EPISODE
SEASON
Big Love - Season 1
A polygamist and his relationship with his three wives.
19 August 1966, Roselle, New Jersey, USA
17 June 1949, Denver, Colorado, USA
6 April 1944, USA
6 August 1989, London, England, UK
1 December 1966, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
December 10, 2018
Though Big Love is highly entertaining -- and compelling to watch given its stellar cast -- the show does disappoint.
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
It's rare enough for TV to come up with a compelling, quality family drama, but HBO has upped the ante.
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.
February 27, 2020
Big Love is funny, creepy and beautifully done.
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.
March 12, 2006
In 'Big Love, HBO's fine new series, polygamy is not played for laughs and ridicule.
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
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
Even though I can't pretend to understand their lifestyle, I still find myself interested in the characters and what makes them tick.
