Out, Out Brief Candle

"Out, Out Brief Candle" is the second episode of the second season of Six Feet Under. It was written by Laurence Andries, directed by Kathy Bates and first aired on March 10, 2002.

Synopsis
A football player's death bothers Nate, who has his own potentially fatal condition.

Story
A college football player collapses in the heat of practice, and his death haunts Nate and his AVM secret. With Matt Gilardi failing to buy out the "resilient" Fishers, Kroehner's regional director, Mitzi Huntley, decides to take matters into her own hands. Federico asks Nate and David for a down-payment loan for his house, but learns they're buying a "casket wall" display instead. Desperate, his wife Vanessa turns to her sister, Angelica, for help. Brenda invites the man who deflowered her over to dinner; Claire learns that Gabe is carrying some serious excess baggage; Keith frets that his drug-troubled sister Karla is neglecting her daughter, Taylor; and Robbie, Ruth's flower-store co-worker, asks Ruth to witness his graduation from a self-help seminar.

Main Cast

 * Peter Krause as Nate Fisher
 * Michael C. Hall as David Fisher
 * Frances Conroy as Ruth Fisher
 * Lauren Ambrose as Claire Fisher
 * Freddy Rodriguez as Federico Diaz
 * Mathew St. Patrick as Keith Charles
 * Jeremy Sisto as Billy Chenowith
 * Rachel Griffiths as Brenda Chenowith

Recurring Cast

 * Aysia Polk as Taylor Benoit
 * Nicki Micheaux as Karla Charles
 * Marina Black as Parker McKenna
 * Gary Hershberger as Matthew Gilardi
 * Joel Brooks as Robbie
 * Justina Machado as Vanessa Diaz
 * Eric Balfour as Gabriel Dimas

Guest Cast

 * Drake Johnston as Will
 * Evan Arnold as Graduate
 * Susan Merson as Realtor
 * Ricardo Antonio Chavira as Ramon
 * Katie Mitchell as Sheila
 * Julianna McCarthy as Beatrice
 * Dee Freeman as Susan Langmead
 * Shashawnee Hall as Richard Langmead
 * Brian Tahash as Coach
 * Aaron Leigh as Dink
 * Grant Thompson as Sam
 * Eddie Jemison as Casket Salesman
 * Judith Hoag as Dawn
 * Timm Sharp as Andy
 * Tuc Watkins as Trevor
 * Page Kennedy as Josh Langmead
 * Julie White as Mitzi Dalton Huntley
 * Alice Krige as Alma

Obituary
Joshua Peter Langmead

1981- 2001

Langmead, Joshua Peter (20). Born September 10, 1980 in Culver City, California. Passed away August 29, 2001.

Josh earned three varsity letters as a tight end at Fox Hills High School in Culver City, CA. He was rated No. 10 tight end in the west by the PacWest Football Association. When he died, Josh was a senior at California State College, where he played for the Grizzlies and majored in Sociology with a minor in Business Administration.

He is survived by his loving parents Richard and Susan, his brother Milo and his sister Brandee. Viewing this Saturday, September 1st at 6 p.m. at Fisher & Sons.