Six Feet Under (2001–2005): Season 1, Episode 3 - The Foot - full transcript
The family considers selling the business. Their latest client had an unfortunate accident with an industrial dough-mixer.
ORIGINAL AIR DATE ON HBO: 2001-06-17
Six Feet Under
Season 1. Episode 3. The Foot
OK,
this here's the dough mixer.
You gotta get in there, really scrub it
Hose it down every night.
keep the bugs out.
Somebody found a roach in a loaf of
whole wheat once and sued
Can't you just spray with Raid?
And then you got bug-poisoned
bread that might kill 100 people
Is that good?
Oh, Jesus
I gotta get to my chiropractor.
Hey.
Think anyone's ever had sex in here?
Now, why the fuck would
you even think that, huh?
Romano?
Ro.. Romano?
Romano?
You Are OK?
"THOMAS ALFREDO ROMANO MAY 16,
1944-JANUARY 21, 2001"
That was-
you made the weirdest noise back there.
I if were you, I would not get
into the weird noise contest.
Oh, yeah?
I love this song.
This? Really?
Yeah.
My dad had all these old big band records.
All this reminds me
of being a kid
still being blissfully ignorant of
what a sick joke life can be.
I'd have pegged you as more
of a fan of...
what?
Sting?
U2?
You know, grew up in the 80s but too
straight to be into real hardcore punk stuff.
Oh, yeah? And I suppose you were
into the really hardcore punk stuff?
Kind of. I think it was just
the heroine talking...
Oh man, I love that look!
I really have to go.
Mom and David and
I are having some sort of
family meeting to discuss whether
we should sell the business to Kroehner.
Oh, God, I hope we will.
Why?
So I can get the hell out of here
and go back to Seattle.
Why don't you come with me?
Why on earth would I want to
do something like that?
Because you are my woman.
You're out of your mind.
Oh, yeah?
How come my name's branded
on your ass?
I love that look.
You don't understand how serious this is.
We're under siege by a major corporation.
Stop being so dramatic.
Mom, it's a fact.
David, we all have problems.
This oat bran is stuck on here like cement
because you didn't soak any water in it,
thank you very much.
Listen to me.
Kroehner is pressuring our suppliers
to demand money up front.
Now Continental Caskets wants us
to pay for anything
we put in the showroom
before we actually sell it.
That's thousands of dollars.
Your father never let these things
Six Feet Under
Season 1. Episode 3. The Foot
OK,
this here's the dough mixer.
You gotta get in there, really scrub it
Hose it down every night.
keep the bugs out.
Somebody found a roach in a loaf of
whole wheat once and sued
Can't you just spray with Raid?
And then you got bug-poisoned
bread that might kill 100 people
Is that good?
Oh, Jesus
I gotta get to my chiropractor.
Hey.
Think anyone's ever had sex in here?
Now, why the fuck would
you even think that, huh?
Romano?
Ro.. Romano?
Romano?
You Are OK?
"THOMAS ALFREDO ROMANO MAY 16,
1944-JANUARY 21, 2001"
That was-
you made the weirdest noise back there.
I if were you, I would not get
into the weird noise contest.
Oh, yeah?
I love this song.
This? Really?
Yeah.
My dad had all these old big band records.
All this reminds me
of being a kid
still being blissfully ignorant of
what a sick joke life can be.
I'd have pegged you as more
of a fan of...
what?
Sting?
U2?
You know, grew up in the 80s but too
straight to be into real hardcore punk stuff.
Oh, yeah? And I suppose you were
into the really hardcore punk stuff?
Kind of. I think it was just
the heroine talking...
Oh man, I love that look!
I really have to go.
Mom and David and
I are having some sort of
family meeting to discuss whether
we should sell the business to Kroehner.
Oh, God, I hope we will.
Why?
So I can get the hell out of here
and go back to Seattle.
Why don't you come with me?
Why on earth would I want to
do something like that?
Because you are my woman.
You're out of your mind.
Oh, yeah?
How come my name's branded
on your ass?
I love that look.
You don't understand how serious this is.
We're under siege by a major corporation.
Stop being so dramatic.
Mom, it's a fact.
David, we all have problems.
This oat bran is stuck on here like cement
because you didn't soak any water in it,
thank you very much.
Listen to me.
Kroehner is pressuring our suppliers
to demand money up front.
Now Continental Caskets wants us
to pay for anything
we put in the showroom
before we actually sell it.
That's thousands of dollars.
Your father never let these things