EPISODE
SEASON
A polygamist and his relationship with his three wives.
29 December 1999, Lakeland, Florida, USA
3 June 1977, Columbus, Ohio, USA
30 October 1972, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
31 October 1957, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
22 March 1975, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
14 June 1989, Orange County, California, USA
14 December 1972, Miami, Florida, USA
13 May 1977, Trenton, New Jersey, USA
8 October 1976, Roanoke, Virginia, USA
18 June 1952, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
21 June 1965, Los Angeles, California, USA
12 March 1962, Huntsville, Alabama, USA
13 July 1930, Chicago, Illinois, USA
11 November 1972, Ashern, Manitoba, Canada
17 December 1953, Los Angeles, California, USA
28 September 1999
10 September 1931, Toledo, Ohio, 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
Even when it's not working on all levels, Big Love is usually a joy to just look at.
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).
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
Against the odds, this series looks to be evolving into something unexpected: an ensemble hour with true provocative flair.
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.
June 18, 2018
More happens on this show in one episode than in an entire season on other shows.
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
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
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.
