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Big Love: Season 3
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 12, 2006
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 5
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Metascore
79 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.8 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 14 Ratings

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10 out of 10
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  • Summary: The Henricksons return for a third season, and Bill (Paxton) may be ready for wife number four.
  • Genre(s): Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tim Stack
    100
    The underrated bigamy show returns from a too-long hiatus with a plot-packed season 3 opener, and, not for the first time, the females deliver the best moments.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    100
    If there's a better written, better acted, more originally conceived show on television, I defy you to name it.
  3. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    60
    The performances by the three lead actresses (and by Amanda Seyfried as Paxton and Tripplehorn's eldest daughter) are so strong, and the nuances of life in such a complicated relationship so endlessly fascinating, that I'll suffer through the rest for a few episodes at a time before Bill's unsettling stare or Roman's calm, criminal sense of entitlement chases me off again.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. JasonG
    10
    I still think Big Love is one of the best Drama's on television today. Season 1 was excellent. Season 2 was great, though not quite as good as Season 1. But thus far, Season 3 has been nothing short of brilliant. I'm left wanting more with every episode. It is a shame HBO confines this series to a mere 10 episodes per season.… Expand
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  2. KevB
    10
    Better and better... as each episode progressed more importantly each season.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. larrym
    10
    When u watch Big Love the one hour seems like a half hour.the plotlines,dialogue and acting is terrific.special kudos to chloe sevingy and bill paxton. can't wait for season four.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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