Big Love

As Bill prepares for the opening of a new addition to his hardware store chain, he receives bad news about his father's health, and also deals with trying to balance the needs of his three wives.

Barb and Nicki are scandalized when a vigorous lovemaking session between Bill and Margene is overheard by their children. Meanwhile, Bill consults a security expert to guard against the Juniper Creek faction, Roman asks a hospitalized Frank to deliver a message to his son, and Sarah opens up to a co-worker.

Despite being admonished by Bill for her spendthrift ways, Nicki tries to throw an extravagant birthday party at a hotel resort for their five-year-old son Wayne. Meanwhile, Bill installs a "perimeter of defense" around his home, Barb tries to keep the family's secret hidden from their neighbors, Margene stands up for herself, and Bill is alarmed when Home Plus gets an unwanted visitor.

Bill searches for answers to an unsettling dream, then on a hunting trip with Ben he gets the answer for which he's been searching; Barb gets a long-term teaching job; Nicki fends off her creditors; Joey visits Bill bearing news about Roman.

Bill and Barb's behavior arouses Nicki's suspicions; Bill and Don get dirt on Roman after placing an anonymous call to Attorney General's "Polygamy Czar"; a Home Plus employee comes forward with an unsettling accusation.

Bill makes Roman a settlement proposal; Barb bails out Nicki; Lois sees an opportunity for promotion.

Roman gives the Henrickson clan his answer to Bill's proposal; Barb uncovers Nicki's secret.

Bill's household becomes more crowded; Nicki learns that she is not alone in debt; Bill surprises Roman with a final settlement offer.

Don falls hard for a woman named Betty; Nicki drops a bombshell on Bill; Sarah tells Bill how she really feels.

Bill looks for help against Roman at The Compound; Tancy's baptism day approaches; Wanda goes into labor; Ben's girlfriend pressures him.

The Salt Lake City Leadership League recruits Bill; Barb continues the process to become Mother of the Year; Bill continues to make moves against Roman.

Barb gets caught up in the Mother of the Year ceremony preparations, despite concerns from Nikki; Bill makes his move on Roman at the board meeting, not realizing that another development will jeopardize it.

In the Season Two premiere, Bill scrambles in the wake of the family's exposure, Barb retreats into her own world, Roman puts the squeeze on Joey, and Sarah has a suitor.

A crisis leads Bill to rethink Home Plus' ad strategy; Joey is caught between a rock and a hard place; amid crises, Bill and Barb forget Nicki's anniversary; and Joey makes a decision that will have far-ranging implications.

Bill tries to leverage a council vote against Roman; Barb chastens Margene for her relationship with Ben, who considers a lifestyle change.

Rhonda complicates Nicki's involvement in Joey's case. Looking to provide long-term security for his family in the face of uncertainty, Bill, along with Don and Eddie, meets with Carter Reese, owner of a polygamy-friendly slot-machine business.

Bill finds himself drawn to an attractive young waitress named Ana; Nicki worries over Wayne's enrollment at a Catholic school; at Home Plus, Bill finds his deal with Weber Gaming jeopardized and must turn to his Uncle Eddie for a loan.

Having uncovered Bill's romantic secret, Margene befriends the unsuspecting Ana, then arranges lunch with Barb and Nicki to introduce them to their prospective sister-wife; Bill discovers that an underground polygamist group has resurfaced.

Margene's dysfunctional past is illuminated when her mother Ginger pays a visit. With tensions at a fever pitch as federal agents close in on Orlean Abbot, Bill plays a dangerous game to land Weber Gaming, pitting Roman against the Greenes.

Bill proposes that he take a night off from the wives every seventh day. With the Weber deal still in doubt, Bill plays both sides of the inter-compound dispute, hoping to incite Roman to take retaliatory measures that will finish off the Greenes.

Bill enlists Nicki to sell Barb and Margene on Weber Gaming--with predictable results; in the wake of the latest public blemish on Juniper Creek, Bill calls an emergency UEB meeting that Alby ends up crashing.

Rebuffed by Barb, Bill asks Margene to accompany him to a bar owners' trade convention; when Alby realizes that Juniper Creek has been robbed, he thinks he knows the culprit.

Liberated by his trip to the convention, Bill makes Alby a tempting offer in the wake of Nicki's disclosure about Weber Gaming; learning that her mother is getting remarried, Barb decides to use the occasion to try to make peace with her family.

Foiled by Alby in his attempt to gain UEB support, Bill resorts to a new tack to bring down his nemeses. Preparing for the festivities of Salt Lake City's Pioneer Week parade, the Henricksons are rocked by the appearance of an unexpected guest.

In the Season Three premiere, Bill pitches a Mormon-friendly casino with help from Margene. Meanwhile, a block party becomes the battleground for Bill to defend the family against gossip and for Nicki to defend her life as Roman Grant's daughter.

Bill and his family test out the group-dating waters with Ana, with mixed results; Bill presses ahead with his unlikely courtship of Jerry Flute despite a sizable expense, a crisis in Don's family, and an apparent gaffe by Margene.

As Bill debates what to do with Rhonda, another potential witness, Kathy, goes underground; Frank finds himself in a bind; a revelation from Ana tests Bill's commitment; Margene gets disturbing personal news; Wanda spills a secret about Nicki's past.

After Bill tries to get Alby to break ranks with the Prophet, Roman finally has his day in court. Meanwhile, Nicki struggles with her devotion to her father; Sarah considers her prospects; Adaleen offers Rhonda some compelling reasons not to testify.

Barb, Nicki, and Margene bicker over living arrangements; Bill barters for a loan approval; Sarah, Ben, Heather, and Franky make a dangerous foray into the heart of Juniper Creek; Roman summons his children to his motel.

The Henricksons embark on a road-trip pilgrimage to a Joseph Smith shrine in Cumorah, New York, where Bill intends to bury a family time capsule in the sacred earth. Along the way, a series of jarring revelations test their limits--and Bill's faith.

Sarah deals with the aftermath of her miscarriage as preparations for Joey and Kathy's wedding get underway.

Bill urges the DA's office to bring a murder charge against Roman and learns that the license hold-up might be because of the church document his brother-in-law Ted bought from Alby; Margene starts a business selling bracelets.

Buoyed by a visit from Barb and Margene, Nicki returns home after getting a call from Bill, but her spirits sag when his intentions become clear; Barb faces excommunication; Bill reconsiders his hard-line position on Roman.

Bill convinces Ray Henry to go along with his idea to rescue the Henricksons' niece from kidnappers; Nicki has an unexpected visitor; Alby hatches a deadly plot to consolidate his power; Sarah makes a shocking surprise announcement.

With the grand opening of the Blackfoot Magic Casino only days away, the Henricksons make last minute preparations under the skeptical eye of Tommy Flute, son of Bill's partner Jerry. At the compound, Adaleen shares a shocking secret with Nicki.

Ignoring pleas from Nicki to become Juniper Creek's next prophet, Bill contemplates running for the vacant Utah State Senate seat against ardent polygamy foe Roy Colburn. Joey and Wanda return to Juniper Creek, but a suspicious J.J. is lurking.

Bill, Nicki and Cara Lynn travel to Washington, D.C., where Bill tries to land an endorsement from Congressman Clark Paley while repairing his relationship with Nicki. First, however, he has to get past a faux pas he's made with Marilyn Densham, Paley's political crony.

When an audit uncovers insurance discrepancies at Home Plus, Bill takes drastic steps to protect his secrets, and save his candidacy. J.J. approaches Alby with a partial solution on how to dispose of a "flock cast adrift," flummoxing Nicki.

Bill pulls out all the stops in his efforts to win Paley's support for the state senate nomination, while Nicki relishes her role as his campaign's "secret weapon." Marilyn makes a pitch to represent the casino's interests in Washington, but encounters resistance from Tommy.

Ana resurfaces with a surprise revelation that shakes up the family. Bill tries to get Tommy and Jerry to rebrand the casino and expand its advertising into Idaho. Lois and Frank take Ben and Jodean south of the border to visit Don Dona, a bird vendor, at their collective peril.

With a revenge-minded Joey in tow, Bill makes an emergency trip to Mexico after Lois and Frank's latest smuggling escapade backfires. Nicki is jolted by a doctor's news, but even more flummoxed by Adaleen's shocking revelation. Margene offers up a novel remedy to keep Ana from leaving the country with her fiancé.

Sarah shakes up the family with an announcement, while Nicki makes an all-out attempt to be the woman Bill wants her to be. Margene is put on the defensive when Bill questions her real reasons for getting married. An ill-timed remark at a ladies-only event puts Barb in an unwanted spotlight.

With the State Senate election only days away, Bill puts the squeeze on Paley in an attempt to protect his candidacy. But Marilyn has an ace up her sleeve that threatens to wreck Bill's chances, or so it seems. At the casino, Jerry and Tom's tribal leadership is jeopardized by the illegal actions of family members.

After restful post-election days in the wilderness, reality hits the Henricksons on their return to Salt Lake City. At Home Plus, Bill's attempts to bolster morale in the wake of his polygamist revelation fall on mostly deaf ears, and he faces an uphill battle for his political life even before the swearing-in.

Bill's attempt to stage a "safety net" meeting for polygamist leaders is hindered by Alby and Home Plus objectors. In an effort to find common ground with her mother, Barb asks Nancy to join her at a symposium focusing on mother-daughter Mormon challenges.

The Henricksons try to put on a unified face during Christmas, but are tested amidst numbing revelations from Barb, Marge and Adaleen. Meanwhile, Lura takes drastic measures in response to Alby's zealous efforts to "purify" the compound and Lois drifts towards the deep end.

With his swearing-in ceremony only days away, Bill searches for ways to overcome the anti-polygamist sentiment swelling among state officials. Meanwhile, Barb's strategic attendance at a First Ladies' fashion show triggers lingering resentment between Nicki and Margene.

Bill makes a deal in the Senate, but finds new obstacles to his livelihood being raised by LDS officials. Fed up with interning, Barb considers a dramatic life change that could have far-ranging consequences for the family. A legal obstacle hinders Bill and Nicki's efforts to adopt Cara Lynn.

Barb capitulates on Bill's marital plans, but not on her hopes to attain the priesthood. To shore up her case, she enlists ex-Mormon feminist Renee Clayton, much to her mother Nancy's chagrin. Meanwhile, Bill faces new impeachment pressure in the senate.

Bill eyes a wedding as a chance to reseal his commitment to his three wives, though Barb remains skeptical. In the meantime, Nicki looks to take full advantage of her special day. Alby makes a game-changing power play and Lois resists Barb's vision of her future.

Bill looks to Alby's past in an effort to thwart his ambitions, leading Alby to concoct yet another diabolical scheme to bring down the Henricksons. Meanwhile, in the wake of a festering investigation into Bill's private life, an incredulous Barb finds herself targeted as her husband's accomplice.

With Alby on the run and posing an imminent threat, the Henrickson family finds itself in lockdown mode. Frazzled though not incapacitated after a near-death experience, Nicki decides to break Cara Lynn's "dependencies" by enrolling her in boarding school.

With the specter of jail time looming, Bill charts out contingency plans for the family, while orchestrating a last-minute preemptive referendum on the senate floor. Meanwhile, Barb goes forward with her plan to join a reform-minded church.