Finally, HBO has confirmed that the long-awaited season 4 of polygamy drama Big Love will kick off early next year. In fact, the series has started filming this month. If we'd look at past season, we are most probably looking at a January premiere for Big Love season 4.

Read on to find out details and potential spoilers for the upcoming season.

According to Entertainment Weekly, Bill will finally find out which between Ben and Margene initiated the kiss, and things will reportedly "boil over" soon. The result? The Henrickson compound will decrease by one. So it's safe to assume that Ben will be sent somewhere else.

As most fans perhaps know by now, first on Big Love season 4 spoilers agenda is whether Roman Grant (Harry Dean Stanton) survived death by pillow suffocation. While showrunner Will Scheffer confirmed that he was indeed dead ("This isn't one of those vampire shows"), it's difficult to completely snuff out Roman from the world of Big Love, including his funeral and "looming presence." If you're hoping for flashbacks, don't count on it, says creator Mark Olsen.

Olsen added that the women will be having their own separate storylines come season 4, with a "deeper" exploration on the subject of the subjugation of women. Just the same, however, the whole Henrickson family will be intimately involved in Big Love season 4's "big arc."

Central polygamist Bill (Bill Paxton), meanwhile, revealed that it's a go for both the Church of Bill and Bill the Prophet, and that he wants Barb (Jeanne Tripplehorn) to be the Bonnie to his Clyde. Barb, however, seemed to have other things in mind. Tripplehorn said she hopes her character will take a "real active role" in the Church of Bill.

Also making a splash is Nicki (Chloë Sevigny), who has returning teenage daughter Cara Lynne to contend with, not to mention ex J.J. But the creators swear that "Nicki will always be Nicki."

Also on the horizon for the show's return is a power struggle, due to the vacuum left by Roman. According to published Big Love season 4 spoilers, there is confusion after the death, but the event is set to create an opening for Alby (Matt Ross) who can now start to "flex his muscles," Ross said so himself. We previously reported that a love interest might be in the offing for Alby.

This is confirmed when the show creators have said that Alby's homosexual leanings will also be explored in Big Love season 5. "We're getting out of the restrooms," Scheffer previously confirmed.

Another development: Kathy (Joey's second-wife-to-be), played by Mireille Enos, was supposed to be just a one-episode thing, but her stellar performance had the showrunners rethinking her stint.

Also confirmed is a the love interest for Big Love's closeted villain (who obviously made it after the letter bomb fiasco) Alby.

"Alby's boyfriend, Dale (Benjamin Koldyke), is appointed head of the UEB -- a trustee," says Olsen. "They stumble into a relationship, and this guy is [just like Alby] struggling with his urges. He's been going to [reparative therapy] for several years... unsuccessfully. Alby is going as well."

And in a little general spoiler, Big Love is guaranteed to run for two more seasons after season 4's prospective finale in April, thanks to a "dramatic gesture" courtesy of the new lobbyist character plated by Sissy Spacek.



- Glenn Diaz, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: Entertainment Weekly, E! Online, Los Angeles Times
(Image courtesy of HBO)