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Last night, some of the season’s most compelling story lines were wrapped up on Big Love, but, that doesn’t mean they ended tidily.
First of all, Ana, the fourth Hendrickson wife who disappeared last season, turns up in a restaurant where she was a waitressing. And, it seems she was carrying Bill’s baby. Barb become obsessed with taking her in and raising the baby as part of their family but Ana wasn’t having any part of it. She did go to Bill and ask for his help and offered him visitation rights, sans the wives.
In last night’s episode of Big Love, the distance between Bill (Bill Paxton) and Ben (Douglas Smith) grew as the tension continued over that kiss that Ben shared with Margene (Ginnifer Goodwin). Barb (Jeanne Tripplehorn) insists that Bill resolve the dispute immediately and even tried to make nice with Marg until she found out it was Marg’s fault the kiss happenened. By the end of the episode Ben had run off with Bill’s mother, that can’t lead to anything good.
Bill also wins the Republican nomination for Senate after he gives a heartfelt speech about being a lost boy. Its important to note the only reason he admitted he was a lost boy was because a mugshot of a young Bill surfaced. That’s the sign of a great politician, take a mugshot and turn it into a campaign slogan.
Here’s a look at what happened to the Hendrickson’s on last night episode of Big Love:
Margene turn into a mini-mogul and finally gets her big shot at a prime time spot to hawk her jewelry on TV. But Ben is the only family member who takes an interest in her work and the only one who shows up at the studio to support her. Margie thanks him by giving him a very friendly kiss. A producer sees it and tells of America (on live TV) that he’s her husband, which does not go over very well with the rest of the family.
Last night, as Dexter’s Michael C. Hall walked on stage to accept the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Drama, some in the media, and in the live audience, made some unfortunate comments about the cap he was wearing.
Hall had revealed last week that he was on the road to recovery after secretly battling Hodgkin’s lymphoma. But, obviously, not everyone got the memo. On the live blog for MacLeans, Brian D. Johnson wrote, “Michael C. Hall wins best actor in a TV drama series for Dexter. He looks like a bit of a psycho cause he’s wearing a black toque. What’s up with that?” And the NY Times The Moment blog tweeted, “Is Michael C Hall playing Bob Marley in an upcoming movie? Don’t get the hat or what is hiding under it?” (In their defense they did remove the tweet after catching some backlash for the comment.)
Was anyone else disappointed by last night’s season four premiere of Big Love? It all started with that new intro. It’s OK, but the old one was better, and the fact that the four Henricksons were on thin ice still seems more fitting than the falling through thin air metaphor, especially, since in so many ways, they’ve already hit rock bottom. But that’s why we love them, isn’t it?
At the end 0f season three, Joey (Bill’s brother) killed Roman Grant, Sarah (Bill and Barb’s daughter) was struggling with having had a miscarriage and Barb was kicked out of LDS.
Amanda Seyfried, who has played The Henrickson’s eldest daughter on Big Love for the past three seasons, is moving on. Seyfield got her big break as Meryl Streep’s daughter in “Mamma Mia!” last year and now feels that she would like her path to move further in that direction.
In an exclusive interview, TV Guide magazine obtained confirmation of Seyfield’s departure from the show’s creator Will Scheffer. Scheffer told the mag, “She’s been exploring her movie career for a couple of years now, and we’ve been giving her a lot of room to do that. I know having a commitment to a show for six months definitely cuts into her ability to pursue that career.”
While not many people have heard of the show, me included, Big Love on HBO has had decent success. It is a drama about a fictional fundamentalist Mormon family in Utah that practices polygamy. Of course leave it to HBO to fulfill its groundbreaking series roles. The show stars Bill Paxton and Chloe Sevingy as well as a few other recognizable people. Big Love is already in its fourth season and is set to premiere next year on January 10th.
At a Big Love event during the PaleyFest last week, the show’s cast and producers spilled a few secrets about what’s coming up on season four.
For fans hoping that Roman Grant isn’t really dead after being choked in the season three finale, we’re sorry to report, there’s no chance he’s coming back, ever. According to show runner Mark V. Olsen, “There’s Roman’s funeral, and his presence on the show is huge next year. He’s still a looming presence. Things are …
