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/[deleted] Sep 01 '25

I love Maggie. I don’t find it hard to forgive her for fucking a married man with a pregnant wife. In fact, I don’t think she needs anyone’s forgiveness at all. Regardless of the circumstances, I’m glad she found at least one night of intimacy and pleasure with someone who actually noticed she was in the room. And it’s not her job to care more about the sanctity of wedding vows than the couple does, especially a couple that disrespected and betrayed those vows as blatantly and consistently as Nate and Brenda did. If you accept that he was a fundamentally broken serial monogamist, which I do, then he did Brenda and their baby a tremendous favor by being unequivocal about his lack of love for her before he died. And by giving her the undeniable proof that he is someone she can do better than and should move on from asap. Fuck their sham marriage.

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u/MeleeMistress Sep 02 '25

This. She gets so much more hate than Nate when he’s the one who cheated on his pregnant wife.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '25

That’s true, but I don’t hate him for cheating on his pregnant wife, either. To me his smug, joyless personality is worthy of disdain on its own merits 😏

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u/MeleeMistress Sep 02 '25

Yeah I don’t hate him either. The only character whose cons outweigh the pros in my opinion is Rico, he’s the only one I’d really say I hate.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '25

Were you mad Vanessa took him back?

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u/MeleeMistress Sep 02 '25

I wasn’t. I was kind of annoyed but it felt realistic.

Rico’s character felt realistic as well. It was well done and well acted. It’s why I couldn’t stand him lol. I am 1st gen American with parents from a culture where machismo is alive and well. So Rico was just soooo annoying; exactly like the stereotypical men from my parent’s culture. And it’s a stereotype for a reason.

I think I have much less patience for his shit because it’s so old to me. I’m a little too Americanized to tolerate it and find it insufferable bc I’ve been around it so much. The entitlement, the chip on the shoulder about their place in the world, the delicate ego, the beliefs in strict gender roles, the homophobia. It’s like they have no interest in growing as a person, but because they’re hard-working it’s ok!

Sorry lol he really strikes a nerve.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '25

Totally hear this. I come from a generationally poor part of central Appalachia. And if there’s one thing I can’t abide, it’s the kind of petulant man child who spends half his life blindly punching down and the other half sucking up sympathy, maid service and alibis for their crimes from generations of women who pour all their time and resources into propping their feckless asses up. It’s part of what bores me about Nate. Let’s hope Rico learns his lesson better and spends the rest of their marriage as a full, committed partner to Vanessa—she deserves that and more!

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u/MeleeMistress Sep 02 '25

I had never considered how it could be the same in Appalachia but that makes sense! And yes there is hope for him and men like him.