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Six Feet Under Season 1 Episode 8

Crossroads

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AIRED: 7/22/01

Chloe Margaret Bryant Yorkin
January 7, 1959 - April 2001

The business is a bit slow these days, so Nate and David decide to rent out a room at the funeral home to supplement the loss. Frederico is being wooed by Kroehner's and he contemplates doing it for the experience and the money. Claire is hiking in the mountains but doesn't really understand the point of it all.moreless

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8.3

By Canogaparkcindy, Feb 23, 2011

Another great installment of Six Feet Under, all the character interactions were fantastic as usual. I think the story line I was mostly interested in was Rico's "betrayal." I really didn't expect that, and I'm looking forward to see the future dynamics his absence will bring to Fischer and Sons, and I wonder if Rico will be part of Crowner's family and is willing to help take down Fischer and Sons in the future.

I really like Claire's story line, I like how this show doesn't whirlwind pace, Claire is getting slow burning development in each episode, and I think it's shaping her as a mature adult. Claire continues to be my favorite character just because everything she says is absolute gold. David playing the fields was actually kind of funny but I'm also wondering if Keith will come back by the end of the season. I wasn't loving their relationship drama in the beginning of the season, but his interactions with Claire showed us his stay was somewhat permanent.

Nathan & Brenda's story line? I don't know, I'm still uneasy about the whole thing. I'm really not liking Brenda, and she's kind of annoying and probably the most unlikable character in the cast so seeing her & Nathan have relationship problems (mostly through her fault), episode by episode, isn't the most entertaining thing, but overall, as an episode, this was a great installment that offered us a lot of substantial development.moreless
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Admittedly, the death of the episode made me chuckle.

7.0

By PabloExobar, Jul 12, 2008

Very special because the concept of this episode was really different. I enjoyed it alot, but honestly, almost every episode had at least one storyline that didn't compare well next to the other ones. In this one however, Ruth's storyline(which once again proved to be weakest) took... way too much screentime. It really messed up the pacing of the episode.

I just don't understand the point of having some sort of love triangle with her. Even typing about it makes me laugh - in a bad way.

I thought I would find Claire's storyline boring but it was actually pretty good, she finally had some social interaction which was fun.

Nate... oh that was hilarious. I thought his "dialouge" towards the end of the episode was the best thing about the whole episode.... i loved the camerawork too. David... not much happened. No Keith still, but he's slowly opening up which is good. Compared to the first few episodes he's like a different person.

The biggest development of the episode was Rico leaving the Fishers to join Gilardi's team. It was predictable, but I'm sure he'll come back soon enough. Would be a shame to lose such a cool character. Overall, good episode, but still doesn't reach the level of quality the first episodes had.moreless
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By cavanagh15, Jan 07, 2008

Liked the reference with the episode as a whole to the title of the episode. The title was obviously not meant to be connected with Claires school adventure. This episode can be broken down into a couple of parts. Claire seemed to be the one that learned the most in this episode, with her really getting to know one of the girls from her school. Ruth on the other hand had one of the more boring storylines to have to follow so far in the series. Her character is at its best when interacting with another big cast member but when it comes to acting on her own I just dont see it. David and Nates storylines are always really good - with Nate beating out david in this episode because of the Nate / Brenda on screen connection. Rico actually stepped up in this episode with a very impressive performance acting wise. Though it was sad to see him leave the show, something tells me that he will be back soon, hes too important to the show to leave now. Solid episode overall, the fact I have it rated as the second worst of the series so far says something about how good the first season has been.moreless
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For me this show hasn't made an error yet!

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By stewie1423, Sep 23, 2007

I love this show, it is so funny and original but it can still do drama and sadness extremely well. There is actuaklly not one character I dont like or enjoy. Breanda has always interested me and in this episode this continued, I like the way Nate and breandas relationship is going slowly downhill. Fedirico is great to and I'm glad he finally did something he wanted. The mother (Forgot her name) makes me laugh, just her strange antics. I like her story this week, liking 2 men. Claire is great and quite wacky. I enjoyed her little trip very much. David is funny, his reactions are great! can't wait for the rest of the season! it's getting better and better!moreless
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Craziness

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By SleepTight, Jul 19, 2006

‘Crossroads’ is a fairly underrated episode and even one of my favourites so far.

Almost all the characters get character development.

First we have Ruth, I still keep finding her the most uninteresting of them all. She’s having issues choosing between two men, both who are clearly inlove with her. But she chooses the easy way.

Also Rico has a storyline, another character I hardly care about. He needs money and the company that has been trying to destroy the fishers offer him a job, he has to take it because he has a family to take care of and they offer a lot of money. The Fishers don’t even want to make him a partner or anything so he leaves them.

Claire has the best storyline, she keeps making me laugh and meeting stranger people than her. She gets a valuable lesson, nobody is like they seem to be. When she goes on that camp thing she meets a guy who seems very cool and there is also a girl Parker who is a goody too shoes until she finds her making out with the leader of them. Claire also finds out that the guy is a total geek and that Parker is actually worse than her, she screws around with everyone and likes to get her pod.

Then we have David, he’s still having a issue not to have a boyfriend until he meets a guy at a dancing thing who asks him out, it’s so much fun to see Nate hooking them up. David then sleeps with the guy but the guy only seems interested in humping his bone.

And Nate himself gets screwed up for the first time, he goes to Brenda who has a guy in her house completely naked and she claims to be her friend and continues lying. Billy is completely screwed up but funny and he’s always hanging around her house and makes him smoke pod which makes Nate go completely bizarre and starts screaming but then Brenda kicks him out of the house. The next day he comes back and apologizes and so does she, she promised him that he will be the only naked man in her house.

The character interactions were once again great, especially David and Claire, I wish to see more scenes of them together.

The death scene at the beginning of the episode was excellent as well, a chick who’s drunk splashes her head onto something.

I don’t think this episode gets the attention it deserves, it’s very fun and gives an interesting spotlight to all the main characters.

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Peter Krause	Nate Fisher
Jeremy Sisto	Billy Chenowith
Mathew St. Patrick	Keith Charles
Frances Conroy	Ruth Fisher
Lauren Ambrose	Claire Fisher
Freddy Rodriguez	Federico Diaz

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Steven Pasquale	Kurt	Guest Star
Michael Cudlitz	Crosssroads Leades	Guest Star
Lisa K. Wyatt	Krochnew Mortician	Guest Star
Marina Black	Parker	Recurring Role
Garrison Hershberger	Matthew Gilardi	Recurring Role
Justina Machado	Vanessa Diaz	Recurring Role

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- If you look closely in the scene where he is outdoors tanning, you can see the white cards held up by the crew through the reflection of Nate's sunglasses.
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- Mathew St. Patrick (Keith) does not appear in this episode.
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- Music featured in episode: Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive, T-Bone Walker - Struggling' Blues, Caia - Whose Blues, 60 Channels - Ride with the Flow (instrumental), Boozoo Bajou - Lava, Tulku - The Fire That Speaks, Ultra Nate - Twisted.
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- - German title: "Die tiefhängende Ampel" (= "The Low-Hanging Traffic Light");
  - Italian title: "Destini incrociati" (= "Crossed Destinies").
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