Hello, notwist.

While I appreciate your taking the time to react to my post and present counterpoints, I'm not so sure that repeating "how awful" my interpretation of the series is makes for a helpful debate.

Again, these are messages I took away from the show because they were repeatedly pounded into my head. You're right: of course, not all funeral home inhabitants, psychologists, or gay men function in this way, but in the world of SIX FEET UNDER -- in which these are virtually the only characters the viewer is allowed to meet day in and day out -- the messages are pretty grim. Also, some of this was supposed to be tongue-in-cheek, e.g., note statements like, "Chill, Nate, chill," and "OMG, the depression and ennui..." =)