Nine Wives (5 Jan. 2007)

The search for a pedophile polygamist takes an interesting genealogical turn when a quilt is found.

Director:

Julie Hébert

Writers:

Cheryl Heuton (creator), Nicolas Falacci (creator),

Stars:

Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Judd Hirsch

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Rob Morrow	...	Don Eppes
David Krumholtz	...	Charlie Eppes
Judd Hirsch	...	Alan Eppes
Dylan Bruno	...	Colby Granger
Navi Rawat	...	Amita Ramanujan
Diane Farr	...	Megan Reeves
Teri Polo	...	Rachel Willons
Joshua Malina	...	Howard Meeks
Alexandra Krosney	...	Josephine Kirtland
Anne Dudek	...	Emmanueline Kirtland
John Patrick Amedori	...	Lee Brady
W. Earl Brown	...	Abner Stone
Kyle Colerider-Krugh	...	Ralph Jackson
Kathy Najimy	...	Dr. Mildred Finch
Ezra Godden	...	CHP Officer

Storyline

A 14 year old girl is found barely living in the desert. She escaped from the custody of a self-announced "prophet" who forced her to become his 73rd wife. As the FBI finds out that the mother of the girl surrendered her daughter to the "prophet", more mysteries become obvious. Charly applies an relational network model and finds out that it represents an inbreeding chart displaying the mating behavior of the "prophet" and his followers. It turns out that the girl and her mother have the same father and that the girl was only forced to be with the "prophet" in order to lower the inbreeding coefficient of their offspring so that a cleaner bloodline can be established. The "prophet" flees with his followers into a condemned house in the desert and has to face the armed forces of the FBI in a show down.

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Plot Keywords:

inbreeding | explosion | polygamy | kidnapping | booby trap | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 January 2007 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

CBS Paramount Network Television, Barry Schindel Company, The, Scott Free Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The surname "Kirtland" figures prominently in the polygamist cult depicted. This is an inside reference to Kirtland, Ohio, where a Latter-day Saint community once thrived under Joseph Smith, to whom polygamist groups as well as mainstream Mormons trace their origins.

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Goofs

The vulture that swoops down to Josephine Kirtland and is chased away by the truck driver is a White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) from Africa, a species not found in the U.S.A.

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Quotes

Alan Eppes: We?
Charlie Eppes: Amita and I. We're driving down together.
Alan Eppes: Oh. A romantic weekend away together.
Charlie Eppes: Well, we will be driving through wine country.

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Crazy Credits

100,000 Polygamists 37 States 11 Religions 1 Bloodline

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Soundtracks

"Ring of Fire"
(uncredited)
Performed by Johnny Cash

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