show name	Big Love
format	Drama
runtime	50 minutes
creator	Mark V. OlsenWill Scheffer
starring	Bill PaxtonJeanne TripplehornChloë SevignyGinnifer GoodwinDouglas SmithGrace ZabriskieMary Kay PlaceMatt RossCassi ThomsonAmanda SeyfriedShawn DoyleMireille EnosŽeljko IvanekMelora WaltersJoel McKinnon MillerDaveigh ChaseJolean WejbeBruce DernHarry Dean Stanton
writer	Mark V. OlsenWill SchefferPatricia BreenDustin Lance Black
country	United States
language	English
opentheme	"God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys (Seasons 1-3)"Home" by Engineers (Seasons 4-5)
network	HBO
first aired
last aired
num seasons	5
num episodes	53
status	ended
list episodes	List of Big Love episodes
website	http://www.hbo.com/big-love }}

''Big Love'' is an American television drama that aired on HBO between March 2006 and March 2011. The show is about a fictional fundamentalist Mormon family in Utah that practices polygamy. ''Big Love'' stars Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny, Ginnifer Goodwin, Amanda Seyfried, Douglas Smith, Bruce Dern, Grace Zabriskie, Mary Kay Place, Matt Ross, and Cassi Thomson.

The series premiered in the United States on March 12, 2006 following the sixth-season premiere of the HBO series ''The Sopranos''. The show ran for five seasons, ending on March 20, 2011.

Overview[link]

The show was co-created by Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer, who also served as executive producers. Olsen and Scheffer spent almost three years researching the premise of the show, with the intent of creating a fair portrayal of polygamy in America without being judgmental.

Music[link]

The theme song for the final two seasons of the series was "Home" by the band Engineers. During the first three seasons, "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys played during the opening titles. The musical score for the series was composed by Anton Sanko. Mark Mothersbaugh composed music for the first season, while David Byrne was in charge of music during the second season.

Cast and characters[link]

Leading cast[link]

Bill Paxton as Bill Henrickson – Husband to Barb, Nicki, and Marge. He is a practicing polygamist and, at the end of season 4, was elected as a Utah Republican state senator.

Jeanne Tripplehorn as Barbara "Barb" Henrickson – Bill's first wife; mother of Sarah, Ben, and Tancy ("Teeny").

Chloë Sevigny as Nicolette "Nicki" Grant – Bill's second wife, Barb's former caretaker (during her bout with cancer), and Roman Grant's daughter; mother of Wayne and Raymond (with Bill), and Cara Lynn (with J.J.).

Ginnifer Goodwin as Margene "Margie" Heffman – Bill's third and youngest wife; mother of Lester, Aaron, and Nell.

Amanda Seyfried as Sarah Henrickson – Bill and Barb's first daughter, struggling with her father's polygamy. She married Scott Quittman despite her parents' initial reservations.

Douglas Smith as Ben Henrickson – Bill and Barb's son. Early in the series, he expresses his sexual attraction to Margene, his third mother, who rejects it as incestuous. He has stated his desire to follow ''The Principle''—to practice polygamy, as his father does.

Henrickson family and friends[link]

Branka Katić as Ana Markovič – Bill's former fourth wife. She and Bill married, then she divorced the family (late in the third season). Bill and his wives recently discovered that she conceived a child with Bill prior to their 48-hour marriage.

Jolean Wejbe as Tancy ("Teenie") Henrickson – Bill and Barb's younger daughter (replaced in Season 4 by Bella Thorne).

Keegan Holst as Wayne Henrickson – Bill and Nicki's eldest son.

Garrett Grey as Raymond Henrickson – Bill and Nicki's second son.

Ailish and Julia O'Connor as Nell Henrickson – Bill and Margene's daughter. (Season 4)

Aaron Paul as Scott Quittman – Sarah's husband.

Tina Majorino as Heather Tuttle – Sarah Henrickson's co-worker and best friend; Ben's wife.

Bella Thorne as Tancy Henrickson

Extended Henrickson family[link]

Shawn Doyle as Joey Henrickson – Bill's brother, Wanda's husband. Former professional football player with the Dallas Cowboys. He attempts to enter into polygamy like Bill and his forefathers, albeit relunctantly at first. (Seasons 1-4)

Melora Walters as Wanda Henrickson – Bill's sister-in-law, wife to Joey Henrickson, and sister of Nicki's first husband, J.J. Wanda's psychological problems surface when she tries to poison people who cross her or her family. (Seasons 1-4)

Bruce Dern as Frank Harlow – Bill's abusive and domineering father who exiled Bill from Juniper Creek at age 14. In a strong, perennial, and sometimes violent feud with his wife, Lois.

Grace Zabriskie as Lois Henrickson – Bill's mother. In a long-time feudand even attempted homicideagainst Bill's father, Frank Harlow

Brian Kerwin as Eddie Henrickson – Lois' younger brother, Bill's uncle.

Aidan Gonzales and Andrew Gonzales as Joey Henrickson Jr. – Joey and Wanda's son.

Christopher Randazzo and Zachary Randazzo as Joey Henrickson Jr. – Joey and Wanda's son. (Season 4)

Mireille Enos as JoDean Marquart and Kathy Marquart – Kathy is Joey's second wife-to-be until her death in a car accident while being chased by Roman Grant. She lived in Joey and Wanda's home and assisted with the care of their infant son. Her twin sister, JoDean, is Frank's newest wife. (Seasons 3-4)

Ellen Burstyn as Nancy Dutton – Barb's semi-estranged mother.

Judith Hoag as Cindy Dutton-Price – Barb's sister.

Patrick Fabian as Ted Price – Cindy's husband.

Bill's business partners and associates[link]

Joel McKinnon Miller as Don Embry – Bill's business partner and best friend. A polygamist until two of his wives ran away, leaving him a monogamist both in spirit and in fact. He was asked by Bill to take a 'bullet'by confessing his polygamy to a reporterto allow Bill's state senate candidacy to move forward.

Wendy Phillips as Peg Embry – Don's wife, Home Plus' head bookkeeper.

Kyle Gallner as Jason Embry – Don and Peg's son, Ben's best friend. Jason isn't fond of polygamy.

Annie Fitzgerald as Verna – Don's second wife. Renee Albert as Julep ("Jo-Jo") – Don's third wife.

Lawrence O'Donnell as Lee Hatcher – Bill's attorney.

Jim Beaver as Carter Reese – Business acquaintance of Bill.

Jodie Markell as Wendy Hunt – Bill's secretary.

Adam Beach as Tommy Flute – Jerry Flute's son and a manager of the Blackfoot Casino.

Luke Askew as Hollis S. Green – Patriarch and proclaimed Prophet of a rival polygamist group. Hollis serves as one of show's antagonists. His sect frequently uses violence and kidnapping for its ends.

Sandy Martin as Selma Green – Hollis' first wife and partner, Roman's youngest sister. A woman, but usually dressed in a man's suit with a male hairstyle and a masculine-deep voice.

Gregory Itzin as Senator Blake Barn – The Republican Senate President of the Utah State Senate.

Grant family[link]

Harry Dean Stanton as Roman Grant – Nicki & Alby's father, self-proclaimed Prophet, and former leader of the Juniper Creek compound. He was smothered to death by Joey Henrickson to avenge Roman's involvement in the death of Joey's fiancée, Kathy.

Mary Kay Place as Adaleen Grant – One of Roman Grant's wives and Nicki and Alby's mother. Although sixth wife to Roman, Adaleen was his most trusted confidante and was able to influence Roman's political decisions. After Roman's death, Alby sends Adaleen to be a wife of J.J., against Adaleen's and Nicki's wishes.

Daveigh Chase as Rhonda Volmer – A young sociopath teenager who was to be married to Roman Grant. During Roman's trial, Rhonda was sent away so she would not take the stand and damage the defense's case. It remains unknown whether her "absence" led to Roman eventually being found not guilty of his crimes.

Matt Ross as Alby Grant – Roman Grant's closeted gay son and the heir-apparent 'Prophet' of Juniper Creek.

Anne Dudek as Lura Grant – Third and favorite wife of Alby. She helps Alby try to kill Roman in both the second and third season.

Željko Ivanek as J.J. Percy Walker – Nicki's first husband and father of Nicki's eldest daughter, Cara Lynn. J.J. is domineering, and with Alby's pull, forces the widowed Adaleen to marry him.

Cassi Thomson as Cara Lynn Walker - Nicki and J.J.'s daughter.

Recurring[link]

Robert Patrick as Bud Mayberry – Leader of a polygamist fringe group.

Mark L. Young as Franky – Frank's son with Nita. Despite the significant age difference between Bill and Franky, Bill considers Franky to be as much his brother as Joey is. Franky is the boyfriend of Rhonda Volmer during the first half of the third season.

Carlos Jacott and Audrey Wasilewski as Carl Martin and Pam Martin – Neighbor of the Henrickson's.

Sarah Jones as Brynn – Ben's ex-girlfriend.

Carli Coleman as Brandy Thissel – Bill's ex-con cousin.

Robert Beltran as Jerry Flute – Business representative of a Native American reservation that wants to build a casino with Bill's collaboration.

Noa Tishby as Ladonna Flute – Jerry's assertive, opinionated wife.

Michele Greene as Sheila Jackson White – Channel 9 TV reporter.

Charles Esten as Ray Henry – Head Prosecutor for the Roman Grant case. Had a fling with Nicki before he learned of her involvements.

Ben Koldyke as Dale Tomasson – Alby's lover, who hanged himself after Lura revealed his affair to his wife and family.

Kevin Rankin as Verlan Walker – Cousin to Cara Lynn. He was kicked out when he became a teenager. It is revealed that he is married to Rhonda Vollmer with whom he has a child.

Christian Campbell as Greg Ivey – Cara Lynn's high school math teacher and later lover.

Plot[link]

The series revolves around Bill Henrickson, his three wives (Barb, first/legal wife; Nicki, second wife; and Margene, third wife) and their (combined) nine children. Henrickson lives with his family in three neighboring houses in Sandy, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City.

Season 1[link]

Season 1 introduces the main characters and revolves around the family's struggles to live their polygamous lifestyle while keeping it a secret from the outside world. While Bill goes about expanding his chain of home improvement stores ("Henrickson’s Home Plus"), he struggles to balance his three wives and his strained relationship with Nicki's father, church prophet Roman Grant. From his compound on Juniper Creek, Roman seeks to gain a greater share of the profits from Bill's business ventures. Bill, who is resentful towards Roman for expelling him from Juniper Creek as a teenager, opposes this, and joins with his brother Joey, a former NFL player who returned to Juniper Creek after alcohol addiction, to gain a seat on the Church's board of directors in order to undercut Roman's considerable influence and to maintain a level of autonomy from his controlling grasp.

Bill's first wife, Barb, is shown to be the anchor for the plural Henrickson family, but as the show progresses, it is revealed that Barb has mixed feelings about the concept of polygamy, and only her love for Bill makes her stay. Meanwhile, second wife Nicki (daughter of Roman) struggles to fit in with modern life outside the compound and her own desire for power within the family dynamic. Nicki compensates for her isolation by developing an addiction to shopping, leading her to accumulate $60,000 of debt in credit card charges. Third wife Margene, 21 years old, struggles to find her place within the family, as both Barb and Nicki look down on her, due to her youth and immaturity.

Most of season one focuses on the family's struggle to keep their secret from their friends, neighbors, and coworkers. However, things come to a head when Barb is nominated for a "Mother of the Year" Award, resulting in her marriage being outed as one of polygamy. Meanwhile, Joey's mentally unstable wife, Wanda, poisons Alby Grant (Roman's son and chief minion) when Alby discovers that Bill is using Joey as a pawn in his scheme to undermine Roman's power within the Church, and threatens the two.

Season 2[link]

Season 2 picks up two weeks after the end of season one, as Barb temporarily leaves home and then returns. Though the outing does not damage the family's reputation or the Henrickson business, it causes Bill to decide to take steps to ensure his family's financial security by trying to buy an electronic gambling company called Weber Gaming.

The second season also expands upon the political battles at Juniper Creek. When Roman and his wife inform Alby that they are willing to allow Wanda and Joey to get away with their attempt on his life in exchange for using them as leverage against Bill, Alby alerts outside authorities, who arrest Joey (who claims credit for poisoning Alby in order to protect Wanda), which ultimately leads to a raid of the compound. Meanwhile, Roman's newest intended bride, 16-year-old Rhonda Volmer, secretly leaves the compound to live with the Henricksons. The family is quick to take Rhonda in, thinking that she is an innocent trying to escape being forced to marry the elderly Roman. However, it is quickly revealed that Rhonda is a pathological liar and sociopath who left the compound only to exploit Roman's legal troubles in order to get media coverage for her story in the newspaper and on TV.

Rhonda's departure and Alby's actions lead to Bill's manipulating Roman and the Greenes (a renegade polygamist sect that operates on the fringes of society) against each other in order to claim Weber Gaming. Roman is shot by the Greenes when the police finally try to arrest the Greenes, forcing them to flee. With Roman hospitalized, Alby quickly seizes power, and Roman is arrested by the police for violating the Mann Act. Alby's power is ultimately secured when his mother flees Juniper Creek and Bill doesn't challenge Alby's claim of prophethood.

On the home front, Nicki struggles with Bill's decision to send their son to a Catholic school (which is far enough out of the way for Bill to claim Nicki as his sole wife) while Margene and Barb wage war against each other for the "head wife" position. This is complicated when Margene befriends Ana, a Serbian waitress and dental hygienist, after witnessing Bill flirting with her at a diner. Margene encourages Bill to bring Ana into the family as a fourth wife in order to gain an ally against Barb and Nicki.

Barb, after a tearful reunion with her estranged mother and a pep talk with Roman's wife, reasserts herself as first wife by outing the family as polygamist to her nosy neighbors and informing Bill that she will finally leave him once and for all if he tries to bring a fourth wife into the family.

Meanwhile, Sarah is seeking help in dealing with her family's lifestyle through a support group for ex-Mormons, leading to her falling for a man ten years her senior. While Sarah ultimately gives up her virginity to her new boyfriend (mainly to spite her father, who is indifferent towards Sarah's growing disdain for him and polygamy), Ben gives himself over to his father's views on polygamy. At the close of the season, Ben is dating twin girls from Juniper Creek whose goal is to marry one man between them, causing Barb to consider sending him away to live with her nonpolygamist mother.

Season 3[link]

In the third season of ''Big Love'', Bill pursues Ana, a waitress he met in season two, despite his pledge to Barb to end the affair. Barb warms to the idea after she spends time with Ana, and sees in her a confidante without Margene's childishness or Nicki's manipulativeness. After Barb agrees to allow Bill to marry her, Ana finds herself chafing at Bill's authoritarianism and sees her presence causing Nicki, Barb, and Margene to fight repeatedly. At the end of season 3, Ana "divorces" herself from the family, citing her inability to deal with the polygamist lifestyle and her fear that her staying in the marriage would destroy the already fragile bonds among Bill's three wives.

Another focus in season 3 is on Roman Grant's trial, as Nicki infiltrates the prosecution's office building as a clerical worker (using Margene's name) to uncover the identities of the chief witnesses against Roman at Adalen's request. The key witness is Joey's intended second wife Kathy, whom Roman forced to marry when she was only 14. Two of the witnesses are intimidated into not testifying, while Rhonda (who now seeks to sue Roman and Juniper Creek in civil court) is given $30,000 by Adaleen and ordered to flee town after Adaleen lies to her about Roman no longer loving her. Kathy's testimony is negated by her twin sister JoDean, who tells the court that due to the Juniper Creek policy of not celebrating birthdays, and their lack of a birth certificate due to being born at home, the sisters have never agreed on how old they are; JoDean has always believed they are older than Kathy does. The defense argues this means Kathy may not have been 14 when she married as she claims, but might have been of age. Roman is acquitted and Nicki, who was forcibly married off at 15 to an older man who saw her picture in one of Roman's "Joy Books," shoves her father down a flight of stairs. Nicki's employment leads to a flirtation with Ray Henry (Chip Esten), who is prosecuting her father without knowing Nicki's true identity.

Meanwhile, Sarah is preparing to leave home for college at Arizona State when she discovers that she is pregnant. She tells Ben and Heather, but not her parents or Scott, the 28-year old father. At first she plans to give her child up for adoption, but ultimately she decides to keep it. Then, on a family vacation, Barb finds Nicki's birth-control pills and thinks they belong to Sarah. Barb's tirade against her daughter leads to Nicki admitting that the pills are hers: she'd been on the Pill for years while lying to Barb and Bill about wanting more children. The next day, Sarah miscarries and Nicki convinces her to come clean about the pregnancy and miscarriage. While Bill attempts to be supportive of Sarah by buying her a new car and refusing to judge her decision to be sexually active, Barb's relationship with Sarah is severely damaged. Sarah decides not to attend college, much to the dismay of Heather, who had changed her future plans to attend the University of Utah to attend Arizona State to help Sarah with the baby.

Joey has announced to Bill that he, Kathy, and Wanda are getting married, and he asks Bill to seal them. Furious at Roman's acquittal, Kathy has been gathering resistance on the Juniper Creek compound against Roman, threatening his waning authority within the compound (due to Alby consolidating his own power base). Roman has Kathy kidnapped hours before her wedding in order to force her to marry rival Hollis Greene, who is revealed to be Roman's brother-in-law and who will be immediately shipped off to Mexico, where Kathy will never see Joey or Wanda again. After stabbing Hollis's wife Selma with a pitchfork, Kathy steals a pickup truck and tries to flee. Roman forcibly rams her vehicle from behind and it plows into an electrical pole. Her body is subsequently dumped in a ravine and her death staged to look like an accident. At the funeral a few days later, Joey accuses Roman of murdering his intended wife. Joey later confronts Adaleen in her hotel room and tries to coerce a confession out of her about what she knows.

While Nicki becomes entangled with her boss, due to Ray's attraction to "Margene," Bill attempts to forge an alliance to bring down Roman for his part in Kathy's death. The real Margene discovers Nicki's use of her identity and her flirtatious relationship with Ray, and eventually exposes them. Ray denounces the entire family and vows to prosecute Nicki for illegal actions during the Grant trial. Bill decides to separate from Nicki, who chooses to retreat to the compound and renew her relationship with Alby. Meanwhile, Sarah reunites with Scott and after telling him about the miscarriage, proposes marriage to him.

Elsewhere, Bill and Alby broker a deal with Bill's brother-in-law Ted, who is seeking a Mormon document implying that the LDS Church faked renouncement of polygamy in order to get Utah formally recognized as a state. This leads to a war between Bill and Barb and her family, culminating in Barb being excommunicated from the LDS Church after she visits the temple a final time, sponsored by her mother and sister. The Greenes also want the document and kidnap Ted's adopted daughter to force him to give it up. However, when they have the document they discover that it is a forgery; Alby faked the document in order to con money out of the church.

In the season 3 finale, Alby plots to kill both his parents to consolidate his power over the compound and to avenge a prior attempt on his life that Adaleen arranged. He and his wife Lura create a letter-bomb and he leaves it outside his mother's hotel room; it explodes when a maid's cart rolls over it and the maid and Alby are injured. Selma is arrested for kidnapping Bill's adopted niece and reveals evidence to police about Roman's involvement in Kathy's death; the DA plans to indict Roman for murder. Back at the compound Joey waits for Roman inside his home and appears to have suffocated him, avenging Kathy's death. Meanwhile Nicki is reunited with her former husband J.J. and their 14-year-old daughter Cara Lynn. When she learns that Cara Lynn is about to be placed in the "Joy Book" in order to be married off, Nicki returns to the family with Cara Lynn in tow. The season ends with Bill's family reunited and Bill declaring the beginning of their own church, with himself as leader.

HBO Canada premiered this season day-and-date with HBO in the U.S. on January 18, 2009.

In November 2008, the show's official site launched a massive ad campaign for the third season of ''Big Love'', including a preview of the new season, a behind-the-scenes look at the new season, and background videos of Bill Henrickson, Barbara Dutton-Henrickson, Nicolette Grant, and Margene Heffman. In the behind-the-scenes video, Ginnifer Goodwin says, "Anything you thought could happen happens." Bill Paxton states, "I thought season 2 was vamped up, but season 3 is even more explosive." On her character, Chloë Sevigny says, "There is definitely a power struggle that goes on between the wives. You see Bill and Barb find out about some things Nicki has been hiding from them."

In January 2009, ABCnews.com reported that the series had incorporated the YFZ ranch raid into the story line.

Season 4[link]

The fourth season of Big Love premiered on January 10, 2010. It was further announced that Amanda Seyfried, who plays Bill and Barb's daughter Sarah, will leave the show after the completion of the season in order to pursue a film career full time. However, she did decide to come back for the show's series finale.

Reuters reported that Bella Thorne will replace Jolean Wejbe who has played Bill and Barb's daughter Teeny for the first three seasons. Another addition to the show is Adam Beach who plays Tommy Flute, the son of Jerry Flute (Robert Beltran), Bill's Indian gaming business partner.

In the premiere episode of season four, viewers learn that Roman Grant's body has been hidden in a freezer for several weeks by Adaleen. Alby and his wife, Lura, move the body to Idaho to the Henricksons' newly opened, but still under construction casino. Bill is able to prevent the FBI from finding Roman before he returns Roman's body to Juniper Creek for burial.

The season presents Bill with two challengeshis campaign for public office, and his growing rift with his eldest son, Ben. Bill seeks a seat in the Utah State Senate as part of a plan to legitimize The Principlewhich faces renewed and widespread animosity from the public. Bill learns of Ben's growing attraction to Margene, and agrees that Ben should spend some time away from the house, which Ben interprets as being 'cast out' of the family. This shocks Bill's family, who recently discovered Bill's own criminal past after his exile, revealed to the public by Bill's political opponent. Bill must also grapple with Marilyn Densham (Sissy Spacek), a powerful and conniving lobbyist whom he likens to a common criminal.

The season also develops a plotline involving J.J. marrying Adaleen. At first resistant, Adaleen accepts being "sealed" to J.J. and soon after finds that she's pregnant. Nicki is told she's infertile, even when treated by J.J.'s son, a fertility specialist. Eventually, it is revealed that J.J. has been using eugenics and inbreeding on an isolated community in Kansas where he is a leader, and that Adaleen's pregnancy is the product of that program.

On the eve of elections, Barb unsuccessfully tries to sabotage Bill's potential win by leaking the paternity report of Ana's child thus proving Bill's extramarital affair to the media. This brings the growing rift between Bill and Barb to fore, with Barb declaring that, unlike the previous twenty years, she does not feel the need for Bill any more. To avenge J.J.'s eugenics experiments on her family with in-vitro fertilization, Adaleen sets fire to a fertility clinic office where she has trapped J.J. Walker and his cancer-stricken wife. Season 4 ends with Bill winning the election for the Utah State Senate seat and revealing to an obviously uncomfortable public that he has a plural marriage with Barb, Nicki, and Margene.

Season 5[link]

The fifth and final season is centered around Bill's service in Utah State Senate, and the trouble that comes with his new position. Because of his polygamy, Bill faces opposition from a majority in the Senate, who attempt to pass a bill to have him impeached. Bill, however, makes a deal with the President of the Senate to have the bill stricken down. Bill pushes plans of action to help Juniper Creek, but has the compound demolished after Alby attempts to murder Don. He plans to build a church where UEB members can worship in safety. However, the Senate tries to stop Bill by bringing forward charges of statutory rape against him, since Margie admitted earlier that she was only sixteen when she was married to Bill. Before he can be taken to jail, Alby attempts to murder Bill in the Utah State Capitol, but is stopped and incarcerated.

Lois develops dementia due to a sexually-transmitted disease she contracted from Frank. The Henricksons try to take care of her, but she goes on a hunger strike in order to be taken back to Frank, forcing the family to agree to take her back to the compound. Frank finds out how much the disease has affected her after he breaks his hip and Lois does nothing about it, besides give him a pillow to put under his head. She is put into a nursing home where Bill and Frank both visit her.

Barb shocks the household when she tells them she believes she had a testimony to be a priesthood-holder, and then refuses to attend Bill's church because of their differing theological views. She attends a Community of Christ (formerly the RLDS) church that recognizes and provides for female priesthood. She attempts to be baptized into her new church, but realizes it isn't what she wants because her family isn't there to witness it. She then joins the family at Bill's church for Easter service.

Nicki is now the sole parent of Cara Lynn, and wants Bill to adopt her into the family. The only catch is that for Bill to adopt her, he and Nicki must be legally married. After much discussion, Barb and Bill divorce so that Bill can be legally married to Nicki, making her his first wife. When Nicki discovers that her daughter is in a relationship with her teacher, she tries to send her to a strict boarding school without telling the rest of the family. Cara Lynn, however, runs to Barb and tells them what her mother is trying to do.

Margie becomes desperate to be around people and make new friends. She tries her hand at selling various products and, while successful, through those experiences, she finds out that there is more to life than her marriage with Bill, and decides to go on missions to help the poor.

In the final episode, Bill has been in jail for 48 hours and is released. He goes straight to the Senate and tries to push for a bill to make polygamy legal. On Easter Sunday, Bill invites everyone to his church for the service and almost 500 people from across the state show up. During his service, he sees a vision of the old pioneers and Emma Smith (Joseph Smith, Jr.'s wife), which reassures him that he is making the right decision. After his service, we find Lois in her bed at the nursing home with Frank. There are vials of medication on the bedside table and the syringes have been used. Frank talks to her until she passes away beside him.

In the final moments of the series, Bill walks outside and is confronted by his neighbor, Carl, who is angry because Bill re-sodded his yard for him as Bill had earlier promised to do. Carl distorts Bill's generous act into an implication that Carl can't take care of his wife and home himself. Carl then goes into a rant and shoots Bill several times in the chest at close range. All three wives, who were in the kitchen making dinner, hear the shots and run outside to help Bill. In his final moments, Bill asks Barb to give him a blessing, showing her that he believes she holds the priesthood also.

The next scene is set 11 months later. Sarah has had a baby and they have just come from the baby blessing. Barb was the one who blessed the baby boy, who is named Bill. Ben and Heather, who began dating at the beginning of the season, are now married and Margene is leaving on a mission. In the final scene, all the women embrace one another beside the dining room table and the spirit of Bill is sitting at the end of the table, watching them.

The United Effort Brotherhood[link]

The show's fictional fundamentalist group, the "United Effort Brotherhood", or UEB, is similar to the actual "United Effort Plan" established by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) and taken over by the state in 2005. The FLDS is one of the most prolific and well-known polygamist groups and regards itself as the legitimate successor of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which officially discontinued polygamy in 1890. Creators Olsen and Scheffer included a drive through the twin FLDS towns of Hildale, Utah and Colorado City, Arizona, as part of their research for the show. Like the FLDS, the UEB has the distinction of possessing a temple of its own on its Kansas compound. The raid on Juniper Creek is reminiscent of the Short Creek raid, an actual historic event from 1953 where Arizona state police and National Guard troops took action against polygamists in Colorado City. Many of the businesses owned by the 'UEB' are similar to businesses owned by the Latter Day Church of Christ (aka the Kingston Clan), another Mormon fundamentalist church. The concept for the cable show was influenced by a 2003 article published in Utah on the Darger family, members of the UAB.

Production and crew[link]

Although set in Utah, the series was primarily filmed at the Santa Clarita Studios in Valencia, California. The location used for filming "Henrickson’s Home Plus" scenes was The All American Home Center in Downey, California.

The outside scenes of the three homes that Bill owns were filmed on location on Shady Lane, in the small town of Fillmore, California.

The mall scenes from season one were filmed in the Fox Hills Mall, in Culver City, California. Other exterior shots were filmed in Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah and Sandy, Utah, as well as northeast Los Angeles, California.

The head writers for the series are the co-creators: Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer. The writing staff includes: Patricia Breen, Dustin Lance Black, Doug Jung, Eileen Myers, Jennifer Schuur, Doug Stockstill, Jeanette Collin, and Mimi Friedman.

Directors of the series include Jim McKay, Adam Davidson, Rodrigo Garcia, Charles McDougall, Sarah Pia Anderson, Dan Attias, Burr Steers, Michael Spiller, Alan Taylor, John Strickland, Mary Harron, Steve Shill, Julian Farino, Michael Lehmann, and Alan Poul (former executive producer of ''Six Feet Under'').

The show's producers are Alexa Junge, Ann Holm, Ron Binkowski, Bernadette Caulfield, Jeanette Collins, Mimi Friedman, Shane Keller, David Knoller, Mark V. Olsen, Will Scheffer, Gary Goetzman, and Tom Hanks.

Episodes[link]

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Soundtrack[link]

David Byrne recorded a complete soundtrack to the second season, released as ''Big Love: Hymnal'' on August 19, 2008. The theme song to the series from Seasons 1 through 3 was The Beach Boys' "God Only Knows". As of Season 4, the song "Home", performed by the British band Engineers, was adopted as the show's theme song along with a new title sequence. "God Only Knows" was covered by Natalie Maines for the series finale.

DVD releases[link]

!DVD Name	! Region 1	! Region 2	! Region 4
Season 1	October 17, 2006	April 27, 2007	September 5, 2007
Season 2	December 11, 2007	September 12, 2011	July 2, 2008
Season 3	January 5, 2010	January 23, 2012	March 3, 2010
Season 4	January 4, 2011	April 16, 2012	May 4, 2011
Season 5	December 6, 2011	TBA	TBA
Big Love: The Complete Collection	December 6, 2011	TBA	TBA

Critical reception[link]

Review aggregate Metacritic indicated positive critical response for all five seasons. The average scores for the first through fourth seasons were 72/100, 71/100, 79/100, and 70/100, indicating "generally favorable reviews". The fifth and final season received an average score of 85/100, or "universal acclaim".

Heather Havrilesky of Salon.com said of ''Big Love'', "There are elements of this new series that have a quirkiness that might seem deliberate or overly clever against a different backdrop, but that feels natural in its own gracefully odd environment."

''Time'' magazine's James Poniewozik named it one of the Top 10 Returning Series of 2007, ranking it at #5.

However, the Phoenix New Times's Robert L. Pela called the show a "hot-soccer-mom fantasy" and "about as down and dirty as the old sitcom Three's Company", and said its portrayal of polygamy was "just as tidy as a deodorant commercial".

In contrast, the San Francisco Chronicle's Tim Goodman called Bill Paxton a "wonderfully underappreciated actor" and the show itself "compelling, but not easy".

LDS Church response[link]

In March 2006, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) issued a public statement citing concerns over the program's depiction of abuse, polygamy, use of stereotypes, and television's depiction of moral and civic values in general. Among other things, the church stated, "Despite its popularity with some, much of today’s television entertainment shows an unhealthy preoccupation with sex, coarse humor and foul language. ''Big Love'', like so much other television programming, is essentially lazy and indulgent entertainment that does nothing for our society and will never nourish great minds." In March 2009, the LDS Church stated that HBO's writers, producers, and executives were displaying insensitivity to church members by choosing to display simulated segments of the LDS Church's Endowment ceremony in an episode of ''Big Love''. The LDS Church also stated that the show had continued to blur the distinction between the LDS Church and "the show's fictional non-Mormon characters."

Awards and nominations[link]

The second season was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Drama Series in 2007. Bill Paxton was also nominated for the Best Actor in a Television Drama Golden Globe for his role as Bill Henrickson.

The third season was nominated for the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series.

In 2010 Chloë Sevigny won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a TV role for her portrayal of Nicolette Grant in season 3 of Big Love.

Family tree[link]

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References[link]

External links[link]

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name	Lindsey Buckingham
background	solo_singer
birth name	Lindsey Adams Buckingham
birth date	October 03, 1949
Birth place	Palo Alto, California, United States
instrument	Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, banjo, keyboards, drums, percussion
voice type	Baritone
genre	Rock, pop, New Wave
occupation	Singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer
years active	1968–present
label	Reprise, Polydor, Mercury, Elektra, Asylum
associated acts	Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham Nicks
website
notable instruments	Rick Turner Model 1 Chet Atkins CEC RS6 }}

Lindsey Adams Buckingham (born October 3, 1949) is an American guitarist, singer, composer and producer, most notable for being the guitarist and male lead singer of the musical group Fleetwood Mac from 1975 to 1987, and 1997 to present day. Aside from his tenure with Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham has also released six solo albums and two live albums. As a member of Fleetwood Mac, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. In 2011, Buckingham was ranked 100th in ''Rolling Stone '' magazine's 2011 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".

Early years[link]

Born in Palo Alto, California, Buckingham was the third and youngest child of Rutheda (née Elliott) and Morris Buckingham. He had two older brothers, Jeff and Greg. Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area community of Atherton, Buckingham and his brothers were encouraged to swim competitively. Though Buckingham dropped out of athletics to pursue music, his brother Greg went on to win a silver medal at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City.

Buckingham's first forays into guitar playing took place on a toy Mickey Mouse guitar, playing along to his brother Jeff's extensive collection of 45s. Noticing his talent, Buckingham's parents bought their son a $35 Harmony guitar.

Buckingham never took guitar lessons and does not read music. By age 13, he became interested in folk music and, influenced by banjo methods, practiced the energetic style of The Kingston Trio. At 15 he joined a small folk group, Fritz, providing vocals and guitar work.

Buckingham Nicks[link]

Buckingham and his then-girlfriend Stevie Nicks recorded seven demos in 1972 on an analog 4-track machine, and drove to Los Angeles to pursue a record deal. In 1973, Polydor Records signed the pair. Their album, ''Buckingham Nicks'', was released in September 1973; soon after its release, however, Polydor dropped the duo because of poor sales.

Despite Polydor's measure, though, ''Buckingham Nicks'' has been championed by rock critics since its release. It features fine two-part harmonies backed by notable LA session musicians, including superstar drummer Jim Keltner. According to the album notes, other session musicians include: Ron Tutt (Elvis Presley TCB Band), drums; Peggy Sandvig, keyboards; Waddy Wachtel, guitar; Jorge Calderon, percussion; Jerry Scheff (Elvis Presley TCB Band), bass; Monty Stark, synthesizer; Gary Hodges, drums; and Mark Tulin, bass.

Although money was tight, the hardworking duo caught the attention of many budding musicians, including Warren Zevon, who is rumored to have been a roommate of Nicks and Buckingham in a Fairfax district apartment.

A short tour promoting the ''Buckingham Nicks'' album commenced shortly after the joining of Buckingham and Nicks with Fleetwood Mac. Bootlegs of two concerts in Mobile and Tuscaloosa exist and are widely distributed on peer-to-peer networks and fansites. The touring band included drummers Bob Aguirre (from Fritz) and Gary Hodges playing simultaneously and bassist Tom Moncrieff, who later played bass on Stevie Nicks' 1981 album ''Bella Donna''.

To help make ends meet, Buckingham toured with Don Everly's back-up band, singing Phil Everly's parts. Buckingham and Nicks were eventually forced to move in with record producer Keith Olsen, who helped the pair work on several demos for the next Buckingham Nicks album, including "I'm So Afraid", "Monday Morning" and "Rhiannon".

''Buckingham Nicks'' has never been released on CD (a bootleg version does exist), although both Buckingham and Nicks have hinted at a possible remix and re-release on CD in the near future. Buckingham has also suggested a tour in support of the collection could be something the two may be interested in. Moncrieff and Hodges from the original Buckingham Nicks touring band have also expressed interest.

Fleetwood Mac[link]

While checking out the Sound City recording studio in California, Mick Fleetwood heard the song "Frozen Love" from the ''Buckingham Nicks'' album. He asked who the guitarist was, and immediately stated that he wanted him to fill a recent vacancy. Buckingham insisted to Fleetwood that he and Nicks were a package deal—if Fleetwood didn't want Nicks, he wouldn't get Buckingham. The duo was quickly asked to join Fleetwood Mac on New Year's Eve, 1974.

Fleetwood Mac released their eponymously titled album in 1975, which became a hit. However it was the second album of this new line-up, ''Rumours'', that propelled the band to superstar status when it became one of the best-selling albums of all time. Buckingham's "Go Your Own Way" was the lead-off single, soaring into the US Top Ten. After the resounding commercial success of ''Rumours'' (during the making of which Buckingham and Nicks famously split), Buckingham was determined to avoid falling into repeating the same musical pattern. The result was ''Tusk'' (1979), a double album that Buckingham primarily directed. Once again, Buckingham wrote the lead-off single, the title track that would peak at #8 on Billboard's Hot 100. It was during this time that Buckingham moved in with record company secretary and aspiring model, Carol Ann Harris, with whom he lived until 1984. Though by most standards a hit, ''Tusk'' failed to come close to ''Rumours'' record sales, and the album was followed by a hiatus in the band's studio recording efforts.

After a large world tour that ended in 1980, Fleetwood Mac took a year-long break before reconvening to record their next album ''Mirage'', a more pop-friendly work that returned the band to the top of the US album chart. However, by this time various members of the band were enjoying success as solo artists (particularly Nicks) and it would be five years before the release of the next Fleetwood Mac album. By the time ''Tango in the Night'' was released in 1987, Buckingham had already released two solo albums and had given up much of the material for what would have been his third solo album for the project, including "Big Love", "Tango in the Night", "Family Man", "You and I" and "Caroline". On several of these tracks Buckingham played every instrument . "Big Love", released as the first single from the album, became a top ten hit in the US and the UK.

Propelled by a string of hit singles, ''Tango in the Night'' became the band's biggest album since ''Rumours'' a decade earlier. However, following its release, Buckingham left Fleetwood Mac largely because of his desire not to tour and the strain he was feeling within the band. Fleetwood Mac continued without him, and Buckingham was replaced by guitarists Rick Vito and Billy Burnette.

Solo projects[link]

During the time he worked on ''Tusk'', Buckingham also produced albums for Walter Egan and John Stewart in the late 1970s as well as beginning work on his own solo album.

In 1981, Buckingham released his first solo album ''Law and Order'', playing nearly every instrument and featuring guest appearances by bandmates Mick Fleetwood and Christine McVie. The album pursued the quirky, eclectic, often lo-fi and new-wave-influences of ''Tusk'', and spawned the hit single ''Trouble'' which reached #9 on the US Charts and #1 in Australia (for three weeks). Two years later, he wrote and performed the songs "Holiday Road" and "Dancin' Across the U.S.A." for the film ''National Lampoon's Vacation''. "Holiday Road" was released as a single, and reached #82 on the ''Billboard'''s Hot 100. He did other soundtrack work, including the song "Time Bomb Town" from ''Back to the Future'' (1985). Buckingham played all of the instruments on the track except drums, which was played by noted drummer Michael Huey.

In 1984, after ending his 7-year relationship with Carol Ann Harris, he released his second solo album, ''Go Insane''. The title track was a modest hit, reaching #23 on the Hot 100. The last track of the album, D.W. Suite, was a tribute to the late Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson. The next year, Buckingham performed on USA for Africa's fundraising single, "We Are the World".

Following his split with Fleetwood Mac in 1987, Buckingham spent much of the next five years in the studio, working on his third solo album, ''Out of the Cradle'', which was released in 1992. Many of the songs seem to deal with the death of his father and the sudden death of his brother Greg in 1990. "Wrong" was a gentle rebuke of former bandmate Mick Fleetwood's tell-all biography. ''Out of the Cradle'' received some favorable reviews but did not achieve the sales levels associated with Fleetwood Mac. However, Buckingham toured throughout 1992–93 for the first time as a solo artist; his band included an army of seven other guitarists (Buckingham himself calls them "the crazy band" on his ''Soundstage'' DVD), each of whom he individually taught the entire two-and-a-half hours of music from the concert (''Lindsey Buckingham: Behind the Music'' documentary for VH-1, 2001).

A subsequent solo album, entitled ''Gift of Screws'', was recorded between 1995–2001 and presented to Warner Bros./Reprise for release. Executives at the label managed to persuade Buckingham to hold the album back and instead take several tracks from ''Gift of Screws'' and re-record them with Fleetwood Mac. Thus, seven songs from ''Gift of Screws'' appear on the Fleetwood Mac album ''Say You Will'', in substantially the same form as Buckingham had recorded them for his solo release. Excellent bootleg copies of ''Gift of Screws''—taken from an original CD-R presented to Warner Bros/Reprise—are known to exist, and have been widely distributed among fans through the use of torrent sites and other peer-to-peer networks.

On his 57th birthday, (October 3, 2006) Buckingham's fourth solo album, an acoustic album entitled ''Under the Skin'' was released. ''Under The Skin'' features Buckingham on almost all instruments, with the exception of two tracks that feature Fleetwood Mac's rhythm section of John McVie and Mick Fleetwood. The album includes a cover of The Rolling Stones classic "I Am Waiting". Three days after the album's release, Buckingham embarked on a tour in support the album that lasted until the end of June 2007. A live album and DVD, ''Live at the Bass Performance Hall'', was released documenting the Fort Worth, Texas show from this tour.

In 2008, the ''Gift of Screws'' album was finally released, containing three tracks from the originally planned album, as well as seven new recordings. Buckingham then commenced a short tour to promote ''Gift of Screws'' in September and October, opening in Saratoga, California and closing in New York, New York.

On November 3, 2010, Buckingham's website announced that he was working on an untitled album with release planned in early 2011. Buckingham had finished recording the album, titled ''Seeds We Sow'' in April, and on April 22, 2011, he filmed a concert for DVD release to support the album. ''Seeds We Sow'' was released on September 6, 2011. On September 10, Buckingham kicked off the ''Seeds We Sow'' Tour in Reno, Nevada; the tour ended in Tulsa, Oklahoma on November 14. Buckingham had planned to conduct his first solo tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland in December. However, in early December Buckingham postponeed all UK dates due to his guitarist suffering a back injury. The UK dates were subsequently cancelled.

Rejoining Fleetwood Mac[link]

In 1992, newly elected president Bill Clinton asked Fleetwood Mac to come together to perform the song he had chosen for his campaign, "Don't Stop", at his inaugural ceremony. Buckingham agreed to be part of the performance, but the experience was something of a one-off for the band, who were still very much at odds with one another and had no plans to reunite officially.

While assembling material for a planned fourth solo album in the mid 1990s, Buckingham contacted Mick Fleetwood for assistance on a song. Their collaboration lasted much longer than anticipated, and the two eventually decided to call upon Stevie Nicks, John and Christine McVie. The band's old chemistry was clearly still there, and plans for a reunion tour were soon in the works. In 1997, Buckingham and all four of his bandmates from the original ''Rumours'' line-up of Fleetwood Mac went on the road for the first time together since 1982 in a reunion tour titled ''The Dance''. The tour was hugely successful and did much to heal the damage that had been done between Buckingham and his bandmates. However, Christine McVie had opted to leave the band in 1998, essentially now making the band a foursome. In 2003, the reformed band released the first studio album involving Buckingham and Nicks in 15 years, ''Say You Will''. Buckingham's song "Peacekeeper" was the first single from the album, and the band went on a world concert tour that would last almost a year and a half.

The band toured in 2009, rehearsals began in January 2009, with the first date of the "UNLEASHED" Tour as March 1, 2009, in Mellon Arena (Pittsburgh). Christine McVie was not involved with this project.

Musical style[link]

Unlike most rock guitarists, Buckingham does not play with a pick; instead, he picks the strings with his fingers and fingernails. Initially after joining Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham used a Gibson Les Paul. Before the band, a Fender Telecaster was his main guitar, and was used on his first Fleetwood Mac album. In 1979, he worked with Rick Turner, owner of Renaissance Guitars to create the Model One. He has used it extensively since, both with Fleetwood Mac and for his solo efforts. He uses a Taylor Guitar 814ce for most of his acoustic performances and has also used an Ovation Celebrity in the past.

His influences include The Beach Boys and The Kingston Trio.

In an interview with ''Acoustic Guitar Magazine'', Buckingham said:

''"I've always believed that you play to highlight the song, not to highlight the player. The song is all that matters. There are two ways you can choose to go. You can try to be someone like Eddie Van Halen, who is a great guitar player, a virtuoso. Yet he doesn't make good records because what he plays is totally lost in the context of this band's music.

''Then there are guitar players like Chet Atkins, who weren't out there trying to show themselves off as guitar players per se, but were using the guitar as a tool to make good records. I remember loving Chet's work when I was a kid, but it was only later, when I really listened to his guitar parts, that I realized how much they were a part of the song's fabric, and how much you'd be going 'Oh, that song just isn't working' if they weren't there."

Personal life[link]

On July 8, 1998, Buckingham's girlfriend, Kristen Messner, gave birth to their son, William Gregory Buckingham. Buckingham and Messner subsequently married in 2000, when Messner was 30 and Buckingham was 51; she gave birth to a daughter, Leelee, the same year. Their third child, Stella, was born on April 20, 2004. The song "It Was You" from his ''Under the Skin'' album pays homage to all three children by using their names.

In popular culture[link]

Lindsey Buckingham has been portrayed by Bill Hader in a recurring sketch titled "What Up With That" on NBC's ''Saturday Night Live''. He appeared as himself on the May 14, 2011, episode during this sketch.

Discography[link]

As Buckingham Nicks[link]

!Year	!Album	Billboard 200>US	UK Albums Chart>UK	!Additional information
1973	''Buckingham Nicks''		style="text-align:center;"
Debut album featuring duo of Buckingham and partner Stevie Nicks. Both would later join Fleetwood Mac, after this album failed commercially and label Polydor dropped them as they were recording tracks for follow-up LP. Album finally made US#80 on brief 1982 re-release

With Fleetwood Mac[link]

Albums

!Year	!Album	!width="40"	!width="40"	!width="40"	!width="40"	!width="40"	!width="40"	!width="40"	!width="40"	!width="40"	Recording Industry Association of America>RIAA Certification
1975						style="text-align:center;"
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5x Platinum
1977	''Rumours''						style="text-align:center;"
			19x Platinum
1979							style="text-align:center;"
			2x Platinum
1982							style="text-align:center;"
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		2x Platinum
1987	''Tango in the Night''										3x Platinum
2003	''Say You Will''				style="text-align:center;"
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Gold

Live albums and compilations

!Year	!Album	!width="40"	!width="40"	!width="40"	!width="40"	!width="40"	!width="40"	!width="40"	!width="40"	!width="40"	RIAA Certifications
1980					style="text-align:center;"
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Gold
1988					style="text-align:center;"
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8x Platinum
1997							style="text-align:center;"
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5x Platinum
2002	''The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac''				style="text-align:center;"
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Platinum
2004		style="text-align:center;"
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Solo albums [link]

!Year	!Album	!width="40"	!width="40"	!width="40"	!width="40"	!Additional information
1981			style="text-align:center;"
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1984			style="text-align:center;"
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1992	''Out of the Cradle''				style="text-align:center;"
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2006				style="text-align:center;"
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	''Live at the Bass Performance Hall''		style="text-align:center;"
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''Gift of Screws''				style="text-align:center;"
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2011	''Seeds We Sow''			style="text-align:center;"

Soundtrack appearances[link]

!Year	!Song	!Soundtrack	!Additional information
1983	"Holiday Road", "Dancing Across the USA"		-
1985	"Time Bomb Town"		-
1985	"Trouble"		-
1994	"On the Wrong Side"		-
1996	"Twisted"		Duet with Stevie Nicks
2005	"Shut Us Down"		Un-Cut Version
2006	"Big Love"		Live Soundstage Performance

Singles[link]

! Year	! Song	Billboard Hot 100>US Hot 100	Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks>US MainstreamRock	Adult album alternative>AAA Charts	UK Singles Chart>UK Singles	Kent Music Report>AUS	! Album
1983	"Holiday Road"						''National Lampoon's Vacation soundtrack
"Slow Dancing"
	"Countdown"
"Soul Drifter"
"Wrong"
1993	"Don't Look Down"
2006	"Show You How"						''Under the Skin''
2008	"Did You Miss Me"						''Gift of Screws''
2011	"Holiday Road" ''(Live)''						''Used on the Teletext Holidays advert in the UK''
2011	"Seeds We Sow"						''Seeds We Sow'' - Available for free download from lindseybuckingham.com beginning 6/30/2011

References[link]

External links[link]

Official website

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Pete Heller is an English electronic and house music producer. He is recognised in the dance community for his solo work, and his remixes with frequent collaborator Terry Farley. As a duo they have released popular tunes under the names Heller & Farley Project (or Farley & Heller), Fire Island plus The Look and Feel. In 1996, they released "Ultra Flava," a #3 hit on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The track also peaked at #22 in the UK Singles Chart.

In 2004, Heller launched his own record label, Phela Recordings, as a platform for his own productions and collaborations with other artists.

He has five siblings (Simon, Andrew, Judy, Daniel and Vicky). He attended Dulwich College and Manchester University.

See also[link]

List of number-one dance hits (United States)

List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

References[link]

External links[link]

Official Pete Heller website

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name	Eric Saade
background	solo_singer
birth name	Eric Khaled Saade
birth date	October 29, 1990
origin	Kattarp, Helsingborg, Sweden
genre	Dance, Pop, Pop rock, Rock, Teen Pop
occupation	Singer, Television presenter
years active	2005–present
label	Roxy Recordings, All Around the World Productions, B1M1 Recordings, Mostiko, Neocorp Music, Oh My God!, Ratas Music Group, Broma Sixteen
associated acts	J-Son, Dev, What's Up!
website	Official Website }}

Eric Saade ( '''', ; ; born 29 October 1990 in Kattarp, Helsingborg, Sweden) is a Swedish singer. After two years with the boyband What's Up!, he left the group in February 2009 to pursue a solo career. Eric Saade represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany after winning the national Swedish selection Melodifestivalen 2011 with his entry "Popular". In the final Saade came in third place which was Sweden's best result in the contest since 1999.

Early life[link]

Eric Saade grew up in Kattarp, Sweden with his Swedish mother and Palestinian father. His parents divorced when Saade was four years old. He is the second oldest of eight siblings and half siblings.

When he was six years old, Saade first sang on a stage at his mother's wedding. He has been writing songs since he was 13 years old. He got his first record deal when he was 15 years old. Before starting his solo career, Saade was in the boyband What's Up!.

Career[link]

2009: Beginnings[link]

In summer 2009, Saade hosted the Swedish music competition ''My Camp Rock'', a camp inspirated by the Disney Channel movie ''Camp Rock''. In the same year, he hosted the nationwide contest ''Julia's Shooting Stars''.

In August 2009, Saade signed with the Swedish record label Roxy Recordings.

On 21 December 2009, Saade released his first single ''Sleepless'', written by Fredrik Kempe and Peter Boström as a download single worldwide on iTunes. The song reached #44 in Sweden. The music video premiered on 22 January 2010 and was directed by Anders Rune.

2010: Melodifestivalen[link]

On 12 February 2010, Saade performed in the second semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2010, the Swedish pre-decision for the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Manboy" written by Fredrik Kempe and Peter Boström as number one. He won that semi-final. He came in third place. The song was released on 3 March 2010 in Sweden. The single reached #1 in Sweden and in the Swedish ringtone Charts. In June 2010, the single has reached Platinum status there. The music video of the acoustic version premiered on 25 March 2010. The acoustic version was released on 10 May 2010 in Sweden.

2010: Breakthrough in Sweden[link]

In January 2010, Saade won one Scandipop Award in the category ''Brightest New Hope for 2010''.

In March 2010, Saade was nominated for one Marcel Bezençon Award (Melodifestivalen) in the category ''Press Award'' for ''Manboy''. He also won one in the category ''Artistic Award'' for the same song. Saade released his first solo album ''Masquerade'' on 19 May 2011. The album reached #2 in Sweden and reached Gold status there. After the release of his debut album, Saade went on his first tour called ''Masquerade Tour''. The tour went from 9 June 2010 until 11 September 2010 with 24 concerts in Sweden.

The third single from the album, called ''Break of Dawn'', written by Saade and Fredrik Kempe, was released on 28 June 2010 in Sweden. The song reached #45 in Sweden. The music video premiered on 15 June 2010. The ''Le Family Remix'' of the song was released on 12 July 2010 in Sweden.

In August 2010, Saade was nominated for three Rockbjörnen Awards in the categories ''Best Swedish Male Live Artist'', ''Best Breakthrough Act'' and ''Best Swedish Song of the Year'' for ''Manboy''.

Still in 2010, Saade released the singles ''Masquerade'' and ''It's Gonna Rain''. The music video for ''Masquerade'' premiered on 10 August 2010. The music video for ''It's Gonna Rain'' premiered on 22 October 2010.

2011: Melodifestivalen / Eurovision Song Contest[link]

On 19 February 2011, Saade competed a second time Melodifestivalen. He performed in the third semi-final with the number eight and won the final with the song ''Popular'' written by Fredrik Kempe and produced by Peter Boström on 12 March 2011 with 193 points. On 14 April 2011, the music video of the song premiered. On 12 May 2011, Saade competed with the number eight in the second semi-final of Eurovision Song Contest 2011. He reached the final as the last contestant. It was later revealed that he won the semi-final. On 14 May 2011, Saade competed with the number seven in the final. He placed on the third place. That is Sweden's best position since 1999 when Charlotte Perrelli won with the song ''Take Me to Your Heaven''. It also is the fifth third place for Sweden in Eurovision history. It was released on 28 February 2011 in Sweden. The song reached #1 in Sweden and in the Swedish ringtone Charts. By July 2011, it sold over 40.000 copies in Sweden and received Double Platinum status there. The music video premiered on 14 April 2011. After competing in Eurovision Song Contest, Saade released the song on 25 April 2011 in Finland, on 6 May 2011 in Norway, on 12 May 2011 in Australia, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, the UK and the USA, on 18 May 2011 in Austria, Germany and Switzerland and on 20 May 2011 in Belgium. The song reached #4 in the Belgium (Flanders) Ultratip Charts, #17 in Finland, #23 in the Belgium (Wallonia) Ultratip, #29 in Austria, #27 in Ireland, #48 in Germany and #76 in the UK. The song was listed on number three on ''popjustice.com''s list ''45 Best Singles 2011''. The album remix of the song was released on 14 March 2011 in Sweden. The slow version was released the same day in Sweden. That version was named ''Song of the Day'' by ''popjustice.com'' on 15 May 2011. The ''SoundFactory Remix'' was released on 25 May 2011 in Sweden. Another remix was released on 9 June 2011 in Greece.

2011-2012: More success[link]

In January 2011, Saade was nominated for six Scandipop Awards in the categories ''Best Single from a New Artist'' for ''It's Gonna Rain'' and ''Manboy'', ''Best Male Single'' for the same songs, ''Best Male Album'' for ''Masquerade'' and ''Best New Artist''. He also won two awards in the categories ''Best Album from a New Artist'' for ''Masquerade'' and ''Best Male''.

Also in January 2011, Saade was nominated for one Grammi in the category ''Song of the Year'' for ''Manboy''.

On 14 January 2011, Saade released the first single ''Still Loving It'' from his second album, written by Saade, Niclas Lundin and Anton Malmberg Hård Af Segerstad, in Sweden.

In March 2011, Saade was nominated for one Marcel Bezençon Award (Melodifestivalen) in the category ''Artistic Award'' for ''Popular''. He also won one in the category ''Press Award'' for the same song.

In April 2011, Saade was nominated for one Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award in Sweden in the category ''Sweden's Favorite Star''.

In May 2011, Saade was nominated for two Marcel Bezençon Awards in the categories ''Artistic Award'' and ''Press Award'' for ''Popular''. Also in May 2011, it was announced that Saade would release two albums in 2011 called ''Saade Vol. 1'' and ''Saade Vol. 2'' in Sweden. The first one was released on 29 June 2011 in Sweden and Norway. From 16 June until 27 June 2011, the website ''scandipop.co.uk'' released previews from the album. The album reached #1 in Sweden, sold over 50.000 copies and reached Platinum status in July 2011 there. It also reached #16 in Finland.

In June 2011, Saade won two ESC Radio Awards in the categories ''Best Male Artist'' and ''Best Song'' for "Popular".

The second single of the album ''Saade Vol. 1'' called "Hearts in the Air", a collaboration with J-Son, was released on 3 June 2011 in Sweden and Norway and on 28 September 2011 in France. The song reached #2 in Sweden and reached Gold status there. The music video premiered on 29 June 2011. The remix of the song was released on 11 December 2011 in the UK.

From 17 June 2011 until 10 November 2011, Saade went on his second tour called ''Made of Pop Concert''. The tour included 24 concerts in Sweden and one concert in France.

On 14 July 2011, Saade performed for the Swedish crown princess Victoria and the royal family.

In August 2011, Saade was nominated for two You Choice Awards in the categories ''Best Male Video'' for ''Popular'' and ''Best Newcommer'' for the same song.

Also in August 2011, Saade was nominated for two Rockbjörnen Awards in the categories ''Best Male Artist Live'' and ''Best Swedish Song'' for ''Popular''.

On 2 November 2011, Saade released the first single "Hotter Than Fire", a collaboration with Dev, in Sweden. The song is written by Saade, Jason Gill and J-Son. On 30 October 2011, ''scandipop.co.uk'' has released a preview of the song. The song reached #5 in Sweden. The music video premiered on 7 December 2011. The remix of the song was released on 30 November 2011 in Sweden.

The album ''Saade Vol. 2'' was released on 30 November 2011. From 21 November until 29 November 2011, ''scandipop.co.uk'' has released previews from the album. The album reached #1 in Sweden and #46 in Finland.

In 2011, Saade was the most searched celebrity on Google in Sweden.

;2012 Saade is nominated for six Scandipop Awards in the categories ''Best Male'', ''Readers Favourite of 2011'', ''Best Male Album'' for ''Saade Vol. 1'' and ''Saade Vol. 2'', ''Best Male Single'' for "Popular" and ''Best Remix'' for "Popular (SoundFactory Remix)" which will be awarded in January 2012.

Saade is also nominated for one Grammi in the category ''Best Song'' for "Popular" which also will be awarded in January 2012.

From 30 March until 28 April 2012, Saade will go on his third Swedish tour, called ''Pop Explosion Concert 2012'' with 15 concerts.

Personal life[link]

Saade lives in Stockholm. He was in a long-term relationship with Molly Sandén, until their relationship officially ended on January 9, 2012.

Influences[link]

Saade started singing after seeing Michael Jackson on TV. His other musical influences are Bryan Adams and the Backstreet Boys.

Discography[link]

2010: ''Masquerade''

2011: ''Saade Vol. 1''

2011: ''Saade Vol. 2''

Awards and nominations[link]

! Year	! Award	! Category	! Work	! Outcome	! Notes
	Scandipop Awards	Brightest New Hope for 2010	''Himself''	rowspan="2"
rowspan="2"	Artistic Award
Press Award	rowspan="5"
rowspan="3"	Best Swedish Song of the Year	Lost to: Oskar Linnros for ''Från och med Du''
Best Breakthrough Act		Lost to: Oskar Linnros
Best Swedish Male Live Act	Lost to: Lars Winnerbäck
		Best New Artist	Lost to: Gravitonas
Best Male	rowspan="2"
Best Album from a New Artist	rowspan="2"
Best Male Album	rowspan="7"	Lost to: Darin (singer)
	''Manboy''
	Lost to: [[Ola Svensson for ''All Over the World''
	Lost to: Ola Svensson for ''All Over the World''
Grammis	Song of the Year	Lost to: Robyn for ''Dancing on My Own''
	Artistic Award	rowspan="2"	Lost to: Danny Saucedo for ''In the Club''
Press Award
	Sweden's Favorite Star	''Himself''	rowspan="3"	Lost to: Amy Diamond
	Artist Award
Press Award	Lost to: Paradise Oskar for ''Da Da Dam''
	Best Song	rowspan="2"
Best Male Artist	''Himself''
	Best Male Video		rowspan="4"
Best Newcomer
	Best Swedish Song	Lost to: Veronica Maggio for ''Jag kommer''
Best Male Artist Live		Lost to: Håkan Hellström
		Reader's Favourite of 2011	rowspan="2"
Best Male
Best Remix	''Popular (SoundFactory Remix)''	rowspan="2"	Lost to: Le Kid for ''Oh My God (SoundFactory Remix)''
	''Saade Vol. 2''	Lost to: ''Himself'' for ''Saade Vol. 1''
''Saade Vol. 1''	rowspan="2"
Best Male Single
Grammis	Song of the Year
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (Sweden)	Sweden's Favorite Star	''Himself''

References[link]

External links[link]

Eric Saade Official Website

Eric Saade Official Facebook

Eric Saade Official Twitter

Eric Saade Charts Sweden

Eric Saade Fansite

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