No matter how devoted you are to your creed (be it religious or otherwise), you’re always going to let it down.
“Rough Edges” just plunges forward, pell-mell, not terribly concerned with if it makes a lot of sense.
He’s arguably the most important character in Big Love, even if we never directly see Him, even if we never are sure how He feels about the Henricksons.
Few shows on TV have as many scenes that feel like they should be dream sequences but actually turn out to be reality as Big Love does.
One of the best things about Big Love is that it’s decidedly agnostic about its purported protagonist.
Think about the last time you talked to your mom or your dad or your best friend.
Sadly, no matter how hard the Juniper Creek stuff tries, it’s just never going to be as compelling as what’s going on at Henrickson Central.
The second season finale of Big Love tries to do so many things at once that it periodically flies off the rails
On the surface, everything is pristine and perfect.
Big Love is obsessed (sometimes too obsessed) with the notion that our public faces conflict with the faces we wear in in private.
The best scene in the episode is the one when Bill takes his wives to the casino to see exactly what he wants to purchase.
The looks of horror in Bill and Barb’s eyes come from very different places.
The fourth episode of Big Love’s second season, “Rock and a Hard Place,” was kind of clumsy in a lot of ways.
The central question facing most members of fundamentalist religious groups or sects is how deeply they want to engage with the world.
The idea of living in two worlds is reflected in the storylines centered on the two teens in the Henrickson household.
In some ways, “Damage Control” the season premiere of Big Love’s second season, is all about the aftermath.
Alpha Dog boasts a menacing drum n’ bass score and lots of meaningless split screen effects.
A bad movie is worst when you can sense the meaningful intentions of its creators.