The second season begins when a drug-addicted actress died of a cocaine overdose. Things turn out in that period as the girl leaves her colleague and crew to the funeral.
The second season of Six Feet Under maintains the quality of the first series, but as a show it tends to shed its skin after each season and return as intriguing and fresh as before.
... the second season eliminates the chaff (like the garish and out-of-place mortuary commercials that clogged last season's shows) and provides, quite simply, one of the best works of drama on television.