Big Love - The Complete Second Season

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Release date: 2007-12-11
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Director:Daniel Minahan
Actors: Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Amanda Seyfried, Chloë Sevigny, Ginnifer Goodwin

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Now this HBO series has really gone into high gear. I am extremely interested in how this family of one husband and three wives get along. I really love how Margie tried to seduce a new wife into their fold. I adore C S as Nikki, a self-grandizing 2nd wife who tries to put up a brave front against her father (the leader of Bill's ex-leader's church, awesomely played) and birth mother, wonderful Mary Kay Place ("Big CHILL").
But i especially love Bill's mother (Laura Palmer long suffering mom from TWIN PEAKS, Grace Z.). She's a HOOT!! Also, Bruce Dern is back, her scumbag money grubbing (literally) husband. He is an outstanding actor.
All in all, not a big fan of Bill Paxton. I always thought of him as a WT hillybilly. He does well, though.
Writing and performances are great CAN'T Wait until Season THREE!!

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In Season Two of Big Love, the Henrickson family finds that the challenges of being one, big, polygamous family is just beginning.

Season One of the show leaves off with Barb - Bill's first wife - not winning the mother of the year award, Margie (Margene) discovering that she is pregnant, and Roman Grant (leader of the polygamous compound at Juniper Creek) being seriously wounded. But Season One turns out to be child's play in comparison with the events of Season Two.

In Season Two, Nikki (Nicolette) - Bill's second wife - is more manipulative than ever, leaving the audience wondering just how far she'll go to become first wife. Bill, who for all of his faults appears to be a decent person in Season One, also becomes more deceptive (both at home and in his business dealings) as he secretly courts a woman that he considers for a fourth wife and wrests a gambling company named Weber Gaming away from two polygamous factions.

The political intrigue surrounding Juniper Creek and the Grant family also becomes more pronounced in Season Two, with many unexpected twists from characters such as Alby Grant (Nikki's brother), and Adaleen Grant, Nikki's biological mother.

The most notable difference between Season One and Season Two however is the focus on how the Henrickson's secret life of polygamy affects Barb and Bill's two oldest children, Ben and Sarah. Sarah, the Henrickson's oldest child, becomes resentful of her parent's choice as the season progresses and takes action in the last episode of the season to ensure that she never makes the same choice as her parents. In contrast, Ben, (now sixteen in Season Two) begins to romanticize the idea of leading a polygamous life like his father. He ends his relationship with his girlfriend and beings to court two girls (twin sisters) from the compound at Juniper Creek.

With each event that unfolds in Season Two, Big Love fights past being just entertainment and tackles the hard questions of polygamy and the LDS fundamentalist lifestyle.

The bottom line is that Season Two of Big Love does not disappoint; there is no adequate way to express how tastefully, artfully, and successfully the staff of Big Love portrays what is considered difficult subject matter. Each event that unfolds in Season Two of Big Love fights past being just entertainment and tackles the hard questions of polygamy and the LDS fundamentalist lifestyle.

While some individuals may find certain aspects of Big Love offensive, I hope that people will be willing to look past something that might make them uncomfortable to an experience that is both entertaining and highly enlightening. It is especially a must-see series for anyone who is interested in shows that deal with religion or the psychology of cults.