Hold on tight, Big Love fans: co-creator Marc V. Olsen says there's a "great story" ahead for the show's closeted gay villain, Alby.

Played by Matt Ross, the character will woo his first boyfriend on season four... along with a lot of controversy, of course.

Alby is “being groomed for an incredible season,” co-creator/executive producer Will Scheffer told Entertainment Weekly while Olsen added:

“Alby’s boyfriend, Dale (Benjamin Koldyke), is appointed head of the UEB - a trustee. 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.”

Olsen continued, teasing the season ahead:

“There’s a provocative nature to what we’re doing. It’s more than just the Mormon culture. We’re highlighting certain aspects of the church’s relationship with its gay members that I think, as the story unfolds, is going to cause no [small] amount of controversy.”

Expect this storyline to create a great deal of acclaim for Alby’s portrayer, Ross.

Concluded Olsen: “We gave him a great story, and he’s delivering with the kind of performance that is astonishing.”

Big Love returns to HBO on January 10.

Matt Richenthal is the Editor in Chief of TV Fanatic. Follow him on Twitter and on Google+.