Big Love: Season 3

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Big Love: Season 5

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Season Details & Credits

HBO | Season Premiere Date: January 18, 2009

Starring: Ginnifer Goodwin, Amanda Seyfried, Grace Zabriskie

Summary: The Henricksons return for a third season, and Bill (Paxton) may be ready for wife number four.

Creator: Will Scheffer

Genre(s): Drama, Soap

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Season 3 Episodes

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S3:E10. Sacrament
Air Date: March 22, 2009
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S3:E9. Outer Darkness
Air Date: March 15, 2009
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S3:E8. Rough Edges
Air Date: March 8, 2009

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Tim Stack

The underrated bigamy show returns from a too-long hiatus with a plot-packed season 3 opener, and, not for the first time, the females deliver the best moments. Read full review

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Mary McNamara

If there's a better written, better acted, more originally conceived show on television, I defy you to name it. Read full review

Linda Stasi

Happily for you, when you see what each of those truly terrible characters is up to this year, your hair will stand on end like an FDLS lady with a sugar-water-stiffened 'do. It's so much more satisfying than a pizza and a night at the Bada Bing Read full review

Rob Owen

Big Love succeeds in entertaining through the nuance of its characters, especially perpetually seething Nicki (Chloe Sevigny, queen of the slow burn), one of the three wives of Salt Lake City businessman Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton). Read full review

Brian Lowry

Exec producers Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer possess a marvelous knack for dancing right up against the precipice with their narrative arcs without toppling over--aided immeasurably by their talented multigenerational cast. Read full review

James Poniewozik

Big Love quickly settles you into its odd setting. The particulars of the Henricksons' lives--their intrigues and secrecy, yes, but also their familiar family dynamics and sincere faith--are presented, simply and unpatronizingly, as the reality of the show's universe. Read full review

David Hinckley

Everything but the problems feels increasingly awkward and forced. Well-played as the characters remain, we care less about them, not more. Read full review

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SharonB

Jan 19, 2009

a long wait for a favorite show- almost too many themes though, I thought perhaps I had missed an episode..Casting excellent for roles..making the audience identify with them as if we were part of this...thanks.