Will Scheffer

Profession

Writer, Producer, Actor

Big Love: A Series Finale Postmortem with Creators Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer

SPOILER ALERT! This story reveals key plot details of Big Love's series finale. Don't read any further if you haven't watched yet. At the end of Big Love, Bill Henrickson got his wish: His trio of wives remained a cohesive and loving family unit despite attacks on several fronts.

Mon, Mar 21, 2011

Big Love: A Series Finale Postmortem with Creators Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer

Everlasting Love

Over its five seasons, HBO's Big Love masterfully divided story lines between its polygamous foursome — Bill (Bill Paxton), Barb (Jeanne Tripplehorn), Nicki (Chloë Sevigny) and Margene (Ginnifer Goodwin). But cocreator Will Scheffer points out, "This is Jeanne's year. Barb has been utterly transcendent." Her journey, and all the reunited Henricksons' (Amanda Seyfried is back as daughter Sarah), comes to a close in Sunday's emotional series finale as Barb is finally able to embrace her life as an independent woman/wife/mother... and priesthood holder.

Fri, Mar 18, 2011

Keck's Exclusives: Big Love Finale Shockers

As HBO's Big Love nears its March series finale, what happens in the last three episodes "is astonishing," teases creator Mark Olsen. "We really went there!" Pressed for a few hints, Olsen and cocreator Will Scheffer warn us to expect an "ultimate and final showdown" pitting Bill against Alby....

Mon, Jan 17, 2011