"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 With Multiple Partners | Polygamy | Credit Card Declined | Working Class Family

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

What I truly LOVE about BIG LOVE!

Yes, it has a nice complexity of characters, who are ever being revealed to us. Yes, you really don't need to know much about the Mormons to get this show. But what I really love is how it points out how very few people in our supposedly "free society" are truly free to be who they are without fear of judgment, or worse, legal hassles and entanglements. Little by little, our freedoms have been whittled down by those among us who think they know best for ALL of us. If you don't believe me, go find a cancer patient who wants to smoke pot for their nausea and pain. Go ask the Californian who adores their pet ferrets but must hide them from the dept of fish and game. Ask the person who exclusively prefers the company of someone of their own sex yet fears losing their job if the wrong people find out.

This show is for anyone who enjoys great television, but it is mostly for those of us who know what its like to not be truly free to be who and what we are without fear.