Six Feet Under, a television drama series created by Alan Ball

Alan Ball (screenwriter)

Alan E. Ball is an American writer, director, actor and producer for film, theatre and television.-Early life:Ball was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Frank and Mary Ball, an aircraft inspector and a homemaker...

, premiered on the premium cable network HBO in the United States on June 3, 2001 and ended its original run of five seasons and 63 episodes on August 21, 2005. The series chronicles the Fisher family of funeral directors who struggle with relationships and their own personal demons while trying to maintain a small funeral home. All five seasons are available on DVD in individual box sets and in a collected volume.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired		DVD DVD A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....  release dates
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	1	13	June 3, 2001	August 19, 2001	February 4, 2003	July 7, 2003	February 11, 2004
	2	13	March 3, 2002	June 2, 2002	July 6, 2004	June 21, 2004	July 14, 2004
	3	13	March 2, 2003	June 1, 2003	May 17, 2005	April 4, 2005	May 11, 2005
	4	12	June 13, 2004	September 12, 2004	August 23, 2005	September 5, 2005	November 16, 2005
	5	12	June 6, 2005	August 21, 2005	March 28, 2006	April 10, 2006	October 4, 2006

Season 1 (2001)

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Season 2 (2002)

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Season 3 (2003)

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Season 4 (2004)

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Season 5 (2005)

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External links

• Episode guide at HBO.com