Season 2
Continuing its look at the Fishers, the dysfunctional family who own and operate Fisher & Sons funeral home in Los Angeles, Six Feet Under continues with season two as Nate finds out about a mysterious growth on his brain.
Ruth, the family matriarch, tries harder than ever to develop close relationships with her children; David has come out of the closet and moved in with the emotionally-troubled Keith; and Claire, the artistically-gifted teenage daughter, seeks some stability in her life in the form of a new man.
The Fishers lives are intertwined with friends and loved ones, both living and deceased: Lisa, Nate's old friend from Seattle, who is the mother of his infant daughter; Federico, the young mortician and family man who has risen from employee of Fisher & Sons to partner; Sarah, Ruth's younger and seemingly free-spirited sister; Nate's one-time fiance, Brenda, whose relationships with her own family might be more dysfunctional than any of the Fishers.
Nathaniel Snr., the deceased patriarch, reappears in flashbacks and daydream-like visitations, serving both as a comfort and a conscience to those he left behind.