Big Love Season 5 *Spoilers*

Richard Dower

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a284850/hbo-cancels-big-love-after-fifth-season.html

HBO has announced that polygamist drama Big Love will end in 2011.

E! Online reports that the show, which stars Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloe Sevigny and Ginnifer Goodwin, will end after the conclusion of its fifth season.

Creators Mark Olsen and Will Scheffer said in a statement: "When we created Big Love in 2002, we had a strong conception of the journey the Henrickson family would make over the course of the series, of the story we had to tell.

"While we were in the writers' room this year shaping our fifth season, we discovered that we were approaching the culmination of that story."

Sevigny, who plays one of the three Henrickson wives, said of the final run: "I think that finally you see the Henricksons having to deal with some consequences, for their actions and for their lifestyle. And they are finally getting a little bit of comeuppance."

The actress previously denounced the fourth season of Big Love as "awful".

Tristram

Haven't seen any of this show. Was it any good Richard?

pickarooney

I keep meaning to go back and watch this but other stuff gets in the way. By all accounts it should have been euthanised after season 3 though.

JP Liz V1

Season 4 was terrible imo

J-blk

Not sure I'd call this a "cancellation" in the typical manner... They are simply announcing a confirmed end for the show with a whole season to go, which IMO, is the best possible thing that can happen for any show, since it gives the writers time to properly end the various storylines, rather than end on some maddening cliffhanger/unresolved issue...

Then again, they could still screw things up anyway (I'm very bitter with "Lost" which was given a definite ending date earlier than any other show) but I wish US networks did this with more shows, rather than letting them go on past their prime and then canceling them abruptly...

cosmic

Yep, Season 4 was pretty sh*t alright. I didn't like the way it ended either. I really enjoyed 1-3 and elements of 4 but I think it's about time to wrap it up now, given what happened in the last episode of 4,

with them finally being exposed.

When they killed off

Harry Dean Stanton (Roman Grant)

it was the end for me.

expectationlost

don't worry dower gets an stiffy at anything that he can possibly call cancelled, got into it late, its was brilliant show, one of the best stands up next to anything else on HBO/AMC, its worth acquiring

Richard Dower

^The DS article title says cancelled....i was quoting the headline.

MagicMarker

I really like this show, even Season 4!

DeWitt

Season 1-3 were great, 4 not so much. I think 5 seasons will be enough. There's only so many stories you can tell about a polygymist family before it gets silly *cough* season 4 *cough*

iguana

Series one and two were great. Three was fantastic. Four was one of the worst and most sudden drops in quality I've ever seen. Hopefully they can pull it back for this last season and end on a return to form.

expectationlost

Richard Dower wrote: »

^The DS article title says cancelled....i was quoting the headline.

ah tv fetishists united

JP Liz V1

Amanda Seyfried and Aaron Paul are returning as Sarah and Scott.

DeWitt

Only for an ep or 2, right?

JP Liz V1

Promo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCyjSdx0vYI

cosmic

Oooh, I'm actually looking forward to this now!

Richard Dower

Fifth and final season air tonight.

ixoy

Richard Dower wrote: »

Fifth and final season air tonight.

Well, if nothing else, it'll be better than the pile of crap that was the fourth season. You know it ain't good when even the actors insult it.

Richard Dower

ixoy wrote: »

Well, if nothing else, it'll be better than the pile of crap that was the fourth season. You know it ain't good when even the actors insult it.

It's a pity Chloe didn't have the stones to stand by her initial opinion, istead she caved like a little girl :rolleyes:

cosmic

Well I enjoyed Episode 1. I still hate Bill, more than ever now. I'm really hoping everything falls apart for him this season.

jessicaaderson

Richard Dower wrote: »

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a284850/hbo-cancels-big-love-after-fifth-season.html

HBO has announced that polygamist drama Big Love will end in 2011.

E! Online reports that the show, which stars Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloe Sevigny and Ginnifer Goodwin, will end after the conclusion of its fifth season.

Creators Mark Olsen and Will Scheffer said in a statement: "When we created Big Love in 2002, we had a strong conception of the journey the Henrickson family would make over the course of the series, of the story we had to tell.

"While we were in the writers' room this year shaping our fifth season, we discovered that we were approaching the culmination of that story."

Sevigny, who plays one of the three Henrickson wives, said of the final run: "I think that finally you see the Henricksons having to deal with some consequences, for their actions and for their lifestyle. And they are finally getting a little bit of comeuppance."

The actress previously denounced the fourth season of Big Love as "awful".

Well... Whatever is has. I just know that this is a fantastic polygamist drama, i have ever seen. I was really excited for Big love season 5 and Its such a amazing premiere. Now, I'm eagerly waiting for Big Love season 5 episode 2 and I'm sure it will be a great episode.
if you want to talk about Actress then Mine favorite is Ginnifer Goodwin. She has great actress and stunning look.

Richard Dower

Series finale tonight, final ever ep. http://www.tvline.com/2011/03/big-love-series-finale-preview-bill-paxton/

DeWitt

I was a big fan of the first 3 seasons, and then....

expectationlost

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsx2vdn7gpY

it kinda fizzled out didn't it,

i kinda knew it was always end with him being the prophet but expected more conflict between the compound and the family, albie grant was didn't go out with enough of a bang


think it was okay that he was killed by the neighbour, obviously seeded that story, but does that mean he's letting women into the priest hood and his daughters is going to become a polygamist?

iguana

Seeded? That ending came in with a row of anvils.

The Emma Smith x2 vision was his where he realised his church should have women priesthood holders, which was what he was writing in his yellow legal pad (golden tablets) before he left to pick up Lois. He just never got the chance to explain it to Barb, that's why he asked her for a blessing at the end.

And Sarah was never going to be a polygamist, Scott her husband is an ex(LDS)mormon, the two of them are most likely agnostic/atheist as Sarah said religion didn't mean anything to her and Scott when they were getting married. She just allowed Barb to bless her son because of what it would mean to Barb, in the same way that she allowed Bill to bless her wedding. It meant nothing to her but she wanted to make her parents happy.

expectationlost

she said something about her being back in the church

iguana

expectationlost wrote: »

she said something about her being back in the church

They'd just had baby Bill's blessing, which Barb officiated. It doesn't mean Sarah joined the church just that she allowed her recently widowed mother to bless her first grandson. It also showed that Barb was finally someone that Sarah could respect because she'd never come to terms with her family entering polygamy, it disgusted her, and meant she couldn't have the relationship she wanted with Barb. Now that she sees that Barb is happy, she can respect her and build a relationship with her.

DeWitt

There wasn't much Oompff! in the finale. Or maybe that's just me [giveup] Anyone know the piece of music playing over the Wives car ride? It sounds so familiar.

lindtee

I didn't know that it was going to be the last episode, until the last few minutes of watching it, so I was very surprised indeed by the ending. Not sure what to make of it really.
Going to miss the show. It was very thought provoking, although it did make me angry sometimes I really enjoyed it. I tend to keep away from forums like this and even googling about shows as I hate having an inkling of what's going to happen on what I watch:cool:

ixoy

The show took such a dip in the last two seasons that I was actively rooting for Albie to take them all out on a killing spree. 1/5 dead isn't too bad of a total.

iguana

ixoy wrote: »

The show took such a dip in the last two seasons that I was actively rooting for Albie to take them all out on a killing spree. 1/5 dead isn't too bad of a total.

I was reading the TWOP forums and it seems that Dustin Lance Black (the writer of Milk) was involved with Big Love for the 1st three years, moving up as high as co-producer in S3. But he left the show as his career moved on after his Oscar win. He was also the only person on the show with a Mormon background. So the guess is that the show taking a dive as he departed may not be a coincidence.