Six Feet Under is a melancholy drama based on a family grieving the loss of a father and husband. The characters in this drama experience the conventions of family issues, sibling rivalry, love affairs, and tragedy. The show displays themes of death and love while maintaining an upbeat tone of family loyalty. The pilot embodied the structure of an ensemble show. Six Feet Under is considered an ensemble because of the equality of each characters importance of the show. The knockout cast is very diverse which makes the show attractive to multiple demographics. Based on the pilot, each character got an equal amount of screen time. The fact that there were multiple story lines overlapping each other kept the plot interesting. The characters share struggles of sexual discovery, grief, coming of age, and independence. The pilot of Six Feet Under exemplifies a premise pilot. A premise pilot introduces the foundation of the show. In the pilot of the show, the family experiences the loss of the kid’s father and the wife’s husband. This tragedy sets up the premise of the rest of the show, which is the family’s process of grieving and moving on with their lives after losing their head of household. The characters of the show all have diverse life styles and interests. The two brothers, Dave and Nate, couldn’t be more different. Nate, although the older of the two, seems a bit lost in life. While he walks to the own beat of his drum, he is also stuck in a dead end job and left home while young to get away from this business. A flashback reveals that Nate never liked the mortuary business, which he finds disturbing. Nate seems desperate for companionship, but his responsibility to the family and the business has the potential to suck him into a life of loneliness. Dave, the younger of the two, does everything to please his father. He has always taken on the responsibility of the family business. On the surface Dave has his life together