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First Aired: Jul. 10, 2005 on HBO

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Season 5 » Episode #06 - The Rainbow of Her Reasons

Six Feet Under - 05x06 The Rainbow of Her Reasons

Summary: unt Sarah comes to the funeral home to bury her friend Fiona, the woman who deflowered Nate when he was fifteen. The funeral provides temporary respite for both Brenda and Nate, who have spent the past few weeks suffering Billy's psychotically detailed analysis of his and Claire's recent break-up.Keith and David fight over the best way to handle their new foster charges, Durrell and Anthony. After only two weeks with the children, Keith is ready to throw in the towel, tired of fighting with the caustic Durrell-while David secretly harbors hopes of permanently adopting the brothers. Things finally come to a head when Keith and David get an assessment visit from a social worker.Ruth helps George settle into a new apartment all the while planning her escape from the marriage. Sarah's arrival provides Ruth with an excuse to spend a few nights away from George and she revels in the female kinship of Sarah and her high-spirited friends. George remains blissfully unaware of his wife's true intentions until Maggie visits and points out that Ruth's personal affects are conspicuously absent. In the end, George accepts the truth and surprises Ruth by setting her free.Claire signs up with a temp agency while she awaits word on her application for an art grant. On her first office job, she quickly discovers the stifling corporate environment is a far cry from the world of art. However, when her grant application is rejected, Claire wonders if maybe the art world isn't for her after all.Vanessa enlists the aid of a live-in nanny to help her manage the stress of running the house on her own. But when the nanny uses poor judgment one too many times, Vanessa fires her and invites a thrilled and surprised Federico to move back in.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Federico 'Rico' Diaz	played by Freddy Rodríguez
Vanessa Diaz	played by Justina Machado
George Sibley	played by James Cromwell
Sarah O'Connor	played by Patricia Clarkson
Billy Chenowith	played by Jeremy Sisto
Bettina	played by Kathy Bates
Maggie Sibley	played by Tina Holmes
Jackie Feldman	played by Anne Ramsay

Episode Quotes

Nate Fisher: Well, you know, love isn't something you feel, it's something you do. If the person you're with doesn't want it, you know, do yourself a favor and save it for someone who does.

Bettina: I think they've outlived their usefulness. Men have become obsolete.

Vanessa Diaz: Donna, you cannot bring strange people home. This isn't Canada!

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Mistakes/Goofs

Goof (errors made by characters, possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the episode where Nate's first lover Fiona dies, he says that he was 15 and she was 32. However, Fiona's birth year was listed as 1952, and Nate was born in 1965, which means that when he was 15 she would have been around 28.

Trivia

Book editor Susie Bright appears as herself in this episode. The original intention was that it should be singer Joni Mitchell but producer Alan Poul nixed the idea as Mitchell was too recognizable a personality.
Kathy Bates was quite ill during the filming of this episode and had actually been told to go home by her doctor. She was only partly present in many of the scenes she appears in, the rest of the time her presence being covered by writer Jill Soloway doubling for her in a wig.
The film that Nate is watching when Billy enters the room is Beyond Borders.