Six Feet Under and Brothers and Sisters

Last week I watched the entire final season of Six Feet Under, and days later I started watching the first 20 episodes of Brothers & Sisters. Maybe because of the proximity, I found a lot of similarities between these two shows, other than the obvious fact that both star the excellent Rachel Griffiths. Take a look below. Did I miss anything?

There's one major difference between the shows. Six Feet Under was a great show - real quality television. Brothers & Sisters is a fun show to watch, but quality TV it ain't.

Beware of SPOILERS!!!

Brothers & Sisters	Six Feet Under
William has heart attack and falls into pool	Nathaniel Sr. dies in accident	Father dies in pilot episode, leaving grieving widow
William and Holly	Ruth and Hiram	Parent's infidelity revealed after death
Kitty returns from NY	Nate returns from Seattle	A child returns home to LA
Ojai Foods	Fisher & Sons Mortuary	Family business
Kevin Walker	David Fisher	Gay repressed brother
Tommy asks Kevin for his sperm. Kevin refuses at first, but then both he and Justin donate sperm.	David asks Claire for her egg, so he and Keith can have a child. She refuses.	Asking a sibling for help conceiving (gay brother either asker or donor)
Julia Walker goes into labor 29 weeks into pregnancy	Brenda goes into labor two months early	Premature birth
Joe kisses Sarah's half sister Rebecca.	Nate cheats on Brenda with his step sister Maggie.	Rachel Griffiths' character has marital problems. Sisterly infidelity involved.
Husband Joe Whedon	Boyfriend Joe (Season 4)	Rachel Griffiths' character has significant other named Joe
Sarah is Joe's son Gabriel's step mother	Brenda is Nate's daughter Maya's step mother.	Her character is also a step-mother

Isn't it fun to waste time on totally unimportant things once in a while?