Studying death has helped him appreciate life.
Death is understood as a preoccupation, as well as an occupation.
This is literate, soul-searching TV, that may at times try too hard. But better to over-reach than not to try. Conroy seems to hold all the tension of the story in her face. Her character doesn't really unfold until the sixth hour. The family members explore their fears of death along with their relationships to each other and to the business.