Big Love

- Season 2

(2007)

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.

A crisis leads Bill to rethink Home Plus's ad strategy. Joey is caught between a rock and a hard place; In the midst of 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 an unsuspecting Ana, then arranges lunch with Barb and Nicki to introduce them to their prospective sister-wife. Bill discovers that an underground polygamist group have 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 Owner's trade convention. Alby realizes that Juniper Creek has been robbed, and thinks he knows by whom.

Liberated by his trip to the convention, Bill makes Alby a tempting offer in the wake of Nicki's disclosure about Weber Gaming. Barb learns that her mother is getting remarried, and 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.