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Final moments: passes away peacefully in her sleep.

7.

1:7 Brotherhood.

w. Christian Williams.

d. Jim McBride.

Deceased: Victor Wayne Kovitch (1971–2001).

Final moments: dies in a military hospital after losing his battle with Gulf War syndrome.

8. 1:8

Crossroads.

w. Laurence Andries.

d. Allen Coulter.

Deceased: Chloe Ann Bryant Yorkin (1959–2001).

Final moments: skull shattered in collision with an overhead traffic light after standing up through a limo sunroof.

9.

1:9 Life’s Too Short.

w. Christian Taylor.

d. Jeremy Podeswa.

Deceased: Anthony Christopher Finelli (1994–2001).

Final moments: accidentally shoots himself in the face while playing with a gun found under his mother’s bed.

10. 1:10 The New Person.

w. Bruce Eric Kaplan.

d. Kathy Bates.

Deceased: Jonathan Arthur Hanley (1946–2001).

Final moments: murdered at breakfast by his wife hitting him over the head with a frying pan.

11. 1:11 The Trip.

w. Rick Cleveland.

d. Michael Engler.

Deceased: Dillon Cooper (2001–2001).

Final moments: dies in his sleep, a victim of cot death (SIDS).

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12. 1:12 A Private Life.

w. Kate Robin.

d. Rodrigo García.

Deceased: Marcus Foster, Jr. (1978–2001).

Final moments: beaten to death by two homophobes.

13. 1:13 Knock, Knock.

w. Alan Ball.

d. Alan Ball.

Deceased: Lilian Grace Montrose (1939–2001).

Final moments: struck on the head by a stray golf ball.

Season Two (2002): US premiere 3 March.

14. 2:1 In the Game.

w. Alan Ball.

d. Rodrigo García.

Deceased: Rebecca Leah Milford (1980–2001).

Final moments: overdoses on cocaine while attending her movie premiere party.

15. 2:2 Out, Out, Brief Candle.

w. Laurence Andries.

d. Kathy Bates.

Deceased: Joshua Peter Langmead (1981–2001).

Final moments: dies of heat stroke during try-outs for the California state football team.

16. 2:3 The Plan.

w. Kate Robin.

d. Rose Troche.

Deceased: Michael John Piper (1952–2001).

Final moments: dies in hospital after a long battle with cancer.

17. 2:4 Driving Mr Mossback.

w. Rick Cleveland.

d. Michael Cuesta.

Deceased: Harold Mossbank (1932–2001).

Final moments: passes away while on a coach trip to Seattle.

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18. 2:5 The Invisible Woman.

w. Bruce Eric Kaplan.

d. Jeremy Podeswa.

Deceased: Emily Previn (1954–2001).

Final moments: chokes to death on a TV dinner.

19. 2:6 In Place of Anger.

w. Christian Taylor.

d. Michael Engler.

Deceased: Matthew Heath Collins (1959–2001).

Final moments: drunkenly falls overboard the company yacht and is chopped by propellers.

20. 2:7 Back to the Garden.

w. Jill Soloway.

d. Daniel Attias.

Deceased: Jeffrey Marc Shapiro (1963–2001).

Final moments: accidentally strangles himself while attempting autoerotic asphyxiation.

21. 2:8 It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.

w. Scott Buck.

d. Alan Taylor.

Deceased: Jesse Ray Johnson (1944–2001).

Final moments: collides with a truck on his Harley-Davidson while riding to work as a department store Santa.

22. 2:9 Someone Else’s Eyes.

w. Alan Ball.

d. Michael Cuesta.

Deceased: Dwight Edgar Garrison (1945–2002).

Final moments: skull shattered when a metal lunchbox, dropped by a construction worker, falls on his head.

23. 2:10 The Secret.

w. Bruce Eric Kaplan.

d. Alan Poul.

Deceased: Benjamin Srisai (1935–2002).

Final moments: sustains heart attack while taking out the rubbish.

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24. 2:11 The Liar and the Whore.

w. Rick Cleveland.

d. Miguel Arteta.

Deceased: Edith Kirky (1929–2002).

Final moments: dies after complaining of extreme pain in the nursing home where Vanessa works. Rico later pulls out a sausage from her oesophagus.

25. 2:12 I’ll Take You.

w. Jill Soloway.

d. Michael Engler.

Deceased: Leticia Perfect Perez (1922–2002).

Final moments: passes away while underneath a hairdryer in a beauty salon.

26. 2:13 The Last Time.

w. Kate Robin.

d. Alan Ball.

Deceased: Aaron Buchbinder (1976–2002).

Final moments: dies in Nate’s arms after losing his battle with pancreatic cancer.

Season Three (2003): US premiere 2 March.

27. 3:1 Perfect Circles.

w. Alan Ball.

d. Rodrigo García.

Deceased: Nathaniel Samuel Fisher (1965–2002/?) Final moments: blood vessel erupts during surgery to deal with his AVM but this is only one possible outcome.

28. 3:2 You Never Know.

w. Scott Buck.

d. Michael Cuesta.

Deceased: Matthew Clark Hazen (1962–2003); Martin Jacobs (1978–2003); Andrew Wayne Milne (1952–2003).

Final moments: each is shot by Daniel Showalter, a disgruntled ex-employee of the telemarketing company where they work.

Deceased: Daniel Showalter (1978–2003).

Final moments: commits suicide by shooting himself after his killing spree.

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29. 3:3 The Eye Inside.

w. Kate Robin.

d. Michael Engler.

Deceased: Callie Renee Mortimer (1984–2003).

Final moments: knocked down by a car after running into the road fearful of a group of boys following her; they turn out to be her friends.

30. 3:4 Nobody Sleeps.

w. Rick Cleveland and Alan Ball.

d. Alan Poul.

Deceased: Robert Lamar Giffin (1955–2003).

Final moments: passes away, after battling a congenital heart problem, surrounded by friends enjoying a late-night showing of that classic chiller
The Bad Seed
on television.

31. 3:5 The Trap.

w. Bruce Eric Kaplan.

d. Jeremy Podeswa.

Deceased: William Aaron Jaffe (1951–1975).

Final moments: found by the Bickerson in Griffith Park some 16 years after his car came off the road, killing him.

32. 3:6 Making Love Work.

w. Jill Soloway.

d. Kathy Bates.

Deceased: Karen Postell Pepper (1964–2003).

Final moments: queuing with her friends to see a recording of Dr Dave, her nose starts to bleed and she collapses; Rico later identifies that damage caused by cosmetic surgery is responsible for the bleed.

33. 3:7 Timing and Space.

w. Craig Wright.

d. Nicole Holofcener.

Deceased: Bernard Asa Chenowith (1939–2003).

Final moments: dies of stomach cancer surrounded by his family – Margaret, Brenda and Billy.

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34. 3:8 Tears, Bones and Desire.

w. Nancy Oliver.

d. Daniel Attias.

Deceased: ‘Daddy’ (1940–2003).

Final moments: dies in his deckchair after concluding a home schooling mathematics lesson with his numerous children.

35. 3:9 The Opening.

w. Kate Robin.

d. Karen Moncrieff.

Deceased: Melinda Mary Bloch (1965–2003).

Final moments: commits suicide by asphyxiation from carbon dioxide fumes.

36. 3:10 Everyone Leaves.

w. Scott Buck.

d. Daniel Minahan.

Deceased: Jeanette Louise Bradford (1928–2003).

Final moments: dies from allergic reaction to a bee sting while on a picnic with her family, the Charles’s (Keith’s parents).

37. 3:11 Death Works Overtime.

w. Rick Cleveland.

d. Daniel Attias.

Deceased: Dorothy Kim Su (1945–2003).

Final moments: shot in the face during a convenience store hold-up.

Deceased: David Raymond Monroe (1971–2003).

Final moments: suffers a fatal heart attack while exercising at the gym.

Deceased: Edward Tully (1955–2003).

Final moments: electrocuted while fixing an overhead power line during a minor earthquake.

38. 3:12 Twilight.

w. Craig Wright.

d. Kathy Bates.

Deceased: Carl Desmond Williman (1948–2003).

Final moments: state execution by lethal injection.

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39. 3:13 I’m Sorry, I’m Lost.

w. Jill Soloway.

d. Alan Ball.

Deceased: Anahid Hovanessian (1951–2003).

Final moments: huge chunk of blue ice (from an aeroplane) falls from the sky and crushes her skull.

Deceased: Lisa Kimmel Fisher (1967–2003).

Final moments: unknown (but possibly drowned); the ocean washes up her badly decomposed and half-eaten body.

Season Four (2004): US premiere 20 June.

40. 4:1 Falling Into Place.

w. Craig Wright.

d. Michael Cuesta.

Deceased: Bruno Baskerville Walsh (1951–1972).

Final moments: jumps from a roof high on acid before falling to his death (ashes remain uncollected).

41. 4:2 In Case of Rapture.

w. Rick Cleveland.

d. Daniel Attias.

Deceased: Dorothy Sheedy (1954–2003).

Final moments: gets run over while caught in the rapture of confusing inflatable (and pornographic) dolls for angels rising to heaven.

42. 4:3 Parallel Play.

w. Jill Soloway.

d. Jeremy Podeswa.

Deceased: Kaitlin Elise Stolte (1989–2003).

Final moments: after making a prank phone call falls off the bed laughing so hard that she breaks her neck.

43. 4:4 Can I Come Up Now.

w. Alan Ball.

d. Dan Minahan.

Deceased: Lawrence Henry Mason (1938–2003).

Final moments: struck by lightning while carrying an umbrella.

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44. 4:5 That’s My Dog.

w. Scott Buck.

d. Alan Poul.

Deceased: Anne Marie Thorton (1966–2004).

Final moments: slips in the shower after celebrating her thirteenth wedding anniversary with a romp in the hot tub.

45. 4:6 Terror Starts at Home.

w. Kate Robin.

d. Miguel Arteta.

Deceased: Robert Carol Meinhardt (1962–2004).

Final moments: bound and then shot in the head by two unknown assailants.

46. 4:7 The Dare.

w. Bruce Eric Kaplan.

d. Peter Webber.

Deceased: Joan Morrison (1939–2004).

Final moments: dies from stomach cancer after visiting the doctor’s surgery and hearing nothing more can be done.

47. 4:8 Coming and Going.

w. Nancy Oliver.

d. Daniel Attias.

Deceased: James Dubois Marshall (1923–2004).

Final moments: pulls up into the Fishers’ driveway before dying at the wheel.

48. 4:9 Grinding the Corn.

w. Rick Cleveland.

d. Alan Caso.

Deceased: Lawrence Tuttle (1969-2004).

Final moments: fatally reaching for his collectable comic, muttering how he will be buried with it before he sells it, Lawrence is killed when the shelf falls back onto him.

49. 4:10 The Black Forest.

w. Jill Soloway and Craig Wright.

d. Peter Care.

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Deceased: Robert Duane Wething (1958–2004).

Final moments: dies after a fatal kicking administered by his wife, Suzanne.

50. 4:11 The Bomb Shelter.

w. Scott Buck.

d. Nicole Holofcener.

Deceased: Edward Gorodetsky, (Coco Gorodetsky); (Michael Gorodetsky); (Amanda Gorodetsky).

Final moments: the Gorodetskys perish in their state-of-the-art car when confusion reigns over the directions given by the On-Star facility and Edward, the father, makes a bad turn.

51. 4:12 Untitled.

w. Nancy Oliver.

d. Alan Ball.

Deceased: Kenneth M. Henderson (1954–2004).

Final moments: chopped in half as he tries to effect a rescue when he and others get trapped in a lift.

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FILM AND TV GUIDE

FILM

Airport
(George Seaton, 1970).

American Beauty
(Sam Mendes, 1999).

American President, The
(Rob Reiner, 1995).

Analyse This
(Harold Ramis, 1999).

Badlands
(Terrence Malick, 1974).

Bad Seed, The
(Mervyn LeRoy, 1956).

Blair Witch Project, The
(Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, 1999).

Blue Velvet
(David Lynch, 1986).

Captain from Castile
(Henry King, 1947).

Citizen Kane
(Orson Welles, 1941).

Desperately Seeking Susan
(Susan Seidelman, 1985).

Flashdance
(Adrian Lyne, 1983).

Flesh and Bone
(Steven Kloves, 1993).

Gladiator
(Ridley Scott, 2000).

Godfather, The
(Francis Ford Coppola, 1972).

Harold and Maude
(Hal Ashby, 1971).

How the West was Won
(John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall and Richard Thorpe, 1962).

How to Make an American Quilt
(Jocelyn Moorhouse, 1995).

King and I
,
The
(Walter Lang, 1956).

Kissing Jessica Stein
(Charles Herman-Wurmfeld, 2001).

Kiss Me Deadly
(Robert Aldrich, 1955).

Little Women
(Gillian Armstrong, 1994).

Looking For Mr Goodbar
(Richard Brooks, 1977).

Loved One, The
(Tony Richardson, 1965).

Monsters, Inc.
(Peter Docter, David Silverman and Lee Unkrich, 2001).

My Girl
(Howard Zieff, 1991).

My Girl 2
(Howard Zieff, 1994).

Ordinary People
(Robert Redford, 1980).

Parting Glances
(Bill Sherwood, 1986).