The season premiere of Six Feet Under was a pleasant surprise; after the meandering aimlessness of much of the last season, I had lost a lot of interest in the series. That interest has been renewed; the characters seem like themselves again and the whole premiere had a sort of morning after/pick up the pieces. Where a ton of major character developments and incidents took place off-camera between the second and third seasons -- Nate and Lisa's marriage, Keith's change of career, etc. -- this time around we pick up right where we left off, and the show's the better for it. I don't think we'll ever see the show hit the delerious heights of its first season, but the show's once again one of the best things on TV. And I'm not saying that just because it's summer.