The final episode of HBO’s Big Love played like a microcosm of the polygamy drama’s five-season run: meandering, melodramatic and sporadically miraculous. For 60 of its 70 minutes, it felt less like a finale than a continuation, as we suffered through more drivel from Barb about priesthood authority, Ben’s lame attempt to win back an ex by naming a star after her and Margene’s shocking announcement that she’d ... considered booking a trip on a medical aid ship. The memorable scenes came in a flurry toward the end: Bill’s three wives hopping in a new car and speeding off on the freeway (they came back), Bill experiencing ghostly visions while sermonizing to his plural-marriage throng, and Bill’s dad (apparently) euthanizing Bill’s mom. Then Bill got shot to death. By a neighbor. Who might have logged five minutes of air time in the show’s five years. And then we flashed forward to an overly informational final glimpse of the family post-Bill (spoiler: They stay together). Sorry Big Love, Six Feet Under spits on your grave for best HBO series ender.
How big was the ‘Big Love’ finale?
Bill Henrickson and wives (from left) Barb, Nicki and Margene
Wed, Mar 23, 2011 (5:22 p.m.)
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