MrsDouglass
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Big Love
I've only seen the first two episodes, but I can officially say I love this show.
It seems like if you're not LDS or from Utah, you'd miss a ton of the humor, though.
My one complaint is that there's too much sex. (Yes, I realize how strange that sentence probably seems coming from me). You know that I've no objection to sex--I'm certainly no prude--but it really just seems gratuitous in this show. Some of it was necessary for the plotline, but I'm hoping that as I watch more episodes, they stop showing every single time the guy has sex with one of his wives. The plot and characters are good enough that it doesn't need to rely on so much sex to carry the show.
Oh, and the girl who works at the fast food place with the oldest daughter--the one who was in Napoleon Dynamite as Deb--her character is dead on. I went to high school with many clones of her.
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8/26/2007, 3:03 pm
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MrsDouglass
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Re: Big Love
Oh, sorry--It's on HBO. I don't know what time, and I don't know when season two starts (or maybe season three by now?). I'm watching the dvds, two episodes at a time, from Netflix because I'm too cheap (and poor) to pay for HBO.
*O.K., I just looked it up. It's on HBO, Sundays at 9 (Eastern). It looks like season 2 is about to end.
Also, it's about a polygamist family in Salt Lake City (no, not exactly Mormon, but close--real Mormons don't practice polygamy).
Official Big Love Website
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8/26/2007, 4:16 pm
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MrsDouglass
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Re: Big Love
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Rogue9a wrote:
They are in season 2 now on HBO, new episodes air Monday, but they air through out the week.
The HBO website says the new episodes air on Sundays at 9.
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8/27/2007, 8:57 am
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MrsDouglass
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Re: Big Love
I found the ice thing odd. If there is a connection there, I haven't made it.
Maybe there will be less sex as the season goes on (Like I said, I've only seen the first two episodes). So far though, they've had a lot of sex (epi 2 was when he started using viagra). The sex itself doesn't bother me--I'd just rather have seen more storyline. I get it. He has three wives. He gets a lot of sex. Now, develop the characters a little more please.
And I have to say, seeing Bill Paxton's butt that often was never on my list of things to do before I died. 
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8/28/2007, 5:55 pm
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MrsDouglass
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Re: Big Love
There are a lot of LDS who won't watch it. First, we probably shouldn't be watching it simply because of the sexual content.
That aside, though, it doesn't degrade our religion. They've made it clear they're not LDS. They point out that Barb used to be LDS and misses it and disapproves of the group the husband and Nikki come from.
I think it does create an interest in the religion.
I love Margene. I hate Nikki. I took the "which wife are you?" quiz on the website. I'm a Barb, which I figured I would be. I think Margene is the most real so far. Nikki is just plain evil (at least after 2 episodes).
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8/28/2007, 6:46 pm
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MrsDouglass
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Re: Big Love
Episodes 3 and 4 had NO sex at all (unless you count a wet dream). I'm off to watch #5 now...
Oh, and I have to know--do Margene and Ben (the oldest son) have something going on? I can't wait--I need to know!
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8/30/2007, 8:39 am
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MrsDouglass
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Re: Big Love
I don't know if you remember the episode, but it was the one where he's basically having an affair with Barb (it's episode 5). At the beginning they're at a function of some sort, and later Barb says some other woman was looking for her garment line (to know if she was LDS). That has to be the most realistic phrase uttered in the show so far. People do that all the time--I even find myself doing it unconsciously. You can't always tell on men, but if you know what garments look like, they're easy to spot on a woman. I find myself doing it in airports for some reason.
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8/30/2007, 2:48 pm
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MrsDouglass
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Re: Big Love
I'm finally getting the Season 2 discs from Netflix!! Yay!!! I've watched the first 3 episodes so far.
I'm kind of liking Nikki and her father doesn't seem so bad. So, I know something's up and one (or both) of them is going to do something really evil soon. There's no way they're going to let them stay likable.
And I'm starting to dislike Bill. That can't be good.
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2/7/2008, 10:59 am
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MrsDouglass
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Re: Big Love
I know! I kept looking at Kate's lawyer thinking, "O.K., he must have been on before. Who was he?" I was convinced he was a previous Lost character and they were messing with us. Then I remembered that he plays Bill's brother.
I hate Albie, too. And Rhonda. They're both evil.
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2/23/2008, 12:33 am
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