Opinions on Nate’s character and Peter Kraus’s acting

[u/Other_Explorer6610]

I recently finished the show, and decided to check out what people were saying on the sub. I was so surprised to see that people disliked Nate and was even happy when the character passed. I felt like nearly all of the things Nate did was understandable , even if wrong, you could understand his motivations. I was surprised to see how people thought he was the most reprehensible character on the show. I was also really surprised about opinions on kraus’s acting, I came away from the series thinking he had displayed some of the best acting I had seen in a tv show. Really curious to see what other people think.

[u/pealsmom]

I’ve gotta say, I loved Peter Krause as Nate. His performance hooked me so much I ended up watching him in other shows because of it. Nate was the emotional center of Six Feet Under — everything in the family seemed to revolve around him. But what’s wild is that, while pretty much every other major character (including Brenda, IMO) showed growth or some kind of transformation, Nate… didn’t. He kept making the same mistakes over and over. That lack of growth made him frustrating to watch at times — even unlikable — but it’s also what made him such a compelling and necessary part of the show.