Big Love is a Golden Globe Award winning American television drama on HBO about a fictional fundamentalist Mormon family in Utah who practice polygamy. The principle cast of Big Love features Bill Paxton as family patriarch Bill, Jeanne Tripplehorn as conflicted first wife Barb, Chloe Sevigny as impulsive second wife Nicki, and Ginnifer Goodwin as emotional third wife Margene. The show was co-created by Mark Olsen and Will Scheffer, who also serve as executive producers. Olsen and Scheffer spent almost three years researching the premise of the show, with the intent of creating a fair portrayal of polygamy in America without being judgmental.
Think having three wives is a dream come true? Meet Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton), a modern-day Utah polygamist who lives in suburban Salt Lake City with his three wives, eight children, and a mounting avalanche of debt and demands. The owner of a growing chain of home improvement stores, Bill struggles to balance the financial and emotional needs of Barb, Nicki and Margene, who live in separate, adjacent houses and take turns sharing their husband's member each night.
