists on raising Maya. Claire is totally drunk and height everyday in her job, and after an argument with Kirsten, she is fired. When she arrives home and sees Paul's mother trunk with a plate "Support Our Troops", she offends the family with a political speech. Rico unsuccessfully tries to have a business meeting with David and Vanessa convinces him to schedule a visit with a real state agent to buy another funeral house, the Weingarden Mortuary. Claire capsizes her car after visiting Nate's grave.

In this episode, the Fisher family misses Nate. It is terrible to see an unbalanced woman like Ruth, who raised a dysfunctional family without any structure with an addicted daughter and a gay son, claiming that she is able to raise Maya. Claire makes a magnificent political speech in a very inappropriate moment. David is absolutely messed up and confused. Brenda seems to have resolved her incestuous issues with Billy. Rico will probably follow a professional way of his own with Vanessa. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "Estática" ("Static")