Six Feet Under : NATE'S DEAD

Nathaniel Samuel Fisher, Jr.
1965-2005

But first on "Ecotone" we have a guy on a valley trail getting mauled to death by a cougar.
After Nate collapsed he is whisked away in an ambulance to the hospital Maggie calls David first and ask him to call Brenda which he does.
Claire has dinner with her co-worker and finds out he rightfully supports the war in Iraq she starts freaking out calling him a Redneck Blogger Pig, then interrupted by the David's phone call both of them get to the hospital.
While at the hospital the doctors confuse Maggie with Mrs. Fisher. We learn that Nate has gotten a new AVM(ateriovenous malformations) and must be operated on.
Ruth doesn't do Hiram and walks out, he gets upset and suggest next time to be a sport and rub one out for fun. She leaves and imagines shooting all her ex-lovers on the trail. She meets some Asians and breaks their calm but on the bus ride home they give her some love advice.
After successful surgery Nate dumps Brenda.
David and Keith's younger kid acts-up in the hospital and David finds out it's because he has bad memories of his mom going in and out for drug overdoses.
Rico and Vanessa air out more feelings on their road to healing.
Nate's roommate is Chuck an elderly Buddhist is cool and turns up the TV while David and Nate relax, seeing the bird images on TV Nate dreams of an alternate-beach-bum David and going to the beach. While running into the ocean Nate joins his father forever. Back in the waking world David sees Nate flatline and we see...

Nathaniel Samuel Fisher, Jr.
1965-2005

During next weeks preview we see everyone preparing for the funeral and Brenda not sure what Nate wanted for his funeral. TiVo has next weeks episode listed as Nate challenges Brenda. but seeing how they often talk to the dead on this show it means little.
Great episode but I was hoping Ruth would get mauled by a cougar.