| Six Feet Under | |
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| Frank singing in "Six Feet Under" | |
| Season | 2 |
| Episode | 22 |
| Air Date | April 27, 1998 (USA) October 5, 2004 (Canada) |
| Cast | Ray Romano Patricia Heaton Brad Garrett Doris Roberts Peter Boyle Madylin Sweeten Sawyer Sweeten Sullivan Sweeten Kevin James Andy Kindler Jon Manfrellotti |
| Director(s) | Jeff Melman |
| Writer(s) | Cindy Chupack Steve Skrovan Tom Caltabiano |
| Preceded by | Traffic School |
| Followed by | The Garage Sale |
Six Feet Under is the 22nd episode of Season 2, and is episode 44 of the full 210 episodes for the entire series. In this episode, Ray finds out that he shrunk a little, and is no longer six feet tall.
Episode Information[]
- Episode Title: Six Feet Under
- Episode Number: Season 2, Episode 22 (#44 of 210)
- Air Date: April 27, 1998
- Episode description (from DVD): "Ray discovers he has shrunk by an inch, and is headed into a mid-life crisis."
- Cast:
- Ray Romano as Ray
- Patricia Heaton as Debra
- Brad Garrett as Robert
- Doris Roberts as Marie
- Peter Boyle as Frank
- Madylin Sweeten as Ally
- Sawyer Sweeten as Geoffrey
- Sullivan Sweeten as Michael
- Guest Stars:
- Kevin James as Kevin
- Andy Kindler as Andy
- Jon Manfrellotti as Gianni
- Crew:
- Jeff Melman - Director
- Cindy Chupack - Writer
- Steve Skrovan - Writer
- Tom Caltabiano - Writer
- Preceded by: "Traffic School"
- Followed by: "The Garage Sale"
Synopsis[]
While Debra is measuring the kids', and Ray's, height, Ray finds out he is no longer six feet tall. He has shrunk by an inch. Quickly falling into a mid-life crisis, Ray writes up a list of goals; things he wants to do before he dies.
Conversations with his family abruptly turn to death...and Ray is suddenly afraid of dying, with morbid talks of cemeteries and cremation.
Upon returning home Ray sees Debra reading his to-do list of what he wants to do before he dies. Debra then tells Ray how to actually handle a mid-life crisis.
Running Gags[]
- The viewer sees Marie open the locked drawer in the kitchen. In this episode, she ends up pulling out the deed to her and Frank's burial plot.
- The viewer also hears another one of Ray's nicknames for Debra: Cornflake. And in turn, near the end of the episode, Debra again calls Ray an "idiot", as she always does.
Trivia[]
- Even though Nemo's Pizza is never mentioned, the basketball team the restaurant sponsors appears in the episode. Ray, Robert, Kevin, Andy, and Gianni are all on the team.
- This episode also has a short musical scene at the end of the episode in which Frank is singing Tony Bennett's "I Left My Heart in San Francisco".
- Upon comforting Ray, Frank did "The Wizard advice " almost exactly as how he said it to Robert De Niro's character in 'Taxi Driver' in 1976; a film where Peter Boyle portrayed a veteran taxi driver giving a near-profound advice.
- Marie was complaining when Ray talked about wanting to do cremation. When her portrayer, Doris Roberts, passed away in 2016, she was cremated and her ashes were interred at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary.
Quotes[]
- Ray: "All I need is another quarter-inch."
- Gianni: "Who doesn't?"
- Ray: "Heh.... its raining outside too..."
- Doug Walker: "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"
External links[]
| Season 2 Episodes |
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Ray's on TV • Father Knows Least • Brother • Mozart • Golf • Anniversary • Working Late Again • The Children's Book • The Gift • High School • The Letter • All I Want for Christmas • Mia Famiglia • Marie's Meatballs • The Checkbook • The Ride-Along • The Family Bed • Good Girls • T-Ball • Traffic School • Six Feet Under • The Wedding: Part 1 • The Wedding: Part 2 |