BIG LOVE
''Kingdom Come'' July 30 (HBO)
To appreciate Big Love, you have to look past its odd conceit — polygamists in suburbia — and marvel at the well-plotted domestic drama at its center. ''Kingdom Come'' was the apex of a richer, more compelling season 2: Just as Bill (Bill Paxton) requested a seventh day of rest from his three incredulous wives, and sternly mentored his sexually active son Benny (Douglas Smith), he turned right around and amped up his dangerous feud with the creepy Green clan. Their payback — gunning down his father-in-law, Roman Grant (Harry Dean Stanton) — was, like the series itself, both shocking and satisfying. — Nicholas Fonseca