Untitled (Six Feet Under episode)

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“Untitled”
Six Feet Under episode

A ghostly Nathaniel Sr. comforts David.
Episode no. Season 4
Episode 12
Written by Nancy Oliver
Directed by Alan Ball
Original airdate September 12, 2004
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"Untitled" is the 51st episode of the HBO original series, Six Feet Under. It was the 12th episode and season finale for the show's fourth season. The episode was written by Nancy Oliver and directed by Alan Ball. It originally aired on September 12, 2004.

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[edit] Guest Starring Roles


[edit] Episode Recap

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Claire is eagerly preparing for her gallery opening. Russell is still sore about Claire's rise to fame, so Anita breaks up with him and buys Claire cocaine in honor of her success. At the gallery, a coke-influenced Claire rattles on about her work to everyone, but neglects Jimmy entirely. After a short confrontation with Claire, Jimmy storms out, taking Anita with him. Russell verbally assaults Claire after the show ends, but Billy scares him off. Billy takes Claire home, and they kiss.

David is still unable to cope with the hitchhiker incident and continues to have dreams of the hitchhiker, Jake. Keith suggests that David visit Jake in jail in order to move on. When David meets Jake, he is surprised at how crazy Jake really is and demands an apology, but finally realizes that the situation can't be helped; Jake is sick. The next morning, he has a vision of his father supporting his decision and comforting him.

Keith is forced to meet Roger Pasquese at his house when Roger threatens to start up their lawsuit again. Having been blackmailed, Keith agrees to meet him. Roger tells Keith about a job offer: Roger wants him to be his bodyguard. Keith promises to give the matter serious consideration.

George and Ruth meet George's daughter, Maggie, at a restaurant, and Ruth is delighted to meet a member of George's family. Maggie is a pharmaceutical representative, and she gives George some medication, the purpose of which George doesn't reveal to Ruth. Maggie continues to tell Ruth about George's past; she mentions all the times he took Maggie camping, but also reveals that George may have some unspecified problems. Ruth becomes especially suspicious when George has dark fantasies about a mysterious woman in turquoise and talks to himself, and phones Maggie about George's situation. Ruth awakens in the middle of the night and finds George dozing in the bomb shelter. When he wakes up, he refuses to leave the shelter and go to the house.

Rico becomes increasingly lonesome. He bonds with the wife of a deceased man, whom she had divorced fifteen years earlier. Her speech about where her ex-husband is going to be buried inspires Rico to confront Vanessa. He apologizes to her about everything: the money, the intimacy, and the attention he gave to the stripper, Sofia. Vanessa accepts his apology. Rico then states that he should move back in and they should continue their life together. Vanessa says that life can't return to the way it was, and despite the fact she still loves him, she wants a divorce.

Nate is nervous about Barb and Hoyt's threat to take Maya away from him, and keeps calling his lawyer. In doing so, he becomes more and more distant from Brenda. He gives David a book, Stiff, which Michaela told him to give to David. While flipping through the pages, David and Nate find a photo of Lisa. Nate realizes that the photo shows Lisa wearing the outfit she was wearing the day she disappeared and is standing in the same place her car was found. He then decides to drive up to Santa Cruz and talk to Michaela in person. When he arrives at the Woodworth residence, Nate asks Michaela where the picture came from. She doesn't know, but tells him to talk to her father, Hoyt. Nate finds Hoyt in his office and asks him about the picture. Hoyt lies and says the picture was taken a few years earlier. Then he cracks under pressure and reveals that he and Lisa had an ongoing affair. Hoyt accuses Nate of forcing Lisa to kill herself, but Nate demands to know what happened at that beach where she disappeared. Hoyt says that Lisa ended the affair, but that he couldn't let her tell Barb. Hoyt and Nate hear a whimpering coming from the stairwell. Barb heard the whole thing. Hoyt quickly reaches into his desk drawer, takes out a gun, and shoots himself in the mouth.

Nate returns home the next morning. He sees Brenda sitting with Maya on her lap, hugs them, and says to Brenda, "Let's get married and have a baby."

[edit] Deaths of the Week

  • Kenneth Macdonald Henderson (1954-2004)

"There were three other people trapped inside. He tried to get them out and the elevator tore him in half." -Nate Fisher

[edit] Chronology

  • The episode begins a few days after the previous episode ended and concludes a few days afterward.

[edit] Title Reference

  • The title refers to the fact that none of the pieces in Claire's show have names.

[edit] Quotes

  • Olivier: I toast you with this shitty wine.


  • Nate: Brenda, this is what Lisa wore.
  • Brenda: Well, yeah.


  • Margaret: Everyone should drop an organ. After the first shock, it's positively liberating!


  • Margaret: So, is this the fruit of Nate's loins?


  • Hoyt [gasping]: I couldn't let her tell Barb.

[edit] Music

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