Bill petitions the DA’s office to charge Roman with murder; Margene starts a jewelry business; Don’s fact-finding mission about the casino license reveals the possible involvement of Bill’s brother-in-law; Sarah considers her options for the future. Read more on Big Love
Airs: 8th March 2009
Remember how funny I thought it was that, after I teased two big deaths on Big Love, none of you tried to pry clues out of me? Well, now that you’ve started prying — to the point where I’m surprised EW.com’s emailbox hasn’t crashed, I don’t think it’s so funny anymore. So here’s the deal: You limit yourselves to just a few thousand letters a day about TV’s best show, and in return, I’ll run down the odds of these major characters meeting, as skeevy old Roman would say, “their heavenly father.” There’s also a supporting player I’ll be sad to see bite the dust in the March bloodbath, but that one’s identity I’m gonna leave you guessing at… until tomorrow when Ask Ausiello goes live.
Odds of the goner being Nicki: 16%. Because: Once Bill and her sister wives discover the lengths she went to on her father’s behalf, life as she knew it will be over. So perhaps, to her, it might seem less painful if life, period, were over, too.
Odds of the goner being Frank: 22%. Because: Once Bill’s parents started taking turns trying to do away with one another, planet Earth, never mind the Juniper Creek compound, was no longer big enough for both of them.
Odds of the goner being Lois: 11%. Because: See above. But her odds of surviving are better than her “better” half’s because c’mon, can you imagine an episode without Grace Zabriskie? I sure can’t.
Odds of the goner being Sarah: 17%. Because: With all hell breaking loose in the Henricksons’ increasingly small world, it would be awfully easy for an innocent to get caught in the crossfire. Plus, after Mamma Mia! the big screen is beckoning Amanda Seyfried.
Odds of the goner being Roman: 13%. Because: You don’t have to be a prophet to foresee that someone with as many enemies as wives — who’s already been shot once — is a serious contender buy the farm.
Odds of the goner being Alby: 9%. Because: You know you’re in trouble when your own mother takes out a hit on you. And if Dad were moved to do the same, something tells me the only boys “the usurper” would be trysting with would be angels.
Odds of the goner being Ana: 3%. Because: Her murder would afford the Greenes the satisfaction of taking away one of Bill’s wives without us having to lose Barb, Margene or Nicki. Of course, first the character would have to be reintroduced…
Odds of the goner being Wanda: 9%. Because: Let’s face it, Joey’s whack-job wife spends every day with one foot in insanity, the other in the grave. The only question is, would she do herself in, or would someone else do it for her?
So what do you think? I can tell you with 100% certainty that the soon-to-be dearly departed is among the contenders above. Who’s it gonna be? And, maybe even more interesting, who do you want it to be?
Season: 3 Episode: 6 First Aired: 2/22/2009
The Henrickson clan’s ties are tested when they make a pilgrimage to New York to visit a Joseph Smith shrine, where Bill wishes to bury a family time capsule. Read more on Big Love
Barb, Nicki and Margene bicker over living arrangements; Bill barters a valuable document for a loan approval.
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Season: 3 Episode: 4 First Aired: 2/8/2009
Bill attempts to get Alby to break ranks with the Prophet; Roman has his day in court.
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Season: 3 Episode: 3 First Aired: 2/1/2009
Main Cast- Bill Paxton as Bill Henrickson, Jeanne Tripplehorn as Barb Henrickson, Chloe Sevigny as Nicolette Grant, Ginnifer Goodwin as Margene Heffman, Amanda Seyfried as Sarah Henrickson, Douglas Smith, Jolean Wejbe, Harry Dean Stanton, Mary Kay Place
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s Bill debates what to do with Rhonda, who may or may not testify at Romans impending trial, another potential witness, Kathy (Mireille Enos), goes underground with Joey (Shawn Doyle) and Wanda (Melora Walters). Frank finds himself in a bind and at Lois mercy, and tries to talk his way out of the predicament, though she is not moved. A revelation from Ana tests Bills commitment, especially when he and Barb catch her in a compromising position. Margene gets disturbing personal news, but keeps her emotions in check. Barbs sister Cindy (Judith Hoag) is back in town and heading up an anti-gaming committee that threatens the Henricksons recent investments. Wanda spills a secret about Nickis past that even Bill doesnt know, creating an instant rift and further fanning Bills ire towards Roman. Sarah decides to attend her senior prom with Heather, with Ben (Douglas Smith) and Frankie as their dates.
Season: 3
Episode: 2
First Aired: 1/25/2009
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First Aired: 1/18/2009
Bill (Bill Paxton) tries to convince Jerry Flute (Robert Beltran), a native-American businessman, to partner with him in a Mormon-friendly casino outside Salt Lake City, and finds a surprisingly effective ally in Margene (Ginnifer Goodwin). With Roman (Harry Dean Stanton) in jail and incensed at Alby (Matt Ross) for betraying him, Nicki (Chloë Sevigny) temps at the DA’s office to hunt down state’s evidence for Adaleen (Mary Kay Place). After learning she may have a cancer recurrence, Barb (Jeanne Tripplehorn) warms to the idea of Ana (Branka Katic) joining the family, though the waitress is resistant to the family’s overtures. Meanwhile, Frank’s (Bruce Dern) teenage son Frankie (Mark L. Young) ends up on Bill’s doorstep after his father throws him to the curb. Sarah (Amanda Seyfried) shatters Heather’s (Tina Majorino) dream of attending the same local college. Roughed up in a bathroom, Alby becomes suspicious of Bill and, later, Adaleen. An annual block party becomes the battleground for Bill to defend the family against neighborhood gossip, and for Nicki to defend her lifestyle as the daughter of Roman Grant.
Watch Big Love: Block Party
Wednesday, January 7 at 8 p.m. on HBO
A sneak peek to the third season of HBO’s “Big Love” is made available. The season is made up of ten episodes and the premiere of the season will be on screen January 18 with the episode called “Block Party”.
In the episode, Margene helps Bill pitch a Mormon-friendly casino while Barb becomes more enthusiastic about Ana and Nicki uses a block party as her coming-out pulpit. Also, Bill is trying to woo a fourth-wife prospect through unorthodox group-dating rituals and face unexpected repercussions from the imprisonment of “prophet” Roman Grant and the ascension of his scheming son Alby. Bill also has to deal with the escalating hostilities between his parents and brother and navigate crises involving his children.
Perhaps unknown to many fans of the show, Lawrence O’Donnell, who appears in a recurring capacity on HBO’s Big Love
as the family attorney, is actually a political analyst who has had very strong views on certain things. The producer of The West Wing recently said unsuccessful Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s downfall wasn’t due to his Mormon faith. O’Donnell plays a Mormon lawyer on Big Love, a drama about a fundamentalist Mormon family who practices polygamy.
“It was much more do to with his wealth and his flip-flopping,” clarified O’Donnell. “Romney is like Arnold Schwarzenegger. Liberals who turned conservative to further their political careers.”
O’Donnell, 52, is notorious for saying controversial statements of particularly political nature. In 2004, he shouted “liar” over and over again during a segment on MSNBC while Vietnam veteran John O’Neil was talking.
On Big Love, O’Donnell said fans of the show set in Utah may not be clear if his character, Lee Hatcher, is living the principle of polygamy, which is quite central to the storyline.
“Actually, we shot a scene whereby my three wives walk in and I have to kiss them all,” O’Donnell said. “So I did my first on-screen kiss ever and it was so awful that they cut it. I do hope the wives come back though.”
The former Massachusetts governor lost the Republican nomination to former Arizona senator John McCain following the results of the 2008 Super Tuesday primaries, where he lost by 21 points (he did lead in California, Massachusetts, Colorado, and Utah).
Big Love, which returns for its third season in January 2009, stars Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloe Sevigny, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Amanda Sigfried. Its second season was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Drama Series in 2007, while Paxton was in contention for Best Actor in a Television Drama.
