People Who Hate Brenda?

I didn't hate Brenda at all. She's very complex and conveys a lot of emotions for one person and that is very honest and truthful with people in real life. I really grew to like her more near the end, her character is very real. I hope you enjoy the rest of the episodes, I just rewatched properly after years of missing episodes and I was a lot younger. Have a box of tissues on the last episode if your a softie, as I definitely am one! :)

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She's my favorite character!! I also don't understand all the hate towards her.

I completely agree! At first I was a bit annoyed with her, but after you finish the show, she's without a doubt the most complex female character ever created on television. Claire is still my favorite character on the show, but that might be because I'm currently the same age as her now and relate to her more than any character on the shows geared toward my age group. When I'm Brenda's age, I imagine I'll relate to her more and when I'm Ruth's age, I'll hopefully find a new appreciation for what her character goes through (I still think she's a great character, I just don't relate to her well right now).

I loved the way Brenda was written and acted, don't get the hate either.

People hate Brenda because she's so unconventional and sharp. I bet that scares the crap out of most people.


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I hated Brenda for the first 7-ish episodes of S1, when I was first watching, because I found her a flighty, annoying manic pixie dream girl who seemed to always be naval-gazing in a way that was pretentious and unconvincing to the extreme, floating in and out of scenes while uttering one or two "meaningful" lines and making doe eyes at Nate.

From the episode where she went home, though, I loved her (and, for all its cringe-inducing ugliness, I love her family), and I think she gives the best performance on the show, especially noticeable when she gets landed with a poor storyline (like her and Nate's affair in S4, IMO). Also personally it wasn't a Nate thing because I've never liked Nate THAT much (certainly didn't after S1, anyway).

You sing about the nights, and you laugh about the scars.

I'm a big tv fan, I've watched hundreds of shows, and I've seen the whole 6FU five times (finishing up again for the sixth time actually). And I can honestly say that Brenda Chenowith is my favourite tv character ever.

Funny thing is, the first time I watched this show, I didn't really care for her, one might even say I disliked her. I was 16 years old, and could relate to other characters much easier (mostly to Claire and David). I liked her a little bit better the second time around (when I was about 18-19), and the third time around (22-23) she became my favourite character.

She really grows on you if you give her a chance. When I first watched the show, I had this... specific set of values, I'd say. And she didn't fit into that, so I didn't like her. With growing older and experiencing more of actual living and screwing up myself, I completely changed my opinion on her. I think that's sort of what determines people's opinion on her. She's definitely very flawed, she realizes it, she tries to fight it, and sometimes she just can't. I think it's very human, I think most of us have been there and it is something we all should be able to relate to, or at least empathize/understand why she does what she does. But I guess some people just can't. Maybe they need to do some more living or screwing up.

I love Six Feet Under, it's by far my favourite show, have seen more of it than of anything else, and Brenda manages to do something incredible, stand out as the most complex and the most real character on a show full of complex and real characters.

I think she is a great character and extremely well acted, AND that her character is supposed to upset people. She is almost always discontent, and is quick to voice it, (everything is about her. She's very narcisstic), and she also puts herself in positions that will give her plenty to complain about. That paves the way for her to constantly be feeling hurt, and then responding with her pithy one-liners.

I think the character should have been described just as "smart" and not some sort of genious. If she had really high intelligence, she would have, for instance, limited the abuse her mother continued to throw at her, by telling her mother (after the first insult left her mouth), "Well I'm going to go now. When you're ready to talk to me without insulting me, we can spend some time together." But then, she wouldn't be the victim anymore and the writers would have had less to work with. So my ony problem with the character is that they state she is exceptionally gifted.