Comments on: Big Love: Margene and Ben

By: Larry

Larry — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:05:07 +0000

Yeah, maybe it wasn’t the writers/producers, but HBO. The promos this season have been very heavily trying to show that Margene and Ben were becoming more than they are. They employed that same quick-cut style that ABC used in the Lost promos to make you think someone died, etc.

As I said in the post, after the fact I am kind of insulted that I was lead to think that was where they were going…but after JASON’s comment, I more and more think it was HBO, not the Big Love producers.

By: Jason George

Jason George — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:26:44 +0000

I think that the meaning of the Marg-Ben thing has been lost a little here in this post. I personally do not beleive the writers were every toying with an incest issue. I have always maintained that they were simply pointing out yet another oddity that Plural Marriages bring about. The same way they keep commenting on children at the compound being grandmothers, and sisterwives being their own daughters and stuff like that. I think they have always wanted us to know that the sisters wives love Bill (and each other) and haveing a son that is very easy to play around with cause he close to ones age, is just an everyday thing. I am glad Ben commented on her hotness, cause it showed his character is real, but it also shows, that in that culture, same age + Hotness does not egual attration.

Your thoughts?

By: Seriesjunkie

Seriesjunkie — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:32:53 +0000

I agree ! I think Margene sees Ben more like a brother she can have fun with : it seems like she just needs to be a teenager sometimes because she’s still very young and already a mother of 2 and pregnant again ! As she was telling Sarah, she missed a lot ! But I think Ben does have feelings for her or at least he thinks she hot ! I think it would have been a good idea to keep playing with that a little bit longer without going to far ! But having them become an item would have been weird and totally wrong for the show !

By: GODFATHER

GODFATHER — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 05:02:51 +0000

I also agree that this storyline would’ve been a disaster for the show. They can’t toy with the “incest” thing enough in TV shows, apparently. I’m glad they’re going in another direction.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:55:51 +0000

Margene did the right thing. No matter how much she likes Ben or even if there is an inkling there, she knows her role.

I like that they nipped it. It was not a good story arc to be teasing us towards. Margene is turning out to be the most stable of the girls, despite her lack of experience or maturity. She doesn’t need this sort of thing attached to her character.

The only good that came from this is that we got to see Margene get pushed into the pool while suggestively horseplaying with Ben. And step out dripping wet.