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Six Feet Under - "That's My Dog"
Nominated by: KBM

Well, that episode was particularly bonkers in the emotions department. I think it has a lot to do with the fact we can all relate to exactly how David feels and we are unable to wrap our minds around how someone could act like the mugger. We follow a certain code of rules or social norms, when someone does not follow them also we don't know how to understand it like what happened to David. This guy doesn't want money and he doesn't want the van he just wants to terrorize David and basically do his best to ruin his sense of self and safety.

Honestly, after this show, I have never looked at the actor who played the mugger quite the same and I get a little queasy when I see him in other things, I'm just uncomfortable with him. The trauma David endured is then shown to affect him greatly in the next episodes, and he does something we would all do, try and ignore it and rationalize it away.

Honestly, this episode is one of my least favorites to watch. The front half is actually surprisingly dull outside of a pretty darkly hilarious Peter Krause moment, and the back half is extremely uncomfortable. I respect the gravity and darkness of this episode, and the attempt to convey a trauma in a strangely surreal and at the same time real way. But I just don't enjoy this in the slightest.

Writing: 7/10
Characterization: 8/10
Scarlet Factor: 1/10
Overall Rating: 16/30
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