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On Christmas Eve 2000, patriarch Nathaniel Fisher ( Richard Jenkins ), owner of Fisher & Sons Funeral Home, is hit and killed by a bus while driving his brand new hearse. His death throws his immediate family into emotional chaos as they attempt to deal with their grief. Nathaniel's death casts a pall over the return of his older son Nate ( Peter Krause ), who was hoping for a relaxing vacation before returning to his home in Seattle. On the flight, he meets and later has sex with Brenda Chenowith ( Rachel Griffiths ). Dutiful son David ( Michael C. Hall ) is struggling to keep his true sexual identity and his new boyfriend Keith ( Mathew St. Patrick ) from his family. Matriarch Ruth ( Frances Conroy ) has her own secrets to keep, while youngest child and only daughter Claire ( Lauren Ambrose ) has her first taste of crystal meth before finding out about Nathaniel's death and must now go through the experience while tweaking. Meanwhile, Nathaniel's spectre repeatedly appears to each member of his family and forces them to face their own anxieties about life and death.
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