"Big Love" (2006) TV series 2006-????

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Creators:

Mark V. Olsen
Will Scheffer

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Polygamy Loves Company

Plot:

Big Love centres around a polygamist (Bill Paxton) and his relationship with the three wives, all whom he is married to.

Plot Keywords:

Utah | Sex In Car | Husband Wife Relationship | Polygamist | Multiple Wives

Awards:

Nominated for 4 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 14 nominations

Cast

Bill Paxton	...	Bill Henrickson / ... (29 episodes, 2006-2009)
Jeanne Tripplehorn	...	Barb Henrickson / ... (29 episodes, 2006-2009)
Amanda Seyfried	...	Sarah Henrickson / ... (29 episodes, 2006-2009)
Chloë Sevigny	...	Nicolette Grant / ... (28 episodes, 2006-2009)
Ginnifer Goodwin	...	Margene Heffman / ... (28 episodes, 2006-2009)
Douglas Smith	...	Ben Henrickson / ... (28 episodes, 2006-2009)
Joel McKinnon Miller	...	Don Embry (26 episodes, 2006-2009)
Daveigh Chase	...	Rhonda Volmer (24 episodes, 2006-2008)
Jolean Wejbe	...	Tancy Henrickson (24 episodes, 2006-2008)
Grace Zabriskie	...	Lois Henrickson (24 episodes, 2006-2008)
Harry Dean Stanton	...	Roman Grant (24 episodes, 2006-2008)
Keegan Holst	...	Wayne Henrickson (24 episodes, 2006-2009)
Melora Walters	...	Wanda Henrickson (23 episodes, 2006-2008)
Garrett Gray	...	Raymond Henrickson / ... (23 episodes, 2006-2008)
Matt Ross	...	Alby Grant (21 episodes, 2006-2008)
Mary Kay Place	...	Adaleen Grant (21 episodes, 2006-2008)
Bruce Dern	...	Frank Harlow (15 episodes, 2006-2008)
Shawn Doyle	...	Joey Henrickson (14 episodes, 2006-2009)
Tina Majorino	...	Heather Tuttle (12 episodes, 2006-2008)
Audrey Wasilewski	...	Pam Martin (12 episodes, 2006-2007)
Mireille Enos	...	Kathy Marquart / ... (12 episodes, 2007-2009)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-MA | Finland:K-15 (DVD) | Australia:M | Australia:MA (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | New Zealand:M (season 1) | New Zealand:R13 (season 2)

Filming Locations:

All American Home Center - 7201 East Firestone Boulevard, Rockwell Defense Plant - Bellflower & Imperial Highway, Downey, California, USA

Company:

Anima Sola Productions

Trivia:

The show's fictional fundamentalist group, the "United Effort Brotherhood", is in some ways similar to and was largely inspired by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints whose financial and legal wing is called the "United Effort Plan". The FLDS is one of the most prolific and well-known remaining groups of polygamists claiming to be the successors of the original LDS church.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Barb has a list of everyone's birthdays and social security numbers that she uses to find out information about one of her sister-wives. The birth years listed, however, do not match the ages given for the characters. At least two of the birthdays [for Nicolette and Margene] are the actual birthdays of the actresses and not the characters. The birth year given for Barb would make her the same age as Nikki, but she is clearly portrayed as being about 10 years older.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "House M.D.: Guardian Angels (#4.4)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

God Only Knows

This is a very good show

I think this is a really good show. There are few shows that I can actually keep watching after a few episodes without getting bored, and this is one of them. I am a straight man, and to me this does seem kind of like a show aimed towards women, but the characters bring this show to interest of me. The actors are able to make it look so believable. Even though this is about a polygamist family, a lot of the things that happen on the show can happen in real life, especially the problem Bill is having with Roman. I'm sure that happens a lot in business, especially small businesses, people just do not hear about it. My overall rating is a nine, and I also have to add that the protests the Mormons have with this show really is not true. I hope that there are several more seasons to come, and I really hope that the next will not be as long as HBO is thinking it is going to be.