"Everyone's Waiting" Six Feet Under Six Feet Under was a popular and critically acclaimed American television drama produced by HBO. It first aired on June 3, 2001 and concluded its fifth and final season on August 21, 2005. ...
Everyone toasts Nate at Claire's farewell dinner.
Season	5 (2005)
Episode	63, 5-12
Air date(s)	August 21, 2005
Writer(s)	Alan Ball
Director	Alan Ball

"Everyone's Waiting" is the 63rd episode and series finale of the HBO original series Six Feet Under. It was the 12th episode of the show's fifth season. The episode was written and directed by Alan Ball. It originally aired on August 21, 2005. Image File history File links Clip from Six Feet Under finale. ... August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... Alan Ball (born in Atlanta, Georgia circa 1957) is an Academy Award-winning screenwriter, director, producer and occasional actor, who is best known for writing the screenplay for the Oscar-winning film American Beauty. ... A television director is usually responsible for directing the actors and other taped aspects of a television production. ... Alan Ball (born in Atlanta, Georgia circa 1957) is an Academy Award-winning screenwriter, director, producer and occasional actor, who is best known for writing the screenplay for the Oscar-winning film American Beauty. ... Six Feet Under title screen The following is an episode list of the HBO original series Six Feet Under. ... A series finale is the very last installment of a television series, usually a sitcom or drama. ... For other uses, see HBO (disambiguation). ... Six Feet Under was a popular and critically acclaimed American television drama produced by HBO. It first aired on June 3, 2001 and concluded its fifth and final season on August 21, 2005. ... Alan Ball (born in Atlanta, Georgia circa 1957) is an Academy Award-winning screenwriter, director, producer and occasional actor, who is best known for writing the screenplay for the Oscar-winning film American Beauty. ... August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Guest Starring Roles

• Kathy Bates as Bettina
• Jeremy Sisto as Billy Chenowith
• Joanna Cassidy as Margaret Chenowith
• Richard Jenkins as Nathaniel Fisher
• Tina Holmes as Maggie Sibley
• Chris Messina as Ted Fairwell
• Kendre Berry as Durrell
• C.J. Sanders as Anthony
• Giancarlo Rodriguez as Julio Diaz
• Peter Macdissi as Olivier Castro-Staal
• Tim Maculan as Father Jack

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Episode Recap

Brenda gives birth prematurely to a baby girl named Willa. As Willa is under life support, Brenda is haunted by visions of Nate taunting her about the fact that Brenda did not have an amniocentesis. After Willa is healthy enough to be brought home, Brenda has a dream in which Nate and Nathaniel visit. In the dream, Nate tells Brenda that he will always love Willa.

Brenda sends Margaret over to the funeral home to collect Maya from Ruth. Ruth reluctantly gives her up, and becomes severely depressed. George attempts to dissuade her, but she remains obstinate. Finally, she calls Maggie and discovers that Nate was happy the night he had his seizure. This alleviates her pain.

Ted calls Claire over to his apartment, and Claire takes photos of the two of them in bed. Later that day, Claire gets a job offer from a photo production house in New York. Olivier tells Claire that he was responsible for dropping her name. With Ruth in recovery, Claire declares her intentions to stay behind and help her mother. Ruth forbids her from staying behind and orders her to move to New York, promising to unfreeze her trust fund. While Claire is packing, an employee at the photo production house calls and tells her that the company has merged with another company in Chicago, and her job is gone. She then envisions Nate telling her that she should move to New York nonetheless.

Federico discovers that the funeral home is worth two million dollars, and tries to get David to sell. David agrees, but later retracts his decision. He and Keith combine their money and instead buy Federico out. Federico and Vanessa then buy another funeral home and plan to open their own business there.

Keith sends an emotionally unstable David to the funeral home, where he can stay until he has recovered fully from Nate's death. David has a nightmare where Nathaniel sets the figure in the red-hooded sweatshirt on him, and David realizes that the figure is himself. David and Keith then move into the funeral home with Anthony and Durrell and redecorate it.

At Claire's goodbye dinner, everyone reminisces about Nate and toasts his memory.

Closing montage and future events

The final minutes of the series finale features a montage of events which will occur in the future for the Fisher family, and is interspersed with scenes of Claire reflectively brooding on her future as she is driving her car through the desert, heading to New York. The events include:

• 2006: The Fisher family comes together to celebrate Willa's first birthday.
  • David demonstrates to Durrell the embalming process.
  • Ruth opens her dog sitting business with Bettina.
• circa 2010: David and Keith joined in a marriage/commitment ceremony with family and friends in attendance. Father Jack is the concelebrant.
• 2025: Ruth Fisher dies in a hospital room, surrounded by David, Claire, and estranged husband, George, while seeing a vision of Nate and Nathaniel in her final breath.
• 2029: Keith Charles is murdered by hijackers while unloading supplies from his armored truck.
• circa 2030s: Claire marries Ted Fairwell, with her family and friends in attendance.
• 2044: David Fisher dies at a picnic in Echo Park while seeing a vision of his late husband, Keith, in a younger version, playing football, to ease his transition to death.
• 2049: Federico Diaz dies while vacationing on a cruise ship with wife, Vanessa.
• 2051: Brenda Chenowith dies at her home while in conversation with her brother, Billy.
• 2085: Claire Fisher dies in her apartment of old age and blind with cataracts, surrounded by the myriad of photographs chronicling her life with her family.

Deaths of the Week

• Ruth O'Connor Fisher (1946-2025) died on a hospital bed after seeing a vision of Nathaniel and Nate smiling at her. George, Claire, and David were seated at her side.
• Keith Dwayne Charles (1968-2029) died when two robbers shot him as he was unloading an armored van.
• David James Fisher (1969-2044) died at a picnic while seeing a vision of Keith catching a football.
• Hector Federico Diaz (1974-2049) died on a cruise ship with his wife Vanessa nearby.
• Brenda Chenowith (1969-2051) died at her home after listening to Billy talk about a confrontation with Ted forty-five years earlier.
• Claire Simone Fisher (1983-2085) died in her bed at her Manhattan apartment, blind from cataracts.

Chronology

• The episode begins minutes after the previous episode. The episode spans several weeks to mid-July when baby Willa is finally brought home. The episode then moves five months to Claire's farewell dinner which is held at the beginning of December 2005, a few days before Claire is expected to start work. The chronology dramatically shifts further forward in time during the closing montage, with the episode finally ending on Claire's death, in the year 2085.

Music

• "Empty Spaces" by Lifehouse
• "Sur Le Pont D'Avignon" performed by Peter Macdissi (Olivier)
• "Avolta" by Arsenal
• "Take Me In Your Arms" (Rock Me A Little While) by Kim Weston
• "Doctor My Eyes" by Jackson Browne
• Always Worth It by Sarah Blasko
• "I Changed My Mind" (Stereo MC's Rattlesnake Remix) by Lyrics Born
• "What'll I Do" by Nat King Cole
• "I Just Want To Celebrate (Mocean Worker Remix)" by Rare Earth
• "Breathe Me" by Sia Furler

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Title reference

• The episode's title refers to what Nate says to Claire in a vision.
  • The title also refers to the song "Waiting" by The Devlins which is played at the end of the pilot.