The Televangelist: 'Big Love' Season 4, Episode 8
From Margene marrying Goren to the kids finding out that Joey killed Roman ... it's just another day at the Henrickson household!
First off, some good news: HBO has ordered 10 more episodes for a fifth season of "Big Love"!
But what has been going on in this current mess of a season? Regular readers will know that I have an issue with "Big Love" adding so many new plots for the adults when there are already six or nine or some number of kids running around unnoticed. Sure, we get a little of Ben and Sarah, and now Tansy (which makes me want to take back ever wanting the kids to included in the first place), but even if Wayne and Raymond are featured for a moment, we certainly never see hide nor hair of Lester and the other one. Therefore, I found the opening scene with the kids discussing all of the twists and turns (the parts of them they know, anyway) as fun and interesting. Yes, it's just Barb's kids (plus Cara Lynn), but it was a nice little look at the kids' perspective on things, from Margene marrying Goren to Joey killing Roman ... it's just another day at the Henrickson household!
The strangest thing in this episode (yes I'm including the Tetherball of Manhood Deathmatch here) was Nicki's sudden newfound love for Bill, and that she wants Bill all to herself? What caused this? I'm still not sure I buy it, but I do like the new and improved wardrobe. Those two have never had even a moment of a functioning relationship. Consider that the moment Nicki appears in the neglige Bill bought her in DC, Bill is unable to "get down to business" because he has other business to discuss - like the fact that his brother killed Nicki's father.