EPISODE
SEASON
Big Love - Season 1
A polygamist and his relationship with his three wives.
13 July 1930, Chicago, Illinois, USA
29 December 1999, Lakeland, Florida, USA
22 February 1962, New York City, New York, USA
2 January 1952, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2 May 1980, Los Angeles, California, USA
23 June 1978, North Carolina, USA
8 September 1996, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
22 October 1986, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
28 August 1960, Joliet, Illinois, USA
March 4, 2000 in USA
14 January 1999, Denver, Colorado, USA
5 June 1951, Chicago, Illinois, USA
20 May 1958, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
23 June 1951, Oneonta, New York, USA
13 February 1944, Safford, Arizona, USA
December 10, 2018
Unless you're a diehard fan of the actors involved, or a closet polygamist yourself, you'll likely have a hard time caring about any of the characters or what happens to them next.
December 10, 2018
Subtly and not so subtly misogynistic as well as inveterately pitying of the benighted, hen-pecked, breeder male.
December 10, 2018
The series makes a powerful case that fundamentalism of any stripe exists in an uneasy truce with the civil and economic religion of American mass culture.
December 10, 2018
Even though I can't pretend to understand their lifestyle, I still find myself interested in the characters and what makes them tick.
December 10, 2018
Though Big Love is highly entertaining -- and compelling to watch given its stellar cast -- the show does disappoint.
December 10, 2018
Big Love works as well as it does, which is fairly well, because it's thoughtful and playful, and it approaches its sensational subject with restraint.
December 10, 2018
It's rare enough for TV to come up with a compelling, quality family drama, but HBO has upped the ante.
December 10, 2018
A terrific foundation for the exploration of faith in "everyday life." Not just religious belief, but the bonds between relatives and relations.
December 10, 2018
The Henricksons struggle with the same tensions that beset every family, but because of their peculiar living situation, those tensions are writ large. The characters are marvels of complexity
February 27, 2020
Big Love is funny, creepy and beautifully done.
December 10, 2018
It's something of a feat that the makers of Big Love are willing to put the ugly side of this phenomenon up against the mainstream sheen... and -- thanks in great part to the marvelous acting on display -- still offer up a family to root for.
March 12, 2006
In 'Big Love, HBO's fine new series, polygamy is not played for laughs and ridicule.
