EPISODE
SEASON
Big Love - Season 5
A polygamist and his relationship with his three wives.
20 July 1953, Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
1 December 1966, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
February 10 in Manhassett, New York, USA
20 June 1964, Duluth, Minnesota, USA
1968, Wabush, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
28 July 1961, Midland, Michigan, USA
November 16, 2018
It has always been a slog, Big Love---its much-criticized fourth season was the breaking point for most... but the sheer audacity of the whole enterprise and the class and talent employed to pull it off is a marvel, looking back.
December 10, 2018
Big Love was many things... But it was always at its most compelling as an indictment of the mindless spiritual avidity and the bizarre displays of self-exoneration that can go on in the name of faith.
December 10, 2018
Like so many HBO series, this one put an unsettling new frame around familiar, very basic conflicts, in a way that pushed viewers to consider their essence.
December 10, 2018
Olsen and Scheffer have wisely stripped away elements that distracted and detracted from the family at the show's emotional core. They have channeled their energies -- and the show's focus -- back onto the Henricksons themselves
December 10, 2018
Much about this current season either didn't make sense or greatly annoyed me... At least Big Love had an ending. Not every HBO series has been so lucky.
December 10, 2018
It is simply spectacular in its pacing, writing, structure, and every single performance.
January 16, 2011
Of course there are dozens of loose ends in need of tying, but you do get the sense that some will actually get tied, and in a satisfying way.
December 10, 2018
Even with its incessant drama, Big Love is such a warm show that we've come to know each of the characters like they are old friends. We want to know how life turns out for the Big Love clan.
December 10, 2018
Yes, Big Love got silly more than once... But it was never ironic about religion. The show's greatest achievement was its compassionate, complex portrayal of faith and the doubt that comes with it.
December 10, 2018
In a way, the very act of taking part in worship is something eternal and mysterious... The series finale of Big Love abruptly re-engages with these questions in a way that's occasionally satisfying, often erratic, and ultimately moving.
December 10, 2018
This season Big Love addresses head-on the voyeurism and sexism that has always been at the series' center, and the drama becomes richer than ever.
December 10, 2018
The writers held out in some areas, while rushing to complete other storylines.