EPISODE
SEASON
Big Love - Season 3
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
Season 3 is so sharp, so tautly executed and so entertaining that Big Love has finally, after two hit-and-miss seasons, proven itself worthy of the network's self-important slogan, "It's not TV. It's HBO."
December 10, 2018
The third season is usually the make-or-break year for television shows, wherein the writers either run out of ideas and wind up repeating themselves or prove that their original concept has legs. For Big Love it was definitely the latter.
December 10, 2018
Even when it's not working on all levels, Big Love is usually a joy to just look at.
June 18, 2018
More happens on this show in one episode than in an entire season on other shows.
December 10, 2018
Against the odds, this series looks to be evolving into something unexpected: an ensemble hour with true provocative flair.
January 18, 2009
The performances by the three lead actresses (and by Amanda Seyfried as Paxton and Tripplehorn's eldest daughter) are so strong, and the nuances of life in such a complicated relationship so endlessly fascinating.
December 10, 2018
Seems poised to dig deeper than ever into the characters' choices, or lack thereof.
December 10, 2018
It's free ballin'. But it's balanced, too, by time lavished on the women's concerns at home. (It's all those children, thankfully, whose perspectives we're spared).
December 10, 2018
If Big Love took a few jabs at polygamy during its first two seasons, it delivers the knockout blow in this, its darkest year yet.
January 18, 2009
The series is as surprising and hilarious as ever.
January 18, 2009
Well-played as the characters remain, we care less about them, not more. For Big Love, that's big trouble.
December 10, 2018
With each passing season, the characters and writing as a whole of Big Love has become more confident and emotionally resonant as the characters have escaped the sensational trappings of the concept to become three-dimensional people.
