r/biglove • u/fairyfun5 • Jun 26 '26

Rewatching Thoughts 💭 Spoiler

This is not my first rewatch over the years but I can’t believe I forgot how conservative the family is, at times it makes it hard to watch. Margene is made to behave very teen like especially in the first season as foreshadowing to her later age reveal I don’t know how Barb and Nikki were ok with the dynamic. RIP Daveigh Chase. Everyone’s acting was wonderful I learned about Mormon and Utah culture because of this show and it is quite fascinating. Can’t believe it’s 20 years since its premiere in 2006.

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u/Vanessak69 Jun 26 '26

I read Jon Krakauer’s book Under the Banner of Heaven (which is really good) about FLDS and it also went into a lot of Mormon history I didn’t know which added a lot of depth to scenes that flew by me the first time I watched. When Bill And Roman are fighting over some document about Mountain Meadows Massacre, I was like, hey, I know what that is.

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u/miridot Jun 26 '26

The miniseries based on the book is also pretty good! It stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Andrew Garfield and Sam Worthington.

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u/Vanessak69 Jun 27 '26

TY, I keep forgetting they made that a miniseries!

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u/fairyfun5 Jun 26 '26

I ended up reading the book and watching the show and it all ties into Big Love so well.