No Love for BIG LOVE?

(Spoilers for the HBO Series Big Love, episodes 1-1 and 1-2 below, so, consider yourself warned.)

So, I checked out the first disc of Season 1 of HBO's "Big Love", solely because it is produced by Tom Hanks and because the cast includes Amanda Seyfried and Tina Majorino, who played Lilly Kane and "Mac" MacKenzie on Veronica Mars. (Incidentally, it also has Kyle Gallner, who played Beaver Casablancas on VM, but, I didn't know that until he showed up in a scene. And then I thought to myself, "Wow. Did the producers of Veronica Mars walk onto the Big Love set and yell, "GIVE ME ALL YOUR DECENT ACTORS WHO CAN BELIEVABLY PULL OFF PLAYING TEENAGERS!" or was it vice versa? I digress.)

Anyhooooooo...

I watched the pilot and most of episode 2.

I will say that the show is well-written and has an incredibly talented cast.

And it creeps me right the h*ll out.

"Wait wait!!" I hear you saying. "But, Lawmommy, you have admitted in this forum that you really LIKE watching DEXTER and that is a show about a serial killer who chops other serial killers INTO TINY VERY BLOODY LITTLE PIECES AND KEEPS THEIR BLOOD in a hidey-hole behind his air-conditioner, but the show about POLYGYNY creeps you out?"

To which I say, "Yes. Yes it does."

I can't put my finger on what, exactly, bugged me most. I hated the patronizing attitude of Bill (the husband.) I hated the creepy concept of the "sister-wife". (I've been creeped out by this idea since we covered Polygamy in my Family Law course in Law School, and read an article written (anonymously) by a woman who claimed to be a licensed Utah attorney who was living in a polygynist relationship, who stated that without the assistance of her sister-wives, she wouldn't be able to go to work and support the family. To which I wanted to scream, "HELLO!! HIGH QUALITY DAYCARE IS A MUCH BETTER SOLUTION THAN SHARING YOUR HUSBAND WITH TWO OTHER PEOPLE YOU FREAK!!!")

I think I was offended by the inherently unbalanced relationship between Bill and the three wives.

I think I can honestly say I would find this show easier to watch if it involved three wives sharing three husbands. (Okay, but, then it would probably have to be aired on a different kind of cable channel.)

I was really appalled by the scene in which Barb and Nicki (played by Jeanne Tripplehorn and Chole Sevigny) are treated to the sound of their husband VERY LOUDLY banging the third wife while they try to make breakfast for the rest of the family. I can just say, categorically, that in such shoes, there would have been BLOOD SHED. BLOOD SHED THE LIKES OF WHICH WOULD IMPRESS DEXTER. Not angry egg whisking as was the response of the sister-wives.

But, maybe I'm just not good at sharing. Call me crazy.

I found myself really disliking Bill, and really feeling badly for the character of Sarah (the oldest daughter, played by Amanda Seyfried) for the obvious discomfort she felt with the "I have three mommies and one of them is barely older than I am" scenario.

Soooooooooo....is that the point of the show? Am I supposed to feel uncomfortable? Am I supposed to dislike Bill? Should I even bother continuing to watch soley because I am a fan of Jeanne Tripplehorn, Amanda Seyfriend and Tina Majorino? Should I give this show another episode or two before I throw in the towel and move on to the first season of Heroes or Boston Legal?

Discuss??

LM