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March 12, 2006
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In the season finale, the state senate election comes around and Bill and Marilyn work on last minute arrangements. A scandal in Kansas makes the Henrickson family rethink their plan about coming clean with their polygamy.
From creators Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer comes Big Love , the story of a man, Bill Henrickson, living in Salt Lake City with his three wives, three houses, and three families. As if normal family life isn't enough trouble, Bill Henrickson ( Bill Paxton , Twister , Thunderbirds ) has… More everything in triple: three wives, three houses, three families. Bill's first and only legal wife is Barb ( Jeanne Tripplehorn , Word of Honor ) but he also shares the bedroom with middle wife Nicki ( Chloe Sevigny , Boys Don't Cry , Dogville ) and youngest wife Margene ( Ginnifer Goodwin , Ed , Mona Lisa Smile ). Bill also has three new adjoining houses, seven kids, and a booming hardware business. His closest friend and business partner at Home Plus, Don Embry ( Joel McKinnon Miller ), is also a polygamist. The series kicks in as Bill receives troublesome news about his father Frank ( Bruce Dern , Last Man Standing ), who lives in rural Utah in a fundamentalist community lead by Bill's father-in-law, the menacing "Prophet" Roman Grant ( Harry Dean Stanton , Wild at Heart , The Green Mile ). Bill's younger brother Joey ( Shawn Doyle , The Eleventh Hour ) was once a star athlete in the NFL, but is now getting used to living in the compound with his wife Wanda ( Melora Walters , Magnolia , The Butterfly Effect ). Bill's mother Lois ( Grace Zabriskie , Twin Peaks , Fried Green Tomatoes ) is a descendant to the original founder of the Juniper Creek compound, and is still bitter for Roman Grant's hostile takeover for the leadership. Daveigh Chase ( The Ring , Lilo & Stitch ) plays Roman's latest wife, the child-bride Rhonda. Rounding out the cast are Amanda Seyfried ( Veronica Mars , As the World Turns ) as Bill and Barb's oldest daughter Sarah, Douglas Smith ( Citizen Duane ) as Ben, the adoring son, and Jolean Wejbe as Tancy, the precocious 8-year-old. The series is executive produced by creators Mark V. Olsen ( Easter ) and Will Scheffer ( Easter ), Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks , and Gary Goetzman ( Band of Brothers , The Polar Express ). Polygamy Loves Company
Where has the actress that played bills daughter teeny gone that was in all the series's except this one, i dont like the new actress that plays her, its a totally different character!
Polygamy or not all questions about the LDS church are welcome here. Mormons live a very different lifestyle than the rest of the world and so like anything different things get mixed up and miscommunicated and often things are wrong and utterly confusing. So if you have any questions on the… More mormons I am here to answer any. I am mormon, yes thats right. And i don't mind people disagreeing with the LDS religion i just don't like when people don't know the truth and base their opinions on that. So here i am, open to any questions ya'll might have, just for clarification sakes.
Season 4 is pretty crazy. It almost seems like a dream state the speed which events are happening. The episode from last night had so many hard hitting events and so much insanity, if it were a previous season those events would probably take at least 2 episodes to run the course or even 3. I… More don't really hate this faster pacing it just doesn't seem as realistically paced as before, nobody could have that much tragedy and that much chaos in their lives at the same time. Bill usually had one or two big crisis per season now this one its more like almost 2 or 3 per episode. Are the writters getting tired? Do they think we're getting tired and want an explosive episode every Sunday? Its amusing thats for sure, but big love always had a deliberate slow pacing that gave it a more realistic appeal.
Bill Henrickson, a Fundamentalist Mormon Polygamist, lives in a Sandy, Utah with his three wives and 9 shared children. hide show
Trascendent show! Excellent writers who show in detail the character development of the three wives Barb, Nicki and Margene through domestic circumstance. Acting is also superb, particularly with Bill Paxton and Chloe Sevigny who carry the show with talent, wit and spark. The stories in each episode show you, don't tell you. You are instantly transported to a realm of the human psyche wrapped up in the love, grief, trials and testament of life. Be especially alert to the endings of each episode. They always have something very profound to say that makes you stop, think and wonder into the outer limits.
A weird thing happens when you try to decide whether you love the show or not. You catch yourself thinking, do I condone of the way they live or think it's immoral and unhealthy? You forget about acting or writing, because they are brilliant. hide show
Explaining the show and what the attraction is to someone forces you to kinda explain yourself and what these people mean to you. It's the same thing that happened when The Sopranos took over. You always thought of them as people first, before characters, and as a family that you knew before a psychological family drama.
The Henricksons are real to me. What they represent and the ideas they run through (very naturally which still surprises me) keep you within arms reach of them in your own life. What am I willing to do for my family? What do my actions and beliefs mean to them and do to them? What does it mean to be a man, because you look at each one of those wives an think, there's no easy path through each of them, let alone all of them together.
I didn't think a show could philosophically move me like that every single episode. It's 7th Heaven with teeth. And I feel like a crackhead now. It's about as bad as Friday Night Lights, Lost and Breaking Bad in that I NEED to see what happens next. Great acting and casting says they're all real people to me...except Wanda...anti-freeze. But yeah. Hard to describe, easy to appreciate, odd to love. It's like a good family. Even if I don't agree with polygamy or even Mormons.
This fabulous drama is about a polygamist family with three wives including the husband trying to live the most normal lives as possible around corruption of the Mormon faith and all of the other wives personal struggles. hide show
Yes, people might think this show is silly and unethical, but I strongly disagree. This show is dramatic and always gives you strong performances from its actors(may I mention they have been Emmy worthy) It gives you a deep insight into the life of polygamy and the characters captivate your hearts. This show makes you want to tune into HBO again on Sunday nights. It makes you question your beliefs on certain subjects and makes your brain really wonder. Two thumbs up! Sundays at 9:00PM. Strong story lines and fierce acting equal one hell of a show. Fabulous! Love it!
Putting aside all the "hot topics" of the day with the recent airing, my problem with the show is the lack of continuity. Will somoene make up their d@mn mind as to whether the pool has a fence around it or not! For the love, I kid you not, that bugs me so much. Some episodes it's there, some it's not. Someone just needs to make up their mind.
My understaning when this show was created was that it was a portrayal of a polygamist family. I completely understant that you really can't make this show without discussing Mormons, but is there anyone checking facts out there? They made a big to do about getting the temple scene in there, hiring an ex-mormon consultant and all, but what about the little things, like the church buildings with a sign point to the sanctuary? Where'd that come from? (and before you tell me that all mormon chruches have a sanctuary, they do not, I believe their main worship room is called a chapel and while people of many faiths consider their meeting houses a snactuary, no one has signs up for them).
Other little things that come to mind are the cross in Barb's bedroom, the reference to "general conference" being only once a year and the missionaries wearing picture ID. Simple searches on Google tell me mormons don't display the cross, general conference is twice a year (unless I misunderstand what semi-annual means) and the missionaries where the black tags, but not picture ID.
All-in-all I was quite disappointed in Tom Hanks that he produced a show like and left huge gaping holes in it. No one should ever be looking at a fictional account like this and consider it to be a study on polygamists, mormon or otherwise, but to those of you who do think it be, please, please read a book and ask the right people the right questions.
A unique drama about a family practicing polygamy. It features a man and his three very different wives and children. You see the twists and turns in this families lives. The love, fun, drama and scandal they deal with from day to day. hide show
Finally a refreshing new type of drama! When I talk about this show a lot of people can't get past the subject matter to even be interested in watching it.It's a subject most people could never understand (myself included) But it makes you think. The story line is fabulous!!! Love is love no matter what form it's in. perfect casting! it features people you love and those you love to hate. I wish they would do some more informative back story to show how this union has started and what it was like. Wouldn't it interesting to see what life was like for everyone right after Nikki came, or after they took in Margine?
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