# Big Love 3/26 (spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 27, 2006, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-love-3-26-spoilers/350046 "2006-03-27T05:50:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-love-3-26-spoilers/350046/21 "2006-03-28T16:02:38Z")
I agree that the show is steadily improving. One thing we got this ep was a better understanding of the stakes in the Roman/Bill feud. Originally I thought Bill wasn’t in much danger because he wasn’t doing anything actually illegal, while Roman’s married to a 15-yr-old. But it’s actually a bigger deal than that. Roman and Juniper Creek aren’t in the closet and so have nothing to fear from publicity (and obviously they already know how to keep the statutory rape a secret), while Bill, even though he won’t go to jail, will lose his business if he’s exposed. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-love-3-26-spoilers/350046/22 "2006-03-28T16:21:17Z")
Good episode. As someone said above, that’s definitely an interesting angle with the Margene-Ben flirting, especially in light of the quote from last week AND what we know about polygamous societies in general. > [@MaxTheVool](#): > > -I really like seeing the random logistics of how they have a cover story, etc. Even if the point of the show is the relationships, not how-to-live-as-a-polygamist, we’re certainly curious I think it’s beyond just giving us a peek at the logistics. I think that’s really going to be a source of plot-lines and tension. The dark of of the neighbor at the end foreshadowed that a bit. How great is Harry Dean Stanton in this? I said to my wife, “man that dude is creepy” one second before Boss Wife says, “he gives me the creeps.” The singing in the Hummer and the GPS was really funny. Really good stuff so far. So much to mine. ---
**Author:** ![RogueRacer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RogueRacer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RogueRacer)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-love-3-26-spoilers/350046/23 "2006-03-29T18:45:05Z")
> [@Greywolf73](#): > > Did anyone else think Bill’s brother giving Ben his NFL ring was kind of odd? Did I miss something there? I think there might be something more to that–maybe Ben’s not actually Bill’s child? Hmmm… that’s a thought, but then I would say that Barb isn’t Ben’s mother either (ie. they took him in as a baby due to Joey’s drug problems). My GF and I were thinking it was more of a suicide foreshadowing. He seemed pretty unhappy in the back of the car too. ---
**Author:** ![iluvurmom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iluvurmom/32/7276_2.png) [@iluvurmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iluvurmom)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-love-3-26-spoilers/350046/24 "2006-03-29T20:52:53Z")
> [@Greywolf73](#): > > This episode hooked me. I’d read somewhere that the story doesn’t get going until about 3 or 4 episodes in, which seems to be about right. > > Did anyone else think Bill’s brother giving Ben his NFL ring was kind of odd? Did I miss something there? I think there might be something more to that–maybe Ben’s not actually Bill’s child? > > Roman is fascinating to watch. I really liked the scenes in the car, singing old-timey hymns juxtaposed with the modern car’s Onstar navigation system (“Turn right here.”). > > And again with the pool with NO fence. Arrgh. I totally agree, i feel like the frist two episodes you were trying to get involved and get hooked- but there was something missing. This episode however was amazing. I am offically hooked. ronan scares me so much, but I love his scenes. The young girl who just married him is insane and I can’t beleive she stole the i-pod. i wonder what will come of that. also the margie/older son relationship is so wierd and i can’t help but think something is going to happen there. ewwwww. i really do enjoy this show and foresee a lot of things unraveling over this season! ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-love-3-26-spoilers/350046/25 "2006-03-29T20:55:03Z")
> [@iluvurmom](#): > > I can’t beleive she stole the i-pod. i wonder what will come of that. Nothing. She doesn’t have the charger or a computer. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-love-3-26-spoilers/350046/26 "2006-03-29T21:51:15Z")
…we have no clue if she has the charger or not. Just because we didn’t see it doesn’t mean she didn’t steal it too. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-love-3-26-spoilers/350046/27 "2006-03-29T22:06:36Z")
Yeah, we don’t know how much she understands about the technology. Did she even know what it was? Do they have TV and computers in the compound? We know they have Lladro. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-love-3-26-spoilers/350046/28 "2006-03-29T22:21:48Z")
That’d be amusing if we see Rhonda throw the iPod and say, damn thing doesn’t work anymore! because she never realized she had to charge it :D. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-love-3-26-spoilers/350046/29 "2006-03-29T23:28:20Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Yeah, we don’t know how much she understands about the technology. Did she even know what it was? Do they have TV and computers in the compound? We know they have Lladro. 🙂 They’re (heretic/schismatic) Mormons, not Amish! ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-love-3-26-spoilers/350046/30 "2006-03-31T10:17:25Z")
Finally saw this week’s episode. Too bad there isn’t a term for when a show hits its stride, like the inverse of jumping the shark. Because this show just did so in a major way. As much as I’ve disliked Nicki, my heart went out to her in the final scene when the immediate family came to her. (Why was the horse still there?) I’d almost be rooting for Margie and Ben to hook up and run away together so that poor naive Margie could have a more healthy life, but damn if I’m not starting to feel that they really do have a loving home and a good place for her. Granted it’s hard to stomach those monthly “let’s divvy up Bill’s nights” roundtable meetings, but there seems to be something of substance to the life they’re trying to make together. They seem to be trying to pick and choose the best aspects of religion, polygamy, and mainstream American culture in order to create an idealized hybrid family situation. Contrast what they have to what we’ve seen of the compound. If only Nicki weren’t Roman’s daughter. > [@Trunk](#): > > As someone said above, that’s definitely an interesting angle with the Margene-Ben flirting, especially in light of the quote from last week AND what we know about polygamous societies in general. What quote from last week? > [@Rubystreak](#): > > Any thoughts as to what’s going on between Roman and Nicki? It looked a little sketchy. On first viewing, it seemed way creepy to me. As in, over the top no way did they just do what I think they did creepy. So naturally I rewound to check it out. As Bill opens the door, Roman is saying “You can tell me” as Nicki coyly giggles “No I can’t.” I’m almost positive Roman was trying to get the details of how to circumvent the home security system, as opposed to what my first thought was. (handjob) ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-love-3-26-spoilers/350046/31 "2006-03-31T14:18:04Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Yeah, we don’t know how much she understands about the technology. Did she even know what it was? Do they have TV and computers in the compound? We know they have Lladro. 🙂 They probally do have TVs and computers (after all they have alot of business interests), but I doubt Rhonda’s ever used them. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-love-3-26-spoilers/350046/32 "2006-03-31T14:46:36Z")
> [@Ellis Dee](#): > > What quote from last week? In the previous week, they had a mention that the teen-aged boys get driven out of the ploygamous town/compound. What’s Bill going to do if he sees Ben and Margene getting too friendly. . .ground him? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-love-3-26-spoilers/350046.md?page=1)