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HBO (and by extension its streaming platform HBO Max) is home to some serious television heavyweights. We're talking "The Sopranos," "Sex and the City," "Game of Thrones," "Succession" and countless more. And one of the network's defining Sunday night dramas is celebrating a pretty big anniversary this summer: "Six Feet Under" is officially 25 years old.Following the dysfunctional Fisher clan, a family that runs a funeral home in Los Angeles, the award-winning series debuted on HBO on June 3, 2001, and collected nine Emmys, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Golden Globes and a Peabody during its acclaimed five-season run.And in the decades that have followed, "Six Feet Under" has endured as one of the medium's greatest series, with one of the best finales in television history (seriously, we haven't been able to listen to Sia the same since). In honor of the show's silver jubilee, here's why you should rewatch "Six Feet Under" on HBO Max now.What is 'Six Feet Under' about?Life, death and everything in between — literally. Created by Alan Ball ("True Blood"), "Six Feet Under" is a family drama about a not-so-ordinary family. It begins with the unexpected death of patriarch Nathaniel Fisher (Richard Jenkins) and its impact on the rest of his family: widow Ruth (Frances Conroy) and adult children Nate (Peter Krause), David (Michael C. Hall) and Claire (Lauren Ambrose).
