8.873 minSeason 5 • Episode 12
LatestDavid finally embraces a demon; Keith gives tough love; Nathaniel talks to his younger son; Brenda delivers and fights Nate's negativity; Claire gets an exciting call; Ted inspires sexy photos; Margaret is impressed to see Olivier's nurturing side; George's limitations eclipse his intentions; and Claire drives into her future.
When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.
Writing
Alan Ball's dialogue cuts like a scalpel, every episode
Acting
Michael C. Hall's closeted David will wreck you completely
Direction
Those fantasy death sequences? Pure visual poetry
Creator
Alan Ball
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Fisher house was a real Los Angeles funeral home; production designer Suzuki Ingersoll kept the embalming room intact.
David's arc as a gay man in early 2000s America was groundbreaking—Ball fought HBO to keep his sexuality central rather than sidelined.
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