HBO's 'Six Feet Under' adds meaning to life and death.(Arts and Lifestyle)

From: The Boston Herald | Date: August 16, 2001| Author: Collins, Monica | Copyright information

"Six Feet Under" is deep. So much deeper than I fathomed at first.

The quirky HBO series about a funeral home family has a two-hour season finale on Sunday at 9 p.m. And these last two episodes are 10 feet tall - edgy, provocative, touching, mystical, absurd, whimsical - proving that "Six Feet Under" buries the competition in terms of quality. Television this good is rare and wonderful.

When "Six Feet Under" premiered last spring, the show was greeted by tepi...

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