From the Oscar-winning writer of American Beauty comes the Golden Globe winner for Best Drama series, Six Feet Under, HBO’s hour-long series that takes a darkly comic look at the Fishers, a dysfunctional Pasadena family that runs an independent funeral home. With the prodigal elder son returning home for the holidays to the shattering news of his father’s death, the family must learn to deal with the death of one of their won, while figuring out how to go ahead with the business of living. What emerges over the course of the season is a quirky, funny, emotional, life-affirming look at the enlightenment of a grieving American family – that happens to be in the grief-management business.