Big Love: Season 5

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Big Love: Season 5

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Season Details & Credits

HBO | Season Premiere Date: January 16, 2011

Starring: Ginnifer Goodwin, Mary Kay Place, Grace Zabriskie

Summary: The final season of the HBO drama, finds Bill and his family under attack from both sides after revealing their lifestyle.

Creator: Will Scheffer

Genre(s): Drama, Soap

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Season 5 Episodes

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S5:E10. When Men and Mountains Meet
Air Date: March 20, 2011
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S5:E9. Exorcism
Air Date: March 13, 2011
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S5:E9. Exorcism
Air Date: March 13, 2011

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Linda Stasi

Feb 3, 2011

Will Big Love go out with a big bang? If the final season's opener is any indication, the answer is a big "yes." Read full review

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Nancy DeWolf Smith

Feb 3, 2011

One welcome aspect of all this is that some of the plot threads which became so distracting last season, threatening to tip Big Love into crazy-flatulent "L.A. Law" territory, seem to be gone. There is more than enough left, along with consistently brilliant acting all over, to keep the show as mesmerizing as it ever was. Read full review

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Mary McNamara

Feb 3, 2011

In early episodes, Big Love quickly reclaims its astonishing ability to balance the insightful and the absurd, hilarity and heartbreak and the personal with the political. The hours race by and already the final season seems far too short. Read full review

Ken Tucker

Feb 3, 2011

By concentrating on what it means to practice polygamy in the 21st century, the series again comes close to achieving its goal of defining what it means to be a family. Read full review

James Poniewozik

Feb 3, 2011

The first two new episodes are better focused and often affecting but don't quite cohere, possibly in part because of the mop-up work left after the whirlwind of season four. The third episode sent to critics, however, is one of the strongest the show has done in a while, possibly since the excellent third season. Read full review

J.C. Frenan

Feb 3, 2011

As a result, what began as a quasi-voyeuristic family drama about polygamists trying to find a place for themselves as suburban, middle-class American citizens has transformed into an allegory of the growing place of libertarianism in mainstream politics. Read full review

Alan Sepinwall

Feb 3, 2011

Season five is a definite improvement on season four, but only to a point. There aren't as many different stories rattling around, but the show's still so crowded that it has to bounce from scene to scene, subplot to subplot, so quickly that very little gets a chance to breathe. Read full review

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buzzer211

Apr 28, 2011

I'm new one here. Please post some news, articles, blogs & Photos about my favorite gamer girl Celeste Thorson. She's my #1 actress and I love her so much.

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poello

Feb 17, 2011

This Season Big Love returns back to its former strength. The focus is back on the characters and their individual strength and struggles. A pure relief after the fast paced and overall chaotic, although entertaining, Season 4.

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lholz

Feb 15, 2011

My wife and I both Love the series in a Big way! Excellent acting, black humor when it's at its best, and a story line that we enjoy following.
It's original and adult and we are sorry that it will be ending soon.

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antonini

Mar 8, 2011

I was more comfortable when they were all sneaking around, avoiding the limelight. This season is a little tough to watch because Bill in a real sense endangers his whole family with his "mission" without giving full weight to the impact on the three wives. So, I guess, the believabliltyI was more comfortable when they were all sneaking around, avoiding the limelight. This season is a little tough to watch because Bill in a real sense endangers his whole family with his "mission" without giving full weight to the impact on the three wives. So, I guess, the believablilty factor has dropped for me, making it more difficult to like. First we have gay marriage, now the implication is plural marriage for America.… Expand

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adambomb419

Mar 23, 2011

Show jumped the shark S4 to me, Roman Grant was my favorite characther though so I might be a little bias. S5 had a lot of potential but ending up making me question why I ever started watching this series. I slammed the first two seasons Ondemand in a week & I should've stopped

Did likeShow jumped the shark S4 to me, Roman Grant was my favorite characther though so I might be a little bias. S5 had a lot of potential but ending up making me question why I ever started watching this series. I slammed the first two seasons Ondemand in a week & I should've stopped

Did like the finale episode, well atleast the last 15 minutes, atleast some friggin closure… Expand

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JennetP

Feb 9, 2011

I must respectfully disagree with critics who find this season a return to form. To me, it continues--even accelerates--the decline that began with the death of Roman (Harry Dean Stanton). I don't know whether it was Roman the character or Stanton the actor who inspired the writers for theI must respectfully disagree with critics who find this season a return to form. To me, it continues--even accelerates--the decline that began with the death of Roman (Harry Dean Stanton). I don't know whether it was Roman the character or Stanton the actor who inspired the writers for the first three seasons, but, once he was gone, the show seemed to lose its way, clutching at topical storylines, some truly preposterous, and putting the characters through ridiculous changes. The exception was the flirtation between the youngest wife and the oldest son, much closer to her age than her husband, which was spot on and handled well. Season five finds the family, improbably, dealing with the aftermath of a monumentally ill-timed "coming out," and everyone seems to be handling the stress by indulging in selfish acting out and equally narcissistic blather. I'll admit, I channel-surfed out of there when Barb and her mother started berating each other over old grievances during a public forum, something neither character would ever, ever do. And all of this is too bad, because one of the show's earlier strengths was the delicate balance between the "big love" of its title and the petty disputes and rivalries that perturb it.… Expand

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Noahcs

Feb 14, 2011

This show should have ended after season two. For there to be a fifth season, makes me sick. They have dried up all the good story lines and the plot twists continue to go downhill. Thankfully, this is the last season.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 5

85
- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: January 16, 2011
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  S5:E10. When Men and Mountains Meet
  Air Date: March 20, 2011
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  S5:E9. Exorcism
  Air Date: March 13, 2011
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  S5:E9. Exorcism
  Air Date: March 13, 2011
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  S5:E8. The Noose Tightens
  Air Date: March 6, 2011
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  S5:E7. Til Death Do Us Part
  Air Date: February 27, 2011
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  S5:E6. D.I.V.O.R.C.E
  Air Date: February 20, 2011
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  S5:E5. The Special Relationship
  Air Date: February 13, 2011
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  S5:E4. The Oath
  Air Date: February 6, 2011
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  S5:E3. Certain Poor Shepards
  Air Date: January 30, 2011
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  S5:E2. A Seat at the Table
  Air Date: January 23, 2011
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  S5:E1. Winter
  Air Date: January 16, 2011
Season 4

68
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: January 10, 2010
Season 3

79
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: January 18, 2009
Season 2

71
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: June 11, 2007
Season 1

72
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 12, 2006