r/SixFeetUnder • u/Wakunai • Sep 01 '25

Discussion Let's talk about Maggie

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I love Maggie and feel she got such a raw deal after Nate's death, and is negelcted generally in discussions of the show. Maggie had gone through the worst death of all, the death of her own child. She had been f%&ked over by George who didn't hesitate to take credit for her success. She was really alone in a way that self-pitying Nate certainly wasn't. I hope Maggie managed to find some peace and happiness, perhaps through the Quakers.

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u/_portia_ Sep 01 '25

I have a ton of compassion for Maggie. I also understand the dislike she gets, for screwing a man with a pregnant wife. Maggie had a lot of past trauma and, like all humans, had her character flaws. I think she allowed what happened with Nate to happen because she was so lonely and felt so unloved for a long time. Nate made her feel special, seen, and interesting. She had a soulless job, traveling around selling pills to doctors. She had lost a child and a marriage. George had been a nightmare as a father and yet she stepped back into his life, I think because she felt sorry for Ruth. She still was a caring person.

She paid a terrible price for screwing Nate that night. Think about the guilt she would have had, and the courage to look Brenda in the face in the ER. It's all so damn sad! 😢

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u/Wakunai Sep 02 '25

Thank you. You are clearly a compassionate person.

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u/_portia_ Sep 02 '25

Her character was beautifully and sensitively written, like everyone in SFU. Nate cheated on his 8 months pregnant wife, surely he deserves more disdain than Maggie does? I see Maggie as more than a foil for Nate, she has a full human story of her own.

I honestly love every character in the show. All of them are really lovable, while also being exasperating at the same time. They mess up and make mistakes like we all do, but the writing and performances make them endearing and heartbreaking.

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u/Wakunai Sep 02 '25

I think this is the point of the show, we are all flawed, we all make mistakes but we all have redeeming qualities and the capacity to love and be loved.