ngx asked: Six Feet Under 5x01 A Coat of White Primer

ngx asked: Six Feet Under 5x01 A Coat of White Primer



“This is a hard day, and we’re all very upset. The loss of a young person is always a terrible blow. But in this case, it’s even more cruel because Nate was an idealist, and he struggled all through his life to be a good man. He wasn’t perfect, but then who among us is? And he never gave up on himself, the people he loved, or even love itself, in all its vexing, beautiful forms.”

“This is a hard day, and we’re all very upset. The loss of a young person is always a terrible blow. But in this case, it’s even more cruel because Nate was an idealist, and he struggled all through his life to be a good man. He wasn’t perfect, but then who among us is? And he never gave up on himself, the people he loved, or even love itself, in all its vexing, beautiful forms.”




George: So, you stopped taking them? Just like that?Billy: Yep.George: How do you feel?Billy: I feel a little tingly. That’s about it. What do they got you on these days?George: Well, they just switched me from Lithium to Tophranil.Billy: Oh.George: In between the shock treatments.Billy: What are those like?George: Honestly, I don’t know. I go in. They put me on a bed. They give me some oxygen. They say “You’re going to feel a little prick in your hand.” That always makes me laugh. And then the next thing I know, I wake up with the worst headache I’ve had in my life.Billy: You think it’s helping?George: I think that, as Émile Coué used to say, “Every day, in every way, I’m getting better and better.” But not everyone agrees.Billy: Yeah. It’s hard to get your shit together with someone watching all the time.George: Hm, yeah, it is. But when no one is watching, then where are you? Where the fuck are you then?

George: So, you stopped taking them? Just like that?

Billy: Yep.

George: How do you feel?

Billy: I feel a little tingly. That’s about it. What do they got you on these days?

George: Well, they just switched me from Lithium to Tophranil.

Billy: Oh.

George: In between the shock treatments.

Billy: What are those like?

George: Honestly, I don’t know. I go in. They put me on a bed. They give me some oxygen. They say “You’re going to feel a little prick in your hand.” That always makes me laugh. And then the next thing I know, I wake up with the worst headache I’ve had in my life.

Billy: You think it’s helping?

George: I think that, as Émile Coué used to say, “Every day, in every way, I’m getting better and better.” But not everyone agrees.

Billy: Yeah. It’s hard to get your shit together with someone watching all the time.

George: Hm, yeah, it is. But when no one is watching, then where are you? Where the fuck are you then?

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