Reading Six Feet Under: TV to Die For (42 page)

Harold and Maude
9

Martin, Arthur 24, 41, 119

HBO xvii, xviii, 2, 3, 5–8, 9, 10, 21,

Marvin, Richard 14, 192, 193,

22, 23, 35, 61, 64, 65, 92, 95,

203–206

101, 193, 204, 207

masculinity 13, 151–152, 152–153

heteronormativity 164, 168, 171, 175,

and brotherhood 150–160

176–179, 182, 185, 187, 188

male sexuality
see
sexuality

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INDEX

McKenna, Parker (Maria Black)

Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
175

125, 127, 129, 130

Mitford, Jessica 14, 59, 69, 70, 208,

race (and ethnicity) 3, 12, 78,

213, 215

80–81, 82

motherhood 13, 110–120, 133

Reeves, Jimmie 6, 22

mother and daughter relationships

religion 3, 13, 19, 20, 25, 99, 162,

82–83, 112, 124, 131

164, 168, 210

mourning and bereavement 12, 13,

and American Protestantism

45, 46, 48, 49, 51, 53, 62, 69,

60–61, 163, 168

81, 92, 93, 209, 214

and Christianity/Christ 45, 115,

music 13–14, 30, 48, 77, 88, 192–206

116, 163, 164, 167–168, 169,

170, 171, 172–173, 210

narrative 54, 65, 68, 73–74

and David 151, 155–156

and female subjectivity 135–145

Rogers, Mark 6, 22

and
Nathaniel and Isabel
135,

140–142

St John, Viveca (Veronica Hart) 11,

Newman, Thomas 13–14, 21, 193,

43, 50–53, 54, 85–86

194–196, 203

Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky 151, 165,

Nikolai (Ed O’Ross) 55, 78, 113

168, 169, 181, 182

9/11 xvii, 11, 12, 84, 102, 103, 104

self-help 12, 69, 70, 94–105, 122,

Nip/Tuck
xviii, xix, xx

143, 159

and Dr Phil McGraw 96

Oh Grow Up!
9, 21

and Dr Spock 96, 118

One Foot in the Grave
xix

and Oprah Winfrey 96, 97, 102

Oz
3, 91

and ‘The Plan’ 69, 96, 97, 101,

116–117

pornography 50–56

Poul, Alan 22, 61, 193, 203, 204

Sex and the City
xviii, xix, 3, 9, 101, Previn, Emily (Christine Estabrook)

193

14, 65, 109, 169

sexuality 13, 51, 52, 82, 86, 92,

174–188

queer 182, 185, 186–187

female 52, 113, 115, 124–125,

theory 13, 52, 163, 166

143–144

Queer As Folk
175

male 13, 151, 174–188

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READING
SIX FEET UNDER

Sibley, George 24, 103, 120, 133

‘I’ll Take You’ 97, 116

Six Feet Under

‘Knock, Knock’ 88, 89, 115, 154,

opening credits xx, 20–21, 39,

157, 161, 165, 169

196–198

‘Last Time, The’ 85, 100, 103,

episodes

116, 158

‘Back to the Garden’ 23, 25, 47,

‘Life’s Too Short’ 2, 65, 69, 115,

79, 115, 131, 143

119, 130, 139, 156, 171

‘Brotherhood’ 56, 85, 91, 113,

‘Making Love Work’ 23, 95, 99,

127, 141, 156–157, 164

104, 159, 177

‘Crossroads’ 23, 42, 128

‘New Person, The’ 42, 74, 75, 78,

‘Death Works Overtime’ 43, 105,

129

131, 133, 159–160

‘Nobody Sleeps’ 24, 43, 47, 69,

‘Driving Mr Mossback’ 95, 103,

118, 174

117, 125

‘Open Book, An’ 11, 23, 43, 50,

‘Everybody Leaves’ 98, 103, 177,

77, 85, 91, 96–97, 124, 125,

185

136, 137, 138, 140, 155–156,

‘Eye Inside, The’ 24, 32, 79, 100,

167–168

116, 118, 131

‘Opening, The’ 185

‘Falling Into Place’ 85, 90

‘Out, Out, Brief Candle’ 116,

‘Familia’ 43, 47, 55, 77, 91, 123,

138, 157–158

154, 171

‘Parallel Play’ 19, 23

‘Foot, The’ 23, 41–42, 43, 75, 77,

‘Perfect Circles’ 30–32, 100, 101,

88, 99, 154, 155

117, 158, 159

‘I’m Sorry, I’m Lost’ 99, 102, 133,

‘Pilot’ 23, 43, 46, 53, 56, 71, 72,

160

74, 83, 89, 94, 111, 113, 115,

‘In Case of Rapture’ 29, 120

119, 139, 150, 154, 172, 192,

‘In the Game’ 30, 113, 138, 172

199, 202, 203

‘In Place of Anger’ 100, 129,

‘Plan, The’ 23, 27, 96, 97, 101,

131, 136

103, 117, 125, 131, 139

‘Invisible Woman, The’ 65, 99,

‘Private Life, A’ 43, 75, 90, 115,

100, 114, 125, 169

125, 141, 165–167

‘It’s the Most Wonderful Time of

‘Room, The’ 29, 55, 80, 85, 104,

the Year’ 23, 47, 78, 129, 157,

115, 129, 136, 168

173

‘Secret, The’ 23, 47, 80, 99, 144

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INDEX

‘Someone Else’s Eyes’ 129, 143,

Star, Darren 9, 10

157, 169

Strauss, Carolyn 9

‘Tears, Bones and Desire’ 98, 177

supernatural 24, 26, 27

‘Timing and Space’ 159

‘Trap, The’ 79, 98, 119, 159

taboo 2, 40, 55, 133

‘Trip, The’ 85, 130, 139, 141,

and death 2, 45, 49

156, 171

Taylor, Christian 29

‘Twilight’ 98, 159

television xvii, xx, xxi, xxii, 8, 25,

‘Will, The’ 23, 33, 53, 56, 77, 78,

59

113, 154

American xviii, 3, 152–153, 170

series xvii, xviii, xix, xx, xxi,

cable xviii, 3, 5

xxii, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,

critics xix, xxi, 2, 3, 4, 5, 59

10, 11, 12, 19, 20, 21, 22,

documentaries 8, 23

23, 24, 25, 27, 33, 35, 36,

network xviii, 9, 10

37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 49,

reality TV 6, 23

54, 56, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63,

talkshow xvii

64, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 76,

Tobin, Robert 12, 111, 122

78, 82, 84, 85, 89, 90, 91, 92,

Turner, Victor 10, 39

93, 95, 96, 101, 102, 103,

24
xviii, xix, xxii

104, 105, 110, 111, 120, 122,

Twin Peaks
xix, 20, 21, 26, 32, 192

126, 144, 153, 175, 179, 187,

188, 191, 192, 193, 196, 206,

uncanny, the 24, 68, 69, 70

208, 213, 214

slavery 12, 72

Vietnam 83, 114, 122

Sophia (Idalis DeLeon) 19, 20

Sopranos, The
xviii, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9,
West Wing, The
xviii, xix, xx

12, 21, 22, 23, 95, 101, 110, 193

Will and Grace
174, 175, 182

spectatorship and spectating 50–56

Wire, The
101

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