Six feet under. The complete first season [DVD video]

Includes all 13 episodes of the first season. A look at members of a dysfunctional family that operates a funeral home in Pasadena. With the elder son returning home for the holidays to shattering news, the family must learn to deal with a death of their own, while figuring out how to go ahead with the business of the living. A funny and emotional look at a grieving American family ... that just happens to be in the grief management business.

General Note:

Originally broadcast by the HBO cable network, June-Aug. 2001.

Special features: Behind-the-scenes 20 minute featurette; audio commentaries; deleted scene from pilot episode; 15-minute featurette on the creation of Six feet under opening titles; 2 music tracks.

Performers:

Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose, Freddy Rodríguez, Matthew St. Patrick, Jeremy Sisto, Richard Jenkins, Rachel Griffiths, Eric Balfour, Ed Begley Jr., Justina Machado.

Contents:

Disc 1: Pilot (June 3, 2001) / written and directed by Alan Ball -- The will (June 10, 2001) / written by Christian Williams ; directed by Miguel Arteta -- The foot (June 17, 2001) / written by Bruce Eric Kaplan ; directed by John Patterson.

Disc 2: Familia (June 24, 2001) / written by Laurence Andries ; directed by Lisa Cholodenko -- An open book (July 1, 2001) / written by Alan Ball ; directed by Kathy Bates ; featuring Joanna Cassidy and Robert Foxworth -- The room (July 8, 2001) / written by Christian Taylor ; directed by Rodrigo García ; featuring Bill Cobbs -- Brotherhood (July 15, 2001) / written by Christian Williams ; directed by Jim McBride.

Disc 3: Crossroads (July 22, 2001) / written by Laurence Andries ; directed by Allen Coulter -- Life's too short (July 29, 2001) / written by Christian Taylor ; directed by Jeremy Podeswa -- The new person (Aug. 5, 2001) / written by Bruce Eric Kaplan ; directed by Kathy Bates ; featuring Joanna Cassidy, Illeana Douglas and Robert Foxworth.

Disc 4: The trip (Aug. 12, 2001) / written by Rick Cleveland ; directed by Michael Engler -- A private life (Aug. 19, 2001) / written by Kate Robin ; directed by Rodrigo García -- Knock, knock (Aug. 19, 2001) / written and directed by Alan Ball.

Technical Details:

DVD; region 1; full-screen presentation; Dolby digital.

Subject Term:

Families -- Drama.

Funeral homes -- California -- Pasadena -- Drama.

Funeral homes -- Employees -- Drama.

Death -- Drama.

Bereavement -- Drama.

Interpersonal relations -- Drama.

Genre:

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Television melodramas.