The Happiest Girl (Big Love)
10th episode of the 2nd season of Big Love / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Happiest Girl" is the tenth episode of the second season of the American drama television series Big Love. It is the 22nd overall episode of the series and was written by supervising producers Jeanette Collins and Mimi Friedman and series creators Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer from a story by Doug Stockstill and Jennifer Schuur, and directed by Tom Vaughan. It originally aired on HBO on August 13, 2007.
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Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 10 | ||
Directed by | Tom Vaughan | ||
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Cinematography by | M. David Mullen | ||
Editing by | Byron Smith | ||
Original release date | August 13, 2007 (2007-08-13) | ||
Running time | 47 minutes | ||
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The series is set in Salt Lake City and follows Bill Henrickson, a fundamentalist Mormon. He practices polygamy, having Barbara, Nicki and Margie as his wives. The series charts the family's life in and out of the public sphere in their suburb, as well as their associations with a fundamentalist compound in the area. In the episode, Bill takes Margie for a business trip in Nevada, while Nicki tries to throw a party for Joey and Kathy.
The episode received positive reviews from critics, who praised the performances and character development, although the Juniper Creek subplot received a mixed response.