List of Big Love episodes
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Big Love
, an American drama television series
created by Mark V. Olsen
and Will Scheffer
, premiered on HBO March 12, 2006. The series revolves around Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton
), a polygamist Mormon living in Sandy, Utah
with his three wives, Barb (Jeanne Tripplehorn
), Nicki (Chloë Sevigny
) and Margene (Ginnifer Goodwin) and their children. Bill struggles to maintain a happy family life whilst keeping their illegal lifestyle a secret. Big Love aired its fifty-third and final episode on March 20, 2011.
Big Love
Big Love is an American television drama that aired on HBO between March 2006 and March 2011. The show is about a fictional fundamentalist Mormon family in Utah that practices polygamy...
, an American drama television series
Dramatic programming
Dramatic programming in the UK, or television drama and television drama series in the US, is television program content that is scripted and fictional along the lines of √a traditional drama. This excludes, for example, sports television, television news, reality show and game shows, stand-up...
created by Mark V. Olsen
Mark V. Olsen
Mark V. Olsen is a U.S. TV producer and screenwriter. He is the co-creator and executive producer of the HBO series Big Love along with writing and life partner Will Scheffer. In 2007, Olsen and Scheffer won a TV Writers Guild of America Award for the pilot and first episode of Big...
and Will Scheffer
Will Scheffer
Will Scheffer is an American playwright and co-creator and executive producer of Big Love with longtime life-partner Mark V. Olsen.His writing credits include Big Love: In the Beginning, Ellis Island, Duck Town, Easter , In the Gloaming, The Pact and Citizen Baines.In 1997, Scheffer was honored...
, premiered on HBO March 12, 2006. The series revolves around Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton
Bill Paxton
William "Bill" Paxton is an American actor and film director. He gained popularity after starring roles in the films Apollo 13, Twister, Aliens, True Lies, and Titanic...
), a polygamist Mormon living in Sandy, Utah
Sandy, Utah
Sandy is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is a suburb of Salt Lake City. The population was 87,461 at the 2010 census, making it the sixth-largest city in Utah....
with his three wives, Barb (Jeanne Tripplehorn
Jeanne Tripplehorn
Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn is an American film and television actress. She was brought to the public's attention through her supporting role in the 1992 film Basic Instinct, and since 2006 has starred opposite Bill Paxton in the HBO drama Big Love.-Early life:Tripplehorn was born in Tulsa,...
), Nicki (Chloë Sevigny
Chloë Sevigny
Chloë Stevens Sevigny is an American film actress, fashion designer and former model. Sevigny gained reputation for her eclectic fashion sense and developed a broad career in the fashion industry in the mid 1990s, both for modeling and for her work at New York's Sassy magazine, which labeled her...
) and Margene (Ginnifer Goodwin) and their children. Bill struggles to maintain a happy family life whilst keeping their illegal lifestyle a secret. Big Love aired its fifty-third and final episode on March 20, 2011.
Series overview
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| 2 | 12 | ||||||
| 3 | 10 | ||||||
| 4 | 9 | ||||||
| 5 | 10 | ||||||
Season 1 (2006)
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Season 2 (2007)
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Season 3 (2009)
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Season 4 (2010)
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Season 5 (2011)
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Webisodes: In the Beginning
Prior to Season 2, HBO aired a series of 3 Webisodes collectively entitled "Big Love: In The Beginning" which explored how the Henricksons came to be a family. These 3 short films were also included on the Season 2 DVD release.| # | Title | Written by | Directed by | Original air date |
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