Big Love 2006

Overview

Big Love is an American drama television series created by Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer that aired on HBO from 2006 to 2011. The show follows the life of Bill Henrickson, a man living in suburban Salt Lake City who practices polygamy. Bill balances the needs of his three wives, Barb, Nicki, and Margene, while managing his seven children and his business interests as an owner of home improvement stores. Throughout the series, Bill attempts to keep his complex family life from becoming a public scandal. The narrative also explores his connections to his polygamist parents, who reside on a fundamentalist compound in rural Utah. The series stars Bill Paxton as the family patriarch, alongside Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny, and Ginnifer Goodwin, who portray his three wives. The story is set in contemporary Utah and examines the challenges of maintaining a private, non-traditional family structure while navigating the demands of daily life and external pressures from the fundamentalist community.