Big Love
Damage Control
TV Flash files “Damage Control” as a desk essential hour — Big Love (2006–2011) on HBO, season 2, episode 1, aired 2007-06-11, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E01: listed hour 13 of 53 in the Big Love guide, first listed hour of season 2. It aired 2007-06-11 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Ceremony (aka A Family Outing)” (S01E12). Next is “The Writing on the Wall” (S02E02).
Essential hour: “Damage Control”. Damage Control reopens year two on PR language: the façade as craft problem, jealousy and faith still sharing the kitchen.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
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; Sarah has a suitor.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Damage Control sit in the Big Love guide?
S02E01 is listed hour 13 of 53 — first listed hour of season 2, season 2 episode 1.
When did Big Love S02E01 air?
Damage Control aired 2007-06-11 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is Big Love a freak-show about polygamy?
No. It treats Mormon fundamentalism as intimate drama: faith, jealousy, belonging, and a suburban façade — not a sideshow.
In the series
Why this series still plays
HBO stretched the American family until the façade cracked: Bill Paxton as a suburban polygamist CEO, three wives negotiating faith and jealousy under one roof, and Mormon fundamentalism treated as intimate drama instead of a sideshow. Thorny, surprisingly tender prestige.
The first useful image is a suburban façade, not a compound aerial. A Utah businessman juggles three wives and a public single-family lie — HBO stretching the American family until the crack shows. Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer's *Big Love* (2006–2011) starred Bill Paxton in a major late-career television role as Bill Henrickson, with Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny, Ginnifer Goodwin, Amanda Seyfried, and Harry Dean Stanton. Three households of faith, jealousy, and belonging under one con of normalcy;…
Filed against
- Bill Paxton as Bill Henrickson
Bill Paxton’s Bill Henrickson stretched Big Love until the American family façade cracked — suburban polygamist CEO, three wives negotiating faith and jealousy under one roof, Mormon fundamentalism treated as intimate drama instead of a…
- Jeanne Tripplehorn as Barb Henrickson
Jeanne Tripplehorn’s Barb Henrickson held Big Love’s first-wife line while a polygamist façade cracked — 2000s catalog HBO faith-and-jealousy, then The Lowdown stretching the steel into Tulsa noir. TV Flash files her as the wife who can…
- Chloe Sevigny as Nicki Grant
Chloe Sevigny played Nicki Grant on Big Love — HBO stretching the American family until the façade cracked, Bill Paxton as a suburban polygamist CEO, three wives negotiating faith and jealousy under one roof. Mormon fundamentalism as…
- Ginnifer Goodwin as Margene Heffman
Ginnifer Goodwin's Margene Heffman was the youngest wife in Big Love's suburban polygamy — HBO stretching the American family until the façade cracked, three-wife negotiations of faith and jealousy under one roof. Tender, thorny prestige.…
- Amanda Seyfried as Sarah Henrickson
Amanda Seyfried’s Sarah Henrickson grew up inside Big Love’s cracked suburban polygamy — 2000s catalog HBO faith-and-jealousy, then The Dropout turning the same precision into a turtleneck scam. TV Flash files her as the daughter who…
- Harry Dean Stanton as Roman Grant
Harry Dean Stanton's Roman Grant was the prophet in Big Love's cracked suburb — HBO stretching the American family, Bill Paxton as polygamist CEO, three wives under one roof, Mormon fundamentalism as intimate drama instead of a sideshow.…