Big Love

Reviewed by:
Gregg Braverman

Opening scene: Bill Paxton in nut-hugging Fruit of the Looms. Still reading? Good, because Love treads on religious boundaries like a 21st-century Mel Gibson flick. Taking full advantage of polygamy, Bill Hendrickson (Paxton) divides his free time between his three houses…and his three wives. After the advantages of marrying the three hotties are contemplated, the reality of surviving three times the nagging sets in. As if Bill's basket wasn't already full, a mafia-like commune "prophet" aims to destroy his successful business. As the series wears on, Big picks up speed like a downhill 18-wheeler, leaving Bill only his wives' love—and Brigham Young—to help him get through it.