I'm sorry, I've actually sat through 6 episodes, & I can't understand the good reviews this show has received. Except for the scenes with Bruce Dern, Harry Dean Stanton, & Mary Kay Place, the rest is a uninteresting soap. You have to sit through 20 min of whining by the two younger wives just to get to the good scene involving the bad guys. That's it, I wish I could get back the 6 hrs of my life I wasted on this series. I never would have watched it except for it being on right after Sopranos.;-P

I kind of like Big Love. It is just starting to get interesting. Some of the writing is clever (I like their focus on the teenage kids), and personally I think the second wife blows away the other two in terms of ability to steal a scene. Bill Paxton though is obviously the glue. Overall a very worthwhile show, I'll stay tuned in for this season.

I really like this show. Our culture has struggled with the merits of monogamy and whether it is realistic to expect a couple to live in a monogamous relationship. This show raises the questions necessary if monogamy is going to be discredited and considered no longer a viable way to live. It is interesting that the show uses religion as the justificaiton for the polygamy. It was a good decision since the reasons we offer for monogamy are most often religious. The show also has value in making us ask, "Is America that open to alternative lifestyles?" The clan lives and functions by its ability to keep their secret. Notice that when the surrounding culture discovers the secret the once acceptable ideal family with the "mother of the year" is scorned and ostrasized. I can't wait to see what issues this show will continue to bring to the table and how the characters will react to them.

This is a solid B+ show (thus far). It's not great and it can't possibly fill the void left by Six Feet Under's departure. However, I think it's an interesting series that picked up steam as the season drew to a close. I, for one, am looking forward to the next season. Let's hope there is one...

I just don't get the success and critical praise for "Big Love". I just cannot get into it. I am a fan of both Chloe Sevigny and Bill Paxton, but "Big Love" just doesn't work for me one bit.

It's not because I have a problem with polyamory; it's because of the creepy religious angle and the baby-factory they call a home. The people I've known who have been in polyamourous relationships have all been very free-spirited and sexually open - in other words, the farthest one could get from religious conservatives.

I think these characters just creep me out because in almost every other way they are uptight religious conservatives, yet they are strangely open with other members of their congregation about finding a new wife and the whole polygamy thing. Does. Not. Compute.

I have mixed feelings about this series. I've watched the first three seasons and I plan on watching season four when it starts. That being said, I don't think that it has done a good enough job making me feel sympathetic for the characters. In shows like "The Shield", "The Sopranos", "The Wire", and "Dexter", I was able to identify with normally unsympathetic characters (mobsters, serial killers, corrupt cops, etc.). But although I found myself rooting for Vic Mackey and Dexter Morgan to get away, I find myself hoping that Bill, Barb, and the rest of them get exposed and humiliated.

I think that part of it is that their "faith" seems unconvincing and tacked on. Whenever they start talking about "the celestial kingdom" and "the heavenly father" it doesn't feel genuine. The only character I find especially intriguing is Nicky, mostly because Chloe Sevigny does such a wonderful job. The "bad guys" on the compound seem a little cartoonish, also.

Oh yeah, and Bill looks completely ridiculous wearing that all-white suit during religious ceremonies.

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Originally posted by GenoInWisc:
I'm sorry, I've actually sat through 6 episodes, & I can't understand the good reviews this show has received. Except for the scenes with Bruce Dern, Harry Dean Stanton, & Mary Kay Place, the rest is a uninteresting soap. You have to sit through 20 min of whining by the two younger wives just to get to the good scene involving the bad guys. That's it, I wish I could get back the 6 hrs of my life I wasted on this series. I never would have watched it except for it being on right after Sopranos.;-P

I think you like big love tv show only if you like the family drama series.The series get success in past that's why they are into its 3rd season now.Better re watch some amazing episodes of it and you can feel the difference.I admit one thing that one or two episodes of it not good i also got disappointed from that.But after that they play a smooth run.