[SIX FEET UNDER FANS: Spoilers ahead. Proceed, only if you’ve seen the episode.]
Yo, Virginia. I’m enjoying the final episodes of Six Feet Under too. But it’s just a TV show. That you would willingly bring Fortinbras and Lionel Trilling into the equation, while completely overlooking the likely Clare-Nate consummation (which seemed strongly implied, given the episode’s final shot of Clare lying on the bed), suggests a deconstructionist who needs to inhale and exhale for several hours, get out of the house, and inhabit the real world for just a whit. Television is hardly as intricate as you make it out to be. I know your editors expect you to sound smart. But really, Virginia, we’re talking Alan Ball here. Not exactly Mr. Subtle.
I found the whole Nirvana thing a little tired myself. Did get a good laugh at the fact that one of the central characters didn’t even get the courtesy of being buried six feet under. What was he, like two feet down? Some industrious wolves will be having Fischer for dinner.