Show Info

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

Created By: Mark V. Olsen
Will Scheffer

First Air Date: June 11, 2007

Summary

Starring Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny, Ginnifer Goodwin, Harry Dean Stanton, Bruce Dern, and Grace Zabriskie

Utah's Henrickson family--all one husband, three wives and seven children of them--return for a second season, where they must deal with the aftermath of being outed as polygamists.

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TV: Big Love: Season One (HBO)

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Also On The Web: Official Show Site Television Without Pity Recaps

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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this show is 8.3 (out of 10) based on 54 User Votes

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Mike gave it a10:
Big love is excellent! more provocative and enlightening than any other show on tv! as a side note Maureen ryan is a moron. her reviews read like a high school blogger. she prefers mind numbing shows like entourage and flight of the concords over big love.

Lynn N. gave it a10:
Easily the most compelling and best written script on TV today.

karen m gave it a10:
It is as close to the real thing as it gets good job..

glenn gave it a9:
I am a mormon and I watch the show. I am hooked and find it very amusing and entertaining. Having more than one wife would be hard work but Im glad the wife has the final decision. The show really portrays a polygamist lifestyle and the problems a family would face. It would take a very noble guy to take it on.

Ally gave it a10:
Love it!

Nanette B. gave it a10:
My husband even likes this show. I think it is one of the best shows on TV today.

Chuck S gave it a9:
It's a great show with very good character dynamics. Here is my take on the characters: Bill Hendrickson wanting a large family. Barbara's love for her husband agreed to allow him to take on other wives so he could realise his large family even though, as indicated in the 1st season was a member of the mainstream LDS faith but has left it. Niki, who didn't marry Bill for love but for the principle, that is their belief that polygamy is right. Margene, simply loves everyone, even those that don't like her and loves the idea of this "alternate family lifestyle". Even the 2 oldest children are struggling with coming of age issues and are dealing with their own views on the polygamist lifestyle. I guess the people that don't like the show, can't see that it's trying to portray the dynamics of the lifestyle in an intellegent manor. Of course it's not going to be totally accurate in that portrayal. It's not a ducumentary of real polygamist family. It's a television drama and it has to keep viewers entertained. I doubt if thee are very many people or families in real life could keep others entertained for very long, let alone an entire tv season.

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