Some possible spoilers…
The season finale of Big Love was this past Sunday.
Alli and I were a little slow to the game for this show. We didn’t get on board initially, really getting into the show at the beginning of the second season. Once we got about three shows in, we were drawn into the madness that is Bill Hendrickson (Bill Paxton) and his three wives — Barb (Jean Tripplehorne), Nikki (Chloe Sevigny) and Margene (Ginnifer Goodwin).
The now-completed fourth season was the best by a mile, although the season finale certainly left a lot of fans hanging, considering that up to that point, more had occurred over the course of a season than at any other time. Particularly intriguing was Bill Hendrickson’s unabashed pursuit of power as he attempted to fill a recently vacated Utah State Senate seat. That story line, combined with Margene’s emboldened, more confident attitude (not to mention her minor crush on Bill’s oldest son by Barb, Ben) and Nikki’s constant searching for purpose and identity in her crazy world led to some serious polygamist hijinks, including trips to Washington and Mexico.
For a long while, one of the only reasons that we had HBO was Entourage, but now, we have another reason to keep our subscription. If you’ve got HBO and are wondering what Big Love is all about, give it a few episodes. It’s a lot of fun.
Hard to imagine what they are going to do next. Election was a pretty good twist,now what.
This isn’t my fav HBO show, but it’s good enough to watch above most other Sunday evening fair (that is until the new Breaking Bad season starts in a couple of weeks). I like it, is what I’m sayin. I don’t love it.
But I really like HBO’s new How To Make It In America. It’s kind of a grittier, more real, version of Entourage and I think the characters are pretty compelling.
Also, I’m looking forward to to The Pacific, a Band of Brothers sequel that starts this Sunday. Good stuff.
Crap. Where’s the edit button. Should be “fare” not “fair” (I’m a jackass).