Big love
Television series | |
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German title | Big love |
Original title | Big love |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Year (s) | 2006-2011 |
length | 50 minutes |
Episodes | 53 in 5 seasons |
genre | drama |
idea |
Mark V. Olsen Will Scheffer |
First broadcast | March 12, 2006 on HBO |
German-language first broadcast |
June 4, 2009 on TNT Series |
occupation | |
Big Love is an American television series about the life of a polygamist family who see their ideological roots in Mormonism . A total of five seasons were produced between 2006 and 2011. The final season aired in the United States from January 16 through March 20, 2011 on HBO . In German-speaking countries, it was first broadcast on the TNT series , where the last season was shown from January 3, 2012. The series was produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman's company Playtone .
action
Bill Henrickson runs a thriving home improvement store in Salt Lake City . Since polygamy is both illegal in present-day Utah and officially rejected according to the teaching of the dominant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , he has to go to great lengths to keep this aspect of his private belief a secret. Bill is married to three women: the well-organized "main wife" Barbara ( Jeanne Tripplehorn ), the insincere and shopaholic Nicki ( Chloë Sevigny ) and the cheerful and somewhat naive Margene ( Ginnifer Goodwin ). The women live in three neighboring houses, the properties of which are connected at the rear. There are seven children in the family.
Bill's second wife Nicki is the daughter of the self-proclaimed prophet Roman Grant ( Harry Dean Stanton ), who heads a sect-like Mormon splinter church and is involved in various dubious machinations. Bill grew up in a gated area called Juniper Creek but was chased away by Grant when he was 14. His younger brother and parents (played by Grace Zabriskie and Bruce Dern ) still live there. Time and again there are conflicts between the “modern” polygamist Bill, who lives successfully in the outside world, and his fundamentalist community of origin.
Season 3 is about the death of Roman Grant and the fact that his son and Nicki's brother Albert Grant will succeed him as prophet, as well as the planning and opening of a joint Native American casino. This casino is designed to provide the Henrickson family with a livelihood in the event the home improvement stores fail. You will lose it later, however.
In season 4, after receiving testimony, Bill is running for a senatorial seat. He wins this by keeping his lifestyle secret. After becoming a Senator, he tries to use his position to legalize polygamy and to break up Juniper Creeks.
In the 5th and final season, Margene confesses to the rest of the family that she was only 16 when she married Bill and therefore not yet of legal age. Since she became the 3rd wife, her marriage to Bill is not legally legitimized, but only ecclesiastical, which means that they were only sealed. The family plans to keep this a secret. However, this does not succeed. Police investigations then begin, with Bill being accused of rape and his 1st wife, Barbara, pomposity. At the same time, Bill and Barbara get divorced so that Bill can officially marry his 2nd wife Nicki so that the family can adopt their daughter from their 1st marriage. In the series finale, Bill shoots Albert Grant, who survives and is then arrested. The family bridges their differences and Bill learns that he has lost the home improvement store because the banks deny him further credit. In the newly built church, the former members of Juniper Creek gather on Easter Sunday and Bill takes the role of the new prophet. During his sermon he has a vision and seems to have reached his goal. At the end of the episode, he meets his neighbor, whose life has slipped away. In a seemingly psychotic madness, the neighbor shoots Bill. His three wives run out of the house and Bill asks Barbara to give him a blessing. He is conferring priesthood on her in his last hour. The last sequences show the family 11 months later. Barbara's and Bill's daughter had a child with her husband. Nicki is still very sad about Bill's death and Margene is going abroad for 3 months to do charitable work.
Cast and dubbing
The German dubbing was carried out by the dubbing company TV + Synchron Berlin under the dialogue direction by Karin Lehmann, who was also responsible for the dubbing .
main actor
actor | Role name | Main role (season) |
Supporting role (season) |
Voice actor |
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Bill Paxton | Bill Henrickson | 1-5 | Jörg Hengstler | |
Jeanne Tripplehorn | Barb Henrickson | 1-5 | Anke Reitzenstein | |
Chloë Sevigny | Nicolette Grant | 1-5 | Antje von der Ahe | |
Ginnifer Goodwin | Margene Heffman | 1-5 | Dascha Lehmann | |
Amanda Seyfried | Sarah Henrickson | 1-4 | Julia Stoepel | |
Douglas Smith | Ben Henrickson | 1-5 | Tino Hillebrand | |
Shawn Doyle | Joey Henrikson | 1-4 | Viktor Neumann | |
Melora Walters | Wanda Henrickson | 1-4 | Daniela Reidies | |
Grace Zabriskie | Lois Henrickson | 1-5 | Marianne Lutz | |
Joel McKinnon Miller | Don Embry | 1-5 | Lutz Schnell | |
Daveigh Chase | Rhonda Volmer | 1-3 | 5 | Shalin-Tanita Rogall |
Bruce Dern | Frank Harlow | 1-4 | 5 | Horst lamp |
Harry Dean Stanton | Roman Grant | 1-4 | Joachim Siebenschuh | |
Mary Kay Place | Adaleen Grant | 1-5 | Sonja German | |
Mireille Enos | Kathy Marquart | 2-4 | Petra Barthel | |
Matt Ross | Alby Grant | 1-5 | Alexander Doering |
supporting cast
Charisma
Season | Episodes | Broadcast (HBO) |
Broadcast (TNT series) |
season 1 | 12 | March 12, 2006 to June 4, 2006 | June 4, 2009 to July 9, 2009 |
season 2 | 12 | June 11, 2007 to August 26, 2007 | July 16, 2009 to August 20, 2009 |
season 3 | 10 | January 18, 2009 to March 22, 2009 | November 19, 2009 to January 7, 2010 |
Season 4 | 9 | January 10, 2010 to March 7, 2010 | October 5, 2010 to November 30, 2010 |
Season 5 | 10 | January 16, 2011 to March 20, 2011 | January 3, 2012 to March 6, 2012 |
Episode list
Number (total) |
Number (season) |
Original title | German title | First broadcast (HBO) |
First broadcast (TNT series) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | 01 | pilot | pilot | March 12, 2006 | June 4, 2009 |
02 | 02 | Viagra Blue | Viagra Blue | March 19, 2006 | June 4, 2009 |
03 | 03 | Home invasion | Uninvited guests | March 26, 2006 | June 11, 2009 |
04 | 04 | Eclipse | The lunar eclipse | April 2, 2006 | June 11, 2009 |
05 | 05 | Affair | The affair | April 9, 2006 | June 18, 2009 |
06 | 06 | Roberta's Funeral | Roberta's funeral | April 16, 2006 | June 18, 2009 |
07 | 07 | Eviction | expulsion | April 23, 2006 | June 25, 2009 |
08 | 08 | Easter | Easter | April 30, 2006 | June 25, 2009 |
09 | 09 | A barbecue for Betty | Barbeque for Betty | May 7, 2006 | July 2, 2009 |
10 | 10 | The Baptism | Baptism | May 14, 2006 | July 2, 2009 |
11 | 11 | Where There's a Will | Three wills | May 21, 2006 | July 9, 2009 |
12 | 12 | The ceremony | The ceremony | June 4, 2006 | July 9, 2009 |
Number (total) |
Number (season) |
Original title | German title | First broadcast (HBO) |
First broadcast (TNT series) |
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13 | 01 | Damages Control | Aftermath | June 11, 2007 | July 16, 2009 |
14th | 02 | The writing on the wall | wedding day | June 18, 2007 | July 16, 2009 |
15th | 03 | Reunion | family meeting | June 25, 2007 | July 23, 2009 |
16 | 04 | Rock and a Hard Place | From the rain in the eaves | July 2, 2007 | July 23, 2009 |
17th | 05 | Vision thing | Visions | July 9, 2007 | July 30, 2009 |
18th | 06 | Dating game | Encounters | July 16, 2007 | July 30, 2009 |
19th | 07 | Good guys and bad guys | Good versus evil? | July 23, 2007 | August 6, 2009 |
20th | 08 | Kingdom Come | Your kingdom come | July 30, 2007 | August 6, 2009 |
21st | 09 | Circle the wagons | New ways | August 6, 2007 | August 13, 2009 |
22nd | 10 | The happiest girl | The happiest girl | August 13, 2007 | August 13, 2009 |
23 | 11 | Take Me As I Am | Take me as I am | August 20, 2007 | August 20, 2009 |
24 | 12 | Oh pioneers | Pioneers | August 27, 2007 | August 20, 2009 |
Number (total) |
Number (season) |
Original title | German title | First broadcast (HBO) |
First broadcast (TNT series) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
25th | 01 | Block party | Street party | January 18, 2009 | November 19, 2009 |
26th | 02 | Empire | Desire for children | January 25, 2009 | November 19, 2009 |
27 | 03 | Prom Queen | Prom queen | February 1, 2009 | November 26, 2009 |
28 | 04 | On trial | In court | February 8, 2009 | November 26, 2009 |
29 | 05 | For Better or Worse | In good and in bad times | February 15, 2009 | December 3, 2009 |
30th | 06 | Come on, ye saints | The pilgrimage | February 22, 2009 | December 10, 2009 |
31 | 07 | Fight or Flight | Twists | March 1, 2009 | December 17, 2009 |
32 | 08 | Rough Edges | With no way out | March 8, 2009 | December 24, 2009 |
33 | 09 | Outer darkness | Outer darkness | March 15, 2009 | December 31, 2009 |
34 | 10 | Sacrament | justice | March 22, 2009 | January 7, 2010 |
Number (total) |
Number (season) |
Original title | German title | First broadcast (HBO) |
First broadcast (TNT series) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
35 | 01 | Free at Last | Free at last | January 10, 2010 | October 5, 2010 |
36 | 02 | The Greater Good | Great plans | January 17, 2010 | October 12, 2010 |
37 | 03 | Strange Bedfellows | Unusual pairings | January 24, 2010 | October 19, 2010 |
38 | 04 | The Might and Strong | The strong and the mighty | January 31, 2010 | October 26, 2010 |
39 | 05 | Sins of the Father | Sins of the fathers | February 7, 2010 | November 2, 2010 |
40 | 06 | Under one roof | Under one roof | February 14, 2010 | November 9, 2010 |
41 | 07 | Blood atonement | Atonement | February 21, 2010 | November 16, 2010 |
42 | 08 | Next ticket out | farewell | February 28, 2010 | November 23, 2010 |
43 | 09 | End of Days | The end of days | March 7, 2010 | November 30, 2010 |
Number (total) |
Number (season) |
Original title | German title | First broadcast (HBO) |
First broadcast (TNT series) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
44 | 01 | winter | winter | January 16, 2011 | January 3, 2012 |
45 | 02 | A seat at the table | A seat at the table | January 23, 2011 | January 10, 2012 |
46 | 03 | Certain Poor Shepherds | Poor shepherds | January 30, 2011 | 17th January 2012 |
47 | 04 | The Oath | The oath | February 6, 2011 | January 24, 2012 |
48 | 05 | The Special Relationship | Special relationship | February 13, 2011 | January 31, 2012 |
49 | 06 | DIVORCE | divorce | February 20, 2011 | February 7, 2012 |
50 | 07 | Til Death Do Us Part | Until death do us part | February 27, 2011 | February 14, 2012 |
51 | 08 | The Noose Tightens | The noose tightens | March 6, 2011 | February 21, 2012 |
52 | 09 | Exorcism | exorcism | March 13, 2011 | February 28, 2012 |
53 | 10 | Where Men and Mountains Meet | When people and mountains meet | March 20, 2011 | March 6, 2012 |
Awards
Big Love was nominated a total of 9 times for the Emmy Awards in different categories, but was never able to take home a trophy. The series has been nominated four times for the Golden Globes since 2007, including best drama series in 2010. However, only Chloë Sevigny was able to win a Golden Globe in 2010 in the category "Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television".
German production
The German version was produced by TV + Synchron Berlin .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: Big Love: Season 5 in January marks the end of the series . Serial junkies . October 28, 2010. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
- ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: Big Love: TNT series shows season 5 from January . Serienjunkies.de . November 20, 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
- ↑ a b c Big Love. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous file , accessed on October 6, 2012 .
Web links
- Big Love at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website of the series at the producing broadcaster HBO
- Big Love in TNT series ( memento from October 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) - with episode guide and picture gallery