Big Love Season 3 thread

[_cinepro]

Interesting that the Anna thing worked out so quickly. Another great write up, once again.

[_Bond James Bond]

Interesting that the Anna thing worked out so quickly. Another great write up, once again.

I wish. I have a feeling she'll be back. The writers are great at dialogue, but the overall plot continues to recycle itself.

[_Bond James Bond]

One note from a rewatch...

before the youngsters (Sarah and Benny and the gang) leave for the compound they're watching a movie. THe movie is Rosemary's Baby...I wonder if we're supposed to get the idea that Rosemary=Sarah and her exmo baby daddy=The Devil?

[_Yoda]

10) No nudity either.

Unfortunately, Bond....I get the sinking feeling that all of the hot girls in this series signed a nudity clause in their contract just to drive you crazy.

[_Bond James Bond]

Unfortunately, Bond....I get the sinking feeling that all of the hot girls in this series signed a nudity clause in their contract just to drive you crazy.

Yeah...tis true in the case of Marg at least. The write up will be sometime, but I just have to say that this episode was epic! Who knew that getting rid of Anna and a roadtrip to visit all the major Mormon hotspots could perk up a sagging season? I guess the writers finally reached the point of "F--- it" and decided to dump all of Mormonism dirty laundry on the table. Epic. epic. epic.


edit:::: EPIC!

[Guest]

Episode 3.6

I hope this episode is titled "It All Comes Out On The Road" because this episode is not only about a road trip [!!!] but well, it all coming out on the road. The road trip is from Utah to the Hill Cumorah in New York [I guess they didn't get the memo that the Book of Mormon took place in Mesoamerica, but well getting through customs would be a real headache, and really who wants to go to Guatemala when you can got to upstate New York?] and well...to the points.

1) The road trip in it's most basic sense is a trip by the Hendricksons family to bury a time capsule in the Hill Cumorah. Of course the Hill Cumorah story was expounded upon by Barb to explain the whole Golden Plates-->Book of Mormon and mentions of the Angel Moroni as well. If you thought Mormonism was any weirder, having it explained by Jeanne Tripplehorn just makes it even....weirderererer. But along the way...

2) There are various stops to see other Mormonesque locals, such as Nauvoo and Carthage Jail. Wow...I would have chosen to go to Chicago or St. Louis, but well Nauvoo is probably fairly interesting as well. At Carthage Jail Bill gets into a minor tiff with some "amateur Church historian" about polygamy and the excuses for polygamy (they were widows!) and it's all kinds of uncomfortable. Not for me...but I"m sure Monson is sitting in his office watching this [you know he's got HBO] with his hand over his face with that look that stock brokers have had the past few months. God help Mormonism if this show ever goes into syndication on basic cable.

3) Hey we have a Teeny sighting! Remember her folks...little girl, peddler of smutty rags, yeah she got into an argument with a black baptist minister at Riverboat gambling place [thankfully the only Weber Gaming plot point in this episode]. Said minister proceeded to own Bill on everything from false prophets to race relations and the LDS Church. Epic pwnage. You can almost see Bill's testicles retreat into his body at the beating he takes, in front of his family no less. Yow.

4) What else...there was a side plot where Marg takes her mom [who's still in the urn] to a relative. Not really important, what is important is that this is the beginning of the bombshells from this episode. Margene drops the word that Bill uses Viagra [by the way Bill dropped his pills down the drain, Uh oh!]. Nicki gets all defensive thinking she's the reason [I think she's right] but it's more likely caused by 1) the stress of the trial and his financial situation 2) having to please a different woman every night 3) being what...50? Seriously folks. He's got 8 kids, he's got street cred as a man, but how much longer is he expected to perform like a horse out to stud?

5) Barb also finds Nicki's birth control pills....and naturally thinks they belong to Sarah. Ironic huh? If she was on them she wouldn't be in her own private hell. Also interesting that Barb doesn't look at her sister wife Nicolette on the pill issue, despite being someone who mysteriously hasn't gotten pregnant in four years. How thick do you have to be Barb? [oh yeah...believers in Mormonism...never mind]

6) Ben and Margene saw each other naked. Fo shizzle! Man I really want to be Benny right now...no nudity to the audience, but daymn! Time for the MILFhunter jokes right? Well Benny did what we figured he'd do right: told Marg (who's like 4-5 years older than him) that he's in love with her. Even better was the scene where Margene shuts him down. Epic. Really a tour de force in "get over yourself" speeches. In the mean time Teeny [I know...you thought she would be left at a rest area too right?] found the note that Benny gave to Margene and well she's in on the secret now. You know it's coming out to the family at large later on right? Keep planting those seeds and eventually you'll be picking fruit from your drama trees.

7) Back to Barb, who thought that Sarah is on the pill. Well she reacted like you expected her too, and chewed Sarah out because "sex is sacred". Sarah, already feeling like crap cause she's knocked up, gets thrown further under the bus by her unknowing mother. She really slept through this episode, what can you expect? I think she's feeling what most people feel on 2,500 mile road trips, which is after Day 2 of sitting in a car for 10 hours you want to crash and burn. Some people are meant for life on the road, and some people want to lie on a beach somewhere. Sarah appears to be the latter. Being chastised for sexual activity is just another trauma to her psyche I'm sure. Of course...

8) Sarah had a miscarriage. Inevitable, but yeah it happened. That was the ending of the show. Totally heartbreaking. Really. If I had tear ducts I would have cried. Luckily they were surgically removed two years ago as part of an appendectomy gone horribly wrong. But I digress...anyway Nicki discovered Sarah on the toilet losing her baby, and well she called Barb and Bill and the parents stopped the convoy for a reconciliatory hug right there on the side of the highway. True love, that's awesome between parents and children. You can see it in this final scene.

9) Anything else...Marg's mom [in the urn] was broken when she left her on the car and pulled out. As good a place as anywhere I guess. It was also funny that Nicki saw Marg leave her mom on the hood of the car and jumped in the car quickly while Marg drove off. I loled at this scene, particularly Nicki. Marg was distracted by Ben's love note.

10) Bill performed a baptism for the dead on Barb for Marg's mom. Not sure a never Mormon audience would understand it, but yeah it happened. Right there in a tub in the hotel. Like I said, all of Mormonism dirty laundry get aired in this episode.

11) Best line imho:

Wayne to Nicki: He [the baptist preacher] was scary mom.

Nicki: All Baptists are honey.


That's all I got for now folks. This was the best episode of the season folks. And I believe I have a reason. No Anna and no compound stuff. The show is just too overloaded with plot lines. Streamline it a bit and it gets a whole lot better imho.

[_Gazelam]

Great summary Bond.

That made me actually want to get that episode and watch it.

If I had tear ducts I would have cried. Luckily they were surgically removed two years as part of an appendectomy gone horribly wrong.

*Snort*

[_Bond James Bond]

Great summary Bond.

That made me actually want to get that episode and watch it.

If I had tear ducts I would have cried. Luckily they were surgically removed two years as part of an appendectomy gone horribly wrong.

*Snort*

Thanks. We try to please. 1/2 the season over.

[_cinepro]

They're discussing this over at BCC. It is a little surreal to see obscure LDS doctrines (and disagreements between FLDS and "amateur scholars") played out on HBO.

[_Bond James Bond]

They're discussing this over at BCC. It is a little surreal to see obscure LDS doctrines (and disagreements between FLDS and "amateur scholars") played out on HBO.

Hmm...I think I write better reviews [at least more entertaining anyway] lol.