Episode

Pilot

by Alan Ball, Richard Jenkins, Jeremy Sisto, Eric Balfour, Dennis Lau and 2 others

Nathaniel Fisher, Sr. 1943-2000 Meet the Fisher family. After the patriarch of the family, dies in a hearse-accident, the family comes together to mourn and decide the fate of the family Funeral Home. Nate, who works for an organic grocery store in Sea

(4 total)

Characters

Alan Ball (4)Peter Krause (3)Nate Fisher (3)Michael C. Hall (1)David Fisher (1)

“Everybody forgives everybody for everything.”

— Alan Ball, Nate Fisher, Peter Krause, imdb.com

Tagged: forgiveness

“You can pump him full of chemicals. You can put makeup on him. You can prop him up for a nap in the slumber room; but the fact remains, David, that the only father we're ever gonna have is gone! Forever…and that sucks, but it's a goddamned part of life and you can't really accept it without getting…”

— Alan Ball, Nate Fisher, Peter Krause, imdb.com

Tagged: Chemicals, Death, Corpses

“When I went backpacking through Europe after I quit school, I went to this island off the coast of Sicily—it’s this volcanic island—and on the boat over, there was this pine box. Somebody from the island was being returned to be buried there. And there were all these old Sicilians dressed up all in…”

— Alan Ball, Nate Fisher, Peter Krause, imdb.com

Tagged: Backpacking, Europe, Sicilian, funerals, Grief

“Old Man: You've done a nice job. She looks peaceful. David: Well, she is at peace now. Old Man: If there's any justice in the universe, she's shoveling shit in hell.”

— Alan Ball, David Fisher, Michael C. Hall, imdb.com

Tagged: Rest in Peace, Hell