![]() ![]() If we didn’t already suspect Nate had it coming, his little To Kill a Mockingbird moment was certainly a red flag. ![]() He topped off the ignoble night by wielding a broom against an innocent bird that flew into his house, killing the bird while his guests watched in horror. At his 40th-birthday party, he announced, without her permission, that his wife, Brenda (Rachel Griffiths), was pregnant, then slinked off to whisper sweet, self-pitying nothings to his stepsister Maggie (Tina Holmes). ![]() Whether it was his deadly brain disease or his loveless marriage to Lisa (Lili Taylor), Nate navigated the bad times with the sort of torment rarely depicted in a medium that strongly prefers tough guys and stoic heroes over obsessives haunted by second-guessing and self-doubt.īut even as Nate’s life finally improved, he still seemed determined to whinge and wring his hands at every turn. Of course, watching Nate suffer has always been part of the appeal of HBO’s award-winning series. In case that point was still lost on us by the fifth and final season of Six Feet Under, creator Alan Ball pounded it home by striking down the show’s angst-ridden lead, Nate (Peter Krause), with a brain hemorrhage, right after he cheated on his pregnant wife and then dumped her from the comfort of his hospital bed.įor a show that has carefully avoided moralism at every turn, Nate’s untimely demise felt suspiciously like a message: that death is an appropriate karmic gift for the guy who has everything-and takes it all for granted. Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball right, Brenda (Rachel Griffiths) and Nate (Peter Krause) Photo: From left, Armando Gallo/Retna Courtesy of HBOĭeath has terrible timing. ![]()
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