Big Love - SO GOOD - Plus, Choe Sevigny Won a Golden Globe

Loved the show tonight. The episode was more serious this week, and as engaging as ever. The writing was so good.

I was struck by Sarah's story line; her struggle with telling her parents what she wanted an initially trying to avoid telling them altogether. I liked how she finally told her dad, and gave him and ultimately the whole family a chance to participate in her wedding and not only be aware of her decision but give them an opportunity to accept that decision (or not). Obviously it is not going to be easy but so many families evolve when their children marry and move in new directions and that evolution is always going to have some challenges. I felt like it was pretty real, and I was happy to be able to respect Sarah for her courage in standing on her own beliefs without shoving them in her parents face or cutting them out of her life. I understand the character is leaving the show, so I hope that departure happens without a severing of family ties.

Margie's independence and assertiveness is cool, and I really sympathized with Nikki's struggle with her faith and her identity and the repercussions of that with her immediate and extended family. It was interesting to see her teen daughter's reaction to the way Bill's wives "talk back" to him, and the fact that Bill's family "breaks all the rules" as she was taught them.

Couple of odd things: 1) picture of the Savior on the wall in the background when Bill and Joey are talking looked very Catholic. Mormon pictures of the Savior do not have a halo glow around the head. 2) Polygamy is NOT a misdemeanor in Utah. There is no specific polygamy statue in Utah, but it is against the law, a felony under the bigamy statute, through through a cohabitation prong. Bigamy is defined broadly in Utah precisely to target polygamists. If a married person "cohabits with" another person, or "purports to marry" another person, even if there is only one legal marriage license, it is considered a felony.

Plus, did you all see the Golden Globes tonight? Big Love was nominated for Best Drama but lost to Mad Men (which I also love!), and Chloe Sevigny won as Best Supporting Actress! She actually dedicated her award to her "sisterwives". :o)

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