I love how this show occasionally wanders into David Lynch territory.

That was a woman?!?

Yes - he addressed her as Selma Green when the van opened. Admittedly, I blinked for a second - she was the manliest woman I've seen in a while!

I knew I recognised her, ha ha! I also knew it was a lady in a suit

Also on the 4th wife thing, its good as there will be less chance of a 2 on 1 situation..
Lots of great justification there.

I think she just wants a friend to talk with. She doesn't really have that. She tried to have one last season with the lady across the street and that didn't work out.

I agree, great episode. I wonder if this is going to lead to Roman and Bill working together against Hollis.

I agree.

Hmm... I'm not sure. I suppose it's possible. Actually, it's Bill's only realistic way out of the mess, isn't it? Other than, of course, Bill just giving up on it. But then, word would get to Hollis that Roman wasn't involved with Bill, in the deal, and I can't imagine that would work out well for Bill.

Damn, why did they make the waitress so adorable and awesome. If they did it to intensify the loss by both Margene and the viewers due to Bill's final decision then it worked.

I gotta be honest, I was against adding a 4th. But I hope they(writers/producers) end up adding her at some point in some way. I hope she doesn't end up like the Russian in the woods from The Sopranos...never to be heard from again.

Did you know Ana the waitress was also on Entourage a little while ago as the wife of that prince who was going to fund Medillin? She wanted to sleep with Vinnie in return for her husband backing the movie. She's making the rounds through HBO shows.

I don't watch Entourage but I heard she was on that show. I guess I was talking about her never showing up on Big Love again.

I found it unrealistic the way they made it appear there was a chance Ana would become the 4th wife. What are the odds that a woman of a different faith would accept a marriage like this? How many women (outside of his faith) would Bill have to propose to before she says yes?

Well, she knew about Margene's being involved in polygamy but not that Bill was too. All Ana knew was that Bill was religious and she liked him enough that she was open to Religion in general and whatever Bill's religion was in particular. Also, he never got around to telling her he was married, let alone married to 3 women as part of his faith. She had no idea she was a "prospect" for a that kind of marriage and we still don't know if she would've gone for it for her own life. I mean her friend Margene's life in one thing, but she may not feel it's for her and it seems we'll never know if it is.

I really liked this episode. The pacing was right and it hit all the right notes. No way they could have had a fourth wife, but I liked how Bill could determine the difference between "testimony" and lust. I also liked how they made it so Bill was disappointed he couldn't continue seeing her for Margene's sake. It's when they go off on these unexpected tacts (like the affair in season one) that I find the show most intriguing. The actress who plays Margene should submit this episode for consideration at next year's Emmys; she was great.

Margene was Catholic before she met Bill, and there have been several indicators that she doesn't believe in everything he does from a religious perspective (hence the "fake praying").

He could just start taking simple precautions like, say, not getting into the unmarked van with Granny Goodness and Sloth. I just started watching this season (loving it, by the way) and I it seems like they tend to stay away from police and law in all matters (makes sense, since the way they live is technically illegal) but these "compound" folk, Hollis, Roman, etc... seem to act with (albeit shady) impunity, and Bill seems destined to go everything alone.

I mean the head of the gaming company would certainly have gone to the cops if he was accosted and branded by a couple of circus freaks, wouldn't he?


-Doc

I understand that, but I have to believe that it's rare. The odds of finding a woman who will accept this type of lifestyle are very low - in fact most women would probably be disgusted by it. Bill was lucky to have a wife that went along with it (even though she seems to still have issues with it) and to find Margene who is totally accepting. To make it seem like there's even a 20% chance of finding a 4th wife seems unrealistic to me.