Six Feet Under

:For the band, see Six Feet Under (band)

Trivia

• Alan Ball conceived the premise to create the show after the death of his sister and father. HBO entertainment president, Carolyn Strauss proposed the idea to Ball.
• The Fisher & Diaz Funeral Home is located at 2302 West 25th St. in the West Adams section of Los Angeles, the actual location of The Filipino Federation of America.
• Alan Ball considers Los Angeles the world capital of the denial of death.
• The pilot episode features several spoof commercials for funeral homes and products. This was intended to be a recurring feature throughout the series but was dropped after the first episode.
• Peter Krause (Nate Fisher), Michael C. Hall (David Fisher), Frances Conroy (Ruth Fisher) and Lauren Ambrose (Claire Fisher) have appeared in all 63 of the series' episodes. Rachel Griffiths (Brenda Fisher) did not appear in four episodes of Season 3 due to her 2002 pregnancy. Mathew St. Patrick (Keith Charles) does not appear in 3 episodes of the series due to his story arc. Freddy Rodriguez (Federico Diaz) has appeared in 62 episodes, missing 1 episode due to Federico's storyline.
• Alan Ball had 13 days to shoot the pilot.
• HBO renewed the series for a second season a week after the pilot aired.
• Kathy Bates who was a director during the first three seasons went on to pursue a recurring role on the series as Ruth's girlfriend, Bettina.
• Freddy Rodriguez (Federico Diaz) had a recurring role on Alan Ball's ABC series, Oh, Grow Up! before Six Feet Under began.
• Rachel Griffiths' (Brenda Fisher) second pregnancy in 2004 was written into the show.
• Caskets for the show are made by ABC Caskets in Los Angeles.
• Each Fisher sibling has lived in the Fisher coach house during the duration of the series. David in the first two seasons. Nate and Lisa during the third season and Claire in the fourth and fifth seasons.
• Frances Conroy (Ruth Fisher) is only 12 years older than Peter Krause (Nate Fisher), despite playing his mother.
• Only 2 episodes of the series have been co-written: Episode 30, Nobody Sleeps and Episode 49, The Black Forest, which is very odd for a series since many writers on other shows are paired up into writing teams.
• Justina Machado (Vanessa Diaz) became a series regular in 2005 after being in a guest starring role since Episode 2 of the series.
• Tina Holmes (Maggie Sibley) originally auditioned for the minor role of "Marci", Bettina's daughter in The Black Forest. Holmes did not get the job but was called back to read for George's daughter, Maggie.
• Every episode written by writer and cartoonist, Bruce Eric Kaplan begins with the word "The" in the episode's title, e.g. The Foot, The Dare.
• Freddy Rodriguez (Federico Diaz), Lauren Ambrose (Claire Fisher), Peter Facinelli (Jimmy) and Eric Balfour (Gabriel Dimas) were all in the 1998 movie, Can't Hardly Wait.
• Amy Spanger who played Holly Duncan, (the death of the week's sister) in Static is the wife of Michael C. Hall (David Fisher) in real life.
• The series finale, Everyone's Waiting is the longest episode of the series clocking in at 75 minutes.