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In this series, Bill is running for office. It turns out that the Mormon series came in handy in the era of 2008 and 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. This former Massachusetts governor is now a senator from Utah. Everything else is still one big family drama, and it’s actually nothing special if you combine such a large family and a disorganized religion. Wife #1 works hard in a casino on an Indian reservation, wife #2 is trying to get pregnant, wife #3 is an entrepreneur, and ex-wife #4 is... pregnant. Yeah, the son of the former prophet is a latent homosexual. The next series will be the last.

Season 3 of Big Love is a disappointment. I was hoping we'd learn more about the process of welcoming a 4th woman into Bill's family, but why such awkwardness? A quick backyard wedding and then hysterical fights between which woman the new one will live with? Is there no path of self-discovery and search for harmony? And then there's the crap in the community, the abortions, the murders, the nonsense... Betrayal follows betrayal. The series is shorter, but excommunication somehow managed to find its way in there. I will watch the end of the series with a dose of bitterness. My enthusiasm is gone.

Another season of stories of a polygamous family. Drama follows drama, religious communities war with each other, and the more we get to know the main characters of the story, the more plastic their problems become. We get to know the families of the wives and the older children get more space. Amanda Seyfried is very good as the bumbling daughter who doesn't know what to do with her family's legacy. And here comes the important part. Can Bill handle a 4th woman?

There's nothing easier than sailing straight into the suburbs of Salt Lake City, because life for a family of eleven living in three houses with a shared yard and a fairly regular schedule is really interesting. Bill runs a chain of malls and takes good care of all three of his wives. As the episodes progress, all the main characters become very plastic. We get to know their values, family, and characters and there is no room for even a second of boredom. The parallel with how we normal people live is not clear at first glance, but all people in the world just want a place in the sun, a roof over their heads, and a little bit of love. The vicissitudes of a marriage of four people are interesting, unexpected, and well-acted.

These extraordinary HBO series are a big deal. This time the starting point is a polygamous family in Utah. Those who enjoy or are generally interested in Mormons, the Amish, and other specialties of the U.S. are in the right place. There are reality shows about the Amish, but this is the first time I've seen a serious Mormon drama. Fortunately, the drama is written in the style of a family gangster movie à la The Godfather, which makes it much easier to navigate all the offshoots of strange communities like the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or the Community of Christ (fundamentalist or unorganized). Interesting names from the 90s like Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny, and newcomer Ginnifer Goodwin appear in the lead roles. #hbo

An adaptation of Rhidian Brook's novel. The film has some traces of the Czech Republic. The resulting film is an important report on the fate of people in post-war Hamburg. It's not a boring history lecture, and there is just enough realism to give the drama an unusual human dimension. The dashing Alexander Skarsgård serves brilliantly as a catharsis to the couple's relationship, which was disrupted one night during the bombing of London. Thanks to the shared pain of survivors of the Third Reich bombings, it is possible to find common ground. The ending of The Aftermath may be less epic than the film's direction deserves, but it's all the more human for it. Of particular note are the sets and, of course, the Barrandov costumes.

Too many unanswered questions, and too many mere suggestions of reality. As it stands, we do not have enough information to make an assessment. The news of the marriage only scratches the surface and I think that is the biggest shame. A young family comes from the city to the countryside, with no certainty anywhere to be found. Soon they have two children, but they just have to have a big house before renovation, a huge garden, countless animals... In the end, they just bitterly say that things didn't work out. I was most disturbed by Mirka's declaration of conservatism, that she was against alternate care and two dads... Apparently, only people like her have the right to fail.

Season 2 is as naturally funny as a sitcom can be. Betty White and her crew are irresistible. They're passé for life in LA, but they're the golden ticket in Cleveland. All of them. The biggest highlights? Escape to an Amish colony and Jennifer Love Hewitt's first guest appearance as Emmy Chase.

Season 1 is a crash course in what to expect not only from Elka, the ex-wife of a mob accountant, but also from the Emmy Award-winning former pampered housewife and makeup artist to Hollywood stars. Ten episodes haven't killed anyone yet, so don't hesitate to see it. Hi, Ohio!

This is beautiful. The more realistic story of Pocahontas and John Smith and John Rolfe. An emotional film that has everything. The preparations were demanding, not only in terms of time, which is why we can, unfortunately, forget about other films in a similar style being made more often.