Six Feet Going Under?: I'm very disappointed in the current season of Six Feet Under. The complex characters have gotten a good deal more single-minded. The delicately and intelligently handled homosexuality has become a gimmick. They've introduced a poor but precocious little black child and a crazy ex-hippie aunt who seem awfully cliche. What's worse is that it has become luridly sexual for no good purpose that I can see. A shame.

I think once the next Sopranos season ends I may have to write a follow-up to my HBO essay. I'd hate to have anyone stumble on it in the far future and think me to be tasteless.