Entertainment WeeklyTim Stack

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.

Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara

If there's a better written, better acted, more originally conceived show on television, I defy you to name it.

New York PostLinda Stasi

Happily for you, when you see what each of those truly terrible characters is up to this year, your hair will stand on end like an FDLS lady with a sugar-water-stiffened 'do. It's so much more satisfying than a pizza and a night at the Bada Bing

Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen

Big Love succeeds in entertaining through the nuance of its characters, especially perpetually seething Nicki (Chloe Sevigny, queen of the slow burn), one of the three wives of Salt Lake City businessman Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton).

The New York TimesGinia Bellafante

The current season, exquisitely plotted so far, deals in part with the repercussions of outing.

Hollywood ReporterRay Richmond

It's always been well-acted and crafted with surprising restraint. But as the dawn of this new campaign underscores, the production team looks to be taking things to another level beyond serialized contrivance.

LA WeeklyRobert Abele

A series that seems to get better and better with each season, exploring issues of openness in religious belief, economic betterment and emotional escape that are as relevant and chilling as ever.

SalonHeather Havrilesky

Big Love not only recovers from this near disaster in its third season, but its episodes build to a dramatic climax heretofore unseen on this series.

VarietyBrian Lowry

Exec producers Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer possess a marvelous knack for dancing right up against the precipice with their narrative arcs without toppling over--aided immeasurably by their talented multigenerational cast.

TimeJames Poniewozik

Big Love quickly settles you into its odd setting. The particulars of the Henricksons' lives--their intrigues and secrecy, yes, but also their familiar family dynamics and sincere faith--are presented, simply and unpatronizingly, as the reality of the show's universe.

San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman

Big Love just doesn't induce love. And yet, the series crafts compelling stories.

Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall

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.

New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley

Everything but the problems feels increasingly awkward and forced. Well-played as the characters remain, we care less about them, not more.