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Season 5 Breakdown

Normal Episodes: 12
TV Specials: 2
TV Movies: 0

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Season 5 Guide (2005)

	5x01 A Coat of White Primer Brenda struggles with morning sickness as she studies the home video of Nate's 2002 wedding to Lisa. Together, Nate and Brenda watch the Kimmel and Fisher ...	Jun. 06, 2005
	5x02 Dancing For Me Nate and Brenda have unprotected sex for the first time since losing the baby, but their lovemaking is cut short when they catch Maya watching them. Brenda ...	Jun. 13, 2005
	5x03 Hold My Hand George Sibley is haunted by childhood memories of his mother's suicide. While doing laundry, Ruth finds rotting, half-eaten food in the pockets of George's ...	Jun. 20, 2005
	5x04 Time Flies Nate has a milestone 40th birthday and receives the surprising news that Brenda is pregnant. Nate's reaction to the news is less than ecstatic, leaving ...	Jun. 27, 2005
	5x05 Eat a Peach Keith and David attend an adoption picnic, where David makes a connection with a skinny, African-American kid named Anthony. Mary, the woman hired as a ...	Jul. 04, 2005
	5x06 The Rainbow of Her Reasons 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 ...	Jul. 10, 2005
	5x07 The Silence While Keith is working long hours with Roger, David is overwhelmed with parenting responsibilities. Durrell is embarrassed about an upcoming school play ...	Jul. 17, 2005
	5x08 Singing For Our Lives Since learning of the baby's potential health problems, Brenda and Nate have grown distant from each other. Fearing Nate's negativity toward their unborn ...	Jul. 24, 2005
	5x09 Ecotone Following Nate's AVM seizure, Maggie follows Nate's ambulance to the hospital. In the emergency waiting room with David, Maggie answers the doctor's questions ...	Jul. 31, 2005
	5x10 All Alone In the hours following Nate's death from a brain hemorrhage, David copes with his pain by planning his brother's funeral. He explains to Brenda and Ruth ...	Aug. 07, 2005
	5x11 Static David still struggles with violent nightmares after six weeks of mourning his brother. When he learns about a criminal at large who's abducting children, ...	Aug. 14, 2005
	5x12 Everyone's Waiting In the series finale, David finally embraces a demon; Keith gives "tough love"; Nathaniel talks to his younger son; Brenda delivers early and fights Nate's ...	Aug. 21, 2005

	Special Six Feet Under (2001-2005) In Memoriam - Part one [add summary]	Oct. 25, 2005
	Special Six Feet Under (2001-2005) In Memoriam - Part two [add summary]	Oct. 25, 2005

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Season 5 Characters

Nate Fisher	played by Peter Krause
David Fisher	played by Michael C. Hall
Ruth Fisher	played by Frances Conroy
Claire Fisher	played by Lauren Ambrose
Federico 'Rico' Diaz	played by Freddy Rodr�guez
Keith Charles	played by Mathew St. Patrick
Vanessa Diaz	played by Justina Machado
George Sibley	played by James Cromwell
Brenda Chenowith	played by Rachel Griffiths
Maggie Sibley	played by Tina Holmes
Maya Fisher	played by Bronwyn Tosh
Billy Chenowith	played by Jeremy Sisto
Anthony	played by C.J. Sanders
Durrell	played by Kendre Berry
Margaret Chenowith	played by Joanna Cassidy
Jackie Feldman	played by Anne Ramsay
Ted Fairwell	played by Chris Messina
Julio Diaz	played by Giancarlo Rodriguez
Nathaniel Fisher	played by Richard Jenkins
Olivier Castro-Staal	played by Peter Macdissi
Kirsten	played by Abby Brammell
Marianne	played by Christine Tucci
Johnny	played by Kevin Rankin

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Season 5 Videos

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Season 5 Quotes

Season 5 / Episode 1: - A Coat of White Primer

Lisa Kimmel Fisher: [about Brenda's previous promiscuity and recent miscarriage] Your insides must have gotten damaged from all that anonymous cock!

Season 5 / Episode 2: - Dancing For Me

George Sibley: What do you call an Italian hooker? [Ruth looks at him but doesn't answer] A pasta-tute.
Ruth Fisher: That kind of humour doesn't really appeal to me, George.
George Sibley: I guess it's not that funny.
Ruth Fisher: You're Goddamn right it's not funny! None of this is funny! You tricked me into marrying you! You knew you were crazy and didn't tell me, and now I have to take care of you for the rest of my life! What did I do to fucking deserve this!

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Season 5 Trivia

Episode 12 - According to the Six Feet Under obituary, Claire goes on to become an internationally acclaimed photographer and produces award-winning photographs for both The Washington Post and Face Magazine.
Episode 12 - SPOILER: Although uncredited, Patricia Clarkson (Sarah) appears in the final episode at Ruth's funeral. She is not seen on on screen, but she is sitting two seats away from George (James Cromwell (I)), next to the older version of Maya. HBO's website does still have a picture with her in it. ...
Episode 12 - In the flash-forward, the older Frederico absently clutches his left arm before collapsing. This is a telltale sign of cardiac arrest.
Episode 09 - SPOILER: The only episode to show a death at the end of the episode as well as the beginning.
Episode 12 - Although her character Brenda gives birth at the beginning of the episode, Rachel Griffiths was still, in reality, very pregnant with her own child. To disguise this fact, the costume and prop department had to devise numerous ways to hide her belly. These included dressing Griffiths is outfits with ...

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