Six Feet Under.

[TNDemo]

We don't have HBO so started watching SFU when it came out on DVD. I was blown away by the first season - thought it was absolutely excellent. Second season was not quite as good and got really weird with Brenda and her hypersexuality. We are now watching the third season and are so disappointed. What happened to this show?? The deaths are no longer interesting and often not part of the ensuing show, the comedy is gone and it just seems to be limping along. We are about halfway through the season. Tell me it picks up!! Maybe they should do what Roseanne did and fire all the writers every year.

[ghostsofgiants]

1. I've only seen the first season

But my friend absolutely adores the show. I hope I'm not as disappointed by the rest as you seem to be.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

2. This is the final season.

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

3. SFU is my favorite show ever (Minor spoilers, trying to keep it general)

so I disagree with you for the most part. While nothing touches the first season, the second one comes very close. The comedy never left the show for me but there was a minor drop in quality in the third season. The disconnected deaths and dead people not interacting with the characters is what I missed the most and has recently returned.

Nate is the central character in the show and since the third season he has changed greatly, more than any other character without a doubt.

The show certainly has become more of a drama than the dark comedy it started out as. Two or three writers were brought on board for season three and they are now gone, I believe. The writing staff seems smaller than in the past but the core group and two other talented writers are doing a good job with this season.

I hope you stick with this show. Season four comes out on DVD on August 23, two days after the series finale. I'm not sure when season five will be out.

[Warren Stupidity]

4. season 3 sucked

however this year is much better. They haven't recaptured the complete weirdness of season one, but they have managed to make the core characters and their out of control lives fascinating. I'm hooked again and am already mourning the series' demise.