• Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 12, 2006
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 5
User Score
7.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8

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  1. LindaW.
    Jan 28, 2010
    8
    Good show, but it just pisses me off how short the seasons are, and how long you have to wait until the next one.
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  2. PaulR.
    Jan 12, 2010
    6
    A disappointing season opener to a show we've grown to expect will be stellar. Overstuffed to the point of confusion--you have an entire season, people, slow down!--it reaches its nadir when detailing the preparation for the grand opening of the casino in ludicrous unreality. Get this: When the night's star, Kenny Rogers, is waylaid by weather, the oldest Hendrickson son's garage band just happens to be ready to play a set of casino-themed songs, and instantly! You expect the band to sprout mouse ears and have Annette Funicello join them as a guest star... Expand
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Metascore

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 16
  2. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Reviewed by: Paige Wiser
    88
    The financial stakes get considerably higher this season. Bill's new "casino and family fun center" results in briefcases full of cash.
  2. Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    91
    Big Love is very, very good this season.
  3. All of the wives are more interesting than their husband. Paxton's character remains a problem for me and, as the pole on which this tent depends, a crucial one.