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Post by credit2dfaz on Mar 24, 2011 20:44:21 GMT -5
I liked the show, and maybe I could have waded through the story again by rewatching the whole series some day. I loved the characters. It was a fun ride. But the really cheap ending ruins any possibility of that. No way could I rewatch all this again knowing how it ends. Bad ending, bad ending, just so cheap and cliched. BAD! lol
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Post by firstwife on Mar 27, 2011 19:34:51 GMT -5
My husband said the same thing. He really loved the show after I introduced him to it. But he says he can't watch it any more because knowing Bill dies puts a shadow on the whole series.
It also makes me sad to think that Barb didn't have "one last night" with Bill since he walked out in a huff. There was never a chance to make up.
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Post by withay on Mar 27, 2011 22:33:51 GMT -5
My husband said the same thing. He really loved the show after I introduced him to it. But he says he can't watch it any more because knowing Bill dies puts a shadow on the whole series. It also makes me sad to think that Barb didn't have "one last night" with Bill since he walked out in a huff. There was never a chance to make up. I felt like all was forgiven when he looked up and Barb was coming in the church. Nothing more needed to be said....
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Post by corajack on Apr 4, 2011 2:54:48 GMT -5
I agree, withay. I think all was forgiven between the 4 of them as a whole....thus the "Big Love". (The blessing cemented this "forgiveness" ending. )
As far as rewatching, I have to say I agree. I tried to watch season 1 with everyone tonight and I lost it about half way through. I think I lost it mostly because of all the work the family did and really thought it was (on earth) a "forever" situation. But it wasn't, not completely.
I had to beg my husband to watch Boardwalk Empire after The Soprano's ending. He refused to watch Big Love at all. I had to explain to him that there are different writers for the shows! But anyway, we all just have to agree to disagree when it comes to the ending and move on. (I still wish they were in "Bill's Heaven" all sitting around the table)....
.....and I doubt I'll watch all the episodes again either. In a way, it makes me feel that no matter what we try to do to improve our lives or other peoples lives that in the end....well you know what happens in the end. And it could happen at any time. Makes me wonder what's the point? I know Bill's "point"....but I don't have the same religious beliefs that he had either.
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Post by kathy36610 on Apr 4, 2011 8:22:19 GMT -5
I don't know that I agree. I was so angry with Bill during the last two seasons. It makes it better knowing that in the end, he finally gets what is coming to him and Barb and the other wives are set free. They are forever bonded through the experience of being "sister wives" but now they are free from the colossal albatross of Bill and his stupid "testimonies".
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Post by Sheila on Apr 4, 2011 19:10:58 GMT -5
Like everyone else, I have my own issues with the ending. But the thing that keeps me from watching it again is that the baby's cry that you hear before you see the family "eleven months later" is <clearly> that of a newborn...and Sarah's baby is <not> a newborn. Definitely not a woman who signed off on that scene. I hate it when I let myself get crazy over things like that.
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Post by me again on Apr 4, 2011 21:26:59 GMT -5
Killed as a martyr on Easter Sunday.
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Post by corajack on Apr 4, 2011 22:54:24 GMT -5
kathy...."gets what is coming to him?" .... I could say that about a rapist or a murderer but not Bill who with his own psychological issues due to growing up on the compound, decided to make a better life for him and other people. I hope you don't have a gun and give other people what you think should be "coming to them". Wow, that's scary and sick.
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Post by kathy36610 on Apr 5, 2011 7:58:56 GMT -5
Oh for heavens sake, Cora lighten up!! It is just my way of continuing to enjoy the show. Of course Bill had some problems and I hate that he died but in order to keep watching (I'm an addict, I have to hate Bill a little irrationally, so I can keep watching the show). Last night I re-watched the episode of season 3 where Ana marries Bill. I remember the first time I saw that and I just wanted to go through the TV and choke him!! He tried to force Ana to live with Nikki and never even bothered to ask Nikki how she felt about it. Because of the way he bungled the whole thing Ana ended up leaving.
"Scary?" "Sick?" - I think the writers were scary and sick in the first place the way they just blew Bill away like that.
Geesh!
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Post by corajack on Apr 7, 2011 1:46:41 GMT -5
Yeah, I see that you "smited" me and that's cool. I really don't care anymore. Keep doing it. I am going to speak my mind and not be afraid of being "smited". I'll smite you every day if you want to start a war.
Yeah, it is "scary" and "sick" that you want to see a father of many children killed. He didn't do anything to hurt anyone intentionally. He had a mental issue due to his past. He wanted to help everyone. But to say "he got what he deserved" with 3 wives and over 10 children, it's just sick and scary. Period.
Bill could have made a big difference in the many compounds--not only Juniper Creek, but all around the world. He had enough income to support his family. Now he's gone. Who is going to do all of this? No one.
Sure, we don't all believe in the polygamy lifestyle--but then don't watch the show! He was doing what he thought was right to help people. Now his voice is lost.
When people are killed in movies/series yeah sometimes they do deserve it. But not Bill. He did his best with what he had to work with. Someone (a father of many and a husband to three) does not "get what he deserves" just because he was attempting to heal a group of people who have been downgraded and hurt for so many years.
A rapist or a murderist--ok I can agree with you. Bill had his faults but he was not anything like them.
Love him or hate him he did not "deserve" to get killed. This was a decision that was made when the series was cancelled and the writers had to "go out big".
I think they went out "small".
Peace from the hospital where they let me get out of bed to write my response. I won't be here much longer, I'm sure many will be happy not to hear my bullshit.
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Post by withay on Apr 7, 2011 1:52:57 GMT -5
Not me, CoraJack, I always enjoy your Bullsh*t!
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Post by corajack on Apr 7, 2011 2:03:37 GMT -5
Thank you, withay. It has certainly been a pleasure reading and responding to your posts. Being on the brink of death myself--I have an issue with someone saying "he got what he deserved". I could agree with prison or anything else; however when you are facing losing your life it's a different story, which all of us here will face at some point in our lives.
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Post by betheaz on Apr 7, 2011 11:03:40 GMT -5
Hey gang, I loaned my season 1 DVD set to my daughter-in-law; she had just started watching Big Love IN THE LAST SEASON; and she was, thanks to the loan, watching episodes from season one and on Sundays watching the new season 5 episodes. When Bill was killed she quit watching any more of season 1 and said she does not want to borrow any of the other seasons from me......now, if she can just send season 1 back to me I will happily start watching the series, in its entirety, all over again. I really do believe they ended it quite well. Bill had taken to exposing himself and his family to so much possible danger, in so many ways (remember the family exposed to any loony tune passing by in the nativity scene on his front lawn for Christmas?) that his assassination was almost inevitable. I really do see the ending as the core family, the women and children, still united as a loving family. Now that is BIG LOVE.
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Post by duets on Apr 7, 2011 14:59:44 GMT -5
Peace back atcha, Corajack. Sending hugzzz your way.
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Post by guest on Apr 7, 2011 17:14:27 GMT -5
@corajack: Hi corajack: I just wanted to say that I am really sorry to read in this thread of posts that you are in the hospital. You take care and I clicked on some of your other posts and enjoyed reading your posts. As for Bill getting what he deserves and the ending of this series. That was a horrible way to end this series. They should have left the Family, happy and together alive and well as their send off. The creators of this show are "gay." I could tell through the entire series that they were advocating polygamy. People shouldn't judge each other and I saw their parallel with polygamy and being gay. For me, I hope they all get to be married in all of the United states one day. I was sad that the creators had to have Bill die. ....... Oh, well, Bill was Will and Mark's Martyr........for polygamy and gay rights in a way. anyway, I personally have seasons 1-4 and no season five. I don't plan on purchasing. For me and my imagination; I end the series after season 4....and hope that the Family stayed happy through life. PEACE...all
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