This is how they used to make TV series. Solid. Well written. Tight. Entertaining and meaningful.
Yes, it took me a while to watch it (20 years?) but what a ride!
The classic "inciting incident" is a precise crash that send the father of 3 to a better life.
Who's gonna take care of the family business? I.e. A funeral home?
How we start to understand the different traits of the family members (wife, old brother, middle brother, younger sister) is so smooth and well put together, that I found myself laughing and crying at the same time.
This is a masterclass in brewing conflicts (hard work vs creativity, humanity vs business, virtues vs vices etc), setting expectations, presenting secondary characters and locations. Love it. There are several people who take the spotlight here and there and the pacing is just right.
The touch with the deceased father appearing here and there to give his family a hard time is gold. The tv commercials about a funeral home products are fairly dated and cheesy, and they dont work that well as transitions between scenes, but anyway.