"Six Feet Under" Everyone's Waiting (2005)

Director:

Alan Ball

Writers:

Alan Ball (creator)
Alan Ball (written by)

TV Series:

"Six Feet Under" (2001)

Original Air Date:

21 August 2005 (Season 5, Episode 12)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Nate and Brenda's daughter Willa is born, but 2 months early and at only 2 lb. 4 oz., requiring an elongated hospital stay...

Plot Keywords:

Ghost | Jogging | Female Photographer | 2080s | Birthday Party

Cast

Peter Krause	...	Nate Fisher
Michael C. Hall	...	David Fisher
Frances Conroy	...	Ruth Fisher
Lauren Ambrose	...	Claire Fisher
Freddy Rodríguez	...	Federico 'Rico' Diaz
Mathew St. Patrick	...	Keith Charles
Justina Machado	...	Vanessa Diaz
James Cromwell	...	George Sibley
Rachel Griffiths	...	Brenda Chenowith
Kathy Bates	...	Bettina
Jeremy Sisto	...	Billy Chenowith
Joanna Cassidy	...	Margaret Chenowith
Richard Jenkins	...	Nathaniel Fisher
Tina Holmes	...	Maggie Sibley
Peter Macdissi	...	Olivier Castro-Staal

Runtime:

USA:75 min | Argentina:60 min | 67 min (DVD version)

Certification:

Argentina:16

Trivia:

For a scene such as the one where Claire listens to Ted leaving messages, an assistant director would usually be employed to stand off-screen and read for the on-screen actor to react to. Chris Messina, who plays Ted, came on set and read so that his chemistry Lauren Ambrose would translate into the scene.

Quotes:

George Sibley: [after her reminder that he left her and her brother, never to fully regain contact] I'm sorry.
Maggie Sibley: Don't be. That's the way life is, right? I mean, you ruin things, you walk away. You go somewhere else until it's ruined... Just let me go.

Movie Connections:

References Underground (2003) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Doctor My Eyes

Holy Mackaral

I've watched plenty of show finales in my lifetime. Many had great endings and some had decent ones. I recently finished watching every episode of all 5 seasons of this amazing show while deployed in Iraq. From start to finish, I was completely captivated by the characters as they went about their every day lives. After the credits commenced to roll in Season 5's Series Finale "Everyone's Waiting". I just sat there in my chair completely flabbergasted at "Alan Ball's" incredible and yet honest ending. Of course, that is after I wiped the tears from my eyes and took an enormously deep and saddened "SIGH". I replayed that ending over five other times and still felt the same chills as though it was the first time. The Series finale has inspired me to regain my artistic composure, which I had temporarily lost for the last year and a half. It motivated me to call my wife and kids every day to tell them I missed and loved them so much. It very well has changed the way I look at life itself. I know it sounds kinda weird but it did. "Everyone's waiting" is the best ending I've ever seen in any medium of entertainment.