# Big Love 8-13-07 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 14, 2007, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-love-8-13-07/415529 "2007-08-14T04:58:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-love-8-13-07/415529/41 "2007-08-15T21:31:28Z")
[QUOTE=Zoggie] Why exactly did she want Sarah there that badly, anyway? [/QUOTE] I have a feeling she was following through on a deal she had made with April to get Sarah there. That’s what was driving her threat to expose Heather, and Sarah. Do we know that Heather ever told Sarah what Rhonda had threatened her with? ---
**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:** [August 16, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-love-8-13-07/415529/42 "2007-08-16T15:10:26Z")
[QUOTE=Zoggie] Why exactly did [Rhonda] want Sarah there that badly, anyway? [/QUOTE] Honestly, while watching the episode my gut instinct was that it was a contrived plot device giving an excuse to showcase the actress’ singing chops. I forgive them if that’s the case, though, because holy shit that was a compelling singing performance. I immediately rewound and watched it again, and then queued it up the next day just to watch it one more time. Bravo, I say. ---
**Author:** ![Typo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Typo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-love-8-13-07/415529/43 "2007-08-16T15:13:49Z")
I thought it was just a way for Rhonda to exercise power over Sarah, but I like the thought that April suggested it. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-love-8-13-07/415529/44 "2007-08-16T15:53:31Z")
I don’t think it was a contrivance. They’ve featured Rhonda singing a couple of times before. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-love-8-13-07/415529/45 "2007-08-16T16:19:18Z")
Everyone is all over Nikki for blabbing about Weber Gaming to Albi-Sure (I can’t say his name without the “sure” part…I have a problem…), but did any of the wives even know that the UEB had been gunning for Weber? I thought that Bill came to them and said, “I want to get into gaming” but never went into the particulars of how he got there. I don’t think we can hold Nikki accountable for Bill keeping her in the dark. Count me down as thinking Rhonda hit the nail on the head with Heather. There have been a lot of hints dropped about her having a thing for Sarah all season (and last, I think.) Remember when Sarah’s boyfriend made a jokey comment about making Heather and Sarah kiss or something, and how excited Heather seemed about his “joke”? Or am I remembering that wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Typo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Typo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-love-8-13-07/415529/46 "2007-08-16T18:11:45Z")
Okay, granted Nicki wasn’t specifically told “don’t say anything,” but considering what Bill’s been through with Roman and the UEB in the past, she knows not to blab ANYTHING about Bill’s business to anyone there. (In fact, in one episode ages ago, Roman asked her and she quickly said something like “Bill doesn’t talk to me about his business deals.”) That was totally out of line and a major screwup and she darn well knows it. You could see on her face that she knew she blew it. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-love-8-13-07/415529/47 "2007-08-16T18:21:58Z")
[QUOTE=Ellis Dee] Honestly, while watching the episode my gut instinct was that it was a contrived plot device giving an excuse to showcase the actress’ singing chops. [/QUOTE] They’ve done it before. Last season, Rhonda sang at Roberta’s funeral (in the episode of that name)–a song by the Carter Family called “Will You Miss Me?” and we heard her singing along with her stolen iPod to “You’re So Vain.” From what I heard on the commentary, she’s going to get a record deal. They did a similar thing with Jamie Lynn Sigler on “Sopranos” (though I don’t think she got a record deal or anything)–the character Meadow was given a lot of opportunity to sing. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-love-8-13-07/415529/48 "2007-08-16T18:42:59Z")
[QUOTE=Zoggie] They did a similar thing with Jamie Lynn Sigler on “Sopranos” (though I don’t think she got a record deal or anything)–the character Meadow was given a lot of opportunity to sing. [/QUOTE] Well, many of the characters on _The Sopranos_ were given an opportunity to sing, if you know what I mean. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-love-8-13-07/415529/49 "2007-08-16T18:56:52Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] Well, many of the characters on _The Sopranos_ were given an opportunity to sing, if you know what I mean. 😃 [/QUOTE] [Innocent]Yes, Dominic Chianese (Uncle Junior) is also a talented singer.[/Innocent] ---
**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:** [August 16, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-love-8-13-07/415529/50 "2007-08-16T21:54:55Z")
Was Nikki drinking a cup of _hot tea_ in the opening? Albie’s wife is an RN and those two girls were in 10th grade and read at a college level? :dubious: How much education do women get at the compound? Somehow Adaleen _is_ going to find out they killed Roman, but it’ll be too late by then. She’ll either kill Albie, his wife, or both of them. Rhonda should end up Frank’s next wife instead of Cathy. He’d sure as hell go for it! 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-love-8-13-07/415529.md?page=2)