Big Love, which spurred a lot of pre-emptive worry in the Mormon church before it premiered, is now being criticized for a scene in Sunday's episode that depicts a certain sacred church ritual, apparently for the first time on TV. HBO, in response, has issued one of those I'm-sorry-if-you-feel-that-...

I'm supposed to be working on a presentation for Liberation Theology class tomorrow, but before I get to it I need to let out a few thoughts about Monday's LDS Newsroom commentary.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *"Internet references to Big Love indicate that more and more Mormon them...

Our favorite queer-vague show, HBO's Big Love is under attack by the Church of Latter Day Saints after word got around that next week's episode will feature a scene simulating a sealing ceremony within a Mormon temple. The show, created by gay couple Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer, follow...

Before you read this post, check that your office safe is securely locked, then watch last night's Big Love:  If there's a consensus emerging about last night's Big Love—well, from the handful of conversations I've had about it so far—it is: How awesome that Nicki finally got exposed! And is it...

By Todd VanDerWerff “Rough Edges,� written by Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer and directed by Dan Attias, just plunges forward, pell-mell, not terribly concerned with if it makes a lot of sense (that Woodruff letter storyline still feels dropped in from another series entirely, Mormon content no...

Big Love: Fight or Flight They ambushed Nicki! Oh my god, poor baby, look at her hyperventilating and passing out. You people are just mean. Nobody asked Nicki why, Barb doesn't even care, they just talked about how important it is to have more children. Look how pretty Nicki looks out on her "date"...

File under "Hollywood is reading my diary:" Amanda Seyfried is in talks to star in Zack Snyder's upcoming all-girl ass-kicker Sucker Punch. No joke, just last night I was catching up on Big Love -- which...amazing this season -- and......

Where in this great nation would you think the per capita consumption of pornography would be at its highest? Perhaps a decadent coastal blue state such as California or New York? Guess again, people—the answer is Utah. The Salt Lake Tribune: Besides its political bent, Utah’s per capita...

Spoilers for last night's Big Love coming up after the jump: Let us all now mourn Kathy Marquart. If her death was not entirely a surprise—you could see Something Very Bad Happening once she had her bonding moment with Wanda and went off to pick flowers, like a teen parking on Inspiration Point in...

By Todd VanDerWerff As if making penance for the last two weeks of limited Juniper Creek storylines, Sunday night’s Big Love, “Fight or Flight,� written by Patricia Breen and directed by Adam Davidson, was probably the most Juniper Creek-heavy episode of the season, if not since Season One. So...